Grants Pass ~ Saturday Artisans' & Crafters' Market
Saturday Mornings through October, on 5th Street, between E & F

Now in its second year, the Saturday Arts and Crafts Market is proving a phenomenal success, not only in terms of connecting local artists and craftspersons with collectors to admire (and hopefully to acquire!) their wares, but also in connecting the more creative members of our community with one another.  Inspiring, challenging, goading, call it what you will--it is through this interchange of energy and ideas that an Art Community is born and a Regional Arts Movement is propeled to the global cultural forefront. Can it happen in Grants Pass? Sure it can!  We have the same approximate size and population as 16th century Florence, whereas Josephine County likewise compares to all the lands ruled by the Florentine d'Medicis.  So, one might ask, where is OUR Michelangelo, Botticelli, Raphael, or (what was that other ninja turtle's name...?)   Come to the Artisan & Crafter Market this Saturday and see for yourself!

Growers' Market ^

John Granacki's Paintings

Otto's Art ^

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Who and What to look for

Of especial note are our local painters, those properly regarded as the "serious" artists of Grants Pass.  On the weekend these photos were taken, visitors to the Market were fortunate to find our three best and brightest: Curtis Otto, John Granacki, and Peace!  Kurt Mottram—a rising talent worth watching—was also there with prints from his series of musician portraits, along with a few of his recent oil paintings, as was Del Hearn, not exactly a fine artist per se, but a regionally acclaimed illustrator who essentially draws with oil paint (scholarly art types may scoff, but I kind of like his stuff!)  Del and the other crafter types set up booths (typically with canopies) in the closed-off section of fifth street abuting the Growers' Market.  The artists set up along the sidewalk on the east side of the street, in the cool morning shadows up against the wall.
 

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