Vendor applications are being accepted for space during craft fair week in a new pavilion next-door to the Chicken Coop Flea Market in Gentry. For more information, call the Chicken Coop at 479-736-2255.
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Vendor applications being accepted for craft fair
Thursday, August 27th, 2009Arts and crafts fair coming to Gentry
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
A new barn-like pavilion is being erected for a Gentry-area farmers' market, and for an arts and crafts fair to be held in Gentry this October.
A new building is being erected next door to the Chicken Coop Flea Market in Gentry to house vendor booths for farmers wishing to sell their home-grown produce and for arts and crafts artisans wanting to sell their products. The building should be ready in time for Gentry’s Fall Festival and the Main Street Arts and Crafts festival in Gentry the following week.
The Chicken Coop, with its new building, is gearing up for craft fair season and is now taking applications (or reservations) for this year’s craft fair to be held Oct. 14-18.
Vendors will be in a covered 7,000-square-foot pavilion and the Chicken Coop will provide one table. The charge for an 8×10 booth inside the pavilion will be $100, on a first-come, first-served basis. For an 8×10 booth outside the pavilion will be 75.00. The Chicken Coop will not be taking a commission from sales. This will not be your everyday craft fair. It will also include antiques and collectables along with the arts and crafts.
Applications need to be turned in by Oct. 2. The sooner application forms are turned in, the more options vendors will have in picking their locations in the new building. Applications are available at the Chicken Coop, by mail, e-mail and on this site at Craft-Application.
Everyone is invited to come out and enjoy the fun. There will be food, crafts, music and more. On October 17 there will be kids day that will include wall climbing, face painting, balloons, Mad Science of NWA and more!
The Chicken Coop Flea Market is located on Main Street in Gentry, just west of Arkansas Highway 59. The Chicken Coop’s Web site is www.chickencoopgentry.com. Its Web log is at www.chickencoopgentry.com/publish. For more information, call the Chicken Coop at 479-736-2255 or e-mail williamsmarsha79 @ gmail.com.
Welcome to the Chicken Coop
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
The Chicken Coop flea market is located on Gentry's Main Street, just west of Arkansas Highway 59.
The Chicken Coop, located in the old Farmers’ Co-op Building at 500 E. Main Street – just east of the railroad tracks – is owned and operated by Melissa Graef. She saved and completely renovated and restored the Farmers’ Co-op Building, constructed in 1952 by Earl Alcorn, and opened it up for business at the end of 2007.
Now Melissa owns the largest flea-market space in Gentry and has numerous aisles of booths containing everything from old furniture, antiques, arts, crafts, collectibles to glass chandeliers. She has about 50 vendors and a store packed with merchandise.
And “business is good,” she says. The slow down in the economy hasn’t kept customers away from her store. They come from all over the region.
Melissa, an art major and graduate of the University of North Texas, restores antiques, and sells old chandeliers and country primitives. She likes handmade folk art and her store is full of examples. Vintage lighting is her specialty and one of her biggest items, she said. Quality artwork and crafts can be found throughout her store. And, of course, she has plenty of old glass chandeliers.
The Chicken Coop invites you to come and browse its many aisles and booths and see for yourself the rich collection of merchandise we offer!