Banners are here!!!

We had a booth at a women's health conference to promote our new workshops today. I am thrilled with the new banners!

New Logo!

Our little folk art oveja (sheep) needs a name :)

Workshops 2008

We recommend that you sign up for workshops sooner than later. All instructors have set a minimum enrollment and have the option to cancel if enrollment is not met. Besides... You know you want to learn it all!

2008 Workshops:

Thursday, July 10:

Papermaking for Artists

Handbuilding In Clay

Friday, July 11:

Basic Knitting Classes

Basic Sculptural Knitting

Children's Knitting Classes (free!)

Coptic Bookbinding with Recycled Materials

Create a Drop Spindle & Learn to Spin

Double Wall Basketry

Inspired Spinning and Plying Techniques

Sculpting A Cloth Doll Head

Make Your Own Suncatcher

Simply Southwest Brazilian Embroidery

Tubes on Two Circulars

Yoga for Knitters

Yay for our vendors!

We have wonderful vendors lined up and I am expecting more applications in the mail any day now!
Take a look…

• Bea Manzanares, Art Quilter, Monte Vista, CO
• Bellaqua Copper, copper sculpture, Tuscon, Az
  
• Castoria Wood, Painting and carved, painted wood animals, Alamosa, CO
• Chile Colorado, Chilean Folk Art, Alamosa, CO
• Crazy Monkey Creations, fiber, quilts, furniture and more! Colorado Springs, CO
  
• Denny Wallace , potter, Monte Vista, CO
  
• ECB Creations - Lizz Baldwin , Pagosa Springs, CO
  
• Ellen's Wooly Wonders , knitting and patterns, Durango, CO
  
• The Kookaburra Company, Wool wash, Florence, CO1
  
• Knit Happens charity knitting, Alamosa, CO
• La Plata Farms, Hesperus, CO
  
• Laura Lunsford , Doll Artist, Monte Vista, CO
  
• Leathers by Les, Leather goods, Tucumcari, NM
  
• Linda Pacheco-Demski , ceramicist, Alamosa, CO
  
• Loose Ends, yarn & knitting notions, Winslow, AZ
  
• Lotus.Designs , fiber arts, Alamosa, CO
• Margaret Briggs paper arts, knitting, Sandia Park, NM
• Monte Arts Council, Monte Vista, CO
• Neva Ross, China Painter, Monte Vista, CO
• Oklahoma Basket Supply, Weston, OK
  
• Polyartgirl Designs mixed media, fibers, Monte Vista, CO
• Valley Fiber Arts Guild, Monte Vista, CO
• Wildethyme Art, Mixed media, fibers, paper, Monte Vista, CO
  

Exhibit Jurors

I am thrilled to announce that the following professionals have agreed to jury our exhibit. We are thrilled and honored to have them!

Dr. Joyce Centofanti, Assistant Professor of Art, Ceramics and Education, Adams State College

Nancy Anderson, Assistant Professor of Art, Foundations and Fibers, Adams State College

Dr. Mario Montano, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Folk Culture, Colorado College

SLV Folk Arts and Fiber Festival Exhibition

We're going to host a month long exhibit! Details here... enter today!

Resources for the arts and crafts vendor

I've been *obsessively* hunting for vendors and ways to list and promote this and the other festivals with which I help organize. This morning, I stumbled upon a number of GREAT resources for vendors and thought, " I must blog this"!

So.. here they are. It comes as no surprise to me that some of my favs come from very clever Etsy Sellers.

Penny-wise Product Pushing: Do a Craft Show without Breaking the Bank
--from Esty Seller, pawandclawdesigns

Very thorough Excel spreadsheet/checklist for setting up your booth
Blogger and Etsy Seller, Kellybot

Show Me Your Thrifty Craft Show Booth Ideas
from the Etsy Business and Marketing Forums

Accepting Credit Cards

Cross-posted at Making Stuff

Meet Woolie!!

When you come to town, look for Woolie on the hwy to help you find us! Woolie comes to us from Ellen Sibellius of Ellen's Woolie Wonders in Durango, CO.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ;)