Fairy Arts Festival
4 - 5 Sept 2010
in Koningsteen (Kapelle op-den Bos) nearby Mechelen (BE)
with special guests:
- Josephine Wall (the UK)
- Linda Ravenscroft (UK)
- Felicity Fairy & Muddlehead Pixie (the UK)
- Diane Guelinckx
She is the Fairy puppet maker of all the fairies of the book ‘The Flower Fairy and the Butterfly’ and of the Fairy Art Festival flyer.
More info on the special guests...
Opening hours
Saturday 4th of Sept ‘10: 10am till 11pm
Sunday 5th of Sept ‘10: 10am till 6pm
The fairy art market is open on Saturday till 7pm. Saturday at 8pm we gather for performances.
Program:
- Fairy Arts Market with artists who expose their fairy art: painters, illustrators, puppet makers, artists with jewelry, clothing and various fairy shops.
- Dance, music and acrobatics: performances by fairy artists around the castle.
On Saturday there will be a fire show by fairy acrobats. - Workshops about various fairy arts
People with a workshop ticket can choose three workshops a day out of 9 workshops - Children program
- Fairy Fashion show: everyone can participate!
Practical Information:
The Fairy Arts Festival is a colorful event for all ages. During this festival you will be completely overwhelmed by fairies, many different elements, creatures of nature, dragons, druids, …
The idea = Fairies love music, dance, art, dreaming, nature, bubbles, flowers, playing, having fun, … Qualities that are spontaneously present in children but which we all have lost during our way. That is why we organize a Fairy Festival for all ages ! This idea came from our Fairy Theatre and Fairy School projects.
Come and make acquaintance with our ´Dream Tree´. On this Dream Tree, you can find a lot of Dream Bags with each of them a specific Fairy Dream. You can also win a fistful of Fairy prices …
Fairy Wisdom = Native people believe that everything starts with a dream. At first you have a dream and if you draw your dream on paper, then your dream starts to be real. That is why we have the Fairy Dream Tree. Every visitor can pick a dream from a Dream Bag during our festival. This dream will have a specific meaning for you during the festival.
We also invite you to dress yourself up as a Fairy, Troll, creature of nature, dragon, wizard, … You can also participate in our unique Fairy Fashion Show because many Fairies are to be found here in many diverse forms and sizes.
We have some international guests on our program such as the famous painters Mme Josephine Wall and Mme Linda Ravenscroft. Mme Josephine Wall will portrait a painting ´LIVE´ on the festival. Mme Linda Ravenscroft will give a workshop on ´Fairy Painting´. Also our own famous and country-known Fairy Doll creator ´Mme Diane Guelinckx´ will be present. She creates very ´lifely´ Fairy dolls and will give a workshop on this.
Our activities :
• A Fairy Art Market with lots of Artists/holders from inland and abroad.
• Creative workshops – such as Intuitive Painting, create Fairy sculptures, … -
• Fairy Work shops – making acquaintance with your ´inner´ nature creatures, Deva´s, Angels, Elfs and Dragon, Dream Sound concert, …
• Dance Work Shops
• Dance music performances with Fairy dances performed by Fairies of the Fairy Theatre, fire shows by Fire Fairies, Air Show with a dancing Fairy in the trees and exotic veil dances, tribal belly dances, live harp music, Fairy Ballet …. with an evening concert of ´Magic Celtic´, a unique Celtic and Eastern Music and dance concert.
• Fairy Fashion Show with a new collection of Fairy clothes.
• A Fairy Fashion Show and Free podium in which everyone can participate … fairies in all shapes and forms …
• Extended Children program with plenty of workshops, aqua bubbles, doll theatre …
