“It has been satisfying,” Sylvia Holland, with Laurel Barn Quilts, said about the show. “It seems like there has been a lot of traffic for the art show this weekend, which is great.”
It was Holland’s first time being a part of Destination Artists and she was located on Front Street in New Richmond. Sylvia and her husband John recently began creating quilt barn paintings and Destination Artists was their first public showing.
“The response from the public was so great,” Holland said. “I think that it is satisfying seeing what we are capable of doing.”
Also on Front Street, Nancy Swats, displaying Gourds by Nancy, was located at Trendy’s. Swats was selling a variety of gourd designs and other crafts during the event.
“What I like is getting comments from people,” Swats said about Destination Artists. “I like talking with people and usually every year I do very well.”
Swats makes a variety of products out of gourds, including bird houses, ornaments and more. She then paints the gourds to look like different characters, sports teams or seasonal decorations.
“I got hooked a few years ago,” Swats said about using gourds. “I saw them when I was down in Gatlinburg.”
Also in New Richmond was Mary Mark’s Art in the Church, the location of several artists and live music from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. each day.
“It was wonderful,” Robin Lacy, of the Robin Lacy Trio band, said about performing during the event.
He also said he thoroughly enjoyed the art gallery and encouraged residents to come check out the event next year.
“We’re loving it, and we even won a door prize,” Kathy Reynolds, of Loveland, said about coming to the event.
Artists were also located at Anna Ree’s Andouille restaurant in Portsmouth and the Artisan Center at Maple Creek in Moscow.
“It has been fabulous, and the live music was a great contribution to the whole affair,” Mary Mark, event organizer, who runs her business out of the church, said. “I don’t think we could have done any better.”