NEW IBERIA, La. – The Shadows-on-the-Teche Spring Arts and Crafts Fair will take place in the Shadows gardens on Saturday, March 3 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
More than 100 vendors from around Louisiana will display and sell their original work. A variety of hand-crafted products will be available for sale, and just in time for Easter and the beginning of spring! Stuffed bunnies, hair accessories, and tasty treats make perfect basket fillers. Colorful yard ornaments will help you to ring in the spring season after a cold and icy winter.
Admission to the fair is $5 per person (ages 12 and older) and $3 for children (ages 6-11), and includes a tour of the Shadows. Raffle tickets will be sold with all prizes donated by vendors. Food and dessert vendors will offer tempting choices! Come enjoy the day with your family and friends while supporting local artists, craftsmen, and the Shadows-on-the-Teche.
About the Shadows-on-the-Teche:
The Shadows-on-the-Teche, National Trust for Historic Preservation site, opened to the public in 1961 with the mission to preserve the buildings, landscape, collections, and historical integrity of the site; to research and interpret through education programs a 19th century southern Louisiana plantation economy and community and their evolution; and to encourage an appreciation of and interest in historic preservation. The Shadows is a not-for-profit organization that is responsible for its own operating budget and receives no federal, state, parish, or city funding. The site supports itself through admissions, special programs and events, and donations to the Friends of the Shadows.
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