September Begins

Hello! It looks like the fall is really settling in now. Cold nights but we're still happy to see sunny days!

The Fair weekend has come and gone, the planned power outage Sept 2 went well and now is the time to start thinking about crafting and making things for holiday bazaars.

Holiday bazaars are a traditional means of rasing money for small organizations and groups in every rural town across the country. In Ferry County, we're blessed with having a multitude of skilled crafters and skilled artisans. For a small town, it's notable that we have Shop the Frontier, the Gold Mountain Art Gallery, Wisherwood Gallery, the Weaver's Guild and more. A LOT of talent in a little place!!

Though there's sometimes resistance in small towns to developing tourism as an "industry", the fact remains that interest in handcrafted rural arts is growing and many areas are experiencing successful upturns when they value and promote local arts and artists. As a high poverty county, it's important that community leaders look for ways to promote and support potential industries that a MAJORITY of local residents can participate in and use as steps towards success. Rural arts and crafts offer this potential. MORE IMPORTANTLY, most residents can actively engage in developing skills to become craftspeople and artists, so supporting an arts and crafts growthplan would be beneficial to everyone in the community.
We've got the talent here; now let's see if we can develop a plan to engage, promote and market this talent!