“Use Me Gently” 

Opening Reception Tuesday September 3rd at 5:30pm

Gallery Open September 3rd – October 31st | Wednesday – Friday 11am – 6pm & Saturday 10:30am-5:30pm

Please join RAG in celebrating Bo Gilbert an amazing ceramic sculptor from Star, NC and their show “Use Me Gently”.

Bo Gilbert is a ceramic sculptor based in Star, NC who combines craft techniques with figurative forms. While developing their process of building clay bodies out of wheel thrown pottery, they also made clay bodies by being a clay mixer from 2020-2024. Their work is intimate and focuses on showing the beauty of queer and trans peoples’ bodies while also exploring their own history with body and gender dysphoria. Decorated with bright colors and imagery pulled from childhood, their work balances innocence, gore, humor, and elements of kitsch to create a queer, camp experience.

Asheboro Fall Festival 2024

The Fall Festival will be held Saturday, October 5, 2024 from 9am-6pm located in Downtown Asheboro NC. 

The Fall Festival will continue to be a fun filled event with creative and unique craft vendors, talented musical guests, crave worthy foods and much, MORE! Plans are on course for a safe and successful event. We will remain in compliance with the recommendations of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for guidance in all safety measures from the State and Local Officials. The Fall Festival is a rain or shine event. 

 The inaugural Fall Festival was held in 1972, included just over 30 vendors, and was located solely on Sunset Avenue in Downtown Asheboro. The Randolph Arts Guild has continued to build upon this celebration and is pleased to announce that our 49th Annual Fall Festival will encompass over 150-200 vendors spanning the historic streets of Downtown Asheboro.  Vendors will showcase their handcrafted goods, delicious food, local businesses, and non-profit information. Our festival attracts many visitors annually, consistently engaging a multitude of artists, artisans, and businesses from within and around Randolph County. Some of the artistic genres represented include music, dance, craft, and live art demonstrations – just to name a few! 

 The Randolph Arts Guild is 501(c)3 non-profit organization, all of the proceeds from the Fall Festival registration go towards sustaining the Guild in carrying out our mission. 

 The mission of the Randolph Arts Guild is to develop, coordinate, and promote activities for the citizens of Randolph County to educate, foster appreciation, and provide for self-expression of the arts. The Guild strives to inform the public about the arts, support artists in their endeavors, teach adults and children the techniques needed to improve or enhance their skills in their chosen discipline(s) and to organize community events that educate, illuminate, and bring joy to people in all walks of life. We have made engagement and outreach our focus as we endeavored to promote the arts to more residents of our county while strengthening our established partnerships and developing new relationships with organizations and agencies. 

 Interested vendors please see the Fall Festival application page for more details and instructions. 

2023 Randolph Arts Guild Fall Festival Sponsors