Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival

Townsend, Tennessee
Friday, Saturday, Sunday: March 19 - 21, 2010

Hosted by: Townsend Artisan Guild and Fine Arts Blount

Sponsors:

Smoky Mountain Convention and Visitors Bureau
Smoky Mountain Feed and Pet Supply - 865-977-0689.
Foothills Farmers Co-op - 865-982-2761.
Bearly Rustic Cab in Rentals - 888-448-6036 (Border collie sheepherding sponsor)Econo Lodge - 800-348-7090 (Border collie sheepherding sponsor)
PetSafe - 865-218-4029 (Border collie sheepherding sponsor)

Border collie sheep herding Paul Tucker with Border collie and sheep.

Join us for this interactive fiber arts event connecting the community with fiber arts activities. The festival will include fiber animal exhibitions, contests, an arts exhibition, workshops, educational demonstrations of spinning, weaving, needlecrafts, dyeing, and many other fiber processes, hands-on projects with children and adults, a Fashion Show, Fiber Arts Market of local artists' work and fiber craft supplies, and information about local fiber activities, groups, businesses, and instructional resources.

Border Collie Sheepherding Demonstrations by Leigh Anne and Paul Tucker at the Townsend Visitors Center -
Saturday, March 20: 10am, 2pm, 4pm
Sunday, March 21: 2pm, 4pm

See the Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival website:
www.smfaf.org for more information, including registration and application forms!

For general information contact Mary Dresser at 865-448-6709 or marydresser@gsmit.org

Download the Invitation to Participate: Fiber Fest Invitation Fiber Fest Invitation

Interested vendors contact Stephanie at 865-414-2259 or smithson_jane@yahoo.com
Download the Vendor Application: Vendor Application Vendor form
Interested demonstrators contact Sheri at 865-981-2871 or info@lilesacres.comInterested instructors contact Joy at joytounme@yahoo.com
Host Hotel: Highland Manor Inn - 800-213-9462.
Click here for additional Townsend lodging information.
Tentative Schedule of Events: (Schedule subject to changes. Please call 865-448-6709 for updates)
Click here for full class schedule: Fiber Arts Classes and Workshops

Friday, March 19:

Times:	Activity:	Location:
9:00am--3:00pm	Registration	Townsend Elementary School
1:00-5:00pm	Class Sessions	Townsend Elementary School
Noon-1:30pm	Break: Browse and Buy! View Exhibit	Townsend Elementary School and Townsend Visitors Center
1:00-5:00pm	Fiber Arts Exhibit: "The Artful Side of the Smokies"	Townsend Visitors Center
1:00-6:00pm	Vendors Marketplace	Townsend Elementary School

Saturday, March 20:

Times:	Activity:	Location:
8:00am	Registration	Townsend Elementary School
9:00am-5:00pm	Class Sessions	Townsend Elementary School and Highland Manor Inn
9:00am-5:00pm	Demonstrations; Sheep to Shawl	Townsend Elementary School and Townsend Visitors Center
Noon-1:30pm	Break: Browse and Buy! View Exhibit	Townsend Elementary School and Townsend Visitors Center
10am, 2pm, 4pm	Border Collie Sheepherding	Townsend Visitors Center
9:00am-5:00pm	Fiber Arts Exhibit: "The Artful Side of the Smokies"	Townsend Visitors Center
9:00am-6:00pm	Vendors Marketplace	Townsend Elementary School
7:00pm-10:00pm	Supper and Fiber Fashion Show	The Barn Event Center of the Smokies