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Bellefonte festival blossoms into gallery!
Annual block party celebrates the arts

Written by
BETSY PRICE
The News Journal

What: Bellefonte Arts Festival
When: 10 am.-6 p.m. May 19. Rain date is May 20.
Admission: Free
Information: 762-4278 or www.bellefontearts.com

Four years ago, Bellefonte Arts owner Valerie White was chatting with Bellefonte Cafe owner Donna Rego. White had been sponsoring monthly poetry readings at the cafe, and Rego mentioned how she’d like to have a block party with music and art exhibits.

White pointed out Rego had a lot of contacts with artists because Rego rotated exhibits monthly in the restaurant. The women contacted the artists, and the Bellefonte Arts Festival was born.

A spring affair that takes up the block the cafe sits on, its fourth edition arrives May 19, running from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Rain date is May 20.

This year, though, the festival also will occur at the six-month anniversary of the gallery at 803 Brandywine Blvd. that White opened after she met all the artists through the festival.

Her trendy, eclectic store caters to those looking for the fresh and perhaps whimsical in photography, jewelry, water colors, mixed media, raku, hand-blown glass and cards. She has purses made of coffee bean bags and metal bells made from reused oxygen canisters.

“I’m not going to say it’s fine art, although some of it is,” White says. “It’s a little more visceral.”

The gallery opened with 20 artists. Now there’s 63 exhibiting, including Lisa Joy Goodman, of North Wilmington, whose jewelry is on exhibit there now.

“I’m actually a professional photographer by trade, so I have my photography here,” she says. “But I’ve been working on metal smithing the last few years, so I have a whole jewelry exhibit with one-of-a-kind pieces.”

Goodman said she’s been beading since she was a kid and finally decided to take a metal working class at the Delaware Art Museum “because I wanted to torch things and cut them.”

She heard about Bellefonte Arts from some of her artist friends.

“I came in and said, ‘Oh, my gosh. This is just a fun space,’ ” Goodman says.

Twenty artists are on a waiting list for space.

“I only have a few artists who haven’t sold anything, but everyone else has sold fairly well,” White says. And that, she says, “is not a bad position to be in.”
If you go

What: Bellefonte Arts Festival
When: 10 am.-6 p.m. May 19. Rain date is May 20.
Admission: Free
Information: 762-4278 or www.bellefontearts.com

Contact Betsy Price at 324-2884 or beprice@delawareonline.com.

http://www.nicolekristiana.etsy.com

NOT THE FINISHED PRODUCT! Check again later in the week for the big reveal!

Stage 1

Stage 2 Digital Mock-up

Stage 3 Painting

Stage 4 Digital Mock-up two!

Final piece on it’s way!

Bellefonte Arts Festival is on May 19th with a rain date of May 20th.
The NKS booth will be right in front of the Bellefonte Cafe as always.

2012 Bellefonte Arts Festival!

I will be revealing a few new pieces for the festival!
Prints of these will be available, but they are limited edition and may sell out!

I will also have a large selection of favorite originals and prints with me. There will be note cards as well.
Hoping to see fans, collectors and meet new friends on May 19th!

Looking forward to a great day!

http://www.bellefontearts.com/
800 Block of Brandywine Blvd.
Bellefonte DE 19809
302-762-4ART

For up-to-date information, please fan the NKS Facebook page.
Nicole Kristiana Studio

www.artloopwilmingtonde.com

Come and enjoy some delicious food and enjoy wonderful music with me at the Zaikka Grill!
Showing are framed prints and originals.

Please let me know if you would like me to bring any special prints or sizes that you’ve been on the look-out for, and I’ll bring them with me Friday night! I’ll have a number of prints for sale at a table inside the restaurant.

Mr and Mrs Phoenix

Address and Phone number

View from the Door

View from the other side

I was just inspired by the colors and patterns. I love the transluscency and reflectivity of this onion layer!

Had to save this!

I’m showing Wilmington, DE, on the first Friday in March at Zaikka Indian Grill on Market St. The show will be up all month, and, well, I LOVE Indian food!

There’s a full restock of poster prints at the Welcome Center off Interstate 95 near Newark DE.

Gallery One in Chaddsford, PA, has prints and originals for sale.

And, of course, Bellefonte Arts off Brandywine Blvd in Wilmington, DE. has a wonderful stock of prints and originals always available!

In May, the Arts Fairs begin. Dewey Beach Arts Fest on May 12, and the Bellefonte Arts Festival on May 19, just for starters.

Lastly, look for a new collection in April, on the table are a hen, a sheep and a cow. No spoilers, though!

Look for the new Website launch in the upcoming months!

Any way you like it, they are here!
Four beautiful card designs and lovely quotes inside.

Quote Inside: Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly Merry Christmas! - Peg Bracken

Quote Inside: There are two ways of spreading light:To be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. - Edith Wharton

Quote Inside: Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! -Hamilton Wright Mabie

Qute Inside: A Christmas candle is a lovely thing; It makes no sound at all, but softly gives itself away. -Eva Logue

Back of the card has the artwork name and details, artist’s name and location.

Card sets come in 4 packs for $7.50 and 12 packs for $22.50

Available on Etsy and at the Bellefonte Arts in Wilmington, DE!

DECEMBER 2nd!

5-11 pm!

Meet the artisans and browse beautifully-crafted contemporary handmade goods this holiday season. Alternatives Holiday Craft Show is a truly unique and meaningful holiday shopping experience.