Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden in Summerville will host the May Artist Market this Saturday, May 6th from 11 am to 4 pm. The cost to attend the event is $10 for general admission and $5 for seniors. Admission is free to those age 12 and under, Chattooga County residents, and members.
According to a description of the event from the Paradise Garden Foundation –
Join us this weekend for a day of visual art, music performances, and pure fun! Paradise Garden is sparkling as it is one of the prettiest times of the year at Howard Finster’s 4-acre folk art environment. This Saturday’s May Artist Market offers work by 17 folk artists and craftspeople from Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina. The festival also features a side dish of bluegrass and acoustic music, and the Chattooga Garden Club will serve up pimento cheese sandwiches (famous from Finster Fest) and homemade pound cake.
Becky Altman (Georgia), paintings and fiber art, @beckysusanneshop
*Justin Thomas Atkin (South Carolina), paintings
Kimberly Dawn Crowder (Tennessee), painter, @kdcart
*Amy Durant (Georgia), painter, @amydurantart
Kelly Farley (Alabama), paintings
*Richard Funderburke (Georgia), paintings
Lee Laney (Georgia), pottery and paintings, @lee.laney
Will Linn (Georgia), paintings, @willlinnart
Peter Loose (Georgia), paintings, @petesartshop
Terran McCanna (Georgia), jewelry, @kaiaghok
Mountain Mama Farms (Georgia), farm-made products, @mountainmamafarms
Olivia Myers (Georgia), pottery, @omyersart
Martha Sandlin (Georgia), mosaics, found-object sculpture
James Schroder (Georgia), stenciled paintings, painted cutout figures, @jamesschroederart
Tom & Judy Touchstone (Georgia), pottery, jewelry
Mikel Yeakle (Georgia), photography, @mikel_yeakle_photographer
(* = artists showing at Paradise Garden for first time)
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Music in the Meditation Chapel:
Russell McClanahan and Friends, bluegrass, noon
Pure Hart, acoustic set, 1:30pm
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Food:
The Chattooga Garden Club’s
famous pimento cheese sandwiches
and homemade pound cake!
Attendees of the May Artist Market are encouraged to view ‘Howard Finster Before He Painted: Wood Creations from the ’50s to ’70s’, an exhibit that will be on display until Sunday, May 7th.
