Announcing the 2025 ....
The Nevada Gourd Society is hosting the 7th Annual Silver State Art Festival, September 5-7, 2025 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. Take a look at the list of the 2025 festival vendors including examples of their fantastic artwork.
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This INDOOR festival is being held at the Fuji Exhibit Hall in beautiful Carson City, Nevada.
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.
On Saturday, the Lady Griller Catering truck will be on the premises from 10 am to 3 pm providing lunch and snacks.
And from 12:30 to 3:30 pm, enjoy the beautiful Peruvian sounds of Kantu Inka Machu Picchu playing authentic Andean music.
The 2025 Raffle and Silent Auction
We will have another huge raffle this year with many, many wonderful prizes. Thanks so much to all of the participating artists and businesses who have contributed prizes to our raffle. View the entire list of contributors here.
Previous year: Thanks to the support and generosity of our artists, businesses, and the community, in 2024 we were able to donate $16,000 to the Nevada Humane Society.
In fact, over the past 10 years, we have donated $66,000 to deserving Northern Nevada charities.
We'd like to give special thanks to Carson City, Brewery Arts Center, Nevada Artists Association, 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:
- 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
Visit http://visitcarsoncity.com/ to see all that Carson City has to offer.
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