Arts Alive, ArtsFalmouth’s annual free arts festival, will be held June 13 to 15, rain or shine, with 40 performances under two tents on the Falmouth Library Lawn, 300 Main Street, and in adjacent Peg Noonan Park and 80 artisans and craftspeople offering their wares on Shore Street Extended and Peg Noonan Park.
Artisan and food vendor tents are open from 10 AM to 5 PM on Saturday and 11 AM to 5 PM on Sunday. Community Group info tents will be set up on the Lawn during the same hours. The Art Tent offers activities for all ages 10 AM to 4 PM on Saturday and 11 AM to 4 PM on Sunay.
As always, Arts Alive showcases a wide array of creative people and their art, including photography, paintings, fiber arts, pottery, glass, wood, jewelry, soaps and lotions, kitchen products, and home décor.
Photographers honor Cape Cod’s natural beauty. CapeCarder has photo cards, framed prints, and mini meditation prints. CChepeleff Photo Design offers original, award-winning seascapes. Nancy Orbe Photography has matted and framed cards and prints. Salty Jones Photography has still life, wildlife, marine life, bird, and seascape photos.
ALR Designs offers watercolors inspired by the Cape and custom shell art. Justin LaRocca Hansen has watercolor paintings, prints, and greeting cards. Rick Yetra has original oil paintings of Cape Cod seascapes, landscapes, and historic areas. The Waquoit Bay Fish Company offers realistic colored pencil drawings of sea creatures and reproductions, posters, cards, and stickers. Fox and Plover Designs has paintings, art prints, and crafts.
Body decoration is also an artform. Cape Cod Henna offers henna body art, plus aroma therapy and bath products. Silly Faces with Sarah will be there to decorate faces.
The fiber arts are popular this year, with artisans crafting all sorts of beautiful and useful items. Amitola Tie Dyes has hand-dyed clothing. The Barnstable Bag Lady offers bags and totes made from repurposed sails. Bzzyfingers has an array of pouches, purses, keychains, and snack bags. Designs for Lilly and the Lucky Clover Craft Co. both offer crocheted plushies.
Destination Dress has shawls, scarves, and scrunchies. Happy Knits and Gifts offers scarves, hats, and beanies, as well as jewelry. Just Tickled has bows, tutus, and bubblegum necklaces. Nautical Creations has rope/cord creations, including sailors’ bracelets, key fobs, and suet bags. Ondine creates children’s sweaters and stuffies, while Pleasantwood Cottage Creations has bags and baskets made of rope.
It would not be Arts Alive without pottery. Amy Eldridge hand builds pottery inspired by the sea and the natural world. Denise Montoya Pottery offers ornaments, spoon rests, plates, bowls, and trays. Morgan DiNello Pottery has ceramics and jewelry. AnnieO Mugs and More creates mugs, dishes, and décor.
Three vendors work in glass. Elias Studios Glass has an array of hand-blown ornaments, tumblers, hummingbird feeders, and ring holders. Heavenly Light Crystal Creations creates crystal suncatchers, while Lakefall Arts offers suncatchers, mosaic glass lanterns, garden plant stakes, and solar lit flowers.
Woodworkers are also found at Arts Alive. The Brown Bowl Co. offers wooden bowls turned on a lathe. Captain Mike’s Woodshop has a variety of wood products. Randazzo World has wood carvings, play pouches, wood game sets, and inlaid wood jewelry. Shining Sea Farm Falmouth offers hand-carved wooden nautical signs and home décor items. Strong Roots Woodworking crafts cutting boards, tissue boxes, and game boards. Karen Teeley Creations offers child-safe wooden toys.
Arts Alive has jewelry for every taste. Cape Cod Octopus’s Garden weaves fine silver around sea glass to make one-of-a-kind pieces and also offers shell jewelry, sailboat earrings, and beach angels. It’s a Shore Thing has sea glass jewelry, soaps, lotions, and candles. Little Cat Metals makes jewelry of recycled American silver and gold, precious and semi-precious stones.
LjBjewelry and the House of Stone and Metal share a booth, offering handmade sterling silver jewelry. My Creations has watches with bands made with semiprecious stones and sterling silver. Scarabocchio Silversmiths handcrafts sterling silver and gold-filled jewelry. Carla Shaw Sustainable Fashion creates gold and silver botanical jewelry from responsibly sourced real plants.
Marilyn Rowland Designs offers sea-inspired beaded jewelry and bookmarks. Spēks of Glass offers genuine Cape Cod sea glass jewelry. Starkweather Designs handcrafts fine and custom jewelry. Washershore has pendants, earrings, golf markers, cocktail charms, and ornaments. Handel Silver and Goldsmith creates fine handcrafted silver and gold jewelry,
Several vendors create soaps, lotions, and related products. Cape Coop Farm Soaps has homemade soaps, sugar scrubs, body butters, lip balm, and other hair and skin care products. Clearly Balanced Days creates CBD wellness products for people and pets. Ed’s Homestead handcrafts soaps, lip balms, beeswax candles, and honey. Seapoint Trade creates bath essentials, does custom laser engraving, and creates fine jewelry.
Three vendors make food-related products. Berkshire Mountain Gourmet/Seven Barrels makes balsamic vinegars, aging it in as many as seven barrels, as well as cold-pressed extra virgin olive oils. BFF Kitchen offers dry rubs, spice mixes, finishing salts, and infused sugars. Calico Lobster has freeze-dried candy, fruit, and ice cream.
Home décor options are plentiful. Annie’s Studio offers home décor items, jewelry, paper products, and soaps and lotions. Candles & More by Heather offers gel and soy candles, pie, drink, and cereal candles, wax tarts, and bookmarks. Cobbs Crafty Corner has tumblers and aprons. Craft-Tine has a variety of paper crafts, including cards, gift boxes, and wreaths.
Dice Goblin creates all kinds of dice, plus dice bags, boxes, and patches. Fern and Forest Art offers Palo Santo and incense holders, and Jesmonite and resin art. Gnomeables handcrafts Nordic-style gnomes. Misty’s Closet offers bows, ties, and bandanas for pets, while Harley’s Handmade has tumblers and keychains.
Love Nene offers hand-poured cement figures, holiday decorations, organizers, propagation stations, and vases. OscarBoxer DoggieDuds makes collars, bandanas, and bow ties for dogs.
Pine Island Maker Studio creates cast concrete geometric and pop culture planters and macrame. The Silk-Worm Florist offers upcycled garden and nautical décor. Terra Coastal Design offers premium faux floral arrangements.
Food vendors are Sea Scoops Ice Cream and the Wild Game Sausage Man.
There is much to see and do at Arts Alive. For more information, visit artsfalmouth.org/arts-alive-2025/.
Arts Alive is made possible by grants from the Mass Cultural Council, the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, the Falmouth Cultural Council, the Woods Hole Foundation, The Falmouth Fund of the Cape Cod Foundation, and the Cape Cod Melody Tent, as well as donations from local businesses and individuals.
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