Hilltop Art Festival

Hilltop Art Festival!

The First Annual!

The Hilltop Howlers are so excited to bring to you our first large art festival! We hope to grow this in the coming years to one of the premier festivals in the city, and help shine a spotlight on the Hilltop area that we love so much! Featuring food, music, scores of artists, vendors, non-profits, and so, so much more we look forward to welcoming you to the Hilltop! This is a family friendly event with a little something for everyone, so come on out and make a day of it!

Saturday May 20th 2023, Goldthwaite Street

10am - 3pm, free

The Artists (More to come!)

Alisa Beck Art

Live and Let Dye by Jessica Luster

jonniprints by Jonathan Marks

Artful Cigar Boxes

jonniprints by Jonathan Marks

Live and Let Dye by Jessica Luster

jonniprints by Jonathan Marks

Linoblock prints

Simplie Kimmie

Live and Let Dye by Jessica Luster

Watercolor Art

Live and Let Dye by Jessica Luster

Tie Dye

Sara Crocker Ceramics and Handmade Wares

Ceramics and Textiles

Korey Rowswell

Sara Crocker Ceramics and Handmade Wares

Kimono bags, soap, embroidery, and pysanky

Amy Osgoode

Sara Crocker Ceramics and Handmade Wares

ART by JOSH VINES

Drawings/Paintings/Photography

ART by JOSH VINES

Sara Crocker Ceramics and Handmade Wares

ART by JOSH VINES

Surreal / Impressionist / Psychedelic

MsCraftprincess Designs

Teresa's Gourds and More

Handcrafted greeting cards, Resin & crushed glass art, tea towels

Teresa's Gourds and More

Woodburn and painted designs on gourds and wood

Shawanda C. STAR Peaces

Teresa's Gourds and More

Shawanda C. STAR Peaces

Visual art

Donna Bowden Pottery

Teresa's Gourds and More

Shawanda C. STAR Peaces

Wheel thrown and hand built stoneware pottery

Adrienne Gaines, Authentically Gaines Photography

Photography from an artistic perspective

Waters Family Designs

Adrienne Gaines, Authentically Gaines Photography

Digital Art, Abstract Art, Photography, Giftables

Syanne Culver

Adrienne Gaines, Authentically Gaines Photography

Syanne Culver

acrylic paintings

David Bulit

Adrienne Gaines, Authentically Gaines Photography

Syanne Culver

Photography

Alan Barrington Evans

The Walter Moore Ape Series

Alan Barrington Evans

Photographic Prints

Matthew Valverde

The Walter Moore Ape Series

Alan Barrington Evans

watercolors/pop art

Rik Long's Art

The Walter Moore Ape Series

colorful acrylic paintings

The Walter Moore Ape Series

Drawings, paintings, blockprinting, 2d mixed media

Art by Kaitlyn Wearden

Illustrations

Dan Tipton

Art by Kaitlyn Wearden

Drawing and painting

Laura Cake Paints

Art by Kaitlyn Wearden

Laura Cake Paints

Paintings

Ciera Creations

Art by Kaitlyn Wearden

Laura Cake Paints

Photography, abstract paintings, digital art

Gloria Aitken Art

Painting Schmainting

Pen, watercolor, acrylic, digital

Painting Schmainting

Acrylic on canvas

Wandr

Painting Schmainting

Brick House Tie Dye

Mixed Media visionary and landscape paintings

Brick House Tie Dye

Painting Schmainting

Brick House Tie Dye

Tie Dye

The Bead Goes On - Lee A. Farrow

handmade jewelry

Southern Art & Makers Collective

The Bead Goes On - Lee A. Farrow

Jewelry, bath & body products, candles & art

Krystle Suzanne Fine Art

The Bead Goes On - Lee A. Farrow

Krystle Suzanne Fine Art

Feather paintings and portraiture

Spotswoodworks

The Bead Goes On - Lee A. Farrow

Krystle Suzanne Fine Art

Hand turned wooden vessels

Lara Oshon

Acrylic & watercolor paintings and prints, as well as some CDs and t shirts.

Food By

Funky Forte

The Cheesecake Empori-Yum

Funky Forte

The Hilltop areas much loved food truck.

Verde Cafe

The Cheesecake Empori-Yum

Funky Forte

Verde Cafe is bringing their food truck on site.

The Cheesecake Empori-Yum

The Cheesecake Empori-Yum is the go to place for all things Cheesecake in the River Region.

Fruit and Flora

Just Judy's Cakes & Designs

The Cheesecake Empori-Yum

Boozy Jam, Floral Jelly, Fruit Butters, Pepper Jellies, Salsa, Pickles, cakes, cookies, fudge, cheese straws & dog cookies

Just Judy's Cakes & Designs

Brownies, Cakes, Candy, Cookies, Cupcakes Scones

Our Partners

The Sanctuary

The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

Hilltop Public House

The anchor on one end of our street of awesome, the Sanctuary will be one of our main event locations, featuring food, art, shopping, and fun!

Hilltop Public House

The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

Hilltop Public House

The anchor on the other end of our street of awesome, their green space will be filled with vendors, artists, and activities, while inside you will be able to get the full range of delicious pastries and beverages as always.

The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts

The Alabama State Council on the Arts

We have partnered with MMFA to bring a host of different elements, such as education about Anne Goldthwaite.

The Alabama State Council on the Arts

We have received a generous grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts to help bring this festival to fruition.

Kings Canvas

The Alabama State Council on the Arts

Kings Canvas

Kevin King and many of the fantastic artists from Kings Canvas will be participating.

Anne Goldthwaite - A largely wikipedia stolen introduction

Our Inspiration

Ann Goldthwaite is the inspiration for this art festival, our patron spirit as it were, so we thought we would take a moment to educate about her.

Brief Biography

Anne Goldthwaite (June 28, 1869 – January 29, 1944) was an American painter and printmaker and an advocate of women's rights and equal rights. Goldthwaite was born in Montgomery and studied art in New York City. She was a member of a group of artists that called themselves Académie Moderne and held annual exhibitions.

Artist

She exhibited, along with other artists such as Van Gogh, Degas, and Monet. She set up residence in New York City and spent the summers with family in Montgomery. She taught at the Art Students League of New York for 23 years and during the summers, she was an instructor at the Dixie Art Colony.

Activist

She was an advocate of equal rights and women's rights. She was actively involved in woman's groups, and fought for equality in the South for ethnic minorities. Her work as an activist and artist intersected on several occasions, including the 1915 Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture by Women Artists for the Benefit of the Woman Suffrage Campaign, which she co-organized, and the unfurling of a suffrage banner of her own design at a 1916 New York Giants baseball game.

Goldthwaite Street

No one is quite sure which member of the Goldthwaite family that Goldthwaite street is named for (at least not at the Department of Archives), but we choose to think it was named for Anne. She encompasses the traits the Howlers hold most dear: a love of the arts, and the fight for having everyone being treated equally, no matter their gender, race, or orientation. So it's in her honor that we have decided to host this annual event.