Aug 3, 2008

www.nsfolkartfestival.com

Auction, special exhibits and a great country atmosphere featuring 40 participating folk artists with over 1500 new works offered for sale

Architecturally unique and alive with colour, the fishing port of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia is the perfect setting for the annual Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival! When you bring together forty folk artists and more than 1,500 pieces of new artworks the resulting atmosphere is nothing less than spectacular!

 For information please call: Nancy Wilson at 902-640-2113

The annual Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival -  August 3rd, 2008

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
TOWN OF LUNENBURG, N.S. CANADA
Lunenburg Arena

Noon until 4 p.m.

The Nova Scotia Folk Art Society created the Folk Art Festival several years ago, and now concentrates on the stewardship and documentation of Nova Scotia folk artists and folk art. They turned the event over to the Lunenburg Heritage Society in 2002.

The N.S. Folk Art Festival is organized by the staff and volunteers of the Lunenburg Heritage Society, a non-profit organization. The Society owns and maintains important old town Lunenburg heritage sites. These sites are the nationally designated historic Knaut-Rhuland House and the restored Bandstand.

What is Folk Art?
The perennial What is Folk Art Question. In addition to our mainstream artists, we include a cross section of other folk-related artists, from workers in the traditional folk crafts to those whose work has developed beyond folk art and others whose style and subject matter is strongly influenced by folk art.

Please visit the official Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival Web site for additional information and contact details.