Art at Highland, a free, juried one-day indoor spring art fair sponsored by Highland/Macalester/ Groveland Community Education in cooperation with Artists’ Circle, will be held Saturday March 27, 2010, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the field house at Highland Park Senior High School, 1015 S. Snelling Avenue in St. Paul.This tenth annual spring art fair is named for the high school on south Snelling Avenue and is run by a non-profit educational advocate for fine crafts which promotes the exhibition and sale of work by quality artists.
The event will bring the sale of quality work of 46 juried artists that create fine crafts and fine arts including basketry, clay, fiber, glass, leather, jewelry, paintings, paper, wood, and mixed media.
Everything from leather handbags and belts; photography; drawings, prints, and watercolor paintings; pewter, cloisonné as well as gold, silver, stone, and beaded jewelry; baskets; dolls and puppets; hand-dyed silk apparel, purses, and hand-painted clothing; home furnishings; fused and stained glass; original cards and journals; turned wood bowls; plus porcelain and pottery bowls, teapots and cups, tiles, vases, and sculptures.
Included at Art at Highland is the Youth Art Fair, made up of local young artists, ages 10-18, who sell their creative work, including drawings, collages, origami, glass and beaded jewelry, hand-made cards, and bottle-cap jewelry. Student groups, such as girls’ gymnastics, also raise money for their programs.
For list of artists in the show check out the Artists’ Circle website: www.artistscircle.org.
