Caribbean Arts and Craft Fest to Expand in 2007

The Caribbean Artisan Network and the British Virgin Islands Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVICCHA) will host the largest artisan festival of its kind on that Caribbean destination from March 10 thru 17.

This time around, the Caribbean Arts and Craft Festival will move to key locations around the BVI, from three days of showcasing art, pottery and outdoor sculpture on the popular yachting anchorage at Trellis Bay on Beef Island to venues in Road Town, Cane Garden Bay, Virgin Gorda, and for the first time, Jost Van Dyke.

The Festival offers artisans throughout the Caribbean an opportunity to display, sell and demonstrate their crafts. A dozen different countries participated in the 2006 edition, attracting more than 50 of the region’s top artisans to “Natures Little Secrets”.

The Caribbean Artisan Network is a four-year old regional organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of Caribbean Arts and Crafts. By creating links between artisans, the Network strengthens the production of traditional and innovative Caribbean crafts though educational workshops, marketing initiatives and skill preservation efforts.