Thousand Islands Arts Center ~ Home of the Handweaving Museum — Attraction in Town of Clayton

This is specifically a review of the recent "Thousand Islands Arts, Crafts, Antiques and Collectibles festival" hosted by the Thousand Islands Arts Center at the Cerow Arena on August 9 - 10. This is NOT a review of the Arts Center itself. On that Saturday, we drove a considerable distance with the hope of finding some antiques and/or collectibles at this show, as the show title had implied. When we arrived there shortly after noon, we discovered that the arena was only 2/3 - 3/4 full with vendors. After walking the entire arena floor twice, it was clear that the "festival" consisted largely of vendors selling various hand crafted items along with some commercial vendors selling various products. As for antiques or collectibles, we saw only one woman with some antique jewelry for sale. We saw absolutely no vendors with ANY type of collectibles for sale. Add to that, admission was $6 per person. From our perspective, an overpriced and extremely disappointing show. We understand that while a show host may not exercise direct control over the types of items displayed by vendors at a show like this, one would reasonably expect to find the types of items mentioned in the show title. Based on this experience, this was our first and definitely last time...

An amazing place that I’ve been going to since the 1970’s. I love making pottery and they have some wonderful workshops and classes. I’ve even taught a class myself in soap making. The exhibits are a wonderful way to spend an afternoon and they offer classes for...

I enrolled in a pottery class. Kathy is an amazing instructor. I will be back. There are many courses offered, something for everyone. Thanks for a...