SFGATE: Best Bets: 62nd Holiday Arts Festival In Richmond Highlights Free Art Fairs
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Best Bets: 62nd Holiday Arts Festival In Richmond Highlights Free Art Fairs
By Bay City News Service | Dec 5, 2024
The notion of holiday shopping has been transmogrified over the years by forces and developments aimed at making it as easy and expedient as possible — Online shopping! Catalogs! Gift cards!
It’s reached the point where we expect that someday we’ll be able to send people their gifts telepathically (which, don’t get us wrong, we would totally do!) If it’s reached the point where you feel the celebratory fun of holiday shopping has been lost, head to Richmond Art Center this weekend for the venue’s 62nd annual Holiday Arts Festival, an event that celebrates the making of presents as much as giving them.
Among the attractions are a variety of arts and crafts activities as well as a special zone devoted to Bay Area zine-makers and their products, which includes opportunities to create your own zines. There will also be a wide variety of gifts and crafts for sale from more than 50 Bay Area artists, a ceramics studio sale, and plenty to eat and drink.
The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Center, 2540 Barrett Ave., Richmond. More information is at richmondartcenter.org. The event is one of several art-centered holiday boutiques and events this weekend, most of which have free admission. These include the East Bay Print Sale Thursday through Sunday in Berkeley (www.eastbayprintsale.com); the Black Holiday Market, featuring works from African American-owned businesses on Saturday at San Francisco’s Ferry Building (downtownsf.org/do/pop-ups-on-the-plaza-black-holiday-market); the Makers Market on Haight Street on Saturday (thethirdplace.is/events/explore) and a pair of boutiques in Concord and Pleasanton this weekend hosted by KidFest (www.kidfestconcord.com). Happy shopping!
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