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The Festival
The Hambidge Center brings together World-Class Art and The Great Outdoors.
Escape to our 600-acre creative sanctuary, enjoy the art and artists, and help
support the center’s residency program and nature preserve.
Traditionally held in the summer, this is a first-ever Fall festival, and the changing
leaves and cooler weather make it an ideal time for a visit.
The Great ARTdoors Festival
Saturday, October 15th, 2011
10am to 5pm
The Hambidge Center in Rabun Gap, GA
Autumn Casual with walking shoes
$10 Advance tickets online, $15 at the door,
free for children under 12
Honorary Chairs
Hambidge Fellow Victoria Rowell and Radcliffe Bailey
Festival Highlights:
Open Studio Tour & Talks with our distinguished artists-in-residence
from Germany, Cuba and across the U.S.
Invitational Pottery & Sculpture Exhibition featuring over 30 Hambidge
Fellows and artists from across the region
U-do-Raku – glaze your own pottery and have it fired to take home
Special Artist Installations & Performances with stereoscopic photography, interactive
masked performances, woven feathers and film, life-size puppetry, light and sound installations,
collaborative performances, a collectively constructed net, and a conscious beehive
Live Blues, Old-time & Bluegrass Music with Grammy award-winning
Art Rosenbaum and Friends, John Oliver & Carmel Ridge, and The Tony Bryant Blues Band
Farm-to-Table Food with Local Wines & Brews from Lake Rabun Hotel &
Restaurant, Andy’s Trout Farm, The Good Food Truck, and Tiger Mountain Vineyards
Activities for All Ages with hay riding, grits grinding, pumpkin painting,
fly fishing, fish frying, haunted walks and artists’ talks
This is the only time during the year when full access is granted to our protected
creative sanctuary and artist studios. The 600-acre property, lovingly cared for by
Hambidge since 1934, is home to seven miles of hiking trails, waterfalls, wildflowers,
a swimming hole, and a number of historic structures including a working 67 year-old
water-powered gristmill.
To become a host, click here.
To buy tickets($10 Advance, $15 At the door, kids under 12 Free), click here.