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BOERNE BIERFEST/ ART SHOW

The deadline for artists’ applications to exhibit and sell at this year’s festival is Sept. 15; a few spots remain. Artists can reserve a booth for a fee; commission is not required. Art and craft beer will be judged, and winners announced, during the festival. For tickets and details, go too: www. boernebierfest.org. Artists can contact Paula at 210-269-8349 or email inquiries to [email protected].

COMFORT ART FESTIVAL

Saturday, September 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Local and area artists will have works on display in historic downtown Comfort. Local shops along High and Seventh streets will sponsor artists and their works. Artists showing include Peggy Vesper, Robin Mahan, Judy Youngers, Susan Die, Jackie Knott, Tina Couet, Mike Martin and Cathy Pankratz, whose art was featured on the Comfort Art Festival poster.

ART AFTERHOURS 2023

Hill Country Council for the Arts sponsors “Art AfterHours 2023” from 7-9 p.m. every Tuesday at the Classroom at The AgriCultural Museum and Arts Center, 102 City Park Road, Boerne. Art AfterHours was created to offer participants “a taste” of a variety of applied arts methodologies. Class size limited; $35, supplies included. Find complete details at: www.hccarts.org. Send email inquiries to: president@ hccarts.org or call Paula at 210-269-8349.

ARTS EVENTS CALENDAR

Sept. 12: Wood Burned Spoons. Come explore the art of pyrography, decorating wood with burn marks. We will work with positive and negative space in a design applied to a wooden spoon. Practice mark-making and finishing to fabricate a functional piece of art for your kitchen or wall. Sept. 19: Geometric Wire Wrapping, an ancient art form of looping wire to decorative shapes and wrapping wire or other elements to produce jewelry components. We will fashion individual earrings from wire and crystal beads. Work with jewelers’ tools and terms in this baseline class.

ART JOURNAL SERIES

(in three parts; can be taken individually) Sept. 26: Suminagashi ink, part 1. Oct. 3: Embossed cast paper, part 2. Oct. 10: Coptic binding.

ART AFTERHOURS

Art AfterHours holiday classes have been announced -- Nov. 7: Chandelier earrings; Nov. 14: Metal stamped ornament; Nov. 28: Shower bombs. Join us today and support our mission in supporting and celebrating The Arts in our community. Like us on Facebook; check us out at Instagram; visit our website often: www. hccarts.org.