Announcing the 2024 ....
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The Nevada Gourd Society is hosting its 6th Annual Silver State Art Festival, September 6-8, 2024 at the Fuji Exhibit Hall in Carson City, NV. This festival is a gathering of over 40 award-winning artists focused on sharing their art with our community.
Artists from Nevada and California will be displaying their gourd art, paintings, photography, jewelry, woodworking and much more. See our complete list of 2024 festival vendors.
In addition, there will be art classes for those interested in a hands-on learning experience.
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Our goal is to have a fun and educational festival for all who want to know more about the beautiful world of the natural arts.
This INDOOR festival is being held at the Fuji Exhibit Hall in beautiful Carson City, Nevada. Click here to view the address and a map of this location.
Are you interested in a hands-on experience?
Take advantage of the many art classes we'll be offering during the 3 days of our festival.
Class tickets go on sale June 24th!
Go to the Class Gallery to preview our 2024 classes
Food and Drink
Plan to join us for the festival opening at the Fuji Exhibit Hall from 5-8 pm on Friday evening. We'll be serving white and red wine for you to enjoy as you browse through the exhibits.
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On Saturday the Lady Griller Catering truck will be on the premises from 10 am to 3 pm providing lunch and snacks.
The 2024 Raffle and Silent Auction
We will have another huge raffle this year with many, many wonderful prizes.
The Nevada Humane Society of Northern Nevada will be our recipient for this year's fundraising efforts. We are anticipating a great response from our community in supporting this great organization.
Previous year: Thanks to the support and generosity of our artists, businesses, and the community, in 2023 we were able to donate $15,000 to the Nevada Humane Society.
We'd like to give special thanks to Visit Carson City, Nevada State Bank, Nevada Artists Association, Blick Art Materials and Fast Frame for their continued sponsorship/endorsement and support for our festival.
Carson City is a perfect location for a festival.
Visitors from far and wide visit in September because of our great weather and all the wonderful things to do in this area of Nevada:
Visit http://visitcarsoncity.com/ to see all that Carson City has to offer.
- Virginia City, a quaint historic town
- Beautiful Lake Tahoe
- Reno, just minutes away
- Casinos, restaurants and great shopping
- Fly fishing on the Truckee or Carson rivers
- RV parks and hotels close by
Plan to Stay in Carson City
We have selected our teachers for this year, so we are no longer accepting teaching applications. However, if you'd like to get on our mailing list for next year, get on our teacher's mailing list.​
Vendors
If you would like to have a booth at our 2024 festival, please review the Vendor Information and email us at NevadaGourdSociety@gmail.com .
Are you a vendor, but you can't attend the 2024 festival? Get on our vendor's mailing list.​