Bella Vista 49th Annual Arts & Crafts Festival kicks off Oct. 19
Taking place during the third weekend in October, the Bella Vista juried Arts & Crafts Festival has grown to nearly 300 artisans at the large, convenient festival site on Arkansas Highway 279 in Bella Vista, just south of the intersection with Arkansas Highway 340.
According to news reports, customer and exhibitor comments, the festival is now the premier art and crafts show in Northwest Arkansas. The Bella Vista Arts & Crafts Festival is one of the few remaining juried festivals in the area, requiring that all items on sale be handmade by the artisan.
Exhibitors and food vendors have come to expect the friendly and organized atmosphere that is provided. The more than 200 festival volunteers go out of their way to make the vendors and thousands of visitors comfortable and happy. The Village Arts Club and community volunteers are the key to this very successful fundraising event for the club.
Sponsored by the Village Art Club of Bella Vista, all proceeds from the Bella Vista Arts & Crafts Festival are used for substantial art scholarships for promising young artists, donations to children’s art programs, continuing education for artists/artisans, and the Festival partnering organizations — who in turn use these funds to support others in the community.
The Village Art Club of Bella Vista is a nonprofit organization which began in 1966, and has grown and progressed through the years since. The club exists to further art appreciation and education not only within the club itself, but in the community as a whole.
The club is comprised of members from the area and surrounding region, as well as several neighboring states. Membership is open to those who appreciate the visual arts and wish to support and promote art and artisans in the Northwest Arkansas area, whether they be painters, sculptors, potters, woodworkers, carvers, crafters, or simply admirers of fine art and crafts. All are welcome.
The 49th Annual Bella Vista Arts and Crafts Festival will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 19-21, at 1991 Forest Hills Blvd., Bella Vista.