About
About the Salt Fork Arts & Crafts Festival
Originating in June of 1967 as a one-day event on the Cambridge Courthouse Square, the festival moved to a new home at the Cambridge City Park in 1968. The park is the perfect setting for the festival, offering a distinct and unique environment for exhibitors and visitors. It's a great place to spend a warm summer afternoon!
The Ohio Arts and Crafts Foundation, a non-profit organization, was established in 1968 and is the governing body of the Salt Fork Arts and Crafts Festival. The Board of Trustees, along with the festival director, oversees the production of the annual festival. It takes many hands to produce the festival each year. People throughout the community come together to chair individual committees, volunteering to develop and support the festival annually.
The 2012 festival will be a two day event, Friday, August 10 and Saturday, August 11. High caliber artists and craftsmen will be showcased, along with performing artists, early American arts and crafts demonstrations, and food concessions.
The Salt Fork Arts and Crafts Festival is a juried show, and all applicants must present representations of their work along with an application. The deadline for this year's festival is July 16, 2012. All applications must be postmarked by that date. The application must include the $20.00 jury fee. The exhibitor's fee for the two day festival is $135.00. Checks should be made payable to the Ohio Arts and Crafts Foundation.
Artists and craftsmen who want to apply to be an exhibitor in 2012 can do so by mailing their application along with $20.00 check to:
Salt Fork Arts and Crafts Festival
P.O. Box 250
Cambridge, Ohio 43725
**New for 2012: Artists and craftsmen can apply for the festival through www.zapplication.com.
Ohio Arts and Crafts Foundation
The Ohio Arts and Crafts Foundation was formed in 1968 to enhance and promote Ohio arts by fostering artistic creativity, expression and education. Cultural enrichment as well as historical folk art, the performing arts, and other fine arts exhibitions, demonstrations, instructions and performances are the cornerstone of the Foundation's focus. The Foundation sponsors the juried Salt Fork Arts & Crafts Festival each year.
Festival Committees
Performing Arts, Heritage of the Arts, Artist's Awards, Peoples Choice Awards, Student Art Show, Volunteers, Hospitality, Food Concessions, and Promotions.
You can learn more about our committees and how you can volunteer to work with one by contacting Festival Director, Holly Phillips at 740-732-2259 or hollyp740@yahoo.com.
Information Pavilion
For up-to-date schedules, daily highlights, festival and community information, Performing Arts and Heritage of the Arts schedules, Festival feedback forms, contribution information, maps, and more, go to the Festival Information Pavilion. The Information Pavilion is located in Pavilion #1 across from the west entrance to the Cambridge City Park.
Parking
The main parking for the Salt Fork Arts & Crafts Festival is at the Little League baseball diamond parking lot #1 located at the northwest corner of North 8th Street and Edgeworth Lane, a two-way, stop-sign intersection, with parking on side streets. Additional parking is available at lot #2 and lot #3 (electric available at lot #3).
Registration
Artist registration begins at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 9 at the main entrance to the festival area on Edgeworth Avenue. A festival Volunteer Ambassador will greet each participant at the entrance, provide you with an information packet, and then guide you to your assigned space. The packet will contain your booth space number, nametag, exhibitor parking ticket, and other pertinent information. Exhibitors will be able to set up their space and their work completely, as there will be security from 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening to 8:00 a.m. Friday morning.
Tents
The festival provides tents to house some festival offerings such as "You're the Artist," which is an area devoted to crafts for children ages five and up. Children will be able to use their own ideas to make a craft item of their own design. If you would like to support the festival by offering to provide the funds for a tent or part of a tent, please contact the Festival Director at 740-732-2259 or hollyp740@yahoo.com.
Security
The Ohio Arts and Crafts Foundation contracts each year with a security firm to provide uniformed guards for all of our exhibitors and their valuable wares. Security will begin on at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday evenings and continue until 8:00 a.m. each morning. Noone is permitted on the park grounds in the festival during these hours.