Sacajawea Park comes alive for art festival
Rob Zolman
Art festival-goers filled Sacajawea Park this past weekend during the Flathead Lake Festival of Art.
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POLSON — Art festival-goers filled Sacajawea Park this past weekend during the Flathead Lake Festival of Art held along the tree-lined shores of Flathead Lake.
The two-day festival, presented by the Sandpiper Art Gallery, offered a relaxing atmosphere for shoppers to browse a diverse array of artisan booths ranging from paintings, sculpture, leather, jewelry and photography.
According to organizers, this year’s event drew a considerably smaller number of vendors than previous festivals, although there was a noticeable increase in visitor traffic and sales among the booths.
One of the frequented booths at the festival was the Laughing Blackbird. “This is a great show,” said Debbie Mahn, owner of the booth. “The venue is hard to beat. The view of the lake is phenomenal.”
The Flathead Lake Festival of Art is a prelude to the much larger annual Sandpiper Art Festival, which is hosted on the Lake County Courthouse lawn in early August. The Sandpiper Art Gallery, a non-profit cooperative that promotes and supports the arts locally, facilitates both events. Proceeds from the gallery’s festivals go toward scholarships for local students who pursue studies in the arts.
For more information, including event dates, visit www.sandpiperartgallery.com or call the gallery at 406-883-5956.
