Each year, our Information Tent sells souvenir items with unique artwork designed by a local artisan and selected to represent the Festival for only one year.
See below for our amazing 2024 artwork!
2024’s souvenirs will featured art by Joseph S. Gray,!
Artist, Joseph S. Gray, is a self-taught artist and has been drawing as long as he could hold a pencil in his hand. Growing up in middle Tennessee, the landscape and outdoors was a major contributor to his desire to draw animals and wild life. Although his military service in the United States Marine Corps took him far from home. His wife, Melissa is where his heart is. Together, they raise sheep on their farm in Eastern NC where the landscape provides ample subject matter and inspiration for their artwork. Joe regularly contributes artistically to their business, Southern Sheep Company, where they create art out of wool, and a multitude of value-added products. His drawings have been chosen for exhibition and are soon to be available as prints, t-shirts and greeting cards on their website.
See below for some sample images of our amazing souvenirs from last year!
Submit Your Artwork for Consideration
If you would like to have your artwork considered for the 2025 Festival – please submit it to [email protected]. The selected artist will be paid a fee of $500. Artwork must be received by April 1st 2025 to be considered. The artwork needs to have dimensions of 8″ wide X 6″ high or smaller and should be black and white
image only.