Sunday, October 8, 2017

Saturday, October 7, 2017






Wow! Again the time just flies when you have a full time job and your are trying to do a community event as a volunteer (aka when time is available) Nevertheless - the event is on it's way

Our 5th Bi-Annual Harrisburg ARTwalk! 
Here is a sneak peak at our local vendors (artist and crafters/handmade) We are very excited to have new and returning vendors. And this event would not be possible without them!

https://goo.gl/photos/xBE7Ui9CnBGsqo3o8


Many many thanks to them, Harrisburg Town and Harrisburg Parks and Rec. To the many businesses - franchises or not for putting up the posters and postcards to show their support! You are all amazing and this would not be possible without everyones help!

Thank you Terri Bedwell from Hometown Promotional for the beautiful posters and postcards and banners going out. Amazing work in half the time than most and cost effective. http://www.hometownpromotionals.com/


If you see your artwork on this link this means you were accepted and need to make sure you paid.  Please call Harrisburg Parks and Recreation. 704.455.7275. Ask for Shawn, Erin or Daniel. We have many that have been accepted but never paid to keep their spot. Getting accepted does not reserve your space - payment confirms. This is very important.

Thank you!
Teresa Stern
Founder

Follow us on Facebook
www.facebook.com/harrisburgartwalk
& Twitter
@TheBurgArtwalk

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Support Handmade, Support Local!

Give the Gift of ART this CHRISTmas!..
check out some of our artists that were at the October ARTwalk, still time to order your handmade gift.


Paints & Potts by Kathy Botts:
https://www.facebook.com/potsbybotts/

Nika's Bowtique:
Facebook.com/bowsbynika

Art Whisper:
https://m.facebook.com/DsArtWhispers/

Lisa Hernandez Gerard:
.https://www.etsy.com/shop/MySisterCreates
HTTPS://m.facebook.com/MySisterCreates/


Sarah Wiley:
www.sarahwileyjewelry.etsy.com

Hook n Chain:
Facebook.Com/hooknchain andhooknchain.etsy.com

Mistie Doren/Lewis & Berg:
Facebook.com/lewieandberg

Wood n Mirror Gifts:
Www.woodnmirrorgifts.com

My Painted Designs:
you!! https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyPaintedDesignsand https://www.facebook.com/barbaraspainteddesigns/

Adorable Dee-Signs By Denise:
HTTPS://facebook.com/adorabledee-signsbydenise

Deb  Visbeck Art & Photography:
http://debvisbeckartphotography.smugmug.com/

HLB Studios:
Www.etsy.com/shop/hlbstudios 
Www.facebook.com/hlbstudios

Karen Wright Pottery:
 https://www.facebook.com/Karen-Wright-Pottery.../

For the men in your life...
http://WOBOwallet.com

Brenda Pinston:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8LG58pbOvQ
www.pinkstonsdart.com

Stylefish Decor:
 www.stylefishdecor.com

Art By Shayla:
Www.etsy.com/shop/ARTBYSHAYLAETSY
https://www.facebook.com/Art.by.Shayla/










Wow! Where did the time go? It's time again to get rolling but NOT UNTIL JANUARY - so hang on.

...again registration does NOT open until January...so hang on and in the meantime, support our local artists that were at the October 2016 Artwalk.

Yes, this holiday season, buy someone a handmade original - or print that speaks "I care about you" because I choose to buy handmade, original art and support the local arts!

A handmade gift speaks VOLUMES! So make a change and support local! Not overseas folks...
Here in the USA! Right here in our backyard. It means the world when you take that first step.
A step to make a change...in the right direction.

Thank you in advance and stayed posted as we will be posting the websites, etsy shops and other means to reach out to your special artists and order your gift!

Blessings-
Teresa Stern
Artist & Founder of Harrisburg ARTwalk
www.facebook.com/harrisburgartwalk


Sunday, September 4, 2016

The Summer is gone and Fall is right here before we know it, although we are talking about the Carolinas...and there is forecast for 90 degree weather all week :) The point is, the ARTwalk right around the corner.

 I'm so excited to have so many artist/craftsmen and women coming to this event. Their fee helps with advertising and expenses we go through to put on such a huge event for the community and surrounding areas. Not to mention the most important part...

A $1,500.00 Art Scholarship



...this is why we do this event. To encourage our youth and those maybe even in the arts for a while. Don't give up on your dreams! Keeping working hard for it and it will fall into place!

Think of everyone you meet as an opportunity to tell them what you do. With that - join the forces of the ARTmatters movement - by sharing your love of art at random places for someone to find. What a great thing to do for someone you don't know...give them a smile - give them something special.

Because we matter, you matter, ART matters!

https://www.facebook.com/ncabandonedart/









Tuesday, July 12, 2016



I can't believe we are at the end of another event. Our October ARTwalk is coming up - sooner than you think. Because I don't know about you?....but where did JUNE GO????

As we plan for the October 15th (mark your calendars NOW) we will be having planning meeting here once if not twice a month. If you would like to volunteer your time to help us spread the word and to spread the love for the ARTs then keep posted to my facebook posts!

We have 26 Artists lined up and I will be posting their art and website/facebook page/etsy shop in order for you to contact them before the show or just follow. We are here to support local ART!

So thank you for following us and hang on as we try to get everything updated...and going here to prepare for the Greatest Event in NC - Harrisburg ARTwalk!

A little bit about the event.
October 15th - SATURDAY
(10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.)
4100 Main Street
Harrisburg, NC 28075


Fall Celebration with the ARTS! 100+ variety of artists from NC/SC/GA/VA selling their original/handmade works. 2000+ folks come to see them! Very excited to say through this event we are sponsoring a $1,500.00 Scholarship to a lucky student to further their education! Live music, entertainment and Kids and Animal Costume Contest and this time....

Food Trucks!

Chibogz
Marlie Qs
Cremoso Cheesecake Company

Local Ice Cream Store
Hickory Smokes BBQ
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!!!Please make sure you follow the rules!

1. (3) photos of your most current work to: (teresastern16@yahoo.com) while room!

2. NOTE: NO more and NO less than (3) photos should be sent. Thank you.

3. 40.00 for a 10 x 10 area. 80.00 for two areas. 2 is max due to space. Bring your own table, chairs, display, inventory and BUSINESS CARDS and be prepared to sell your art!

4. PAYMENT MUST be received by Sept. 1st or your spot will be given to the next in line. Registration alone does not reserver your spot. Thank you for understanding.

5. Keep in mind, this is a rain or shine event! Thank you. Questions or concerns please feel free to email. Myself, Teresa Stern or Terri Bedwell: artintheburg@gmail.com




Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Wow! Where did the summer go! I love fall don't get me wrong. My favorite time of year is fall, but the artwalk is coming up and there is so many more items to check off the list.

On top of it. I've been asked to conduct an ARTwalk for Cornelius - just a month before Harrisburg's ARTwalk. Yep, I'm officially insane.

If only I could figure out the right way to make money off of these things. But I do it for other artists like myself. To bring culture to the community and families together everywhere.

Working on the vendor list and we officially have 81 artists attending. Incredible!
I'll be listing them here shortly this week (that's my goal)

Until then spread the word about the event.
On another note if you would like to donate to the scholarship fund. Just click on this link through paypal and donate the amount you would like. Any support is great support. Even $5.00.

Thank you
Teresa

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Thursday, June 4, 2015



Well believe it or not it about that time again. I know it's not even summer but this is the time to promote, promote, promote our next ARTwalk. But first I do have to apologize - I originally had planned a June and August ARTwalk - due to unforeseen circumstance I was needing a break this summer - so I'm working on promoting our next one to be bigger and better, this gave me better opportunities and more time to do things right. Our Next one is

OCTOBER 17th/Saturday
10:00 a.m. til 2:00 p.m.
$20.00 (10' x 10') booth or $40.00 (20' x 10') booth 
(no more than that due to limited area for all vendors)
You provide your own tables, chairs, canopy and anything else that will make you stand out from the rest. Promote, promote, promote yourself that you will be attending - the more that know the more it will grow and they will come! I've seen it.

Registration Opens JULY 1st! 
photos must be sent in first to teresastern16@yahoo.com for compliance and 
then a link will be sent for registration.  We thank you for your cooperation!

Our last one in April brought in over 500 folks from all over that wanted to see the arts in our community and surrounding areas. I was so pleased - we expect more in October! Can't wait!

This October Festivities will include: Bring your Carved Pumpkin Judging Contest!
Cutest Kid's Costume and Cutest Pet Costume!

So MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW! - Yep I said now. So you don't forget! 



Friday, April 17, 2015


EXTRA EXTRA - READ ALL ABOUT IT!
My lovely artists/crafters/performers/inventors!!! Check in is at 8-9 (no later than 9:00 please otherwise your spot will be given away) text me if you're lost 704.458.0362! Here are directions:
NOTE: I'd go in through the YMCA because traffic might be a bit crazy off of Roberta Road!

Google Map it
YMCA/Harrisburg (LOOK FOR SIGNS)
4100 Main St Ste 200, Harrisburg, NC 28075

Check in BOOTH - that's where you will see my smilin' face is going to be by Hawthorn's this year due to the KIDS' KORNER, that will be in front of Sports Junction! With Pottery Cottage and Faith, Coffee and Sweets doing some AWESOME stuff with the kids this year!
So excited - nervous and sleep deprived! So again, remember to put on your Happy Hat and come with no expectations other than meeting other very talented folks AND networking!
GREAT DAY to be in HARRISBURG!!! Instagram the event and post photos all day!

Monday, April 13, 2015

Registration is now closed and we thank everyone for registering and supporting this great family event for all ages. The event is still planned for April 18th - this Saturday from 10:00 a.m. til 2:00 p.m. With over 95+ artist in attendance from paintings/illustrations, pottery, photography, metal works, woodworks, writers, poetry, drama (thank you Hickory Ridge High School Drama Club), crafts, hand-made soaps and jewelry, decor and more! Live music and entertainment - great restaurant to attend and much more! Special thank you to Pottery Cottage and Faith, Coffee and Sweets for coming to make the Kids' Korner a special event. With free give-a-ways and demonstrations by local Karate/Martial Arts Group.


There is forecast for rain that day - if that be the case depending on how hard it is down pouring we will reschedule for that Sunday April 19th - from 10-2 possibly go longer due to church services.

Let's pray for sunshine Saturday! I'm very please to see how many vendor/artists we have attending!

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

ATTENTION VENDORS!

Jewelry Vendors! Only one spot left. We want to thank everyone for registering as a jewerly vendor but we need more paintings, metal, woodwork, crafts and unique talent of ALL ages!

Drama Clubs - Dance Groups - Music! Please contact me either via facebook or email me directly at Harrisburg ARTwalk

Again we greatly appreciate everyone signing up and sending in photos! You can see everyones' work on the "event" page of the HarrisburgARTwalk facebook page. (it's on the bottom left hand side of the screen)

Harrisburg ARTwalk Event Page




Sunday, February 15, 2015

APRIL 18th
Saturday (10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
HarrisburgARTwalk

ARTIST LINE-UP!
(Plenty of Room - Sign Up Today!)







Special Thank you to:
Staci Noel
Staci Noel Photography
Facebook Page: Staci Noel Photography


Mary Buhl
Luci & Luca
Fashionable Reversibile Doggie Scarves
Want to see some products - drop her a note:


Steven Wilson
Caricature Artists
Want to see his work - drop him a note:

Marijoyce Porcelli
Ragged Edge Prints
Original framed prints, original matted prints, original mini prints with mini easels, original handmade cards from prints, etc. All prints are my original design. I call my business Ragged Edge Prints. Etsy shop can be found at 


Brianna Hatley
Artist
Lots of things:
Pencil Drawings
Clay modeling
Painting on canvas
Painted wood cutouts
Skull art
ncandpa28133@hotmail.com


Stephanie Champlin
Champ Stamp/Artist
I make custom wood signs from 2 foot signs, to 5x3 foot signs. They are all custom designed quotes on wood that I personally stain/paint and apply the quotes to. 



Susan McRorie
Bore Barn
Handmade soaps (including goat milk soaps), soy candles & tarts, 
jewelry, reed diffusers, lip balms and natural incense.
boerbarn@gmail.com





Tammy Morris
Clover Leaf Shop



Katie Krantz
A mix of artistic creations... pottery, prints,  photography and jewelry!



Joan Lambert
Adorable U - jewelry
Want to see her work- drop her a note:






Elizabeth Collier
Glass art with old wooden windows.
Bird feeders out of glass and small picture frames with glass art 



Michelle Toepfer
Hand-made cedar bird homes! 
Want to see - drop her a note:



Elizabeth Johnson
Starry Girlb
hand painted story stones for children and small canvas paintings.  
Donna McKay
McKay Pottery



Donna Ferguson
Spoon Jewelry
Want to see some products:



Denise Ciccone
Adorable Designs By Denise
Original, one of a kind glass and
stone beaded jewelry



Coral Wayland
One of a Kind Jewelry



Shirley Cassidy
Custom Teddy Bears. 
THE TEDDY BEAR LADY
Bears made from your treasured fabrics,baby blankets and other items.

Georgia Wills
Handlertered chalk signs for weddings, birthdays, maternity, home decor and more. Can customize. These are not traced. Like my page on Facebook at Fairy Tale Chalk Signs. 


Cheri Abbott
Decorative painting
American Girl doll clothes


Barbara Potter
Be Potter
Handmade soap, sugar scrubs, lotions and bath salts. Made completely from scratch.








Natalia Fedkiv
Painter/ designer
Want to see her work - drop her a note: 

Luci Wong
Handmade Felt Flowers
You can find photos of them here: 
and soon in my etsy shop: somethingswong.etsy.com



Dawn Davis
Handmade jewelry, wreaths and rustic housewares. 
dawn.davis330@gmail.com



Sybil Bralley
Simply Aroma Essential Oils & Artwork
Vessel AromaTherapy Lockets
Hand crafted Bath Crystals, Bath Fizzies, Lip 
Balms Lemongrass Organic Skin Care and some of my paintings. 



Christina Bunch
Paintings on Canvas
Need something custom:



Toni South
Small Keys Bath & Beauty



Lynn Beaulieu
homemade soaps, sachets, scrubs, salts, soap sack, lego soaps, 
hello kitty soaps, sample bag of soaps, soap dishes, dog soap 
and other bath items.



Daphne Helms
Visual Artist: pen an ink, alcohol paintings, clay sculptures, stained glass creations






Jody Williams
Jody Williams Photography



Gregory Hanks
Author and makes bookmarks from postage stamp collages.  



Rachel Gardner (w/Kristi Krantz)
Combo table: artist designed chalk board signs 
(custom messages, quotes, verses, wedding signs) 
and customs handmade Haitian art (supports Haitians) 
metal work, some jewerly, woodwork, sewn bag and items. 


Lee Hill
MADD Jewels
Want custom jewelry contact Lee at:
flowerchild2110@gmail.com



Amanda Stripes
Smash Jewels
smashjewels@gmail.com

Sunday, February 1, 2015

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR APRIL 18th ARTwalk!






REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
 (Please note 15 jewelry vendors for every 50 vendors) Thank you.

Send me your links/facebook page, website, or blog and I will post it when payment is received! Thank you!

https://fs30.formsite.com/HarrisburgARTwalk1/Harrisburg-ARTwalk/index.html


Look forward to seeing everyone's art in all forms. Music, Dance, Drama, & Painting, Pottery, Sculptures in all forms!

Theme: Bloomin' in the Burg!

NOTE: All Cabarrus schools - We invite the ART programs/ art teachers get your class together and come up with a mural, sculpture, mix medium of any kind that express Bloomin' in the Burg!

How do you interrupt it? The community will vote - $1.00 a vote to help with art supplies for the school! Help us support the ARTs~

Harrisburg ARTwalk
www.facebook.com/harrisburgartwalk

Join and Share the great news happening in our little town!

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Wow - it's been forever since I've written on here. New Year's resolution! Weekly blogs! I have to.

I unfortunately could not afford the website anymore. It was coming out of my own pocket. Sorry folks. So I thought I'll start a blog - get some sponsors and hopefully build this one step at a time.

So we are almost (1 day away) in February and things need to be rolling and shaking. The registration will open up this weekend. Sunday evening. OFFICIALLY. Thank you to all that have been inquiring about it. And thank you for your patience.

RULES to REGISTER:
1. Your product MUST be handmade. We want to see your craft. Whether it's painting, illustrating, photography, pottery, sculptures (metal, wood, mixed media), crafts, oils (if homemade), baking, music,  drama, writing/writers, poetry, dance - those are all ART RELATED.

2. You must send in photos of your craft or a link to facebook or website if available. For reference and to help us promote your craft on our blog and facebook page.

3. You must be prepaid through the paypal registration form. If it does not go through then it is not confirmed.

4. You must provide your own table - the area is 10' x 10' and it will be in the grass area this year. Leaving the sidewalk free for the public. Cost is $20.00/ booth area and $80.00 for food trucks
Along with a table - we highly recommend chairs, tents (overhead to shade you from the sun) and any drinks or snacks for the day.

5. Restaurants area providing special for that day. And will come to your booth for orders and deliver the food, so you don't have to leave your booth.

6. Invite friends, family and groups you below to - church or volunteer groups. The more you invite the more the word spreads to help bring MORE business for you. SHARE our fb page and blog!

7.  Parking is only permitted up front for the public. All participates must park behind Sports Junction and or the Salon on the corners.

8. EVERYONE is responsible for their own trash. So please be respectful and pick up after yourselves.

9. 80% of the registration is going towards the scholarship. the other portion needs to help with advertising and flyers. Any in-kind donations is greatly appreciated.

Any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me directly at Teresa Stern (teresastern16@yahoo.com) or you can reach me at my work at teresas@journalbooks.com
You can call me after 6:00 p.m. at 704.458.0362. (cell)




Monday, September 8, 2014


The Psychology Behind Messy Rooms: Why The Most

 Creative People Flourish In Clutter



All our lives, we’ve been told to “be organized.” Organization has always been pegged as a direct key to success.
Whether at home, school or in your bunk at camp, organization is something that has been instilled in everyone pretty much from birth. On the other hand, being messy has been equally condemned and made to be a quick path to failure. And, honestly, no rebuttal could say otherwise.
I mean, what good can come from being disorganized, right? Perhaps more than you might think. More recent studies, conducted by the University of Minnesota last year, provide us with a new side of the debate. The pro-messy one.
There has always been this sort of “urban legend” that has floated around modern society deeming people with messy desks as having a high affinity for creative reasoning.
Frankly, I initially thought that people with “messy desks” had to be creative, out of necessity, to survive outside the boundaries of organization.
Last week’s take home test, still undone, in one corner. A page from last month’s Playboy ripped out and crumpled next to the bottle of cocoa butter in the other. Empty Arizona cans distributed across the surface, like a battlefield.
Your desk is a mess. Then again, it’s your mess, and thus, it feels very in-control. When you habitually fail to put things in their designated place, you’re bound to get creative figuring out ways to make everything, I don’t know, fit. And fit comfortably.
While it might look completely random to strangers, a lot of times, a person’s mess is very methodical – with respect to himself.
Psychological scientist Kathleen Vohs, from the University of Minnesota, who set out to debunk this urban legend, didn’t confine her study to solely the desk. No, Vohs, clearly a creative mind, chose to think outside the desk. She just sounds messy. The creative kind of messy.
Using a paradigm consisting of one messy room and one tidy room, and a series of trials, Vohs concluded that messy rooms provoke more creative thinking – and provided scientific evidence!
The next question is, what exactly constitutes “creative thinking,” and how will your pig sty of a room help?
Creative thinking, in its purest form, is thinking outside the lines of “conventional” reasoning. When considering this, it should be no huge shock that messy rooms containing possessions misplaced from their “conventional” locations would promote creativity.
I suppose if you prefer to “lay,” and I use that term very loosely, your clean clothes on the floor of your bedroom, when the empty dresser is only a few feet away – you’re certainly thinking outside the lines of conventional reasoning. And that same concept could be applied to more abstract conception.
Consider this from Albert Einstein, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, then what are we to think of an empty desk?”
Obviously, Einstein’s desk looked like a spiteful ex-girlfriend had a mission to destroy his workspace, and executed it rather successfully. Yet, there’s no denying Einstein’s creativity.
Einstein wasn’t alone. Mark Twain, too, had a cluttered desk. Perhaps even more cluttered than that of Albert Einstein. Mark Twain was one of the most imaginative minds of his generation.
If the likes of Einstein and Mark Twain don’t catch the attention of Generation-Y, I give you Steve Jobs. No wonder he invented iBooks, it’s clear he had trouble maintaining his real life ones. His desk, and office alike, were f*cking disasters. I suppose this just added to his brilliance.
So what does this mean to you? Trash your desks, trash your rooms and hope for a touch of genius? Not exactly. The relationship between messiness and creativity is by no means causal. Being messy won’t find you waking up one morning more creative.
The two are, however, correlated. If you are “messy by nature,” perhaps finding a healthy medium between your usual mess and that urgency to clean, is optimal. By curbing your sloppy desk, room or tendencies, – keep in mind – you might also be curbing your overall creative tendencies.
Ultimately, the only way for you gauge the effectiveness of your mess-induced creativity is to go out and experiment for yourself. So, go ahead, make it rain with all your important files and paperwork, toss your clean clothes across the room, have a blast. See what you come up with, after.
PSA: If you have a roommate, tell him not to send me any hate mail if your dorm room turns into a zoo while you experiment with this. I am not liable for any of the future messes my readers may create.
Harrisburg ARTwalk
OCTOBER 18th / Saturday
10:00 a.m. 'til 4:00 p.m.
Harrisburg Town Center

     Registration is ONLY $10.00 for a (10' x 10') until the 15th of October then it will go up to $20.00 for the same area. We are only allowing 7-10 jewelry artists and 5 mult-level businesses. Please bring your own canopy you never know what even October will hold. You are responsible for your own tables, chairs and inventory. We ask that you area also responsible for your own trash - at the time we do not have access to trash cans, but hoping to work on that through the Parks & Rec Center. Also remember this registration fee is for our youth - all registration fees go towards an ART Scholarship towards a college in dance, music, graphics, or other form of art that the youth is interested in. It's endless where this scholarship can take a student and Harrisburg ARTwalk wants to be a part of this and make their dream possible.  Please register online through the website:
(registration form)

On this blog I will be focusing on those new artists that we welcome aboard to the event. Within a couple of days of them registration. So be patient as I try to catch up from the 11+ we have registered already. And thank you for plugging into the blog. I'm hoping to focus on new ideas - new talent - new events all over the Carolinas. 

Thank you-
Teresa