Northwoods Art and Book Festival Recap Part Two

PART TWO NORTHWOODS ART AND BOOK FESTIVAL RECAP

A festival that exceeded our expectations with over 2,500 people in attendance. It  was just a perfect day.

With so much to see and so much to do festival goers certainly had a lot of choices.

Pies by Guys who sang as they served up a slice of pie was a popular destination.  

Even after making 70 pies Jeanette (owner of the Big Dipper) still had a smile on her face as she cut the pies.

One of the most creative additions to the festival this year was Poetry Safari a poetry scavenger hunt sponsored by Kokoro Center for Music and Performing Arts and Northwoods Arts Council.  

147 Poetry Safari players trekked through the festival wearing Poetry Safari buttons, blue pencils, and trackers in hand, searching for the elusive 11 poems by Minnesota poets scattered about the festival.  When players returned triumphantly to the headquarters they were rewarded with poetry journals, bookmarks, and John Thornberg's "Top Ten Tips for Writing Poetry." 

Wonder Trek Museum provided a variety of interactive hands-on materials for chidden to play with. 

Various community organizations had a strong presence at the festival. 

Hackensack Dog Park raising funds for the completion of the dog park and selling dog treats.

Hackensack Lending Library and Hackensack Chamber

Mann Lake Bee and Ag Supply

Wayne and the Boys provided music throughout the day.

Finer Meats and Eats served a variety of foods and 

Rendezvous Brewing served beer and one could also find booths for 

Strudel Haus, Homemade Fudge, Liquid Gold BBQ Sazz, and Brambleberry Farm.

  
With over 60 fantastic artist vendors representing a variety of art media choices abounded for festival goers. These are just a few of the artists who joined the festival for the day. 

   Bill Sumner-Bear Paw Paperworks

Emily Gray Koehler- Printmaker

Mark Swenson Waters Edge Art

Keri Norman-Jeweler

You don't want to miss next year's 28th Annual Northwoods Art and Book Festival.  Mark your calendar for August 12, 2023. We just keep getting better each year. 

This year's event was made possible by a grant from the Five Wings Arts Council. A shout out also to Lakes Printing in Brainerd for being a proud supporter of the arts.