Art in the Garden is Saturday

The Hagood-Mauldin House and Irma Morris Museum of Fine Art in Pickens will host the fourth annual Art in the Garden Saturday.

Organizer Marge Schaefer with the Pickens County Historical Society said this year's event will focus on fine arts and historic crafts.

Art in the Garden will be held from 10am-4pm at the Hagood-Mauldin House, located at 104 N. Lewis Street in Pickens, behind Legacy Square.

Artists will be displaying their work, including watercolors and oils, during the event.

“Each artist will have their own tent,” Schaefer said. “We have several new artists this year.”

She said crafts were added to Art in the Garden last year.

The crafts displayed and for sale have a specific focus, Schaefer said.

“What we decided was each craft had to be done for at least a hundred years, so no junk jewelry or that kind of thing,” she said. “We have hat makers, we have soap makers, we have people who knit, we have people who work with gourds. We're supposed to have a potter coming.”

The Hagood-Mauldin House and its gardens are works of art themselves.

“The roses should be in full bloom,” Schaefer said.

Master Gardeners will be on hand giving a tour of the gardens.

Tour of the Hagood-Mauldin House itself will be available for $3. Children twelve and under can tour the home for free, provided they're with a parent.

Learn more about the area's history at Art in the Garden.

“There will be people there who have historical information concerning old Pickens,” Schaefer said.

People will be on-hand giving information about the art classes offered at the Faith Lutheran Chapel School of the Arts.

Classes are available for both children and adults for $15 a month. Proceeds from the art classes benefit Faith Lutheran Chapel.

Dogs are not allowed at the Hagood-Mauldin House.