A Great Time at the Beekman Street Art Fair

{Street scene of the Beekman Street Art Fair}

It's been years since I took on an outdoor show. (It's often tough to set up a booth, take down, deal with weather, etc...) But I made an exception for the Beekman Street Art Fair in Saratoga Springs, New York this month and was glad I did!

The festival was blessed with beautiful weather and a great turnout. I enjoyed watching all the dog breeds parade past. Saratogians love their dogs!

All the exhibitors were top notch, thanks to Cecilia Frittelli of Textile Studio for putting together a great show. In the booths to left was my good friend and super-talented jeweler Nancy Miller. See her work here. Nancy lives in Saratoga and I joked that the festival could have been called the "Nancy Miller Show" as everyone seemed to know her!

{Two If By Sea Gallery, Ballston Spa, New York)

The booth to my right was a fantastic painter, Melissa Holmes Hatch. Melissa's husband Gregory Tkal just opened a new shop in Ballston Spa called Two If By Sea Gallery that hold's Melissa's gorgeous paintings, of course, but also vintage light fixtures that have been restored and brought to code, ready to hang in your home. He also can rewire custom work and has new reproduction lighting, as well.

Greg has a twenty year career working with lighting in homes, museums and films, and this new venture is a dream come true. See a gallery of his work here. I have to visit this place, soon!

Loretta

Frittelli Lockwood Weavers At Beekman Street Art Fair...

 

All this week I promise to share with you photos of pieces I'm bringing to the Beekman Street Art Festival in Saratoga Springs this Sunday, June 10. But, there are so many amazing artists exhibiting I can't wait to see at Sunday's show  that I  want to share THEIR work as well!

So first, the talented weaving of the frittelli & LOCKWOOD team, Cecilia Fritelli and Richard Lockwood. Cecilia has spent an enormous amount of time organizing the show. While they will not have a "booth" on the street, you'll find their studio and shop, Textile Studio, open at 143 Grand Avenue, on the intersection of Beekman Street and Grand Avenue. 

 frittelli & LOCKWOOD has fans across the country for their intricate handwoven clothing and exhibited at the Smithsonian Craft Show this year, a great honor. They dress women beautifully, but I really appreciate the detail in their fine handwoven men's clothing - ties, of course, but also light weight shirts and jackets. You rarely see men looking this stylish! See their website here: http://www.frittelli-lockwood.com/

Here's a piece I'll be bringing to the show:

{Loretta Fontaine Jewelry sterling silver Maria earrings with Green Leaf}

You can see how I did the watercolors for these reversible earrings in a previous post here.

Just got a list of all the artists exhibiting at the show:

Beekman Street Art Festival Exhibiting Artists:

Jewelry
Sue Brown Gordon—Greenfield Ctr, NY
Loretta Fontaine—Albany, NY
Carol Grasso—Ballston Spa, NY
Margie and Bill Lombard—Saratoga Springs, NY
Nancy Miller—Saratoga Springs, NY
Stefanie O’Brien—Glens Falls, NY
Christian Rodriguez
Carly Wright—Berne, NY

Ceramics
Art Baird—Holland Patent, NY
Jim Brunelle—Avon, CT
Randi Kish—Saratoga Springs, NY
James Sankowski—Ballston Lake, NY
Saratoga Clay Arts Center—Schuylerville, NY
Wayne Smith—Saratoga Springs, NY

Fiber
Marjolaine Arsenault—Chestertown, NY
Cherry Schacher—Ballston Spa, NY
Charlene Leary—Lake George, NY
Nanette Miranda—Rio Rico, AZ
Linda Slezak—A-Babies, Ballston Spa, NY
Daniel Storto—Gloversville, NY
Barbara Weingart—Syracuse, NY
Olga Zvezdina—Troy, NY

Mixed Media
Beth Cunningham—Artifacts, Melrose NY
Grace Gunning—Rhinecliff, NY
Jocelyn Keene—Boxes and Beads, Saratoga Springs, NY
Chuck Kish—Saratoga Springs, NY
Caroline Mundell—Old Tin Stuff, Warrensburg, NY
Ralph Prata—Concrete Abstracts, Bloomingdale, NY

2-D Art
David Aimone—Saratoga Springs, NY
Michelle Card—Newburgh, NY
Charles DeMarco—Clifton Park, NY
Judy Haller-D’Angelo—Clifton Park, NY
Melissa Hatch—Ballston Spa NY
Erik Laffer—Schuylerville, NY
Alyson Stryker—Saratoga Springs, NY