The Downtown Art Annual provides another dimension to one of the most exciting downtowns in the country with its 6th Annual Downtown Kansas City Festival.  The Kansas City Power & Light District will once again host its premier summer juried art festival, May 17 – 19, 2013. Admission is free and open to the public. Festival hours are Friday, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Saturday, 10:00 am – 8:00 pm, [...]

Support the Arts, the Downtown Sarasota Alliance and the Local Community by joining us May 18th and 19th, 2013, for the popular Downtown Sarasota Craft Festival. This downtown location with views of the water is an ideal setting for such a fantastic craft festival. Local businesses, city associations, and residents alike anxiously await the return of this show each year, making Sarasota one of our greatest venues. Please note the [...]

La Plaza Grande welcomes back its popular Spring craft festival in May this year. There’s something for everyone, featuring arts and crafts all created in the U.S.A. Handmade one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces you will not find anywhere else, personalized wall hangings, art for your pets, ceramics – functional and decorative, and much, much more. An expansive Green Market lends plants, exotic flora and homemade soaps. See the colorful art of Robert [...]

My wife and I are partners, whether it is on the dance floor, cleaning the dinner dishes, or in the creation of our pottery. We have managed to split the processes into the tasks that we find most enjoyable or are the most proficient. Susan has oil painting experience, so she is comfortable with a brush, therefore all the design work on the pottery is hers. Also, she makes many [...]

Twenty-five or more years ago I began my jewelry career. My decision to focus on copper was based on two reasons: 1. No one was working in copper and 2. I lived in Copper Hill, Va. I have never regretted that choice. I studied at Virginia Tech. through their Art Dept. as well as joining several jeweler’s guilds and taking many classes and workshops. I use traditional silversmithing and goldsmithing [...]

Bio of Kumiko Walker – Seed Bead Artist Business Name: Siesta Sand Kumiko was born in Japan. She grew up there with a creative mother and grandmother from whom she learned a variety of needlework art at an early age. During this time she was very receptive to the beauty and fine craftsmanship in Japan and absorbed all she could. Kumiko came to the US for her higher education and [...]

Art is my passion! My medium of choice is watercolor and pencil. I enjoy creating portraits of houses, people or pets, landscapes, flowers and still life. I love what I do and I am always creating for an upcoming show or for custom orders from my two websites. Cell: (330)770-5586 Studio Phone Number: (330)770-5586 Email: ljanderson@zoominternet.net Web: http://www.artisticdesignsbylaurie.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laurie-J-Andersons-Art Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lauriesdesigns Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/love4art75

I am a self-taught, whimsical mixed media artist and illustrator. I create mermaids, angels, fairies, forlorn girls and quirky characters often with messages of love, courage , inspiration and a hint of humor. I use various materials including acrylics, oils, charcoal, pencil, ink and papers to enhance my paintings. I love to incorporate vintage and found items to enhance my paintings. I’m inspired by life’s quirky moments, fairy tale characters [...]

Kathy is a digital artist inspired by nature and light, which is a common theme throughout her work. Each work of art is a combination of photograph (sometimes more than one) and digital painting. The photograph is the basis and inspiration for the digital painting. She draws upon her background in painting and drawing to create each piece, sometimes spending hours to get the precise effect. Her love of light [...]

One-of-a-kind, hand-fabricated Enamel Glass Jewelry. Cell: (305)240-2022 Studio Phone Number: (305)240-2022 Email: enamelights@gmail.com Web: http://Enamelights.com

This type of painting (on screen wire) is a tradition that was started in Baltimore, MD, on the window screens of the row houses to provide daytime privacy. We have miniaturized it, and with the thousands of holes the screen, making it a perfect piece for hanging pierced earrings. We have added hooks and dowel rods to some of our pieces for hanging other jewelry as well. We construct different [...]

Historic Downtown Stuart welcomes the 16th Annual Downtown Stuart Craft Fair on April 27th and 28th. This festival has become a welcome tradition in Martin County and is popular for the wide variety of original handmade crafts as well as the affordable unique gift items on display and for sale. Osceola Street will be closed to vehicular traffic from St. Lucie to Haney Circle and down to Denver to provide [...]

Annmarie Siegel creates beautifully unique jewelry and wearable art from watch parts.  She is inspired by the shapes of these intricate pieces and recycles the parts successfully, creating recognizable objects such as fish, owls, and birds. Her mantra is “Living in the moment and not by your wristwatch.” As an extremely inquisitive child, Annmarie would take apart just about everything she could get her hands on: old tape recorders, appliances, [...]

Jasmine Becket-Griffith is a professional painter working in acrylic paints who lives in Celebration, Florida, with her husband Drake. She will be one of many fine artists featured this weekend at the Celebration Art Festival, Saturday and Sunday, April 20th & 21st, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jasmine really does bring a bit of magic into the mundane world through her striking paintings that artfully blend realism with wide-eyed [...]

I have been designing floral arrangements for 50 years. I can make arrangements in your dish or ours. All our trees and florals are reasonably priced. Cell: (954)770-0883 Studio Phone Number: (386)264-4191 Email: loonasea@bellsouth.net  

Ric is an award winning contemporary fine artist who was born in New York City. He was the son of artistic parents and began painting, drawing, and sculpting at an early age. Although he had an early history of creating portraits, landscapes, and other impressive realism, it was his unique contemporary abstract work which received an even wider appeal. Ric’s work is inspired by spiritual reflection. From a visionary world, [...]

Daniel was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, started his art training as a fine art student at the University of Hawaii. Upon moving to California in 1989, he attended Cypress College in preparation for entry to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena; there he further extended his art training. After several years spent painting interior scenes, Daniel has introduced landscapes as a new genre. He adheres to the same technique [...]

I am a realist painter with Stargardts Disease. This condition effects the way my retinas process light, interpreting light values, significantly brighter, and my dark values significantly darker. This naturally makes its way into my artwork as I communicate how I see my changing world. This condition is somewhat disabling as I can no longer drive. After graduating from the University of Kansas with my BFA, I have recently moved [...]

Born in the Mexico City in April 4th, 1972. I always worked as Civil Engineer related to aesthetic projects in natural stones from around the world, such as Onyx, Granite and hard Wood, until August 2008, when my wife was hired by a transnational company and relocated in Los Angeles, California. For me, it was a great opportunity to develop my Art work, taking advantage of the properties translucent of [...]

38 years of artistic expression and still workin’ it! The 70′s & 80′s were mostly Leather, Pottery, and metal casting, always working in a 3-D format. In the 90′s I switched from Leatherwork back to Metal Art but no more casting, now it’s all Cutting, Brazing with Silver-Solder, tons of hammering, And since I’ve always had a paint booth, I am able to express the brilliance of the copper through [...]

Join us for an eclectic array of original art by 100 leading artists, live music and more as Market Street in Celebration Town Center will once again be transformed into an outdoor art gallery. The city’s annual signature spring art festival returns April 20 – 21, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. One hundred leading artists from around the country will have their finest work on display [...]

Larry and Linda Mayes are embarking on a new journey in their lives. They are working together to create “One-Of-A-Kind” wearable art from bamboo tiles. Each bamboo tile has been individually created by the artists. A miniature image of an original photograph by Linda (an award winning and nationally published photographer), painting, vintage print or collage adorns every pendant. The renewable bamboo tile provides a warm and unique piece of [...]

Siesta Fiesta, a highly anticipated annual tradition in this popular arts destination, celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. This outdoor juried event will feature 250 of the nation’s leading artists and crafters as well as superior local and regional talent. The artists will line Ocean Boulevard with their professional display booths while the crafters will display their unique and affordable crafts throughout Siesta Key Village for a sidewalk craft fair. [...]

What could be better than spending a warm, sunny day strolling down beautiful St. Pete Beaches? Spending a day of fun-filled, family-friendly craft shopping at the 10th Annual St. Pete Beach Corey Area Craft Festival! Experience the fun and beauty of Downtown St. Pete Beach as you enjoy the work of some of the country’s best craft artists this weekend, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, near the corner [...]

San Marco Boulevard will once again be transformed into an outdoor art gallery showcasing the work of leading local, regional and national artists this weekend on April 6 – 7, 2013. Come and enjoy paintings, life size sculptures, photography, glass, wood, jewelry, collage and ceramics. All of the artwork is original and handmade in America, with prices ranging from $25 hand-designed earrings to $30,000 metal sculptures. This two-day juried event [...]

Coral Springs’ annual art extravaganza returns this spring March 16 – 17, 2013.  The Coral Springs Festival of the Arts is a celebration of the arts and culture and will once again transform The Walk on University Drive into a first class outdoor art gallery.  Hosted by the Coral Springs Festival Committee, Inc. and the city of Coral Springs and produced by the country’s top festival promoter, Howard Alan Events, [...]

Elzbieta Bittner Artist born in Poland , since 1998 resident of Florida , USA . Passionate about possibilities of threads and plasticity of fiber she become a textile artist creating unique , innovative 3-D tapestries made out of natural fiber and leather combined with glass , clay , wood or metal. She works sculpturally exploring forms in her tapestries , creating a sense of depth and rich texture . Her [...]

My pottery is artistic and functional. Melding the earthy textures of the clay with exciting colors into unique pieces that make people want to touch them and use them while enhancing their decor. Jacquelyn Zajac Cell: (321) 446-0371 Studio Phone Number: (321) 610-8483 Email: jackie@etsnet.com

Chris Gug, fine art photographer of the underwater world, has been diving with a camera in his hand since he was 16 years old. Gug is widely regarded as America’s foremost underwater photographer, with numerous awards to his credit. He has been making waves in the art scene for over a decade and has recently opened his flagship gallery to showcase his work in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. With no formal [...]

For Colombian born artist Luisa Velasquez, there is no muse–but a desire to create aesthetic bridges that span the distance between man’s well-intended design and nature’s impending reclamation. Each piece is best viewed as a composition of layers: the Fresco, the Impasto, the staining, and the chemical reactions therein. Each layer has its own definitive element that lends a unique characteristic to the finished product; it’s never just marble dust, [...]

Key Biscayne’s premier art event returns March 16 – 17, 2013 to usher in the spring with the bold and bright colors of a wide variety of original artwork on display and for sale.  The Key Biscayne Rotary Club Art Festival, now in its 49th year, has become an annual tradition in this popular seaside community and is produced in partnership with festival promoter Howard Alan Events and the Rotary [...]

As a graduate of the Art Institute of Philadelphia, my training was in layout and design for the advertising industry. Later on after working many years in that particular field, I discovered the joy of glass fusing and have applied that to jewelry making. I am now a fused glass artist, working with all types of glass, from dichroic glass to fracture glass. I love the results I get when [...]

Kim Sutherland-Evans With a BFA in theatre from Point Park University and Graduate studies in Art Direction at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Kim has an eclectic design background. Her studies also include metal arts with goldsmiths in Maryland and Vermont. In 2007, she founded Divergence Design, where she is now owner and artist. Locally, Kim’s jewelry can be found at Gallery Chiz, The Pittsburgh Center for [...]

For over thirty years, Marvin (Murf) Murphy has used his keen sense of color, design and form, to create dynamic images which evoke inspiration and appeal to the senses. Murf’s multi-dimensional, mixed media pieces have gained him recognition and popularity on an international level. In 1990, Murf copyrighted and published his first lithographs. This Art Deco Jazz Series was first introduced at the 1991 New York Art Expo. Since that [...]

I celebrate the power of nature in my work- the view to the horizon on the beach, the stars in the sky, and the shells I find underfoot are all inspirations for my contemporary jewelry designs. I do not intellectualize the things that I see. Instead, I prefer to link the essential elements of earth, sea, sky, and the forces that they possess to an enchanted, mystical reality. Each piece [...]

Lauderdale by the Sea welcomes back its popular spring craft festival to its original location in downtown, just a short distance from the beach, along A1A and Commercial Boulevard. The Lauderdale by the Sea Chamber of Commerce hosts this juried two-day annual tradition held March 9 – 10, 2013.  Admission is free and open to the public. ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: * Juried outdoor craft showcase * Original crafts – Handmade [...]

Produced by Howard Alan Events and hosted by the Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce, Art Fest by the Sea, ranked among the top 100 art fairs in the country by Sunshine Artist magazine, returns to celebrate 25 fabulous years on March 9 – 10, 2013.  The juried outdoor art show, popular among locals and tourists alike, features the work of 300 leading artists from around the country.  The [...]

25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF POPULAR LAS OLAS ART FAIR CONTINUES MARCH 2 & 3, 2013 Howard Alan Event’s Final Show of the Season in Fort Lauderdale’s Premier Arts Destination Eclectic Mix of Original Art  – Free Giveaway of Original Handcrafted Sculpture – Commemorative Annivesary Poster – Live Music We have brought the finest artists in the country to Las Olas for the past 25 years and created a signature art [...]

My art is a representation of what jazz in the painted form might look like. I have been creating these types of paintings since 1981 in addition to playing piano, and performing music all over the world as well as a long career as a college jazz instructor at the University of Miami. The art I create is inseperable from the music I create. Both employ the components of rhythm, [...]

4th Annual The Villages Craft Festival Wide Array of Unique Crafts & Affordable Gift Items Handmade in America The Villages welcomes back another first-class craft festival by American Craft Endeavors, producer of the country’s finest art and craft shows. American Craft Endeavors has produced quality craft and art shows in The Villages for more than 16 years, including those held at Spanish Springs Town Square and Lake Sumter Town Square.  [...]

Martin County’s Premier Juried Art Fair Featuring 250 National & Local Artists – Eclectic Mix of Original Art – Unique Handcrafted Gift Items Martin County’s premier art festival returns to historic downtown Stuart February 23 – 24, 2013 with a myriad of original and eclectic works of art by leading artists from around the country.  The bold and vibrant colors, the thoughtful and whimsical artwork, the vast array of media [...]

In this short video below, Miami, FL artist, Miguel Endara, shows us the amazing effort it took to create one of his very unique pieces of artwork.

Whitney Spoonhour Summerford, known as SPOON, officially entered the design world by receiving her degree from the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida, subsequently becoming a licensed professional and LEED Green designer within the Urban Planning profession. With her longstanding interest in graphic design and history, it was a natural progression for SPOON to begin developing unique pieces from a rich narrative. Her paintings and [...]

A native Floridian and lifelong musician, Mark spent 20 years as a percussive educator and arranger working with various high school music programs, and within the drum and bugle corps activity. Mark began painting abstract art by unexpected circumstance. While working toward a music degree in college, Smith was offered a directed study with art professor Ed Ross. Taking an elective art class brought Ross and Smith together as Ross [...]

I am Leland Saunders, a retired Industrial Engineer, who has developed a unique Christian business. I am a self-taught Landscape Photographer who uses digital photography to capture unique and remarkable landscape images. Approximately 70% of my works are Michigan scenes such as well-known lighthouses and bridges. I have become expert at using a new digital photographic technique known as High Dynamic Range (HDR) which provides greater clarity and definition than [...]

As brothers, we’ve had the good fortune of seeing and experiencing some of nature’s most inspiring places. Many, right in our own backyard of southeastern Utah. As artists, we’re equally fortunate to share some of those inspiring places and scenes with others, through our chosen craft, the medium of photography. Working together as a photographic team since 2002, we share in every phase of the image-making process; from the moment [...]