The Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce will host the 48th yr of the Fountain Festival of High-quality Arts & Crafts subsequent weekend, Feb. 25-27.
The inaugural Fountain Hills Competition of Good Arts & Crafts was first held in 1974 in Fountain Park. In those people days, getting adequate artists for a team demonstrate was a major deal, but 60 artists turned out and organizers took that as a actually fantastic signal.
Betsy LaVoie, CEO and President of the Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce, remembers attending the Competition as a younger girl with her mom.
“It brings back fond reminiscences of my childhood and I’m thrilled that it is nevertheless going robust,” she stated. “The Festival is an important element of Fountain Hills record and brings a good deal of business to our gorgeous little city.”
Right now, The Fountain Festival of Fantastic Arts & Crafts is held on Avenue of the Fountains and Saguaro Boulevard. The festival is 1 of the major arts and crafts functions in the southwest and has acquired position as a person the most essential and prestigious demonstrates for artists in this location.
The Fountain Competition is 3 times of hundreds of worldwide artists and artisans exhibiting operate in each individual medium. Around 200,000 people go to every single 12 months and people will obtain exhibiting artists showing primary works of artwork in each individual price tag array, in each and every medium. From sculptures to paintings, to handmade clothes, jewelry and crafts LaVoie stated visitors will “be shocked at the variety of the artwork kinds. You will unquestionably see items that appeal to your style, some you may just determine to take property with you.”
Food items will also be a draw, with dining places and suppliers supplying a good deal of choices. The VFW will when all over again host the once-a-year beer backyard garden fundraiser, an action courting all the way again to the starting times of the competition.
“The Fountain Pageant of Wonderful Arts & Crafts is a juried artwork clearly show, attracting the very finest artists and craftspeople showing their perform,” LaVoie continued. “Since competitors delivers out the greatest in artists, it benefits all attending. The Fountain Pageant of Great Arts & Crafts attributes distinctive, a person-of-a-type operates of artwork.”
One Health-related is the formal sponsor of this year’s event.
“Be guaranteed to end by their booth suitable throughout from the Chamber details booth,” LaVoie explained. “One Health-related is a foremost modern day key treatment business on a mission to make high quality care additional cost-effective, obtainable and pleasing for folks across all levels of everyday living.”
For far more information, speak to the Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce at 480-837-1654 or pay a visit to fhchamber.com.
