The 46th Annual Arkansas Craft Guild Christmas Showcase featuring fine handmade art and crafts will be Dec. 6-8 at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds Hall of Industry, 2600 Howard Street, Little Rock.
Hours are Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
There is free gated parking and casual dining on site. Admission is $5 per person. There's free admission during 'Art After Dark' Friday 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., and 'Early Bird Shopping' on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Returning and new juried artisans attract loyal customers every year in several categories of craft: photography, jewelry, glass, pottery, wood, painting, sculpture, fabric, rugs, candles, honey, home décor, and soaps.
Skip Mathews is the "Father of Flame Painting," when in 1981 he was the first to create and develop the skills to paint with flames on copper and bring out colorful patterns. The copper shapes become jewelry or home décor, some representational, some abstract. Since 2007 metalsmiths Skip and Racheal Mathews, Copper Colorists, have returned to Christmas Showcase, becoming Guild members in 2012 when they moved to Mountain View from Missouri.
“Butterfly Flower Branch,” $78 by CopperColorists.com
The new piece pictured “Butterfly Flower Branch” was done cooperatively, with Skip making and flame-painting the branch and flower, and Racheal creating the butterfly. It sells for $78 and can hang on the wall, or it can sit on a table or shelf as a sculpture.
In their Copper Colorists booth at Christmas Showcase, three artists are represented: Skip, Racheal, and their son-in-law Phillip Cook. Phillip began his apprenticeship 15 years ago, spending 6 years learning flame-painting, becoming a generational artist. He works from Ozark, MO, demonstrating at Silver Dollar City, and will join them in Little Rock.
Real time coverage on Facebook/ChristmasShowcase and Instagram/arkansascraftguild will feature photos of current works of every participating vendor. Take a photo tour at our website, arkansascraftguild.org/christmas-showcase. Year round, the Arkansas Craft Guild cooperatively operates the Arkansas Craft Gallery where many Showcase artists sell their work at 104 E. Main, Mountain View, open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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The 46th Annual Arkansas Craft Guild Christmas Showcase featuring fine handmade art and crafts will be Dec. 6-8 at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds Hall of Industry, 2600 Howard Street, Little Rock.
Hours are Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
There is free gated parking and casual dining on site. Admission is $5 per person. There's free admission during 'Art After Dark' Friday 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., and 'Early Bird Shopping' on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Returning and new juried artisans attract loyal customers every year in several categories of craft: photography, jewelry, glass, pottery, wood, painting, sculpture, fabric, rugs, candles, honey, home décor, and soaps.
Skip Mathews is the "Father of Flame Painting," when in 1981 he was the first to create and develop the skills to paint with flames on copper and bring out colorful patterns. The copper shapes become jewelry or home décor, some representational, some abstract. Since 2007 metalsmiths Skip and Racheal Mathews, Copper Colorists, have returned to Christmas Showcase, becoming Guild members in 2012 when they moved to Mountain View from Missouri.
The new piece pictured “Butterfly Flower Branch” was done cooperatively, with Skip making and flame-painting the branch and flower, and Racheal creating the butterfly. It sells for $78 and can hang on the wall, or it can sit on a table or shelf as a sculpture.
In their Copper Colorists booth at Christmas Showcase, three artists are represented: Skip, Racheal, and their son-in-law Phillip Cook. Phillip began his apprenticeship 15 years ago, spending 6 years learning flame-painting, becoming a generational artist. He works from Ozark, MO, demonstrating at Silver Dollar City, and will join them in Little Rock.
Real time coverage on Facebook/ChristmasShowcase and Instagram/arkansascraftguild will feature photos of current works of every participating vendor. Take a photo tour at our website, arkansascraftguild.org/christmas-showcase. Year round, the Arkansas Craft Guild cooperatively operates the Arkansas Craft Gallery where many Showcase artists sell their work at 104 E. Main, Mountain View, open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.