2018 Artist Engagements

Friday ONLY - Preview Party

Molten Glass & Wood Jonah’s unique art-making process beckons an audience. Be mesmerized by the flashes of fire as he effortlessly wields glowing red hot, 2000 degree molten glass onto large panels of wood resulting in breathtaking works of art

Jonah Ward

Friday @ 8:30pm

Ehlers Society Live Studio Join the Ehlers Society as they transport the audience into a living, active studio much like the one back at the ranch. Immerse yourself in the smatterings of fashion, film, painting, photography, & more as they welcome you into a world elevated by art.

The Baker Sisters

Friday Only

Live Marbling Demonstrating a marbling system he developed that works great right out of the box for fabric & paper, Alex's research of ancient texts on European marbling dates as far back as the 1600’s.

Alex Preston

Friday ONLY

Tableau Vivant! With the Odalisque Mural & utilizing geometric form & perspective techniques, Jennifer graciously brings a live model the strength, spirited soul, beauty, compassion & resilience as we realize who Odalisque may have been today

Jennifer LaPierre

Friday ONLY

Saturday ONLY

Chalk Festival The culmination of a two part workshop with Chalk R!ot, high school art students will have the opportunity to chalk it up and create temporary masterpieces of their own The culmination of a two part workshop with Chalk R!ot, high school art students will have the opportunity to chalk it up and create temporary masterpieces of their own

Art Students

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Saturday 12-6pm

Cornhole Madness A mini cornhole tournament in which teams of two will compete in a bracketed, single elimination Cornhole Tourney on mini cornhole boards.
Winning team gets their very own set of mini boards and bags, handmade by Nate Geare!

The Art of Cornhole

Saturday 1-5pm

Pottery Throw-Off! Is bigger really better? Find out when you watch professional potters William Callnan III and Nikki Ballere Callnan throw-off! Will will be throwing large forms while Nikki will focus on mini - each with their own challenges

NBC Pottery

Saturday 2-3 pm

Sunday ONLY

Weaving at the Loom As with any art form, weaving designs are very much connected to the weaver themselves. While some artists reproduce ancient stories, join Simone as she demonstrates her preference for more abstract geometric patterns with less explicit meaning

Simone McManus

Sunday 1pm

Turning Clay In the hands of creative talent like Will & Nikki of NBC Pottery, clay is a malleable, forgiving material whose dense mass will shape into custom creations of their own

NBC Pottery

Sunday 2-4 pm

Stone Turning Thomas creates his stone vessels by turning various stones such as alabaster, talc, soapstone, and brucite. Join him as he shares the various stages of his work with raw stone

Thomas Haddy

Sunday 3pm