Call for Artists! Cayce Festival of the Arts - April 9, 2016

Call for Fine Artists/Photographers, Fine Crafters, and Authors/Writers

for the

2nd Annual Cayce Festival of the Arts

Brought to you by The Cayce Avenues Association

Saturday - April 9, 2016

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

New Festival Location ⇛ On the grounds of Cayce’s Historic

Brookland-Cayce High School

1300 State Street, Cayce SC 29033

Last year’s event was a huge success. This year’s event is shaping up to be even better. We hope you will join us!

Register using form on the Artist Info Page. Send questions to caycefest@gmail.com.

Free Times Photos

We mentioned before that we were so busy at the Festival taking care of our vendors and guests that no one really had time to take any photos. Thankfully, the Free Times was on the spots and created a slideshow of great images from the event.

Check it out HERE.

Check out these photos from the Cayce Festival of the Arts.
Posted by Free Times on Monday, April 13, 2015

What our vendors are saying!

We want to give a big thank you to one of our authors AJ Brown for sharing his Festival experience on his blog. The Cayce Festival of the Arts was the first festival AJ had shared his books at; we're glad we could provide such a good experience for him.

Read his blog post HERE.

Local blogger The April Blake featured us!

We're so thankful that so many local residents came out to support us on Saturday. Check out the beautiful photos that blogger The April Blake took at the Festival. Read her blog post HERE.

P.S. We love that April lives in the Avenues as well.

Happy Birthday to Our Director!

First, we want to thank everyone who came out to the Festival yesterday and all our awesome volunteers!

Second, we want to wish a very warm belated birthday to our Festival Director Skip Willits. He spent his birthday taking care of details and selling his beautiful fine art photography.

Our Festival director tried to keep it quiet that yesterday was also his birthday. That didn't stop us from celebrating...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Sunday, April 12, 2015

We were so busy taking care of our vendors that we didn't get too many photos of the event, but this one was snapped during setup in the morning.

If you have photos that we can share here and on the Facebook page, please email them to us: cayce.avenues.assn@gmail.com

We're in The State Newspaper!

Check out this promo feature in The State Newspaper. They make us (and our vendor Pisati Creations) look really good.

The the article HERE.

Come see us today at the Guignard Brickworks. The festival runs until 5 p.m.

Free Times - 8 Days

Much thanks to the Free Times for mentioning the Festival in its weekly entertainment column, 8 Days. Check it out HERE.

Did you see us on Cola Daily?

The word is spreading about the Festival. A big thanks for Cola Daily for the feature article about our event on Saturday. Check it out HERE.

Welcome to our Vendors! (part 8)

It's hard to believe that we're sharing our last round-up of vendor announcements. Here's who we announced this week. We'll see you all on Saturday!

Good morning, Festival friends! We're so excited that the Cayce Festival of the Arts is THIS Saturday! We still have...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Monday, April 6, 2015

We are excited to welcome Sunrise Bath and Body from West Columbia as our next vendor to the Cayce Festival of the Arts....
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Monday, April 6, 2015

We have another West Columbia vendor to introduce. A.J. Brown is an author who writes short stories and novels. He will...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Monday, April 6, 2015

We're down to our last day day of vendor announcements. It's so hard to believe that the Cayce Festival of the Arts is...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Stop by the Cayce Festival of the Arts on Saturday to say hello to Sue Behnke, who will be joining us from Swansea. Sue...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Tuesday, April 7, 2015

If you're always longing to be on the beaches of Carolina, you may need to bring home piece by The Southern Shelle -...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Last vendor announcement, but definitely not least - Art by Jean from West Columbia!Jean will be bringing handmade...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Tuesday, April 7, 2015

We're not quite sure how she got overlooked, but we have one more vendor to share - Pine Needle Baskets by Penelope. Penelope will coming from Sumter, and you WILL want to check out her unique product.
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Official Artist List

We are really excited about the awesome artists, crafters and authors who will joining us from the Carolinas.

We are truly excited to have so much talent joining us at the festival. 1. J&C Wordsmiths2. Pisati Creations3. Jan...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Don't Go Hungry! [Food Vendors]

 Sweet-N-Sassy 

Available beginning at 9 a.m.

Popcorn, Wings, Fries, Funnel Cakes, Ice Cream Bars, Sliders, Donuts, Coffee, Water, Lemonade

 Little Jimmy's Italian Ice  

Available beginning at 9 a.m.

15 Flavors of Italian Ice

Gaston Masonic Lodge  

Available beginning at 9 a.m.
Hot dogs, fries, sodas

Welcome to our Vendors! (Part 7)

We're only a week away from the Festival! Will you be joining us?

If you need a little more enticement, here are the artists we announced last week.

Happy Monday, friends!Let's welcome Joan Keitt from Cope, SC, to the Cayce Festival of the Arts. These photos were...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Let's be honest, we're all a little fascinated by fossils, rocks and gemstones....which is why we're pleased to announce...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

If you have special ladies or girls in your life, then you should plan to stop by Creations and Sinsations at the Cayce...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Wednesday, April 1, 2015

We have another awesome quilter to share with you today. Penny's Quilts & Gifts will have a variety of quilted items...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Thursday, April 2, 2015

We have one crafter coming from the other Carolina. Beading Hearts will be joining us from Clemmons, NC. They will be...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Friday, April 3, 2015

Let's give a warm welcome to Janet Sheppard Kelleher, our next author to join the Cayce Festival of the Arts.Janet is...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Friday, April 3, 2015

How about another West Columbia artist to finish up our Friday? Olaf Originals will be bringing a collection of...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Friday, April 3, 2015

Are you coming?

Have you RSVP'ed for the Festival? We're super excited about the 50 vendors that will be joining us on Saturday, April 11 at the Guignard Brickworks on Knox Abbot Drive.

If you're on Facebook, please RSVP via the event below, and be sure to invite and share with your friends.

We have more than 1100 likes, but the event only shows about 10% of you are coming; that can't be right. =)Invite your friends and share the love!
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Friday, April 3, 2015

Welcome to Our Vendors! (Part 6)

We are excited to welcome more artists, crafters and authors to our Festival. Look who's come on board and be sure to join us on April 11.

Let's start this week with some new vendor announcements.Our next crafter is Pens and Turnings from Columbia. They...

Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Let's welcome Tattoo'ed Treasures from Aiken, SC to our growing list of crafters. If you want custom etched glass,...

Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Wednesday, March 4, 2015

We're excited to announce another artist from Cayce today! Sharpe Creations creates pottery and ceramic vases, bowls,...

Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Wednesday, March 4, 2015

We're excited about our next artist. chi design works with cloth woven from natural fibers (cotton, linen, silk) and...

Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Thursday, March 5, 2015

Are y'all ready to hear about some more vendors for the Cayce Festival of the Arts?Please welcome Woods n' Threads...

Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Thursday, March 19, 2015

Have you been searching for local children's books to give as gifts? Regina Ridgell is from Prosperity; she is a...

Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Friday, March 20, 2015

Our next artist is a dually talented. Megan Griffin is a poet and photographer from Columbia. She has published a book...

Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Monday, March 23, 2015

Who's excited about paintings Chapin artist Cathy Troutman? Her artwork includes acrylic on canvas, pen and ink and...

Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Are you looking for some unique yard artwork for your home? You want to check out Art & Soul Creations by Shelly....

Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Have you seen Lamped Lighting's works around town? George is known as "The Lamp Guy". He creates these one of a kind...

Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Thursday, March 26, 2015

Our last vendor announcement of the week is Shelby Northcutt, an artist from Cayce, South Carolina. Shelby describes her...

Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Friday, March 27, 2015

Volunteer Call! We need your help!

We are a little more than two weeks away from the Festival, and the event is coming together. We now have more than 40 artists, crafters and authors showing their works at the Festival.

We are now in need of volunteers to help with setup, parking direction, general information, tent sitting (so our vendors can get food or use the restroom), breakdown and clean-up.

If you can help out, please register by April 1 so we can create our schedule and order your volunteer t-shirt.


Thank you in advance for your willingness to help out. We couldn't put this event on without your help!

Welcome to our vendors! (Part 5)

We've been a little quiet here on the website, but that doesn't mean that the Festival isn't growing. Check out these awesome artists who have joined the Festival.

Remember last week that we talked about plein air painting? It's time to announce the first of our two plein air...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Monday, February 2, 2015

Plein Air painter # 2 is Ernest J. Lee "The ChickenMan"!Otherwise known as "The Chicken Man," Ernest is a Columbia...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Tuesday, February 3, 2015

We have another fabulous jewelry crafter joining the Cayce Festival of the Arts - NeckRocks Art Jewelry. The artists...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Wednesday, February 4, 2015

We're really excited to announce our next vendor - Just Mother & Daughter. They are a mother-daughter duo of sweetgrass...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Thursday, February 5, 2015

We are pleased to welcome another stained glass crafter to our growing list of vendors. Glassie Ladies are from...
Posted by Cayce Festival of the Arts on Friday, February 6, 2015

Be sure to like our Facebook page to see more photos of all the fine works that will be available.

OUR CALL FOR ARTISTS IS STILL OPEN

We're growing with more than two dozen artists signed up, including three of the best photographers in the state and one of the most renowned folk artists as well.  Come join us amidst the old brick kilns along the Congaree River in Cayce, South Carolina.  

Head to the artist tab at the top of the page to register electronically.

Welcome to Our Vendors! (Part 4)

We've had another week of exciting artist, crafter and writer/author announcements. If you need to get caught up, this is who we announced this week!

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What is Plein Air Painting?

We've had a lot of fun announcing some of our artists the last few weeks. What else will be at the Festival?

One feature we're particularly excited about is plein air painting.

What is plein air? According Wikipedia, plein air

is a French expression which means "in the open air" and is particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors

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Welcome to our vendors! (Part 3)

Will you be joining us on Saturday, April 11 for the Festival? You can check out and buy works from these awesome artists, crafters and writers:

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Welcome to our vendors! (Part 2)

Let's give a warm welcome to our next wave of artists, crafters and writers. We're going to have so much fun on Saturday, April 11.

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Do you want to show your creations at the Cayce Festival of the Arts? Click the Artist Info tab to register electronically.

We're on Carolina Cares!

We had the good fortune to join Rob on Carolina Cares this morning to talk more about the Festival. Check it out; our portion of the show starts at 14 minutes, 30 seconds:

Mark you calendars for April 11 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and join us for the Festival. Also, don't forget the call for artists is still open; click the Artist info tab at the top of the page.

Welcome to our vendors! (Part 1)

We have begun announcing our artists, crafters and authors for the Festival!

Check out who will joining us on April 11:

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We're excited to have these awesome vendors on board. Please stop by their sites and Facebook pages to say hello. Check back next Friday for quick round-up of additional announcements.

If you'd like to show at the Festival, you can register via our Artist Info page.