EVENT NAME: Summer Solstice Craft
Show
EVENT YEAR: 36th Annual
DATE: September 7 & 8,
2024 - Rain
or Shine
TIME: Saturday from 10am to 4pm
and Sunday from 10am to 3pm
PARKING & ADMISSION: Both
are FREE
APPLICATION FOR EVENT: Download Application Page
FLIER FOR EVENT: Download
Flier For Summer Solstice Craft Show in September
Annual
September Summer Solstice Craft Show in Wells
Features
Many Local and New England
Artisans
Get
a jump
on the holidays, or just enjoy browsing the wares of the 70 +
Maine
and New England artists and crafters at
the 36th Annual September Summer Solstice
Craft Show, Saturday and
Sunday, September 7 & 8 in Wells. The popular two-day event
will be held
from 10:00am to 4:00pm on Saturday and from 10:00am to 3:00pm on Sunday
at the Wells Jr.
High School
on Route 1 (1470
Post Road).
Traditional,
contemporary and country crafts are featured. The juried
show includes stained glass, jewelry of all types, pottery, soaps,
candles,
wood crafts, fiber arts, graphics, photography, handcrafted specialty
foods and
much more.
Here’s
a sampling of the artists and crafters:
|
Pauline
Lampert, Portsmouth, New Hampshire: A creative Folk Artist that
celebrates the season with folk art wreaths, dolls, pumpkins, ghosts
and more.
|
|
Maggie
& Pete Adams, Camden,
Maine: Hand beaded necklaces with
kumihimo
influance, gems and earrings. |
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Dorothy
Winchell, Acton, Maine:
Functional pottery to include chip & dip sets, cups and plates. Dorothy also hand crafts
buttons and beads in her clay works studio. |
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Sheila
McDonough, Limington, Maine: Sheila’s Hand-woven rugs
and hats are handspun in her Limington studio. She also offers felted
items to include alpaca hand puppets. |
|
Susan Randall, Rochester,
New Hampshire:
If you want to take a piece of Maine home
with you Susan is the gal to seek out.
Beach stones are transported into functional
key rings, door knobs and more. . . |
|
Von Hedemann, Milford,
Ohio: Kim spends her winters in Ohio and luckily for us her
summers in Maine. It is always a joy to have
Kim at our shows with her whimsical pottery boxes. |
|
Roxanne O’Neal,
Hillsborough, New Hampshire:
Her amazing origami jewelry is handcrafted from very unusual paper. Roxanne has a story to
tell behind every piece. She
is also a quilling artist. Truly
a must see. |
|
Debbie Metruk, Essex, Vermont:
Debbie offers Natural lotions, oils, lip balms and hot packs. |
The craft show is held rain or
shine. Admission and Parking are FREE.
For more information contact
show director Rita Poli at 207-967-2251,
or summersolsticecraftshows@gmail.com.
Also,
visit www.summersolsticecraftshows.com and www.facebook.com/summersolsticecraftshows.