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COURTNEY FARMS Gift & Garden Center
CYNTHIA SUTTON, PRESIDENT &
CEO, OCEAN SPRINGS CHAMBER-
MAIN STREET-TOURISM BUREAU
It’s beginning to feel like the holiday season around town and the Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival is a wonderful place to begin your holiday shopping.
This time of year is always filled with activity and fun. Festival season in Ocean Springs began with the Artwalk event hosted in late August and continues through the Christmas festivities. Situated as the main event is the 46th annual Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival presented by Blue Moon.
We are honored to continue our partnership with Blue Moon and its local
company, F.E.B. Distributing. Thanks to their partnership we have been able to bring about a state-wide art contest as well as providing artists an outlet to showcase their works and feature one lucky winner each year on marketing throughout the festival. This year’s feature is a coastal artist named Elizabeth Huffmaster showcasing her winning piece, “All Together Now” she will also be exhibiting during this year’s festival and can be found at her booth #135 located near the historic L&N train depot.
Speaking of the historic train depot, we invite each of you to check out our newest art feature in town, a five-foot I Love OS sculpture featuring a big red heart right near the L&N depot. We recently trademarked the “Instagramable” phrase I Love OS and hope you will take time to share in the love of Ocean Springs and the arts by taking a selfie in front of this heartfelt piece and tagging us with #oceanspringschamber. The Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival is run by a team of three (Morgan Broussard, Danny Walton and myself) who work at the Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce – Main Street – Tourism Bureau along with its board of directors and devoted volunteers and partners. We are honored to be able to bring about an event that not only brings a wonderful quality of life to Ocean Springs, Jackson County and Coastal Mississippi but also provides an economic impact that helps sustain our local businesses and artists.
One of the best parts of the festival for me is getting to know the artists and seeing many of them return each year to participate in the festival. These artists are like family to us, and we are truly delighted to be able to share their works with you. All of our artists have interesting stories, and many traveled different lives and different roads to get here, so take a minute and get to know the artist you are shopping with. They truly are valuable. I also hope you enjoy the stories and featured items throughout this guide as it is a way to share some of those stories with you.
We are looking forward to working with nearly 400 artists, crafters, and food vendors at this year’s festival and want you all to have fun while attending. We will have some great hands-on features including a Blue Moon Art experience where you can paint some art of your own. Raising Cane’s is offering prizes when you play your hand at Plinko, and the University of Southern Mississippi will have some cool coastal creatures on exhibit to educate the community about our marine life.
Don’t forget to visit the onsite food court area near Miner’s Toy Store and take a break from all the fun shopping to enjoy a meal and a football game. We love football season too and we’ll be showcasing some of the best games during the festival on Saturday and Sunday in the food court area.
Come out and spend some time with our artists, our local shops, restaurants, and galleries downtown, uptown and all around town during the 46th Annual Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival this November 2 and 3.
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