The Montgomery Museum of Art & History presented the third edition of h’Arts on Main, a festival celebrating local artists and the arts Friday and Saturday in downtown Christiansburg.
Twenty-two different artists set up booths in both the Great Road Hall and the Celtic Hall to demonstrate their techniques and to sell some of their artwork.
The Blacksburg Regional Art Association sponsored four hour-long art workshops as part of the festival. Blacksburg artist Michele Walter taught a class on line and color. Jesse Burghardt, owner of Nolley Art House in Riner, led a workshop on charcoal drawing. Christiansburg’s Jordan Perfater directed students through a lesson on creating collages. Fiberholic Jennifer Newcomb, whose yarns are available at the Wooly Jumper in Floyd and New River Fiber Co. in Blacksburg, handled the final workshop, a crafts session on freeform weaving on a frame loom.
Saturday’s session featured music for most of the day. Justin Craig, the Greenwood Recorder Ensemble, Ebru & Renate, the Blacksburg Ukulele Situation and David Curtis lent their musical talents to festival.
A silent auction that included a piece by P. Buckley Moss was part of the event.
The artists exhibiting and demonstrating at the festival were Pam Goff, upcycled and mixed media art; Rejane Pratelli, jewelry; Sally Mook, paintings; David Ferrell, watercolor, photography and notecards; Ruth Lefko, watercolor, acrylic and pastels; Gerri Young, paintings; Jean Galloway, photography and paintings; Jen Huffman, mixed media paintings; Jim Stenson, paintings; Robert Smith, jewelry, mixed media and sculpture; Katy Shepard, original artwork and prints; Aileen Fletcher, photography; Sue Hossack, paintings, cards and stained glass; Jordan Perfater, jewelry and paintings; Kay Cook, jewelry and other glasswork; Sidra Kaluszka, watercolors, jewelry and pottery; Pat and Sid Johnson, paintings; Susan Brickhouse, jewelry; Holly Moore, tooled leather creations; Ling Jie Gu, paintings and sculptures; Frank Hydahl, tree grown woodcrafting; and Janice Upham, wind chimes and paintings.
All proceeds benefited the Montgomery Museum of Art & History.
