After the corn dogs, the funk bands and the Moon Bounce, maybe you want to infuse your weekend with a little culture. Head over to Arts Park, where a carefully selected clutch of craftspeople from around the country display their wares and demonstrate their arts in an isolated showplace.

Here's a tip: Arts Park is a great place to pick up unusual gifts (jewelry or handmade greeting cards if you want to just throw something in your back pack; wood carvings or a ceramic vase if you're in the market for something substantial). And while the odd knickknack or souvenir is always nice, getting your Christmas shopping done in July is more fun than sipping a super-sized Pina Colada.

Jewelry

• Brian Blackmore (Gainesville, Fla.)
• Bill Humpleby (Hendersonville, N.C.)
• Wiwat Kamolpornwi (Oak Ridge, Tenn.)
• Rafael Martin (Pompano Beach, Fla.)
• Charles Rice (Land O'Lakes, Fla.)
• Linda Shores (Asheville, N.C.)
• Jean Wydra (Atlantic Beach, Fla.)
• Suzanne Evon (Weaverville, N.C.)

Glass

• Jennifer Grimes (Columbia, S.C.)
• Tracy Womack (St. Augustine, Fla.)
• Lisa Mote (Newborn, Ga.)

Wood

• Lee Chesson (Lexington, N.C.)
• Teresa Gutierrez (Tallahassee, Fla.)
• Joseph Wujcik (Maylene, Ala.)

Painting & drawing

• Su Abbott (East Point, Ga.)
• Dave DelaCruz (Tampa, Fla.)
• Suzy Hart (Greenville, S.C.)
• Bruce Holwerda (Midland, Mich.)
• Elizabeth McAfee (Hendersonville, N.C.)
• Charles Munday (Auburn, Ala.)
• Dong Yuan (Virginia Beach, Va.)

Varietals

• Mary-Anne Collins (Raleigh, N.C.)
• Godwin Kou (Lawrenville, Ga.)
• John Mojjis (Boynton Beach, Fla.)
• Price Youngman (Ormand Beach, Fla.)
• Kelly Laforte (Hayesville, N.C.)

Sculpture

• Gerald Wayne Sanders (Nashville, Tenn.)
• Gene Wilkinson (Athens, Ga.)

Ceramics/Pottery

• Dan Bair (Forest City, N.C.)
• Helen Fielder (Booneville, Miss.)
• Shadow May (Knoxville, Tenn.)
• Courtney Tomchik (Hendersonville, N.C.)

Mixed Media

• Mike & Patty Albin (Sunrise, Fla.)
• Marcus Dale (Charlotte, N.C.)
• Bill Graham (Cherokee Village, Alaska)

Photography

• Jana Epstein Photography (Atlanta, Ga.)
• Mike & Joyce Carley (DeBary, Fla.)
• Marie Gruber (Greenville, S.C.)
• John Hartung (Largo, Fla.)
• Bill Sargent (Lakeland, Fla.)
• Jack & Jason Stoddart (Crawford, Tenn.)
• Carol Weeks (Pisgah Forest, N.C.)

Arts Park runs all weekend; it's located in the Asheville Savings Bank parking lot on Patton Avenue, at the corner of Church Street.

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