Arts & Sciences Activities for Holiday Faire 2026
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Competition – Preparing for Winter
As the seasons turn and the chill of winter approaches, all good folk must ready their homes and hearths. This competition invites artisans, cooks, and clever hands of all kinds to showcase their skills in the timeless arts related to winter preparation.
Whether you craft candles to chase away the darkness, preserve the bounty of the harvest, stir hearty soups fit for a cold night, or fashion warm garments to ward off the frost, your work is welcome. Please show us your skills and creativity!
Please deliver your entries before 10:30 am and retrieve them at 3:30 pm. The winner will be determined by a panel of three judges. Prizes TBD.
Competition – The Herd’s Half-Dozen (Largesse)
Pray attend, good gentles of our mighty barony! Gather close and lend your ears, for a call has gone forth across our lands. Our newly invested Baronage begins their noble tenure, and they shall need gifts aplenty to carry honor, gratitude, and goodwill to all corners of the realm.
Thus do we announce a Competition of Largess, where generosity and craftsmanship walk hand in hand!
All artisans, makers, and clever folk are invited to create six items—six tokens of beauty, skill, or usefulness— to be gifted into the Baronage’s coffers. Let your craft speak proudly for your household, your hall, and your heart.
The winner shall be chosen by the voice of the populace. Each voter will receive three beads, to cast as they see fit into the dishes placed by their favored entries—whether all for one or divided among many. Populace voting will be open from 11:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon.
The entry with the most beads at the final count at 3:00 pm shall be declared the victor.
The winner will receive one item from each entry!
The Alchemist’s Guild is hosting a competition at Holiday Faire:
From Slaughter to Storehouse: An A&S Competition sponsored by the Alchemist’s Guild of Atlantia
Blodmonath, the Blood Month, marks the time to prepare for winter through the slaughter of livestock, the hunt, and the careful use of precious resources. But the work does not end with the harvest of meat! How might a skilled artisan transform the remaining materials into useful goods to see a household through the cold months?
The Alchemist’s Guild of Atlantia challenges gentles to demonstrate the art of transformation by creating one useful item or preparation from an animal-derived material. Can your skill and ingenuity turn the remains of the hunt into something worthy of the winter stores?
Entries need not be elaborate, but should demonstrate thoughtful research and an understanding of how raw materials can be transformed into useful goods.
Bring your work before the Guild and show us the alchemy of Blodmonath!
For more information contact Tiara Michael Russ