The 2022 Spring Arts Walk is fast approaching (we can’t believe its April already either)! This is our 12th Annual Spring Arts Walk, and every year we here at FrostburgFirst try to involve as much art as we can into our bustling celebration. We invite local artists, craft vendors, performers, musicians, and other creative minds to take up Downtown Frostburg and share their one-of-a-kind talents with our one-of-a-kind small town. This year, the Arts Walk will be held on Saturday, April 30 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and our local businesses will host artists of all kind, our streets will be filled with talent and innovative minds, and our Mountain Maryland community will celebrate the gifted minds from in and around Frostburg!
There are lots of ways to enjoy the Spring Arts Walk, we design it that way! Are you the kind of person who wants to enjoy some music and get back out in Downtown Frostburg in the post-pandemic world? Be sure you mark the Arts Walk on your calendar, because our town will be filled with music! To cap out the day, check out Tabernacle’s atmospheric fiddle and synth blending hour-long performance at Clatter Coffee the night of the Arts Walk, April 30, at 7:00 p.m., Clatter will be open late and serve a light evening menu!
Looking for some clothing items, decor, knick-knacks, crafts, home goods, health and beauty aids, or art pieces that you can’t find anywhere else? For the Arts Walk, our town will be home to even more unique shops and vendors, adding to the already amazing collection of small businesses that Frostburg has to offer, so it’s the perfect time to venture to Main Street to search for your next favorite buy! Looking for something to fill your home with fresh, Spring scents as we open our arms and welcome the warmer weather? Mountain City Candle Co. will set up shop to give you the opportunity to get your hands on their 100% soy wax candles and melts, hand-crafted without paraffins, phthalates, additives, or dyes.
Find a new fit at the Arts Walk! Don’t miss Jewlz Dyz and She’s So Pretty! She’s So Pretty sells locally-made girls, ladies and women’s clothing, in addition to offering custom sewing and alteration services, making it the opportunity to find the perfect Mother’s Day gift *wink, wink from Mom*. On the other hand, brighten up your closet with Jewlz Dyz! Julia from Jewlz Dyz creates unique tie-dye clothing in sizes from newborn to adult in a variety of color and design styles. Don’t forget to accessorize! Carolina Clay is coming all the way from Beaufort, South Carolina to bring her handmade small batch, slow-made polymer clay earrings to the Arts Walk! Check out Luna Variabilis Co., where Shaena hand makes celestial chic gemstone jewelry, decor, and more…..yep, she’ll bring it all to Downtown Frostburg!
Art is the best escape, so venture out to the Arts Walk to find some art that makes you go, “wow!” Keep it simple, take in some beautiful views of nature with AJ Small Photography, who specializes in Bird Photography, Nature Photography and Toy Photography. Take home your favorites, he sells prints too! Like something a little more abstract and modern? That’s what Jessalyn White is ALL about! Art by Jessalyn White creates modern and abstract art, take it all in at the Arts Walk on April 30! Find a design you really like, you can take it home, because Jessalyn puts her art on paintings, fine art prints, recycled vinyl records, coasters, keychains, and more!
Do you like art that has a physical function? If you do, the Arts Walk is the one-stop destination for you! We’re no stranger to craft vendors, and we’ve invited LOTS of them to Downtown Frostburg so you can check it out yourself! One that you have to check out is Quirky Little Nobody, where Terran sells handmade macrame and up-cycled, repurposed furniture! Nicholas from Brouse’s Big Bowls specializes in hand turned wooden items, producing bowls and other products just for you.
Are you a self-care specialist? Find all your new favorite ‘just for me’ products at the 2022 Spring Arts Walk! Garden City Bees is a local apiary spreading “love expressed through soap”, selling handmade soaps crafted with you in mind. They also naturally produce sugar scrubs, lip balms, and lotions! The skin care doesn’t stop there, The Linden Tree by Johana Emerick produces and sells all organic, non-GMO, old-fashioned soap and skin care products! Britney Boggs is bringing the unique to Downtown Frostburg, get ready to soak up all the new smells, it’s in the name: Unique Scents. They hand make everything, selling bath salts, bath bombs, lip balm, aroma beads, lotion bars, body sprays, and more!
To say that we’re looking forward to the Arts Walk would be an understatement, so in the meantime, we’ve been taking a look back at Arts Walks past! The 2020 Fall Arts Walk looked a little different due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that didn’t stop us from celebrating the arts! We blended virtual and in-person activities, allowing Downtown Frostburg to take it all in in whatever way they felt most safe! We streamed musical performances, virtual galleries, and artist demonstrations! The 2016 Spring Arts Walk made big waves, more specifically: airwaves! FrostburgFirst took to Record Talk Listen, a podcast, to discuss the then-upcoming celebration! For this Arts Walk, 26 small, local businesses hosted one or more artist each to allow them to showcase their products and talents! Everything kicked off with a public art dedication in front of the Frostburg Public Library, celebrating the third addition in a series of three public art projects throughout our town!
The Arts Walk is a staple of Downtown Frostburg, and we look forward to bringing you another vibrant celebration of all that our small town has to offer. Don’t forget, the 2022 Spring Arts Walk will take place on Saturday, April 30, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Look out for more information about the event here on our website, and on our Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok pages!
