The Museum Center at Five Points, 200 East Inman St., is hosting its annual Five Points Artisans Festival beginning Friday. The weekend festival will feature 20 artists and crafters from Tennessee and North Carolina.
Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free.
The artists will demonstrate and sell a variety of techniques including glass work, paintings, woodcarving and turning, gourds, photography, dolls, rug hooking, candles, folk art, pottery, clothing, and jewelry.
A featured artist coming to the festival will be Frankie Conar. The nationally known Cleveland artist, author and teacher specializes in painting boxes, trays, pitchers and decorative items using a style of folk art influenced by Early American tin tole ware.
Ms. Conar has traveled the world collecting and studying folk art from many cultures including Sweden, Norway and Russia.