Memorial Day Village Square Art & Craft Show

May 26 & 27

 10 - 5  Saturday & Sunday

 Highlands Kelsey Hutchinson (Pine Street) Park and the Highlands Village Square

With so many hiking, shopping and dining experiences available in Highlands, it is the perfect destination for the Memorial Day holiday. While you are in town, be sure to visit the Village Square Art and Craft Show downtown. Since 2006, thousands of people have flocked to the shows to find some of the best regional art and crafts around.

Mountain artisans are gearing up for the fair by creating amazing and wonderful work.  The show features fine art and whimsical folk art, plus high-quality crafts such as fine wood work, metal work, quilts, birdhouses, and twig furniture.  As usual, you will find one-of-a-kind baskets, pottery, and jewelry.  The show has over 65 vendors, and always some new faces, many from right here in Highlands.

Enjoy music (in the park gazebo) by singer/songwriter Sylvia Sammons on Saturday. A Highlands resident, Sylvia retired several years ago, so this is a rare opportunity to see her perform. On Sunday the Ross Brothers will play old time mountain music.

Fressers will have breakfast and lunch in the Village Square. There will be fresh-squeezed lemonade and smoothies in the park as well. Public parking and bathrooms are available.

Kristine Cooke (of Franklin) will demonstrate her technique for wrapping gemstones and fossils with gold wire.  Other jewelers include Madeline Watt, Mark Edge, Lee Byers, Joy Whitney, and Susan Sorrentino each with their unique styles.

  Wood turners Donald Krebs and Ron Thompson will return, as will local potter Patrick Taylor. Other potters will be there, each with their distinctive style, including  Frank Vickery (resident potter at the Bascom), Sheryl Holstein, Michael Miller-Riley and Cathy Christie. Face jugs are a mountain tradition, and Judy Lynn and Skip Staab have them.  Also returning is Marcus Thomas, an amazing oil and watercolor painter who is also a quadriplegic. He will demonstrate his unusual painting technique where he holds the brush with his teeth.

Regional photography by Johnny Lynn, fine art paintings and prints, garden accessories, and quilts are other items that can be found at the show.

Fine art painters from the Macon County Art Association will also be there, set up on the other side of Pine Street.

You can see photos of many vendors and their products in the photo gallery.

The Village Square and park are at North 5th and Pine Streets,  just one block from Main Street.

For more information contact coordinator Cynthia Strain at Mill Creek Gallery & Framing (828) 787-2021 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .