Artists Sunday

On Sunday November 26 – the Sunday after Thanksgiving – The Freedman Arts District is engaging Beaufort’s artists, art galleries, and holiday shoppers to participate in Artists Sunday.

Sandwiched between Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, Artist Sunday is a nationwide art-shopping event taking place with professional artists, non-profit art organizations and municipalities across the country.  Begun in 2020, participants include hundreds of local communities, and thousands of individual artists.

2023 is the first year Beaufort artists will participate, and spearheaded by the non-profit organization Freedman Arts District along with partners Beaufort Area Hospitality Association and Beaufort Cultural District, the plans include most all the art galleries downtown being open for business 11-4; Open House from 12-4 at private art studios on residential streets; street musicians on Bay Street from 12-4; photo-op boards where people can take photos of themselves in a famous painting will dot Bay St, and Santa Claus is expected to make an appearance!  At 2 pm the winner of the Bike Rack Design Competition will be announced at USCB’s Visual Art & Design building.