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Arts and Crafts Festival
Written By: Marlene Osteen | Issue: July - 2022
The Sapphire Valley Arts & Crafts Festival, set for August 6-7, is a fun bazaar of art, food, and the unexpected. For moreinformation, visitsapphirevalleyresorts.com.
Summer weather always brings a slew of worthwhile activities across the Plateau. One of the very best is the August 6 and 7 Arts and Crafts Festival at Sapphire Valley. One of three festivals that Sapphire hosts annually (the others are June and October), it’s exactly what an arts and crafts festival should be – a cornucopia overflowing with more great goods and more ancillary events than a person can possibly view or experience in one weekend.Exhibitors, handpicked from local and surrounding states for their craftsmanship, originality, and talent, set up on Sapphire’s Athletic Field. Craftsmen from around the region spread their wares throughout the field over the weekend, a show that reflects the booming crafts market in every way. And the field simply bustles with activities for the whole family. Among the events especially geared for the children are Corn Hole and Kerplunk and Buckets of Bubble Mix to blow bubbles. Always popular is the Cashiers Humane Society “adopt a pet” area. Live music wafts energetically across the field. The festival welcomes a wide-ranging class of artists. Featured crafts run from jewelry to fine arts, woodwork-ing to handcrafted furniture; Christmas wreaths to ornaments; candles to hand-blown glass. The handmade goods that fill the stalls and tables of this show, all of the highest quality, are a reflection and presentation of area talent. A very special feature of this vibrant exhibit is the display of Appalachian culture – the textiles, pottery, and more that showcase the diversity of art forms developed by Appalachian artists.The winning combination of nature, mountains, art, people, and music, plus on-site food vendors and food trucks give the Sapphire Arts and crafts Festival a quality that is unique among summer craft events. As to food, Sapphire Valley Resort’s Director of Marketing, Linda Foxworth, tells me, “Of course, North Carolina Barbecue is the star, but kids (of all ages) love the tacos too!”Enthusiasm runs high among vendors and visitors who return annually for the show and know there is no better way to enjoy a summer day in the mountains.The festival will be open from 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. each day and there is no charge for admission. Visitors are encouraged to bring their dogs. The Field at Sapphire valley is located three miles east of Cashiers on Highway 64.
by Marlene Osteen
