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Art on Main is set for Sept. 28-29

“There is Still Time,' an acrylic painting by Erika Wilson, was chosen as the marketing image for this year's Art on Main.

By Lightning Reports, Published: September 12, 2024

The Arts Council of Henderson County will present the 65^th annual Art on Main fine art and craft festival in downtown Hendersonville 10 a.m.-5 p.m. the weekend of Sept. 28-29.

“Art on Main 2024 promises to celebrate the amazing creativity and many talents of artists from across the region, making it a must-see event for art lovers and the community,” said Simone Wood, chair of the Arts Council’s Art on Main Committee.

One of Western North Carolina’s most popular outdoor arts festivals, Art on Main will feature fine art and craft artists from as far away as Canada. More than 100 artists will line Main Street Hendersonville with art work in clay, drawing/graphics, fiber/leather, glass, jewelry, metal, mixed media, watercolor, alcohol ink, oil, acrylic, photography and wood. Prize money of $2,000 will be awarded to artists in the juried show. Demonstrating artists will also be on hand to show and explain their creative processes.

New artists in this year’s show include Victor Field and Megan Huston from Ataraxia Designs. Their art work combines awareness and sustainability as two grounding principles, while they create using natural materials of clay and organic cotton, keeping the earth, its treasures, and future generations in mind.

Janet Leazenby, a popular local clay artist, is returning with her signature whimsical rabbits and much more. Janet, a former art teacher, began working in clay when she was a teenager. From her desire to incorporate “organic” elements into her work that would retain the quality of living and dancing, she experimented and created her own processes that infuse her work with a permanent sense of movement.

The Art on Main Committee has selected “There is Still Time,” an acrylic painting by Erika Wilson, to be this year’s marketing image. Based in Asheville and Salt Lake City, Wilson is known for work inspired by natural wilderness, as well as cultivated nature found in such urban spaces as gardens, houseplants and roadside tree tangles. Her artwork is an exercise in seeing with deeper curiosity as we navigate what may seem ordinary, and is an invitation to embrace belonging within the strange and unknown.

Many Art on Main artists are contributing works to the 2024 Raffle conducted by the Arts Council of Henderson County. There will be a raffle tent with the raffle items to view. Tickets will be available for $5 each at the Welcome tents and the Raffle tent. Winners will be announced Sunday night. 

Art on Main is free and open to the public. Children’s Goody bags will be available at the Arts Council’s Welcome tables, as well as maps, and more information about the show. Please leave pets comfortably at home. Hendersonville City ordinance prohibits animals in the event area.

Presented by the Arts Council of Henderson County with support provided by Henderson County Tourism Development Authority (www.visithendersonvillenc.org) the city of Hendersonville and the North Carolina Arts Council, Art on Main is also sponsored by Benson & Babb Interiors, Boyd Chevrolet, First Citizens Bank, The Starving Artist, Beginnings Quilt Shop, Wild Birds Unlimited, and WNCW 88.7-FM.

For more information contact the Arts Council at artonmain@acofhc.org or info@acofhc.org, visit www.acofhc.org or call 828-693-8504.