The Afton Arts & Crafts Festival, held August 20-21, 2022, hosted by the Greater Afton Area Chamber of Commerce, featured a Southern Tier Art Contest for the categories of Painting and Photography. The Judges were each esteemed and highly qualified. This post highlights the man affectionately referred to by his students (and their parents) as […]
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SUNY Oneonta Professor Emerita Serves as Afton Art Contest Judge
The Afton Arts & Crafts Festival, held August 20-21, 2022, hosted by the Greater Afton Area Chamber of Commerce, featured a Southern Tier Art Contest for the categories of Painting and Photography. The Judges were each esteemed and highly qualified. This post highlights Nancy Callahan. In her fifty-year career as a visual artist Nancy Callahan, […]
Nate the Great to Roam and Perform at Afton Festival
“Nate the Great” learned to juggle when he was seven years old one afternoon at the YMCA with three tennis balls he plucked from his Dad’s tennis bag. He was raised on a small farm in eastern Upstate New York and has been juggling, balancing, flipping, and catching things as long as he can remember. […]
Vernon Duroe Exhibit featured at the Afton Arts & Crafts Festival
Afton, NY – As the Greater Afton Area Chamber of Commerce announces its line-up of artisan and activities for the Afton Arts & Crafts Festival August 20 and 21, talents will line the Main Street in Afton. Artists from near and far will be displaying their hand-made items and home-grown treasures throughout Afton Village for […]
Meet Afton Artist Susan Daily
Susan Daily, a former poet and writer living in Doylestown, PA, is now a full time artist, working with acrylic painting, soft and hard pastels, and some oil paintings. She began creating pastel Moon art for a year, making pastels each month in large drawings. Since 2015, she has been actively painting both outdoors (plein […]
Afton Pen & Ink Artist Linda Cook DeVona to Sketch at Festival
Linda Cook DeVona is an illustrator and painter based in Afton, NY.With a sharp eye for the smallest of details, Linda is known for her wonderful images of life in rural upstate New York and New England. Covered bridges, local flora and fauna, and natural splendors such as lakes and valleys are rendered through delicate […]
Artist Ernestine Bucking Featured at Afton Arts Festival
Afton, NY – As the Greater Afton Area Chamber of Commerce announces its line-up of talents and activities for the Afton Arts & Crafts Festival August 20 and 21, renown Austrian artist Ernestine Bucking, who founded Afton’s art show 50 years ago, is being honored among it’s top artisans. The event is being revitalized with […]
Meet & Greet Artist Ernestine Bucking
ART EXHIBIT with ERNESTINE BUCKING The Afton Art Show was started 50 years ago, founded by Austrian artist, Ernestine Bucking, a beloved Afton resident and art instructor, internationally renown for her “Romantic Realism” paintings. We have invited her to return and be celebrated! Students, art collectors and fans alike…. will want to attend a lightly […]
Festival featured on Channel 12 News
TV INTERVIEWCelebrating creativity: Afton Arts & Crafts Festival The Afton Arts & Crafts Festival was showcased in an “Around the Tiers” segment interview with Steph Shtoyko on WBNG Channel 12 News on August 1, 2022… with Event Chair Judy Hinman and Event Marketing Sheryl Roush. Read the article and view the 4-minute segment here, https://www.wbng.com/2022/08/01/celebrating-creativity-afton-arts-crafts-festival/
Greater Afton Area Student Art Show
Enter the Student Art Show! Want to showcase your talent?Here’s a FUN and FREE opportunity! Plan to participate in the Student Art Show being held at the First Baptist Church during the Afton Arts & Crafts Festival, on Saturday and Sunday, August 20-21. All Greater Afton Area/Home School Students up to Grade 12 are encouraged to […]