Comfort Art Festival announces call for artists

Gillespie Life

News Staff, on June 22, 2022

The 2022 Comfort Art Festival has issued a call for artists. The festival, now in its tenth year, will take place on Sept. 17. Established in 2009 as the Comfort Fall Art Walk, the event each year brings art collectors to the charming town to meet talented Hill Country artists and to

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