The Carmel International Arts Festival returns to the Carmel Arts & Design District on Sept. 24 and 25. This year’s festival will feature more than 120 artists in nine mediums – glass, ceramics, photography, 2D, 3D, paint, jewelry, wood, and fiber.
Artists participating come from all around Indiana and across the United States. The following provides a list of artist’s names, their art form, and where they are from.
Fiber
- Jeri Vitello – Bremen
- Jessica Joy – Bellefontaine, Ohio
- Kent Epler – New Albany
- Sylvia Gray – Westfield
- Ruby Ballard-Harris – Indianapolis
- Amos Amet – Los Angeles, Calif.
- Andres Arango – Miami, Fla.
- Don Tran – St. Louis, Mo.
- Amy Gunderson – Indianapolis
Paint
- Kwang Cha Brown – Bloomington
- Michael Vistia – Nokomis, Fla.
- Randal Harden – Noblesville
- Robert Bridges – Georgetown, Ky.
- Jerry Brem – Beaufort, S.C.
- Emma Overman – Indianapolis
- Anne Parks – West Lafayette
- Anna Afshar – Indianapolis
- Marina Kontorina – Grand Rapids, Mich.
- Stephanie McDairmant – Warsaw
- Barbara Rush – Roswell, Ga.
- Beth Forst – Noblesville
- Jerry Mannell – Carmel
- Mary Johnston – Carmel
- Nancy Neville – Terrace Park, Ohio
- Armik Malekian – Glendale, Calif.
- Annette Poitau – Oberlin, Ohio
- Dawn Adams – Bloomington
- Charlene Marsh – Nashville
- Shannon Godby – Sardinia, Ohio
- Diana Ahrens – Trion, Ga.
- Wendy Franklin – Indianapolis
- Phil Dimmer – White Lake, Mich.
Glass
- Thomas Nye – Minneapolis, Minn.
- Collette Fortin – Celina, Ohio
- Alan Sievers – Batavia, Ill.
- Wesley Rasko – Naples, Fla.
- William Ortman – Gahanna, Ohio
- Sarah VanTol – Midland, Mich.
- James Connolly – Munster
- Henry Levine – Albany, Ohio
- Angelo Fico – Wilmot, Wis.
- Robert Lagestee – Crete, Ill.
- Mark Wagar – Rega, Mich.
Ceramics
- Victor & Megan Huston-Field – Bedford, Pa.
- Tanya Leslie – Boones Mill, Va.
- Kaname Takada – Upper Arlington, Ohio
- Jennifer Meeker – Indianapolis
- Audry Deal-McEver – Nashville, Tenn.
- Jason Parsley – Cincinnati, Ohio
- Scott Martin – Schoolcraft, Mich.
- Brian Moore – Indianapolis
- Nancy Grimsley – Remus, Mich.
- Stephanie Pierson-Hutson – Fishers
- Kathy Veverka – Coloma, Mich.
- Judy DeGan – Carmel
2D
- Heather Miles – Indianapolis
- Ila Catherine Hofacker – Columbus, Ohio
- Lou Hii – Indianapolis
- Barry Reithmeier – Rockford, Ill.
- Marie Rust – Bitely, Mich.
- Brian Phillips – Indianapolis
- Tyler Voorhees – Fennville, Mich.
- Rhonda Cearlock – Vandalia, Ill.
- Kandy Myny – Shelby Township, Mich.
- Ruth Jellema – Rockford, Mich.
- Anne Wooster & Steven Peaslee – Waldoboro, Maine
- John Wayne Jackson – Black Mountain, N.C.
- Amy Ferguson – Royal Oak, Mich.
- Geoffrey Harris – Lexington, S.C.
- Irena Saparnis – Willow Springs, Ill.
- Jesse Kunerth – Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Blake Gore – Christiansburg, Va.
- David Frohbieter – Indianapolis
- Paul Nikitchenko – Wilmington, N.C.
3D
- Skeeter Aschinger – Pompano Beach, Fla.
- Gedion Nyanhongo – Phoenix, Ariz.
- Ryan Slattery – Cincinnati, Ohio
- David Gilbertsen – Camp Lake, Wis.
- Denny Wainscott – Frankfort
- Jim Babala – Grand Haven, Mich.
- Paul Rytlewski – Bay City, Mich.
- Meg White – Stephensport, Ky.
- Ancizar Marin – Pembroke Pines, Fla.
Photography
- Matthew Platz – Chippewa Lake, Ohio
- Xavier Nuez – Chicago, Ill.
- Kate Tillman – Lakeville
- Brian Doyle – Minneapolis, Minn.
Jewelry
- Julie Matos – Willow Springs, Ill.
- Roger & Renae Poer – Sylvan Springs, Ala.
- Mark Grosser – Carmel
- Michael Vagner – Eugene, Ore.
- Denise Rollings-Martin – Bremen, Ala.
- Joseph Lee – Lewis Center, Ohio
- Martha Banting – Micanopy, Fla.
- Dawn Middleton – Greenville
- Donald Pekarek – Pegram, Tenn.
- Claudia Winter – Long Grove, Ill.
- Zenia Lis – Broadview Heights, Ohio
- Penny Atkinson-Potter – Howell, Mich.
- Marek Majewski – Cape Coral, Fla.
- Judy Goskey – Burton, Ohio
- Linnea Lahlum – Buffalo Grove, Ill.
- Paul Albritton – Holly Hill, Fla.
- Jessica Daman – Florence, Ky.
Wood
- C. Sanford – Strongsville, Ohio
- Ted Armulowicz – Liberty Hill, Texas
- Bill Lepak – St. Louis, Mo.
- John Kara – Murrysville, Pa.
- Neil Kemarly – Pioneer, Ohio
- Lee Ellis – Fishers
- Ed Bladen – Madison
- Mark Waninger – Jamestown
- Arnel Reynon – Carmel
- Doyle Borntrager – Goshen
- Carol Schmedinghoff – Sorrento, Fla.
Patrons will be able to browse and purchase art from these local and national artisans. Each artist will have gone through a juried process to ensure that each piece is unique and of the highest quality. The artwork is also judged at the festival and awards will be issued to the artists.
The festival committee expects nearly 30,000 people to attend. Visitors can enjoy delicious food and beverages, and share in fabulous music and entertainment, as well. There will be a Youth Area where kids aged 2 to 12 can work on age-appropriate art projects, giant paint-by-numbers canvases and fun sidewalk chalk.
The festival will take place 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. The location is at Main Street and Range Line Road in Carmel.