Events
Artists & Artisans Festival
Saturday, March 17 and Sunday, March 18, 2012
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The annual Wildflower Days™ celebration begins with the 2012 Artists and Artisans Festival devoted to arts, crafts and nature.
The annual festival showcases the work of more than 20 American artists in metal, painting, photography, jewelry, pottery and more. This display includes nature-friendly, handmade items, such as mesquite bowls and bird houses, fanciful ceramic vases and sculptured jewelry as well as exquisite photographs and watercolors. The gardens are gearing up for spring with bluebonnets, giant spiderwort and other flowers prepping to bloom.
We all know Mrs. J loved wildflowers. Families and children can go on a fun, flower scavenger hunt to find some of her favorite Texas wildflowers during the Artists and Artisans Festival.
Also enjoy two new exhibits, Logan Stollenwerck's "A Bouquet for Mrs. J." Giant Wildflower Metal Sculptures on the grounds and Shou Ping' "Exquisite Paper Sculptures" in the McDermott Learning Center.
On Sunday, March 18, meet artist Shou Ping, 1 to 4 p.m., McDermott Learning Center.
Admission: $9 adults; $7 seniors and students; $3 for children; free for members and children under 5. For more information, call 512.232.0100, or visit www.wildflower.org/visit.
The Origami master
The world’s leading master of the paper folding art, Robert J. Lang, a physicist who once worked on lasers and optoeclectronics, will perform an origami folding demonstration at noon Saturday, March 17, in the auditorium. Lang, who will have an exhibit of giant origami at the Wildflower Center this summer, is the author of 12 books on origami.
Lang will also conduct a workshop on “Bringing Origami to Life”, at 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday in the library. This special workshop will explore some of the folding techniques that were developed in the latter part of the 20th century that added life and natural form to origami, in particular, the technique known as wet-folding.
In the Store
Saturday: David Busch signs 2012 Wildflower Days™ prints and T-shirts, 1 to 3 p.m.
Sunday: Meet renowned artist Lance Letscher, signing his books at the store. Ken Moore also will be in the store with his oil landscapes. Both events 1 to 4 p.m.
All weekend: Nature’s Art Box special and buy one 2011 Wildflower Days™ print or earlier, get TWO, any previous year, free!
2012 List of Artists and Artisans
| Name | Company | Medium |
| David Busch | Raindance Watercolors | Watercolors |
| Pauline Walsh Jacobson | Watercolors & Poloroids | |
| Barbara & Fred Stockbauer | Fred stockbauer - Goldsmith | Gold Jewlery w/ semi/precious gems |
| Virginia Broady | Virginia Broady Photos | Nature Photographs |
| Janice O. Clark | Flowers Forever | Metal Flower Sculptures |
| Bill Brockmeier | Revealing Light Photography | Panoramic Photographs |
| Andy Hammer | Flat Flower Botanicals | Pressed Flower Prints |
| Sue Kemp | Watercolors, prints, notecards | |
| Cynthia Clerc | Mixed media from found objects in nature | |
| Kay Rolfes | Green Hills Arts | Handmade fused glass jewlery and art. |
| Connie Colten | Connie Colten Jewlery | Tri-metal Jewlery |
| Peter Florczak | KPE Inc. | Texas wildflowers pressed, hand colored, and made into windows and stained glass. |
| Curtis Laudermilk | Handcrafted Mesquite | Art made from Texas Mesquite. |
| Wayne Rossi | D.S. Iron Works | Iron sculptures |
| Steven Green | Wood turned art feat. Color, texture, and mineral crystal inlay. | |
| Annette Tiberi | Annette Silk Art | Hand painted silk art. |
| Lindsay Field | Lindsay Designs | Glass Jewlery |
| Colleen L. Yarbrough | Heartwoven Designs | Handwoven clothing and home furnishings |
| Elly Fleegal | Fleegal Farms Soap | Handcrafted soap and skincare. |
| Megan Russell | Hammer It Out | Stainless steel housewares. |
| Terri McAshan | Terris Glass Creations | Jewlery, Night lights, and stained glass. |
| Mercy Raines | Mercy's Beads | Jewlery & Beads |
| Nancy Wilson | Nancy Wilson Bead Jewlery | Bead Jewlery |
| Rhonda Cox | Hand-crafted jewelry |
Are you an Artist or Artisan?
If you are an artist or artisan and would like to display at the 2013 event, please click on the link to learn more about the event, download application and more.
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