New Gourd Classes Just Announced!
New Gourd Classed Just Announced
Plus June Gourd Festival Updates
Enter Your Gourd in the Gourd Art Competition!
Even if you cannot attend the June Gourd Festival, you can still send in an entry for the annual Gourd Art Competition, brought to you by the California Gourd Society.
Every year gourd artists from across the country enter their artwork and not only win ribbons but also get their work showcased to thousands of people attending the festival!
If you are an Exhibitor at the Festival, this is an opportunity not to be missed! Buyers have been know to first scout the Competition tent, then seek out the exhibiting artists of their choice at the Festival and purchase multiple pieces, just based on one art piece they saw in the competition tents!
Now is the time to start working on your gourd pieces for entry into the Competition! Get all the 
There Are Still Exhibitor Spaces Left for the June
Gourd Art Festival
The 13th Annual Gourd Art Festival at the Welburn Gourd Farm is coming June 27th and 28th, 2009, and YOU could be an exhibitor at the event! Get your exhibitor application now – click here.
Pictured right, “Giraffes” collaborative gourd art piece by Pat Schalbrack and Dianne Connelly, exhibiting artists at the upcoming Gourd Art Festival, June 27th and 28th, 2009!
June Gourd Festival Classes Just Posted!
One of the most exciting parts of the annual June Gourd Art Festival at the Welburn Gourd Farm is the incredible gourd art classes taught by some of the most talented artists and instructors in the industry.
Join us this June 25th and 26th, 2009, the Thursday and Friday before the Festival, for the gourd classes!
Create a beautiful gourd vessel inlayed with crushed glass, such as those pictured left.
This class is taught by Dianne Connelly, one of the most requested instructors at the farm not only due to her amazing talent as an artist but also her sense of humor and fun-loving spirit!
If you take a class with Dianne, come prepared to laugh A LOT! To sign up for the Crushed Glass Inlay class, click here!
Think you’ve done everything with gourds? Not until you create your own gourd pitcher, complete with water proof finish inside!
In this information-packed class taught by Diane Calderwood, not only will you discover everything you need to know to cut, clean, and make this 
beautiful and functional vase, you’ll also be guided on how to create a specialized, multi-color finish in the colors of your choice!
This is a new class that has never been taught before at the farm and is sure to fill up fast. Sign up now – click here!
Now you can bring your rubber stamping expertise into the world of gourds and create a beautiful work of art using decoupage!
This completely customizable design technique gives your gourd an ancient feel and is surprisingly easy to do.
Choose the nature-themed vessel (pictured above) or the horse-themed vessel (pictured right), or bring your own rubber stamps and create a design of your own. Join renowned artist and instructor, Kathy Riker, for this fun and easy class! Click here!
To see the full list of April, May, and June gourd art classes and to register, click here!
*Please note, discount codes may not be used towards gourd classes.
Gourdially Yours,
The Welburn Gourd Farm
40635 De Luz Rd.
Fallbrook, CA 92028
Phone: 1-877-420-2613
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