Sand and Sawdust Events Schedule
General Festival Schedule (see times below for specific programs) Friday 11am-6pm Saturday 10am-6pm Sunday 10am-4pm
Note- All activities are at the Convention Center, except for Justin the Circler
Inside Convention Center-
Chainsaw Auction Stage — carved pieces are on display each day as they are completed prior to daily auction Get Our Drift – Art of the Lower Peninsula plus artists demonstrations Craft, merchant, and nonprofit booths Beverage Bar – Wine, beer, spirits Food – Find the cupcakes (more outside) Information Booth – Drawing for prizes
Convention Center Parking Lot
Chainsaw Carvers Live! – 25 carvers with with daily auction (see Sawdust) Sand castle artist and sand castle building workshops (see below) Food booths – 9 great restaurants (see vendors) Crafts, merchant and nonprofit booths (see vendors) Bennett’s Fish Shack Stage – Galway Bay Beer Garden – KOSW 91.3 – Five Star Dealerships Auto Display Rock Climbing Wall
On the Beach
Justin the Circler
Sand Mandalas on the beach and daily workshops
Schedule at a Glance
| Friday 11am-6pm | |
| 11am-4pm | Chainsaw Carving Live! |
| 11am-12noon | Chainsaw Quick Carve |
| 1pm-2pm | Kids Sand Castle Building Workshop |
| 2pm-4pm | Sand Quick Carve Contests |
| 2pm-4pm | Justin the Circler Beach Workshop |
| 4pm | Chainsaw Art Live Auction |
| 6pm | Festival closes for the day |
| Saturday 10am-6pm | |
| 10am-4pm | Chainsaw Carving Live! |
| 10:30am-12noon | Chainsaw Quick Carve |
| 1pm-2pm | Sand Castle Building Workshop |
| 2pm-4pm | Sand Quick Carve Contests |
| 2pm-4pm | Justin the Circler Beach Workshop |
| 4pm | Chainsaw Art Live Auction |
| 6pm | Festival closes for the day |
| Sunday 10am-4pm | |
| 10am-2pm | Chainsaw Carving Live! |
| 11am-12noon | Sand Castle Building Workshop |
| 1pm-3pm | Sand Quick Carve Contests \ |
| 2pm-4pm | Justin the Circler Beach Workshop |
| 2pm | Chainsaw Art Auction |
| 4pm | Festival closes for the year |
“Get Our Drift” Art of the Lower Peninsula
Showing art and how to create it
Twelve local artists, members of the Art Association of Ocean Shores, will present a sampling of their work during the Sand & Sawdust Festival inside the Convention Center of Ocean Shores in a show titled “Get my Drift, art of the lower peninula“. The emphasis of the more than 40 works in the show is on beach themes.
At 7 booths inside the convention center artists will offer demonstrations throughout the three day event, June 22nd-24th. They will show how they create their art work, what they focus on, techniques and materials they use. They will answer questions about tools and sourcing of materials, what inspires them, how long it takes to create a piece and where they learned to do what they do. Included in the demonstrations are oil and watercolor painting, photography, painting on silk and drawing with color pencil.
Associated Arts of Ocean Shores (AAOS) has been advocating for and promoting artists in the community since 1974. In addition to various sponsored events making art accessible to the public, AAOS supports the art programs of local schools with yearly grants for art supplies and art scholarships for their studies.
Next Year
See you next year, at the 2019 Five Star Dealerships Sand and Sawdust Festival — always the last weekend of June – June 28-30 ,2019.