16th Annual George E. Ohr Fall Festival of the Arts
Town Green – Biloxi, MS
October 3 and 4, 2009
 

Biloxi, MS (September 14, 2009)  Get ready for the 16th Annual George E. Ohr Fall Festival of the Arts hosted by The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art and the City of Biloxi.  Arts and crafts, fun, food and music will be front and center on the Town Green in Downtown Biloxi, Mississippi, on October 3 and 4.
 
Over 50 artists and craftsmen will represent everything from pottery, painting and photography to metal works and mixed media.  Food and music, Celebrity Potter’s Games, and “OHR”lympics will keep everyone entertained.
 
Featured artist and demonstrator Marlin Miller will be on hand to demonstrate his ability to wield a chainsaw while he transforms trees and tree limbs into large wooden sculptures. He is most noted for his creations that decorate Highway 90 along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
 
Lend a hand (or both hands!) to transform the museum’s van into a rolling work of art.  Sponsored by the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino this activity is open to adults and children along with Create the Coast’s Largest Clay Pot” – you too can become George Ohr!  Children’s art activites  will be featured in the Children’s Tent and  blacksmith and potter’s demonstrations will delight the young and old.
 
 
 
Sponsors include:
 
The City of Biloxi
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Mississippi Power Foundation
Budweiser
Allen Beverages
Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
WLOX
Silver Slipper Casino
BankcorpSouth
Bradford O’Keefe
The Denton Group
Eli Guild Hardy
Hancock Bank
The Insurance Center
The Peoples Bank
Sun Herald
Edgewater Inn