Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival Press Information

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Long's Park Art & Craft Festival Director
ap2011_Moore.jpg 348 K Savvy business executive Diane M. Moore, co-owner of Lancaster Honda motorcycle dealership, is lending her talents to oversight of the 2011 Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival being held Friday, September 2 through Monday, September 5, 2011.


Long's Park Art & Craft Festival Logo
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Festival Scenes
ap2011_LongsParkMidway.jpg 4.4 M From Friday, September 2 through Monday, September 5, 2011, this beautiful Lancaster city park will be transformed into one of the top fine art and craft shows in the country. The festival will welcome guests, rain or shine, from 10 am to 5 pm.
ap2011_LongsParkShopping.jpg 2.8 M Since the first Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival in 1979, the number of exhibitors has expanded to 200 talented artists, and guest attendance has swelled to some 20,000 art lovers from across the mid-Atlantic region. Nearly 1,000 fine artists and craftspeople from 44 states and 4 countries vied to be one of the 200 exhibitors in the 33rd annual Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival.
ap2011_LongsParkMusic.jpg 900 K The Labor Day weekend Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival affords its guests a relaxing day in the park, surrounded by some of America’s most creative people. Free music is offered weekend-long in the Susquehanna Style Bistro area.
ap2011_LongsParkDemos.jpg 2.6 M Even better than a traditional gallery, at the Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival guests get to talk to 200 different artists from around the country who created the work. In this way guests take home more than a piece of art; they take home its story, too. Plus, throughout the weekend select artists will demonstrate how they create their work.
ap2011_LongsParkARTfulSeminars.jpg 1.4 M Guests of the Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival are treated to ARTful seminars on photography, gardening, ower arranging and cooking daily.


Exhibitor Creations NOTE: These works have been created by exhibitors who were juried and accepted into the 2011 Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival. Their participation is subject to change without notice.
ap2011_Fisher-Bonvallet.jpg 200 K Laura Fisher-Bonvallet, Oneida, WI Wearable Fiber from $15 to $875 Over 33 years the Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival has earned a reputation for bringing together some of leading wearable fiber artists from across the country. This year 17 exhibitors will be featuring new and exciting apparel. Wisconsin artist Laura Fisher- Bonvallet caught jurors’ eyes with this contemporary Sonatina jacket, silk/bourette tunic and Cavatina scarf.
ap2011_Royce.jpg 80 K David Royce, Minneapolis, MN! Glass from $250 to $3,500 This Minnesota glass artist is making his first appearance at Long’s Park this year. Using kiln-formed glass and sculpted metals, David Royce’s carved black bottle is wheel cut to reveal patterns as well as to apply texture to the surface of each piece. Cold worked, it’s carved, sand-blasted and etched.
ap2011_Lyons.jpg 200 K Amy Roper Lyons, Summit, NJ Precious Jewelry from $250 to $5,590 With 42 precious and non-precious jewelers slated to come to Lancaster Labor Day weekend, it is always a shoppers’ haven at the Long’s Park Art & Craft Festival. Awardwinning jeweler Amy Lyon’s striking jewelry showcases 18k and 24k gold, gemstones, cloisonné and basse-taille enamel.
ap2011_Adkins.jpg 192 K Glenna Adkins, Fort Thomas, KY Painting from $300 to $3,500 Kentucky painter Glenna Adkins evokes a sense of calm with her rich color palette and soft contemporary approach to landscape painting. Her bold work alternates layers of acrylic paint and soft pastel finished with oil varnish.