New Salem Mountain Festival

Thank you for stopping by Boyd Greene Fine Art and it is that time of year; it is time for the New Salem Mountain Festival, an art show with a country setting under large oak trees. The winding sawdust paths will lead you to a large number of booths that are rustic sheds and buildings which add to the great atmosphere along with the slight chill that fills the air in early October on Lookout Mountain, home of Cloudland Canyon.

Date: October 9 and 10, 2008.

Saturday’s hours - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Sunday’s hours - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (E.S.T. each day)

Admission - $5.00 with Children Under 12 FREE

From the Festival’s Brochure:

“The New Salem Mountain Festival started as a celebration at the changing of the seasons from summer to autumn – some people think the most beautiful time of the year – when brilliant color of the trees provides a glorious background for beautiful and exciting works of art.

This Festival sponsored by the New Salem Community Improvement Club is a celebration of human talent amidst nature’s splendor and welcome all to more abundant living. Join us in recognition of this abundance at New Salem on Lookout Mountain between Lookout Mountain between Trenton and LaFayette, Georgia, the second full weekend in October each year.

The Mountain Festival emphasizes quality, Artists, craftsmen, and musicians – many local – are carefully selected from the best agent available. You will discover here many visual arts – paintings in oil, acrylic, and watercolor; pottery of earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain clay; quilts made in our own community by internationally appreciated quilters; other textiles; weaving and stuffed toys so well made as to warrant people calling them “soft sculpture.” There will be woodwork, jewelry, and various other works in traditional expression and in experiments with newer artistic industrial arts.

The purpose of the New Salem Mountain Festival is… to be a FESTIVAL, an organized effort   to bring together a variety of art, crafts, music, dancing, so that each member of the family can share special pleasures to delight the senses.

Today, in our world of changing experiences, what were once community-held traditions have in many instances been lost to factory work and dehumanized processes. Now it often takes a special effort to locate fine objects made by folks at home. Our efforts are culminated in this our Mountain Festival, and we invite you to come and enjoy the beautiful made-by-hand works and their makers that we have gathered in celebration.

The way the Festival is organized:

We are sponsored by the New Salem Community Improvement Club, Inc. of which H.A. McKaig is President and Tommy Roe is Vice-President. The NSCIC selected George “Doc” and Faye Nichols as chairpersons. The other members of the Festival Committee are: McKaig, Roe, Ernest Hawes, Rodney Ross, Phyllis Kouns and Nikki Oliver.

If you want to know more about how you can participate, write George “Doc” Nichols, 805 Cherokee Trail, Rising Fawn, Georgia 30738. Telephone (Trenton)(706)398-1988. Email: NSCIC@aol.com. Fax (706)398-1988. We welcome ideas and suggestions! Fun for the old and young, come spend the day. Food and drinks on the grounds. Food booth sponsored by the New Salem United Methodist Church.

ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL, DRUGS, OR PETS ALLOWED.

I like to try and support great area art events so if you get the chance, stop by the New Salem Mountain Festival and support a great event that benefits the area of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Thank you for stopping by Boyd Greene Fine Art.