Kick off the holiday shopping season with the ARTS and find unique gifts for everyone on your list!

 
Saturday & Sunday, November 28&29, 2009
Oro Valley Marketplace

 Food Vendors - Jumping Castles - Face Painting
 Children's Arts & Crafts - Gift Wrapping - Santa Claus    Holiday Music - Over 100 Arts & Crafts Vendors

ORO VALLEY FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS  
If you're looking for that perfect, one-of-a-kind gift this holiday season, then be sure to take in the Oro Valley Festival of the Arts this weekend, Nov. 28 and 29, where more than 80 arts and crafts vendors will display and sell their wares.
 
On what promises to be the busiest shopping weekend of the year, the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance's 2009 Festival of the Arts is the only destination at which you can find unique arts and crafts of types, including jewelry, sculptures, textiles, photography, framed paintings, hand-made candles, glass art, custom wood creations, pottery and ceramics, metal work, clothing and much more.
 
The event, sponsored by the Town of Oro Valley, is free to attend and will take place at the 115-acre Oro Valley Marketplace, on the southwest corner of Oracle and Tangerine roads. Festival hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29.

 
The Oro Valley Marketplace is the first Arizona retail destination integrated with a restored riparian habitat and boasts a trail system feeding into the revered Catalina Mountains. Opened in 2008, the Marketplace features 800,000 square feet of retail, entertainment and dining destinations. Major tenants include Walmart, Dick's Sporting Goods and Century Theatres.
 
SAACA's Festival of the Arts also should not only offer up a visual feast but a feast for your taste buds as well. Food vendors will serve festival-goers everything from fresh-fruit smoothies, pitas, fry bread, Italian sausage, Philly cheese steaks, nachos, hot dogs, ice cream, kettle corn and roasted nuts, shaved ice and lemonade.
 
The event will feature a jumping castle play area for the children as well as various free children's arts-and-crafts activities, including face-painting and jewelry design.
 
More importantly, especially to the kids, is the fact that Santa Claus himself will make an appearance at the Festival of the arts (11 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days). A photographer will be on hand to capture those special moments between Santa and the kids.
 
Area students will be on site to gift-wrap your art purchases. All gift-wrapping proceeds from the two-day festival will go to help support the student's school activities and various community programs.

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2009 EXHIBITORS

GIFT WRAPPING

Students of Carden Academy Central www.cardenchristian.com

CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES

All Star Jumps of Tucson  www.allstarjumpstucson.com

 Face Painting and Children's Activities with Alex Greenwood and Meg Newberg

ARTISTS & VENDORS
Chili Outpost  www.chilipepperoutpost.com
Lee Daniels Photography  www.daniels-image.com
ShimmerMe  www.shimmermeaz.net
LK Enterprises 
Bloomin Belle Bows  www.bloominbellebows.com
Mad Dog Grafix           
Latin Spirit       
Gail Munden     
Tucson Newspapers     
Channel Choice  www.channelchoicetv.com
Sunstroke Metal Art      
Xtra's by Jody 
Coyote Country
Coyote Connection       
Sun Dogs Mosaics and Glass Work      
Stems and Gems         
Bella Rocca     
Glenda Neff     
Ben's Bees Honey  www.beechamahoney.com
Pam Day Designs  www.pamdaydesigns.com
Rose Collins    
Monty and Deborah Derting      
Table Matters By Bevin  www.tablemattersbybevin.com
Deep Sky Glass  www.deepskyglass.com
Hearth Stone Pottery  www.hearthstonepots.com
Shining Two Stars        
Slossy  www.slossy.com
Suzee Designs 
Gunnar Erman Design   
No Sweat Creations      
Rustic Accents  www.rusticaccents.com
Bella Fiore  www.bella-fiore.net
Gaialena          
Dos Hermanos 
ASJAC
Lara's Crafts    
Quail Lane Studios  www.quaillane.com
Gray's Tree Leaves       
Liz Vaughn  www.lizvaugn.com
WATTO Distinctive Metal Wear  www.wattoonline.com
Lera Enterprises Inc.     
Emma Josephine Designs        
I-Ron Design    
Walter J. Mehne           
Betty Curious   
Tucson Newspapers     
ClayFlora LLC  www.clayFlora.com
Joseph Figueiredo       
Rosezellas Way www.rosezellasway.com  
Blueberry Creations  www.blueberry-creations.com
Sun and Sea Designs   
Honey Lane Farms  www.honeylanefarms.com
Poppy's Magical Kaleidscopes 
LT Designs, wild orchid designs
Dark Hose Arts and Gifts  www.darkhorsestone.com
BLTs    
On Golden Wings         
Glory Bead      
Richard Altenhofen  www.ralfeuhofen
Chrystal Canyon Creations  www.artfire.com
Disenos de Deanne      
Desert Drums   
ODDS by N     
Espirit Mystique  www.espirit-mystique.etsy.com
Melea's Impressions     
Woodeye Studios  www.woodeye-glassware.com
Marion Chubon  www.gone-home.com
Wes Jernigan   
Frolicking Deer Lavender Farm  www.frolickingdeer.com
Watkins Family Arts & Crafts  www.watkinsart.com
Fiore Tile Works
Arizona Yard Art           
Weelainy  www.weelainy.com
Rowe Enterprise           
Kushner's Kreations  www.kushnerskreations.com
Glass Fire Desings  www.glassfiredesings.com
More Stuff       
Weisn'er Finest Smoked Meats  www.weisnersfinest.com
Fine Metal Creation       
Pebble Zoo  www.pebblezoo.home.att.net
Dos Sirenas Glass Studio  www.dossirenasglass.com
Sparkle-N-Dazzle  www.sparkle-n-dazzle.com
Windystars       
Jesse Van Hout
Happiness Africa 
DLB Designs   
juno's designs deNovo 
Kyle Studio      
DCG Productions         
Creations by Biff  www.creationsbyBiff.com
Bella Fotografica          
J. Elise Designs  www.jelsiedesigns.com
Something Schocking   
Catalina Creations        
Deb Adair Creations     
Seventh Sun Creations 
These Little Nothings    
Michelle Hussey           
Ladnypani  www.suzeedesigns.com
Cactus Blossom Designs         
Blackhorse       
Crystal Pathways           
            
           
FOOD VENDORS
SHAKA shave ice LLC  
Festival Foods 
Arizona Rub, LLC         
State Fair Old Fashioned Lemonade      
Macho Nachos 
Jim's Concessions       
G.R. Concessions (Hitch-N-Kitchen)      
Ice Cream Avenue        
Baja Smoothies