Cayce Festival of the Arts bigger than ever in 2016

Last year’s Cayce Festival of the Arts was such a success that the 2016 event, set for Saturday, has moved to a new, larger location to make room for the more than 100 artists, crafters and writers who will be showcasing their work.

“We’re thrilled to have doubled the number of vendors this year,” said festival chair Aubrey Shaw. “Since State Street will be closed from Indigo Avenue to Karlaney Avenue, it will spill out of the high school and into the street, like a street festival.”

Creativity abounds and includes Winnsboro painter Christy Buchanan, whose bright creations adorn recycled pieces of wood; De Libel’s gemlike glass suncatchers that are made from 18th-century glass from Italy; and ceramic folk art from Columbia potter Mary Lou Price. You’ll also find hundreds of other items such as organic soaps and lotions, jewelry, sculpture and woodwork.

The Cayce Festival is unique in the number of authors who will be on hand.

Tom Elmore is an award-winning local writer/historian who has written four books about the Midlands during the Civil War; McKendree Long is known for his historically based action-packed thrillers. Award-winning author and columnist Cappy Hall Rearick writes novels about the South.

“Richland Library was a great help in helping us find a group of terrific writers,” said Shaw. “We’re thrilled to have carved out this niche for our festival.”

The Cayce Festival of the Arts runs from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Brookland-Cayce High School, 1300 State St., Cayce.

For more information, visit www.caycefestivalofthearts.blogspot.com

Katie McElveen, Special to The State

This story was originally published April 8, 2016 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Cayce Festival of the Arts bigger than ever in 2016."