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SPONSORS: Ukrop's/First Market Bank | Genworth Financial | SunTrust | Dominion | NewMarket | The Community Foundation | Altria | Richmond Times-Dispatch | CenterStage | MWV | Loveland Distributing Co | City of Richmond | Children's Museum of Richmond | National Council for the Traditional Arts | Virginia Folklife Program | VFH | Comcast | Glory Foods | JHI | JAMinc. | House of Hayes | SIR | Graphics Gallery | Y101 | NBC 12 | K95 | 96.5 KLR | Mix 103.7 | Comcast | Wachovia | DoubleTree Hotel | WCVE | Plan 9 Music | GRTC Transit System | T.F.C. Recycling | R.M.C. Events Staff | City Ice | VHDA | CW Richmond | RVA News | National Park Services | Hohner

Sponsors

Traditional crafts and demonstrations in the Marketplace feature master artisans selling a variety of hand-crafted arts. Subjects range from jewelry, "green" items and handmade soaps.

This year the Richmond Folk Festival is proud
to present these artisans:

Abike Natural Body Care

Body lotions and creams

Afrikikos

Handmade items such as statues, purses, and art

Angela D. Global Designs

Fine jewelry

Brite Cloth Tie Dye

Tie dyed clothing

 Bridges

African incense & handcrafted burning tools

Don Leister Violins

Violin maker, violas and cellos

Dransfield Jewelers

Handmade silver and gold jewelry

Edith Meriwether Design

Recycled credit card jewelry ("green" items)

Isabelle Glass

Glass and fine silver jewelry

Kelvin Henderson

Original artwork

Larry Poncho Brown

Orginal artwork

Metallic Art Graphics

Graphic art with fiberglass and brass

Micielo Jewelry

Handmade silver jewelry with natural stones

The Passage

Beaded jewelry and handbags

Potts Inc.

Handcrafted jewelry

Row House Soap

Handmade natural soaps

Swift Creek Lures and Decoys

Vintage fishing lures and decoys

Ten Thousand Villages

Handmade crafts from around the world

Third Generation Jeweler

Handcrafted jewelry set in silver

Traveling Savage

Felt and paper beads and jewelry

VA Friends of Mali

Malian and West African crafts, art, and music

N His Time

Glass belt buckles & fused glass jewelry

Jonathan Wiegand

Handcrafted signs and game boards

Used and Rare

Handmade shawls bags,shawls,clothes