Orlando Pottery Festival & Holiday Arts Market

5505 Hansel Avenue,Orlando FL 32809

11 December, 2021

Description

Central Florida’s largest celebration and market of local handmade pottery perfect for the home, garden, and gift giving. ORLANDO POTTERY FESTIVAL & HOLIDAY ARTS MARKET FREE ADMISSION • NEW LOCATION! • EXPANDED HOURS! ORLANDO, FL – The Orlando Pottery Festival presents the Orlando Pottery Festival & Holiday Arts Market, Central Florida’s largest winter celebration and market of ceramic art—featuring unique handmade items perfect for the home, garden, and gift giving. Join us on Saturday, December 11, 2021, from 10 am to 8 pm, at the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Orlando Lodge #25, 5505 Hansel Ave, Orlando, FL 32809. Meet 35 talented local artists, including highly regarded professional potters who exhibit in galleries and juried art festivals throughout the South; mid-career artists whose distinctive designs and signature items are fast becoming contemporary collectibles; longtime “hobby potters” who are channeling their creativity while mastering their craft in local pottery studios; and younger and emerging ceramic artists, some of whom are selling to the public for the first time. Shop the diverse range of these artists’ original functional and decorative work, such as handmade everyday dish ware, elegant ceramic jewelry, sculptural and figurative work inspired by Florida’s flora and fauna, whimsical and practical home and garden decor, and much more—all created on the pottery wheel or using hand-built and slip-cast techniques. Returning visitors know that the Orlando Pottery Festival’s twice-annual events—typically held during the winter holiday season and mid-Spring—are the best way to get “first dibs” on recent work from favorite local potters, and to meet the new artist vendors added to each festival. The Orlando Pottery Festival’s growth and diversity of artistic work makes for events that reflect the vibrancy and diversity of handmade ceramics. The Orlando Pottery Festival & Holiday Arts Market is a family-friendly event for all ages; free admission (tickets not required), free parking. For more information about the Orlando Pottery Festival, please visit www.orlandopotteryfestival.org. For the health and safety of all visitors and vendors, we encourage our guests to follow the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) health and safety guidelines for gathering in indoor venues during the global pandemic. This event is subject to change due to ongoing public health and safety circumstances. See www.orlandopotteryfestival.org for the latest information. The Orlando Pottery Festival presents Central Florida's largest celebrations and markets of ceramic art—featuring unique handmade items perfect for the home, garden, and gift giving. The twice-annual events feature about 40 talented local artists, including highly regarded professional potters who exhibit in galleries and juried art festivals throughout the South; mid-career artists whose distinctive designs and signature items are fast becoming contemporary collectibles; longtime "hobby potters" who are channeling their creativity while mastering their craft in local pottery studios; and younger and emerging ceramic artists, several of whom are selling to the public for the first time.    Every year, the Orlando Pottery Festival hosts a one-day spring festival on Mother's Day eve, and a two-day Thanksgiving weekend holiday festival—these popular events are known for being the best way to get "first dibs" on the most recent work from favorite local potters, and to meet the new artist vendors added to each festival. The Orlando Pottery Festival's growth and diversity of artistic work makes for events that reflect the vibrancy and diversity of handmade ceramics.