For one weekend
in October, Northwest Arkansas is awash with visitors from far and wide and a growing majority of
those visitors will make Bella Vista their destination! Their quest
is a search for treasure in the
guise of finely crafted handmade fine arts and crafts
offered at the heavily juried Arts and Crafts show
of Bella Vista!
Since 1969 the
Bella Vista Arts and Crafts festival has been
steadily growing in size and reputation! Thanks to
the dedication of hundreds of volunteers through the
years, the reputation of our festival has also
grown. The festival this year, once again under the
continuing direction of dynamo director, DeLane Cox, is
sure to be one of the best ever held!
The
festival grounds are located on Highway 279 south of the
corner of highway 340 in Bella Vista, Arkansas
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350
juried exhibitor booths featuring hand made arts and
crafts
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Five
circus-size tents plus hundreds of individual tents
on our beautiful, spacious grounds
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Free
parking, free admission with tractor-pulled Trams to
take you to and from the parking area
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Traditional
and International foods to eat at the festival, or
take home
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Arts,
crafts, music and demonstrations to entertain you
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See
and Sample tent for tasting before buying
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Children's
tent to keep the youngsters entertained while
parents and grandparents shop
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The
perfect place to find the perfect gift for someone
special...or for you!
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The
Fine Arts Market tent, back for its third year,
features artists who work in a wide variety of
media. Come visit and talk to them about their
art.
Proceeds
from the festival go to support the non-profit Village
Art Club and all it's programs. In addition,
honoraria go to the various civic and community groups
that help put the festival on.
WE
WANT TO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND ALL THE ARTISANS AND CRAFTERS WHO
HELPED each other during the 2007 festival when Mother
Nature came through and blew down one tent completely,
and damaged four others, two of which had to be totally
replaced. The spirit of cooperation and the way everyone turned
out to help not only saved the day, but was inspiring
and uplifting!
Despite
the fact that the fair had to close down on Thursday in
order to get the fair grounds back in order, the tents
back up, and the vendors back in their booths, many of
the vendors said
this was their best fair ever. This may have had a
lot to do with the publicity the near disaster brought
to the festival, bring well wishers out in force during
the remaining two days of the show!
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