Show Chair:  Steven Hunter   masterpotter@comcast.net Phone: (215) 264-8744

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Kutztown, PA (November 6-7, 2021) Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen is pleased to present the following event:    71st Annual Juried Holiday Fine Art and Craft Festival on Saturday, November 6, 2021, from 9 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, November 7, 2021, from 10 AM to 4 PM at Kutztown University, O’Pake Fieldhouse, South Campus Drive (Corner of Trexler Ave. and Baldy Streets), Kutztown, PA 19530.

Santa’s Secret is out!   He will be shopping at the 71st Juried Holiday Fine Art and Craft Festival

Experience the thrill of finding the “perfect gifts” for all those on your holiday shopping list.  You will be able to feel the warmth of the handmade wearables, touch the pottery, gaze into the photography, hold the baskets, talk to the photographers, smell the wooden arts and furniture, smile at the folk art, feel the metal work, and yes, truly immerse yourself in the experience.   As you wander through the aisles you will enter into the individual craftsmen’s shops that were created with you in mind.     Our craftsmen are eager to share their stories with you about their products.   All this while listening to great music and entertainment by the Acoustic Road Show.   Back again this year will be our popular student gallery with emerging artists and we have invited several makers of consumables, all to enhance your holiday shopping experience.  You will be able to enjoy eating some great food at our in-house cafe’.  The first 50 patrons through our doors each day will receive a “little something special”.  Hourly door prizes and organizations of interest add to the excitement of our festival.  AND don’t forget to participate in our popular scavenger hunt.  If we have put you in the holiday shopping mode, visit our website at rbcrafts.org.    See you on November 6 and November 7!!!!!  Bring your MASK, Kutztown University’s policy requires masks for all indoor events.

Great parking, handicapped accessible and a climate controlled environment.  Admission is $6 by donation.  Children 12 and under are free. Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen is a chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen.   Proceeds benefit the educational programs of The Reading-Berks Chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen.