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05/25/2017 12:01 AM

Save the Date: Guilford Art Center Craft Expo July 14 to 16


The Guilford Art Center Craft Expo is celebrating its 60th year this year. Photo courtesy of the Guilford Art Center

In celebration of its 60th year, Guilford Art Center’s annual Craft Expo will bring more than 180 nationally recognized craft artists to the uilford Green Friday through Sunday, July 14 to 16. The latest in handmade crafts will be represented, in a variety of media, including clay, glass, leather, metal and non-metal jewelry, wearable and non-wearable fiber, metal, mixed media, paper, painting, photography, printmaking, soap, and wood.

Special features include a Family Art tent to engage artists of all ages, silent auction of exhibitor-donated crafts, craft demos by Guilford Art Center faculty and students, beer and wine sales, food trucks, and live musical entertainment.

Craft Expo is sponsored, in part, by Zip06.com/Shore Publishing Newspapers, with additional support from WSHU Public Radio. All gate proceeds provide support for the center’s school, gallery, and community programs.

Craft Expo 2017 hours are Friday, July 14, from noon to 9 p.m.; Saturday, July 15, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Sunday, July 16, from noon to 5 p.m. Admission is $9 for adults and $7 for seniors; members, children under 12, and active military enter free. A multi-day pass is $15.

For more information, call the Guilford Art Center at 203-453-5947, email expo@guilfordartcenter.org, or visit guilfordartcenter.org.