The Riverfront Art Festival is an annual arts and craft show in downtown Columbus, Ohio, that began in 2006. The Riverfront Art Festival offers free admission. It is a weekend event that features musical shows, along with more than 150 artists and craftsmen displaying and selling their wares. Some of the crafts displayed are oil paintings, pottery and textile art. The festival has featured wearable art by Anne Flora and such crafters as photographer Jim Copeland and metal worker Claudia Carreon.
Riverfront Art Festival
By Hand Events
1601 W. Fifth Avenue
Columbus, OH 43206
614-444-5767
byhandevents.com/raf
The Cleveland By Hand art show was included in the top 40 art festivals in the country by the 2010 Art Fair Sourcebook. It is a venue for American crafters to display their work. The festival, which is held in the IX Center in Cleveland, began in 2005 and has offered free admission since 2008. Crafters featured at the show have included Robert Bulkley of New Creation Wood, Joseph Cyberski Jewlery Design, watercolor artist Virginia Fergus and Lois Bosworth of Knit Together, along with dozens of others in all media.
Cleveland By Hand
By Hand Events
1601 W. Fifth Avenue
Columbus, OH 43206
614-444-5767
byhandevents.com/cleveland
Upper Arlington in central Ohio has hosted the Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival for 44 years. The show offers 200 different crafters and artists. It is a one-day show held on Labor Day Monday that offers free admission. It is the biggest event produced by the Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Division.
Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival
Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Division
3600 Tremont Road
Upper Arlington, OH 43221
614-583-5310
uh-ohio.net/artsfestival
