The Eighth Westcott Art Trail takes place June 6-7

The Eighth Westcott Art Trail, featuring over 60 area artists in 20 locations, will open its doors to benefit the Westcott Community Center on Saturday, June 6 (10-5) and Sunday, June 7 (12-5pm).

This art fair has grown to one of the finest arts & craft offerings in Syracuse. This year we are having 60+ artists, of extraordinary quality, in 20 locations around the neighborhood. The locations include artists’ homes and studios that stretch from Meadowbrook to Berkley and from Broad to Avondale. Local artists work in a range of mediums, including ceramics, glass, jewelry, fibers, painting, and sculpture. Fourteen artists will be demonstrating their craft in mediums including silk painting, henna, watercolor, ceramic wheel throwing and firing, oil painting, origami, jewelry making techniques, and others. Visitors will even be able to glaze and take home their own ceramic objects, fired in an outdoor Raku kiln.

The heart of the Art Trail, the Westcott Community Center (at the corner of Euclid Avenue and Westcott Street) will host the Lost Boys of Sudan and their ceramic cows, as well as a number of local artists. The Westcott Community Center will host a local Farmer’s Market and offer refreshments, including a selection of Cabot cheeses and a bake sale for youth programming.
Bright yellow flags mark each participating artist location. And be on the lookout for Syracuse’s own Media Unit to entertain and guide you through the Trail. Get to know your neighbors, have some fun, food, make and buy some art!

Maps listing participating artists are available at the Westcott Community Center and on the WCC’s website: www.westcottcc.org and at Googlemaps.

The Art Trail is made possible by the 2009 grand sponsors Stephanie Miner and Jack Mannion and many other local sponsors.

The Westcott Community Center has been serving the Metropolitan Syracuse Community for over 13 years, providing services and programming to all segments of the community, including monthly art shows for emerging artists in the Westcott Community Art Gallery.

Contact Steve Susman for additional information, including photographs: 315.488.8634 or steves@westcottcc.org.

The sponsorship of the Westcott Art Trail by Jack Mannion & Stephanie Miner in no way implies the support of Ms. Miner as a candidate for mayor by the Westcott Community Center.