Piccolo Spoleto Crafts Shows May 27-29 and June 3-5/ Emerging Artist Awardees
May 17, 2016
Fine Craft Shows Charleston announced the Piccolo Spoleto Craft Show schedules for 2016. The two weekend shows will be held May 27-29 and June 3-5. Between the two weekends, nearly 100 fine craft artists from around the country will be selling their crafts. Many artists will be demonstrating their crafts either during formal demonstration presentations or during informal question and answer sessions with booth visitors.
The shows will be held in Wragg Square Park at Meeting and Charlotte Streets in downtown Charleston, SC. The park’s front entrance and walkways have recently been upgraded. Show hours will be Friday and Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 11-5. Adult admission is $3 on Friday andSaturday and $1 on Sunday. Seniors 65 and older and children 18 and under are admitted free.
The winners of our 2nd Annual Emerging Artist Grants are Jessica Ballard and Jacob Kent, woodworkers from North Charleston, SC. They say, “Our goal is to showcase the beauty of raw materials and the way in which they compliment and contrast each other.
Our finished pieces include bowls, boxes, trays, and wall mosaics.”
The second winner of an emerging artist grant is Ivo Kerssemakers, a photographer from Murrells Inlet, SC. Mr. Kerssemakers specializes in long-exposure digital photography in black & white and color. His signature works emphasize clean, surrealistic, minimalist imagery.
Our followers on social media can preview the artists who will be exhibiting their works. Every day a few artists are featured on the Piccolo Spoleto Craft Show Facebook Page, these posts are echoed on Twitter and Pinterest. A slide show of artist work has been prepared for the web site, finecraftshowscharleston.com, and lists of expected artists and demonstration schedules will also be available from the web pages (finecraftshowscharleston.com )
