Fine Art & Fine Craft in the Black Swamp

Juried Art Show
At the heart of the Black Swamp Arts Festival, running the length of Downtown Main Street, are over 100 juried fine art displays from artists across the country. Over 60,000 people attend to enjoy the art, music, and atmosphere.

2010 Juror Statements

2009 Juried Art Show Award Winners

Wood County Invitational Art Show
The Festival recognizes that it is essential to provide both an independently juried art show and a separate, distinctly located, venue that encourages and supports our quality area artists and art groups.

Artists at Work
A hands-on community art project for our adult visitors.

Visual artists create on site as visitors watch, and sometimes try their hand at the craft. Participating artists include water colorists, acrylics painters, sculptors, glass bead makers, and potters who will demonstrate, answer questions, and share their knowledge of how they take raw materials and turn them into art. Artists will demonstrate from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday and from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
Located at the Windmill Mural parking lot on S. Main Street (near the Flower Basket and Mason's Century Signs).

2010 Artists @ Work including:

Toledo Area Weaver's Guild (Sunday only)
Sayaka Ganz, Sculptor, Found Objects
Craig Blair, Surrealist Painter, Spray Paint on Masonite
Black Swamp Spinners' Guild of NW Ohio (Saturday only)
Student Art Glass Association of BGSU
Black Swamp Bead Club
Jordan Krutsch, Metal Casting