Kingsport Cultural Arts announces 2nd annual ARTS Festival
Kingsport Cultural Arts is pleased to announce its 2nd annual Kingsport Arts Festival – a day showcasing the talents of our region’s best artists and creatives.
The festival will take place from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on May 3 in the 100 block of Shelby Street and feature the following events and activities:
- Iron Pour with WNC Sculpture
- Glassblowing with Ryan Gothrup
- Ceramics Raku Firing with the Clay Gurus
- Tie Dye festival shirts with Engage Kingsport
- Chalk art and large canvas finger painting for kids
- Miniature painting with the Kingsport Library
The one-day festival will also feature more than a dozen vendors, a gallery crawl and scavenger hunt, a watercolor activity for adults and bucket drumming with the Symphony of the Mountains.
Finally, the festival will feature the debut of “The Carousel Horse Brigade” – six fiberglass carousel horses painted and decorated by local businesses and organizations, similar to the 10 fiberglass goats shown during the 2023 GOAT Festival.
“Our focus this year is still on creation and involvement,” said Program Leader Linore Huss. “Showcasing creative techniques is something not typically found at other festivals, so we believe people will come away excited and hopefully inspired by what they saw demonstrated.”
The Kingsport Arts Festival is a partnership between Kingsport Cultural Arts, Engage Kingsport, the Inventor Center, Clay Gurus and the Symphony of the Mountains.
