It comes around once a year, but the fun and excitement is felt for days after. People come from miles and across state lines to experience the weekend. Grab your kids, spouse, or friends and head to downtown Fort Worth, TX for Main Street Fort Worth Arts Festival.
It’s a time for artists of all kinds to showcase their work, get some recognition, and sell some items. Most are set up in booths to display their talents. Others showcase some of the larger items, like sculptures or twenty feet high blown glass contraptions, outside, because they won’t fit into the ten by ten tents.
Every booth has it’s own unique flair and flavor. Whether it’s jewelry, paintings or ceramics, you will find something for everyone.
One of the booths I enjoyed most last year was an unusual jewelry booth. They take old tins, whether it’s a can, lunch box, or scraps and make unique earrings out of them. I say “unique,” because literally no two sets are equal. Even if they have two tins that are the same, which is uncommon, they don’t cut two sets of earrings identical. They are like nothing I have ever seen before. And I can’t wait to see if they are out there this year and what new earrings they brought with them. When I find something as interesting as this, their reasonable $30 a pair is worth it. You can also visit them at fatcatjewelrystudio.com.
A lot of booths offer paintings and framed drawings. An interesting spin on this is framing dresses. They take baby dresses or young girls’ dresses and dip them in an unknown substance, which helps create a hard outer texture. This way the dress stays in perfect form, as though you could slip a little girl right in it, and it wouldn’t alter the shape or look of the dress. It’s a great way to preserve a baby outfit or keep a favorite memory alive.
As I was walking down the crowded streets of what seemed like thousands of people, I see something hanging about twenty feet in the air. I can’t quite make out what it is until I’m about ten feet away. It’s a ballerina that looks as though she is dancing. The artist has taken twine and literally created a ballerina. This would be perfect for any little girl’s room. Even as I walk away, I’m so enamored by the ballerina, I keep looking back over my shoulder in awe.
Don’t forget the famous food, corn dogs, funnel cake, corn on the cob, and barbeque galore that you will find and your kids will consume, without knowing they have eaten enough for several meals. Oh, and there is plenty of alcohol and drinks too. Those are some of the best reasons for going.
Many interesting sights intrigued me last year. It’s amazing how creative an artist can be and how many ideas that most of us would have never thought of live in their minds. I love the idea of just going to the Arts Festival to see the different talents that exist. And I look forward to seeing what’s in store this year. I’m really hoping my earring stand is there. So from April 14-17, 2011, spend a few hours enjoying the skills of artists in Fort Worth. Make sure you take your pocketbook, because you won’t leave empty handed.
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