Crestline art festival set for Saturday

The Spring Art Festival in Crestline now set for Saturday, May 16.

The event was previously scheduled for April 18, but for the first time in 33 years, the threat of precipitation caused organizers from the Mountain Brook Art Association to reschedule for another weekend. As previously scheduled, it will run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

 “We have such a diverse group that need help setting up and takedown,” show chairman Janet Sanders said “The field is soaked and will adversely affect the watercolorists who need to protect their art under glass from dripping rain and dew, so we will attempt a festival once again with Melt Food Truck, the Choko Aiken Band and Goodies neighborhood ice cream truck.”

Each year the Mountain Brook Art Association Spring Art Festival at Crestline Elementary’s field draws around 70 artists within a 25-mile radius of City Hall, but many are from just a few miles away. Mountain Brook artists participating in this year’s event include Eddie Powell, Lynn Briggs, Mary Mellen and her daughter Katherine Trammell, Sara Crook, Janet Sanders, Jan Grant, Sam Chiarella and Wellon Bridgers.

“The [artist] community, Mountain Brook and Birmingham, are well supported by each other, and that’s extremely important,” Powell said. 

The goal of the art festival is to highlight members of the Mountain Brook Art Association’s work, to raise awareness of buying local art, and to create a venue for the work to be sold. Visit mountainbrookartassociation.com for more information.