56th Annual Festival of the Arts

Booth #1

Glass

All glass is repurposed and made into functioning new uses.

Booth #2

Wood

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 I'm a Glen Ellyn resident that makes fun, unique & useful items out of wood that include pizza cutters, ice cream scoops, bottle openers, charcutterie & cutting boards to name just a few items. Majority of my work is on lathes & I've enjoyed being part of this show for the past several years. 

 Booth #3

Acrylic Painting

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Acrylic on canvas. Sketched and layered with loose brushstrokes on top of a vibrant underpainting. Sealed with gloss medium and fitted with frame(s) handmade by the artist.  

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Mixed Media
I use a combination of mono type printing, silk screening, collage work, painting plus drawing in creating my one-of-a-kind images. 

Booth #5

Jewelry

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My designs are combination of color texture and asymmetry. I focused on vintage pieces unique clasps semi-precious stones, ocean or freshwater pearls chosen for color character textures.  

Booth #6 

Pottery

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I create 2 styles of clay pieces. First, I use red & white stoneware, using the coiling & slabs method. Glazed with both commercial & hand-mixed blends, pieces are fired to cone 6. My other style uses air-dry clay to craft fruit & veggie faces, hand-painted and sealed with a clear coat and lashes. 

Booth #7

Acrylic Painting

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 Acrylic ink and water.

Booth #8

 Jewelry

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I'm a mixed media artist and jewelry designer utilizing upcycled vintage materials to create one-of-a-kind artwork & fine jewelry.
 

Booth #9

Oil Painting

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I paint landscapes in oils, occasionally a still life or hybrid of the two. I build my own stretchers and stretch my own canvases. Development of imagery is by means of my own photography. 

Booth #10

Mixed Media

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Acrylic, abstract landscapes, street scenes & clouds. Some miniature, some on gilded canvas, & some in restored vintage frames or vintage wooden plaques.   

Booth #11

Jewelry

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I make jewelry of vitreous glass melted onto metal for the contemporary woman. The process involves a design including multiple firings of sifted or wet packed glass onto metal followed by careful application of enamel paints, beads, stenciled elements or bits of fine silver wire or foils.  

Booth #12

Jewelry

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 Materials used include hand pressed organics from our flower garden as well as crushed gemstones in specific designs. The materials can be set in hand pigmented resin or clay. Necklaces are constructed with either stainless steel, 14k gold-filled or sterling silver chain & hand wired to findings. 

Booth #13

Wood

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Artist, Greg Orlando, works with wood building stringed instruments as a luthier. All of my instruments are hand crafted by me. Everything is made from scratch no kits are used I enjoy all the work from start to finish. I make functional art that looks beautiful and sounds wonderful in the hands of musicians. 

Booth #14

 Acrylic Painting
Fluid acrylic paint on canvas   

Booth #15

Jewelry

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My artwork medium is colorful enamel jewelry. I sift or wet pack vitreous enamels onto hand wrought metal pieces of pure copper or brass. After each layer is applied, the piece is then fired. Multiple layers of enamel, usually from 8 to 20, are layered and fired onto each piece and then hand painted.  

Booth #16

 Watercolor

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I paint several floral watercolor paintings on 300lb paper.  I then collage them together. 

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Acrylic Painting

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My work, largely acrylic, charcoal & pastels reflects a love of music, humor and a lot of color!  

Booth #18

Oil Painting

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 I interpret my subjects with vibrant stripes, redefining and exploring a structure with bands of color. 

Booth #19

Mixed Media

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I hand draw and paint everything I create. I prefer not to trace. My work varies between very illustrative and cartoony to realistic and emotional. I use all kind of media - watercolor, acrylic, oil paint. sometimes just pencil or charcoal and sometimes its markers or colored pencils. 

Booth #20

Acrylic Painting

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I use acrylic paint on canvas, reused canvas and on board. After I paint a sketch l block in colors to make sure the mood/vibe are correct. Then it’s the fun part of laying down brush strokes and putting color next to each other to make certain parts pop. 

Booth #21

Photography

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All of my work is custom printed on an aluminum ChromaLux substrate. The work is all signed and numbered in limited editions. 

Booth #22

Pottery

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I pair traditional craftmanship and modern design to bring the beauty of wood to life.  

Booth #23

Watercolor

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 I use Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolor paints on 100% Cotton Fabriano 140 1b/300gsm paper. The techniques I use for the paintinga are wet-on-wet and dry-on-wet. 

Booth #24

Acrylic Painting

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A lot of Kera's pieces are born through her analysis and expression of mental health including depression and anxiety. Currently, she is making a lot of folk art paintings inspired by Norwegian rosemaling. 

Booth #25

Oil Painting

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From the soft ebb and flow of watercolor to the bold textures and colors of Oils I strive to bring a feeling of familiarity and nostalgia to my art as I put brush to paper and canvas.  

Booth #26

Jewelry

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I bring disparate elements together for modern yet organic jewelry with movement & balanced asymmetry. I carve wood, sculpt wax castings & forge mixed metals, adding gemstones & more to my pieces. 

Booth #27

Fibre

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Handwoven cloth is designed, threads measured, then put on the weaving loom to create. Each piece of cloth is then made into a scarf, shawl, or clothing/fashion item. Each piece is one of a kind. Using only natural and sustainable fibers.  

 Booth #28

Jewelry

My work primarily features repurposed materials—such as vintage components, reclaimed metals, and ethically sourced or upcycled gemstones. Each piece is carefully designed to tell a story, blending the beauty of the past with a fresh, contemporary aesthetic. 

Booth #29

Pottery 

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My work is both functional and non-functional ceramic, made both on the wheel and hand-built. I use handmade prints over hand painted detail work. I use a variety of glazes together, and fire to Cone 6. 

Booth #30

 Watercolor

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Using watercolor paintings that I have made, I cut them up into squares. These squares are glued onto paper and arranged into a grid as an abstract piece 

Booth #31

Fibre

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I design & create specialty bags. I Juxtapose textile & leather often embellishing with various techniques. I repurpose, embroider, applique or do fiber art to achieve a unique look. I engineer each bag meticulously to achieve a unique heirloom quality. 

 Booth #32

Mixed Media

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I combine water-based paints & mediums (model paste, string gel, sand gel, beads gel, pumice, & liquid alcohol). I use paper, canvas, bristol board. I apply paint by pour, splatter, brush, & linework. I use watercolor techniques on canvas with liquid acrylics to show a fluid movement on the canvas.  

 Booth #33

Mixed Media

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Sand Casting, relief art- a negative impression created under the surface of the sand, by pushing figures in the sand -taking them out. Lite weight cement is poured into impression freezing sand -fill impression remove from sand breaking the mold. Each is hand painted w/Acrylic paints & sealed.  

Booth #34

Pottery

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Utilizing Neriage (wheel-throwing) and Nerikomi (hand-building) techniques, I craft functional ceramic pieces from stained stoneware, porcelain, and other clays. I also slip-cast my work using molds I have developed on my own. 

 Booth#35

Acrylic Painting

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I use acrylic on all of my paintings. My techniques range from brushes, pale knives, scrapers to move paint and a blow dryer. I also make paintings using texture and trowels.   

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 Oil Painting

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My goal is to use oil paints to create color, texture, and animal portraits that evoke playfulness and a sense of wonder.   

Booth #37

Digital Photography

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Photography of small-scale landscape in black and white or color. Printed on cotton-based paper with archival pigment ink with handmade framed.   

 Booth #38

 Jewelry

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Multilayer jewelry featuring all natural minerals with unique pairings of design style and materials. Each individual mineral is hand knotted and fused together using 14K gold, sterling silver or gunmetal wire. 

 Booth #39

Acrylic Painting

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Modern Fantasy & Surreal acrylic painting with a fine art take on illustrative storytelling and conceptual art. Using traditional techniques, like a limited palette & glazing. My art encourages a second look and draws you in with details that create conversation and spark the imagination.  

 Booth #40

 Mixed Media

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Alex Velázquez Brightbill is a Mexican artist who immigrated to Chicago at ten. She holds a BFA from Northeastern Illinois University and has exhibited in numerous galleries and cultural events. Her work explores the hybridity of growing up between two cultures, blending childhood memories of Mexico. 

Booth #41

Acrylic Painting

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I use heavy-body acrylic on canvas, which gives my art a dimensional feel. Combined with fluid, transparent ink, I create bold, vibrant, and energetic paintings of abstract flowers with happy feelings. 

Booth #42

Acrylic Painting

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Simply Art Studio is a husband and wife team with original acrylic paintings and coaster sets. All framed artwork is custom. We also have originally designed wood cutting boards, charcuterie & wine boards and more. 

 Booth #43

Digital Photography

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Landscape and transportation photography from across the United States. 

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Mixed Media

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Eco prints are a technique where leaves and flowers leave their shapes and colors on paper after steaming or boiling them. Wood relief printmaking involves carving an image into the surface of a block of wood, rolling ink onto it, and taking an impression or print onto paper.  

Booth #45

Jewelry

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I design and create pearl jewelry using extremely high-quality pearls that I source directly from Asia. I use a wire wrap technique to position the pearls and create flowers and other beautiful shapes for necklaces, earrings, rings, and bracelets. I also use plated,filled, solid gold, and silver.

 Booth #46

Oil Painting

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Katie’s oil paintings are created with natural, non-toxic, and environmentally friendly earth pigments, hand-mixed with oil in the tradition of the Old Masters of the Renaissance. She incorporates real pressed flowers into her work, using them as symbols of growth, resilience, and transformation.  

 Booth #47

Photography

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I use a Nikon Z8 with various lenses to harness natural light and capture the raw beauty of nature and the world around us. My work focuses on light, texture, and emotion—turning fleeting moments into lasting art.  

 Booth #48

 Oil Painting 

I create mostly landscape paintings in either Oil on board or Gouache on hot press watercolor paper.  

Booth #49

Jewelry

Jewelry created by the fabrication method, using 14k gold, sterling silver and copper set with semi-precious gems and freshwater pearls. Each piece is individually hand crafted.

Booth #50

Fibre

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Renew is a faith-based non-profit of refugee women creating handcrafted beautiful, one-of-a-kind bags, accessories, and home goods — each piece carefully stitched with a story of resilience, hope, and new beginnings. 

Booth #51

Acrylic Painting

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Acrylic or oils on board and canvas. Erin paints vivid, often post-impressionistic images of emotionally resonant content based on personal travel and commissions. Strong colors, florals, and energy.  

Booth #52

Mixed Media

Visit a collection of art from local students

Booth #61

Fibre

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I start by hand manipulating fibers, threads, yarn, strings and fabrics through multiple layers of technique which may include dyeing, intertwining, layering, commingling, knitting, or hand-weaving. I finish each piece one at a time by hand in water which transforms them as if by magic. 

Booth #62

Pottery

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I am using a variety of domestic and imported stoneware and porcelain clays. I work on the pottery wheel and work with slabs of clay to create my functional pottery. 

Booth #63

Fibre

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 From whole cowhides I create custom belts while you wait. Customers watch as I finish their belt on my portable butcher block. I value a zero waste philosophy and utilize every square inch of my hides and weaving leather tapestries assists me in this process. I also make leather & brass accessories. 

Booth #64

Jewelry

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 I make jewelry from wood/plywood and epoxy. Jewelry made of plywood I first cut, sand, then paint and cover with resin. Wood products I first pour resin, and then sand (shape them) and polish 

Booth #65

Acrylic Painting

 I create colorful abstract art, using diverse tools to construct and deconstruct, crafting dynamic, layered, textured compositions full of movement and joy. 

Booth #66

 Oils and Watercolors 

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Clive Jachnik’s fine art paintings reflect his celebrated career spanning 30 years in many international locations.

He is a classically trained artist in the Scottish Colorist tradition. This award winning artist has  compelling stories through paint to share.

Booth #67

Glass

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 Glass Terrarium Art arranged with live plants such as Cacti, Succulents, Air Plants.
Display with natural driftwoods and Trees. 

Booth #68

Oils and Watercolors 

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 Beth Forst has been creating art for over 30 years, winning awards and showing work in festivals and galleries nationwide. Traveling has influenced her eye.   Her focus for original excellence has lead to a remarkable body of work.  Beth strives for works that please her ideals and reflect her joy of life. 

Booth #69

Mixed Media

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We handcraft unique cheese and cutting boards made from premium wood types such as Black Walnut, Blackjack Oak, and Mesquite. We also hand forge one-of-a-kind knives and BBQ utensils that are a hit at every event we attend. Our products are not only functional, but they are pieces of art. 

Booth #70

Mixed Media

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 Mission is to create and showcase contemporary style of art expression from our studio. We believe in providing a captivating moments of nature and environment around us. Also representing our creations in various homes and environments of Art lovers between and beyond our reach.  

Booth #71

Metal

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Premium Cast Iron Metal Home & Garden Decor