Darlington County Ag + Art Tour seeking artisans
The South Carolina Ag + Art Tour is the nation’s largest free, self-guided farm tour featuring local artisans and farmers markets. Founded in York County in 2012, the tour expanded to include Lancaster County in 2013, Chester and Fairfield Counties in 2014, Union County in 2015 and Chesterfield, Darlington, Kershaw, and Horry Counties in 2016. We are excited to welcome Florence and Newberry Counties in 2017!
During this month-long event participants will have the opportunity to visit your farm to see first-hand where their food comes from, watch artists in action, purchase something special, and learn more about rural life.
The tour will be in Chesterfield, Darlington, Florence and Horry Counties June 3, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and June 4, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
An Artisan for the purpose of this program is defined as an individual that makes hand crafted products without the use of kits, commercial models and whose primary components are not manufactured. Craft artisans will be located at farm sites and can sell their products.
Examples include but are not limited to painters, potters, weavers, quilters, acoustic musicians, artisan bakers, value-added producers, etc. There is NO FEE to participate. Bakers and value-added food producers must provide a copy of any applicable permit required to sell your product in South Carolina.
Artisans are encouraged to participate in their home county of residence. Artisans can participate on different weekends but must complete a separate application for each county/weekend. Artisans will be able to rank their site location preference. Artisans will also be able to share if they have a previous relationship with a particular farm site. The Ag + Art Tour County Planning Teams will make every effort to place artisans at their requested location but this placement cannot be guaranteed. If multiple artisans select the same location, placement will be based on a first-come-first-served basis, with special attention given to the type of artisan to allow for a diversity of activities at each site. A listing of participating farm sites can be found at www.agandarttour.com/sites.