Melrose Arts & Crafts Festival
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Melrose Plantation 3533 Highway 119, Natchitoches, Louisiana 71452
Inspired by the rich artistic history of the National Historic Landmark that is Melrose Plantation, the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches presents the inaugural Melrose Folk Art Festival. Hosted on the grounds of the plantation house, which was built in 1796 by freedman Louis Metoyer and was later the home of esteemed artist Clementine Hunter, the festival invites folk artists from Louisiana and across the South to display and sell their handcrafted arts. The featured artist for this year's festival is Kathy Tate Davis, a Natchitoches native who specializes in handmade sculptures built form dried okra pods and other products of nature. 10 am–5 pm Saturday, till 4 pm Sunday. melroseplantation.org.
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