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“I really hope people just come on and get to learn a little bit more about art,” said Kyle Sword, owner of Toledo Area Glass Guild.<\/p>\n
What they’re saying<\/p>\n
Now in its 32nd year,\u00a0the festival\u00a0has become a magnet for seasoned artists.<\/p>\n
“I love it. I love this area. Born and raised in St. Pete. It’s a local show. I love all the people around here,” said Ashley Brown, owner of Ashley Brown Creations. <\/p>\n
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It has also caught the attention of craftsmen new to the block.<\/p>\n
“This is the first one I’ve done in St. Pete, so I’m pretty excited to be here for it,” Sword added.<\/p>\n
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With close to 70 vendors on site, there\u2019s something for everyone: from metal creations to pottery.<\/p>\n
With these artists\u00a0bringing the community together\u00a0through their passion for the arts.<\/p>\n
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“So the accessibility of some of this art is really challenging for just the general public. That’s one of the things that I try to do is figure out how do I make art accessible, how do we make the price point of the finished pieces accessible, how do I do classes that teach people how to do it, because ultimately what I want is people to learn how to do it, get kids engaged,” Sword concluded.<\/p>\n
The conclusion of this festival is Sunday, April 5th, running from 10:00 am- 5:00pm. The next full weekend for the art and craft festival will be June 6th\u00a0and 7th\u00a0of this year.<\/p>\n
The Source<\/p>\n
Sources for this article were gathered by FOX 13’s Heather Healy and by Anoli management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief The annual festival returns for its 32nd year, featuring nearly 70 vendors along Corey Avenue in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[99437,16827,99438,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-219128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-ashley-brown","tag-corey-avenue","tag-kyle-sword","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}