“Arab Woman Repurposed” by Michelle Kimbrell combines paper, ink and thread.IF YOU GO¦ What: 4 Bridges Arts Festival.¦ When: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, April 12; 11 a.m.-5 pm. Sunday, April 13.¦ Where: First Tennessee Pavilion, 1829 Reggie White Blvd.¦ Admission: $7 one day, $10 for both days; free for children 17 and younger.¦ Website: www.4bridgesartsfestival.org.
With 12,000 folks visiting last year’s 4 Bridges Arts Festival, is it any wonder that more than 430 artists from across the country applied for one of this year’s coveted booths?
When the 2014 festival opens Saturday and Sunday, April 12-13, the work of 143 talented artists who made that cut will fill First Tennessee Pavilion with glass, acrylic and watercolor paintings, ceramics, furniture, jewelry, oil paintings, photography, sculpture, mixed media and turned-wood pieces that are rich in color and texture.
It’s this ever-changing variety of work that Kathryn Dunn believes keeps patrons returning to the festival.
“We just have such a great array of work in so many disciplines,” says Dunn, 4 Bridges Festival director for the Association for Visual Arts, which sponsors the festival.