Headlining the 2011 Fall Fest Arts & Crafts Show will be Hamilton resident and potter,
Jerry Brown, shown with his coworker, Blue, who helps Jerry mix his clay. Brown was
named a National Heritage Fellowship recipient in 1992 and honored with a display in
the Smithsonian Institute. In 2003, Brown was awarded the Alabama Heritage Award by the
Alabama State Council on the Arts.
Metal artists Richie Stone and Jimmy Armstrong also return to the 2011 BRFF with their metal creations. Stone and Armstrong,
from Detroit, Ala., are perennial favorites at the BRFF and also at the Jerry Brown Arts Festival.
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A fan favorite, Linda Lindale, a fabric and copper artist from Amory, Miss., will be participating in the 2011 Buttahatchee River Fall Fest.
Missy Miles, local artist and gallery owner, along with members of the Northwest Alabama Arts Council, will be working with
children attending the BRFF to make their own Fall Fest necklace in a special kids' art area in the arts & crafts section.
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