21st Annual River Arts Festival

The 21st Annual River Arts Festival will fill Hannibal’s Historic Main Street with summer fun on the Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend. The May 24 and 25 festival attracts many fine arts and fine craft exhibitors and thousands of visitors each year. Still, we do what we do for the Hannibal area….we want you to come out and enjoy the festival. Exhibitors in the festival will share their talents in such areas as watercolor, pottery, jewelry, photography, drawing, oils, sculpture, glass, fiber arts, fine crafts, and many other mediums. Besides artist exhibitors, there will be plenty of food booths to enjoy, a wine tasting area, and performances.

Artists and artisans exhibit and sell their creations from 10 until 5 on Saturday and 10 until 4 on Sunday. Fine art, funky art, fine crafts, traditional arts, homemade foods, and performances round out this great holiday weekend. Celebrate the arts and explore Downtown Hannibal this Memorial Day Weekend at the River Arts Festival. Exhibitors are accepted into the festival by a selection process. The Hannibal Arts Council jury committee completely reselected all the exhibitors for this year’s festival. There were many new exhibitors chosen for the festival in 2008. The Hannibal Arts Council believes in providing festival goers with quality exhibitors and a weekend full of the arts and fun.

Come to Downtown Hannibal this Memorial Day Weekend...a great weekend for the entire family. For more information on the Hannibal Arts Council’s River Arts Festival, contact HAC at (573) 221-6545, visit their website at www.hannibalarts.com or email them at festivals@hannibalarts.com.

Participating Artists (As of April 15, 2008, list is subject to change)
Name - Business - Medium

Glen Garrison - Garrison Wildlife Art - Drawing, Pen & Ink
John Stoeckley - Reflections of Missouri - Drawing, Pen & Ink
Mark & Deb Damhorst - Ohio Street Originals - Dried Florals & Driftwood
Kris Survant & Cheryl Rawlings - Batch-o-Brittle - Edibles, Brittles
Robert Reisner - Arndt’s Fudgery - Edibles, Fudge
Patty Beckman - Arty Appetite - Edibles, Gourmet Dips
Catherine Nicosia - Sandhill Farm - Edibles, Honey Products
Betty Hallows - Betty’s Baskets and More - Fiber
Tim Murphy - Flintknapping
Lee Atkins - Moosehead Woodworks - Furniture, wood
Audrey Whitnell - Josie’s Original Soap Co. - Herbals, Soaps & Herbs
John Albertsen - John the Ringman & Co. - Jewelry
Tom & Stacey Christen - Firewolf Jewelry - Jewelry
Nancy Koehler - McKenzie’s Jewelry - Jewelry
Lee Richards - Dzignz On You - Jewelry
Mary Beth St. Clair - Moonlight Studio - Jewelry
Cindy Trampe - Cool Beads - Jewelry
Tom Suter - Tom’s Foolery - Jewelry
Tom & Kathy Kush - Rainbow Fusion - Jewelry, Fused Glass
Ralph & Norma Marshall - Feather Hill Arts - Jewelry, Native American
Kat Barronmiller - Midnight Kat Productions - Jewelry, wire objects
Wanaree Tanner - Jade Orchid - Jewelry & Polymer Sculpture
Joyce LaGrange - Just Leather - Leather
Ernie Webb - Webb Craft - Leather
Bob & Jan Ehrenberger - Ehrenberger Forge - Metal, Blacksmithing
Jill & Chad Kernodle - Mosaic Madness - Mixed Media
Cristina Lieberman - Lunatique Art by Tina - Painting, Acrylic
Helen Depietro - Depietro’s Crafts - Painting, Fine Craft
Dalia Ancevicius - Painting - Oil
Greg Celenze - Celenze Outsider Art - Painting - Oil
John S. Eberhardt - Painting - Oil
JB Rydl - JB RYDL ARTS - Painting, Oil/Watercolor
Kim Foster - Artbykimfoster.com - Painting, Watercolor
Lois King - Painting, Watercolor
Renee Healy - Renee Healy Fine Arts - Painting, Watercolor, Oils, Acrylics & silks
Barbara Espey - Espebe - Paper, Homemade
Robert Lourwood - PB&J PhotoArt, Inc - Photography
Martin Spilker - Serenity Photography - Photography
Mary Jane - Moyers Touch from the Heart Pottery - Pottery
Hilda Kidd Wiesenmeyer - Fishbowl Pottery - Pottery
Diann Graham - Impressions in Stone - Pottery
Katie Beckett & Trent Freeman - Full Circle & Four Staves Studios Pottery - Raku
Keith Rice - Rice’s Pottery - Pottery, Stoneware
Kurt Salla - Salla Art Studio - Sculpture, brass & copper
Bill Merritt - Ozarklake Distinct Décor - Sculpture - Copper and Glass
Angelic Lindsley & Ken Carron - Fire and Water Creations
Sculpture - Granite and Stone
Ray Windmiller - River Rats - Sculpture - Polymer Clay
Glen Brokaw - Wood’s IT - Wood
Dick & Heidi Hehmeyer - Artistic Crafts - Wood
Ronnie Bell - RB’s Specialties - Wood Turnings