GAYLORDSVILLE, Conn.—The Merwinsville Hotel’s ninth annual Spring Arts and Fine Crafts Show will open Friday, April 17, featuring more than 90 local artists and artisans and offering many potential Mother’s Day gifts.
The show offers six days of shopping over two three-day weekends, Friday, April 17- through Sunday, April 19, and Friday, April 24, through Sunday, April 26, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at the historic Merwinsville Hotel in Gaylordsville.
All of the work is for sale with a portion of all sales benefitting the restoration of the Merwinsville Hotel, supporting the 100 percent-volunteer nonprofit that has worked for more than 50 years to restore the building. The 183-year-old building needs constant maintenance and renovation.
The show features high-quality artwork in glass, photography, jewelry, sculpture, fiber, woodwork, pottery and paintings in watercolors, oil and acrylic. Locally grown plants are also available for sale from Meadowbrook Garden in New Milford and JohnBella Gift, Garden & Masonry in Gaylordsville.
One of the features of the spring show is live artist demonstrations on each Saturday — April 18 and April 25 — from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Artists will be available to show their work and answer questions.
Confirmed artists this year are Adele Moros of Bethel; Elizabeth O’Conner of Gaylordsville, Bluebird Hill Design; Susan Randel of New Milford, Black Sheep Knits; Jen Benham of Warren, glass artist; Veralyn Davee of Kent, quilter; Linda McMillan of Torrington, Happy Dog Studio; and Lori Meehan of Brookfield, LMM Designs. Past years have included spinners, weavers, jewelry making, wood carvers and many more.
There is a suggested $3 donation per person for the Spring Show. Children under 10 are admitted free, as are members. Those at the sponsor level of membership and above will receive a discount on art purchased at one of the three annual shows. Memberships start at $20.
The Merwinsville Hotel, which is on the National Registry of Historic Places, is located at 1 Browns Forge Road in Gaylordsville, only 15 minutes from Kent, Sherman, New Milford and the Harlem Valley/Wingdale Railroad Station.
For further information, call 860-350-4443 or visit www.merwinsvillehotel.org.
