The 25th annual Harmony Arts Festival kicks off today in Ambleside and that means more than 50 artists and craftspeople will be selling their wares along Argyle Avenue on West Vancouver's waterfront.
The Fresh St. Art Market is open to the public both weekends of the 10-day festival - July 31 to Aug. 3 and Aug. 7 to 9. Visitors can browse and buy photography, textiles, jewelry, glass and woodwork, paintings, ceramics, mixed media, sculpture and metal work created by North Shore and Lower Mainland artists.
Participating exhibitors this year include jeweller Anat Basanta, whose works can be seen in the collections of New York City's Museum of Art and Design, the Ontario Art Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery as well as Circle Craft on Granville Island; Dihedral Designs, made up of Whistler-based mother-son team Sue Pratt and Mack Rankin, who design and fabricate bags, briefcases and soft goods from Merino wool felt, leather and waxed canvas; and Peg Steley, who will be selling her jewelry designs in addition to new travel dresses she recently developed.
The open-air market is open 2 to 9 p.m. on Fridays, and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and B.C. Day.
For more details about which artists will be in attendance, visit harmonyarts.ca/art/artmarket.
