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September Issue 2006
Huntington Beach State Park in Murrells Inlet, SC, Present 31st Atalaya Arts & Crafts Festival
Invitations have been sent to 103 artists and artisans to bring their work to the 31st annual Atalaya Arts & Crafts Festival on Sept. 22-24, 2006, at Huntington Beach State Park in Murrells Inlet, SC.
The artists were selected by a panel of judges from a pool of more than 200 applications. Their work covers a wide range of media - from metal to clay to canvas and wearable fabric - and this year they come from the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Michigan and Arizona.
The three-day affair takes place in the unique setting of Atalaya, a Moorish-style "castle" built in the Great Depression as a winter home and sculpture studio by Archer and Anna Hyatt Huntington, the wealthy New York couple who also created Brookgreen Gardens across US 17 from the oceanfront park.
Along with high-quality
arts and crafts, the festival features continuous live music and
a food court that typically offers Lowcountry seafood dishes,
barbecue and other culinary highlights from local restaurants.
Festival hours are Sept. 22, from noon to 6pm; Sept. 23, from
10am-6pm; and Sept. 24, from 10am-5pm. Admission is $6 for adults.
A multi-day pass is available for $10. Ages 15 and under are admitted
free. The park admission fee is waived during the festival weekend.
The festival also features Huntington Beach State Park itself. Located along US 17 in Murrells Inlet, the park offers its more than 400,000 visitors a year one of the most pristine beaches on the Grand Strand. The 2,500-acre park's freshwater lagoon and salt marsh maritime forest also are outstanding examples of the state's natural coastal environment and the park is widely regarded as one of the best birding sites along the East Coast. Its natural history is highlighted in the park's environmental education center.
Participating artists include: Elizabeth Mazyck (Mt. Pleasant, SC); Sue Middleton (Mt. Pleasant, SC); James Cornell (Landrum, SC); Doug Dacey (Columbus, NC); Linda Dalton (West End, NC); Shari Eakes (Horse Shoe, NC); Brian Evans (Wilmington, NC); Justine Ferreri (Bolivia, NC); Amy Goldstein-Rice (Inman, SC); Sue Grier (Leicester, NC); Alison McCauley (Summerville, SC); Kelly McCullough (Saluda, NC); Susan Painter (Loxahatchee, FL); Amy Peraldo (Asheboro, NC); Ronan Peterson (Chapel Hill, NC); Paul & Sheila Ray (Seagrove, NC); David Ross (Bakersville, NC); Sandy Singletary (McConnells, SC); Courtney & Tom Tomchik (Hendersonville, NC); Gena VanDyke (Charlotte, NC); Jean Wilder (Taylors, SC); Marc and Jennifer Grimes (Columbia, SC) Constance Hall (Marysville, OH); Miles & Christine Henry (Burnsville, NC); Shannon Norris & Erin Cartee (Conover, NC); Rhonda Newman (Pendleton, SC); David Russell (Camden, SC); Mark Sanders (Newport, TN); Paul Steinke (Jacksonville, FL); Kathy Wooldridge (Newport News, VA); Charles Cecil (High Point, NC); Lora Damiani (Key Largo, FL); Marc and Jennifer Grimes (Columbia, SC); Dolores Fawkes (Atlanta, GA); Tracy Fenwick (McBain, MI); Melissa Grosse (Durham, NC); Debra Perry & Dana Marnell (Chapel Hill, NC); Lynn McNees-Sams (Jamestown, NC); Louise Norrell (Athens, GA); Charles Pinckney (Athens, GA); Molly Sharpe (Flat Rock, NC); Katie Snell (Graniteville, SC); Susan Sorrentino (N. Bay Village, FL); Clay Tinney (Key Largo, FL); Luba Warrack (Greensboro, NC); Nadine Zenobi (Chapel Hill, NC); Roxanne Cook & Devra Neal (Lewisville, NC); Nancy Badgley (Summerville, SC); Gabrielle Gillies (Awendaw, SC); Mimi Hay (Myrtle Beach, SC); Jack Southern (Springfield, OH); Catherine Wendahl (Atlanta, GA); Andy Brittain (Horse Shoe, NC); Kim Eubank and Will Armstrong (Richmond, VA); Warren Glover (Cleveland, GA); Fred Kessler (Mount Pleasant, NC); Catherine Murphy (Asheville, NC); Truman Teed (Columbia, SC); Christine Crosby (Summerville, SC); Mary Erickson (Marshville, NC); Joyce Hall (Huger, SC); Jennifer Hamilton (Rock Hill, SC); Robert Hickman (Lexington, SC); George Kosinski (Grassy Creek, NC); Tiffany Maser (Mt. Pleasant, SC); Danny O'Driscoll (Batesburg, SC); Karen Stringer (Folly Beach, SC); J. David Utterback (Myrtle Beach, SC); Susan Baehmann (Wilmington, NC); Carole Carberry (Sumter, SC); Kathie DuTremble (Mt. Pleasant, SC); Ilsa Asli (Tucson, AZ); Yank and Tanya Brice (White Rock, SC); Marina Cantlon (Charleston, SC); Mary-Anne Collins (Raleigh, NC); Charlie Hind (Honea Path, SC); Hank Schlau (Charleston, SC) Dixie Dugan (Myrtle Beach, SC); Jennifer Daly (Mount Pleasant, SC); Mark Hilliard (Pawleys Island, SC); Curtis Krueger (Wilmington, NC); George Rhodes (Plantation, FL); Geoffry Thompson (Murrells Inlet, SC); Cynthia Walker (Black Mountain, NC); Jennifer Branch (Altanta, GA); Mary Ann Bridgman (Summerville, SC); Walter Creech (Saxapahaw, NC); Susan Crouch (Statesville, NC); Sudie Daves (Conway, SC); Chuck Huddleston (Deland, FL); George Kosinski (Grassy Creek, NC); Robin Niltner (Franklin, NC); Paul Nikitchenko (Wilmington, NC); Lee Chesson (Lexington, NC); Lowell Dowd (Pomaria, SC); David Goltare (Pleasant Garden, NC); Glen Grant (Pawleys Island, SC); Terry Lee Johnson (Myrtle Beach, SC); Andy Kearney (Surfside Beach, SC); Jorn Piel & Kathleen Braunschweiger (Carlton, GA); Glen and Linda Mace (Mocksville, NC); Charlie Stegall (Punta Gorda, FL); Brian Sykes (Charlotte, NC); Charles Tedder (Trinity, NC); and Ted Watts (Murrells Inlet, SC).
For more information
check our SC Institutional Gallery listings, contact Park Manager
Brenda Magers at 843/237-4440 or e-mail at (huntingtonbeach@scprt.com).
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