Photo by Brian Klemm, City of San Carlos Photographer https://www.briankcreative.com
The much awaited faire of the year is here. Now on its 32nd, the 2024 San Carlos Art & Wine Faire is estimated to attract a whopping 50,000 crowd from all across the peninsula over the course of the weekend. Laurel Street will be packed with a total of 197 artists, live music, parties, drinks, and delicious food for all.
So, what else is new this at the Faire this 2024? Lets look at the list below:
What’s New at this year’s Art & Wine Faire
- The Car Show is back. Come and experience the roar of engines and the beauty of automated design. Dubbed as the “Ultimate Car Show”, the exhibit will be located at the 1300 Block, San Carlos Ave, and will showcase tons of vintage cars, muscle cars, hyper cars, and at the end of the weekend, several cars will compete for the prize at the Car Competition. Live Music is played all throughout the exhibit.\
- Sangria and Mimosa Booths. A “first” this 2024, sangria and mimosa booths will be available at Beverage Booths 2 & 4, near Harrington Food Court and the San Carlos Ave + Laurel Street Crossing.
- Parking Info. Take note of this: free parking is now located in the Alexandria. Free parking is no longer located in the Palo Alto Medical Foundation building. Shuttles to and from the Alexandria will be available from 9am – 7pm. You may also park at (1) The Wheeler Plaza Garage (San Carlos Public Parking) which offers two floors of parking), SamTrans Building Garage, and the City Hall Underground Parking. Valet parking for bikes are available at the SamTrans Building Courtyard.
For a complete guide to the Art & Wine Faire, please go to this page and bookmark it on your phone:
Click here for the COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE ART AND WINE FAIRE 2024
Art & Wine Faire 2022 Video by Vabrato Real Estate
Photo by Brian Klemm, City of San Carlos Photographer https://www.briankcreative.com
Photo by Brian Klemm, City of San Carlos Photographer https://www.briankcreative.com
Meanwhile, we also browsed the websites of the artists in advance and found these interesting art pieces which you might want to see:
Featured Artists
Modern / Techie Art
If you’re into modern designs, here are some booths you can check out:
Story Spark (Booth 815)
Story Spark makes tech-Inspired t-shirts for the engineer, gamer, scientist, entrepreneur and techie. They strive to provide designer products and unique gift ideas that motivate and inspire these peoples’ stories, celebrating the connection between technology and people
Christian Benoit Design (Booth 669c)
Combining CAD drafting, laser cutting, paint, and a variety of plywood materials such as Birch, Alder, and Walnut, Christian brings these pieces to life, creating a fusion of precision and artistic innovation. Christian is both an artist and a residential designer of modern homes.
Clever Clocks (Booth 612)
Clever Clocks are modernly designed time pieces that would tell time in a different way. All of the art below are original and handmade from art materials. The quartz motor is also an exclusive to Clever Clocks. 
Cute Animals
Riding with the viral sensation Moo Deng, the adorable baby hippo from Thailand, we thought these cute animal paintings could be interesting. Go check them out!
Elisabeth Sullivan Art (Booth 828c)
Elisabeth Sullivan’s imaginative, vibrantly colored, slightly surreal acrylic paintings can best be described as “dreamscapes”.
Mishell Swartwout (Catzoo Art) (Booth 739c)
Mishell loves to create fun paintings of animals and fantasy creatures using acrylic paints on canvas.
Unique Art
Dynamic Symbolism Project by Sally Rayn (Booth 1219)
Dynamic Symbolism is an abstract art style that allows viewers creative freedom to interact with the art and form their own borders for concrete images. 
Paper Sweetly (Booth 624)
Quilling or paper filigree is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped and glued together to create decorative designs. 
Moran Nhel Glass Art (Booth 741c)
Moran creates natural landscapes and incorporates a mixture of stone, bronze, glass or ceramics in order to create a complete artistic idea. Currently, Moran is focusing on fused glass art.
Outdoor Styles / Michael Rumsey Art (Booth 654)
Michael Rumsey shapes and designs decorative surfboards as functional fine art. He has created custom wood surfboards and other wood wall art commissioned pieces for private clients, collectors, and customers from coast-to-coast, Alaska, Hawaii, and most recently – Canada.
Metalphoria, by Kristen Hoard (Booth 634)
Kristen combines rich, glowing LED light art into both metal wall art and metal sculptures. The light can radiate from behind, reflecting in intricate grinded patterns, or it can become a color changing glow emanating from within a hollowed metal core. The effect is to bring light, movement and energy to the designs transforming the piece into a different sculpture at night.
Butterfly Gallery (Booth 760)
Steven Albaranes have been designing butterfly displays since January 1990. His exotic butterflies and acrylic displays are of the finest quality in the world. The butterflies displayed in his clear acrylic displays have the appearance of flying around your home.
Alcala Designs (Booth 619)
Sean Free Alcala is a contemporary glass artist living and working in Salida, California. As a Bay Area native and nature enthusiast, he has always been deeply connected to the environment, especially the beaches, rivers and lakes of the West Coast. His primary glass aesthetic is based around the color, movement and energy of water.
