FRIDAY VIP TICKET

May 23 | 4–8 PM

Sip, Savor, and Celebrate Like a VIP!
Step into the exclusive side of the Hill Country Art & Wine Festival. With a Friday VIP Ticket, you’ll enjoy a curated experience designed to delight your senses—from wine tastings and hors d’oeuvres to live art demos and an exciting 6 PM art auction. Mingle with artists, relax in the VIP tent, and take home a souvenir wine glass to remember the night.

Includes:
    •    VIP Tent Access
    •    Souvenir Festival Wine Glass
    •    Wine Tastings
    •    Hors d’oeuvres
    •    6 PM Art Auction
    •    Meet the Artists
    •    Live Demos & More

The art area is open to the public — but this VIP experience is ticketed only.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Become a sponsor of the Hill Country Art & Wine Festival and play a key role in showcasing local art, wine, and culture. This 13th annual event brings together thousands of visitors to experience the best of the Hill Country’s creative community.
By partnering with us as a sponsor, you’ll gain visibility with a diverse and engaged audience while supporting the arts and cultural heritage of our region. We offer several sponsorship levels to fit your business goals, each providing unique benefits to maximize your exposure before, during, and after the festival.
Explore our sponsorship packages below and make an impact on this signature event in the Hill Country!

Artists and Wineries!

We’d love for you to be part of this exciting new chapter! This special take on the Art Waddle brings the Hill Country together for a vibrant celebration of art and wine. Apply today to showcase your work, share your craft, and connect with the community. Select the appropriate application to secure your spot!

For additional information, contact [email protected]

Thom Ricks

“The Spirit of Boerne”
The beautiful Original painting of Boerne, TX downtown square and gazebo from Thom’s artist perspective. Acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, 48”x60”

2025 Hill Country Art  & Wine Festival Artists:

Thom Ricks

Hill Country Art & Wine Festival

2025 Featured Artist

Thom Ricks has been an professional artist his entire life. Being loyal to his career and curious about the world, he has made his way to far off places from Egypt to New Zealand, from England to Japan, from Brazil to Italy, from Greece to Belize, from Ireland to Mexico sketching and painting his way around the world many many times.
While enjoying living this creative life he has found his way into many collections in and around his home in the Texas Hill Country as well as throughout the US.

Diane Baum

Acrylic on canvas.

Wendy Bolerjack

I make beaded serving pieces, beautiful glass and genuine beads wired wrapped on serving pieces, and many accessories and beautiful wood and resin cheese boards.

George Boutwell

Watercolor

Donna Browne

Acrylic

Carriage House Gallery Artists

We are a Partnership of Artists. Between us we create in all mediums and styles; from watercolor to pastel, from acrylic to gourd art and everything in between! Oil, photography, fiber arts, pen and ink, fused glass and pottery, we’ve got it all!

Drew Contreras

Whiskey & Wine Home Decor

Lange Chris

Oil

Lisa Marie Donabella

I create whimsical and unusual, vintage inspired, hand-made and OOAK, mixed media assemblage art gifts and home decor.

Evelyn Espinoza

oil paintings, watercolors, digital montage photography, wire wrapped jewelry.

Tony Garcia

Oil Paintings and Prints

Brittney Geary

At my pop-up markets, I focus on selling my unique handmade jewelry made with high quality long lasting hardware. I create jewelry made out of clay mixed with resin and acrylic paint giving it a unique look and handmade jewelry incorporated with beautiful freshwater pearls.

Handmade mixed-media jewelry crafted with clay, acrylic paint, resin, freshwater pearls, and natural stones.

Cindy Gentry

Jewelry

Acayla Haile

Original Acrylic paintings, limited prints of my work, Sterling silver and stone jewelry

Jill Johnstone

Abstract Acrylic

Joseph Kercheville

Steele Longstaff

wood+electricity+epoxy

Jessica Marzinelli

oil & acrylic

Charla E Mayo

Mixed Media Acrylic and Collage

Kristy McNelly

Painting with oils on canvas, painterly brush strokes full of vibrant color that her eyes see outside of the local color of the object. Horses, landscapes, historic Route 66 and Mackinac Island Michigan scenes.

Marisa Miller

Glass, pots, canvases, mirrors, magnets, wine glasses.

Randy Moroney

Mixed media collage from vintage matchbooks.

Tracy Murphy

Texas Americana – Beautiful Shattered Glass Art with Resin and beautiful hand painted Greeting Cards. She creates ART designs for every season great for gifting or your home.

Christine Oakes

Jewelry

Teresa Parker

Original Acrylic Paintings and Oil Paintings of various sizes and subjects on canvas and other surfaces.

Mike Peters

Handmade jewelry

Geri Pieper

Acrylic

Christopher Powell

I believe that original art is not solely for the wealthy or entitled. Everyone should own art. I am an Austin based artist with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Oil Painting Emphasis from Northern Arizona University. My subject matter varies and is loosely impressionistic. Every piece is imbued with a portion of my own experience to breath life into them. To achieve this, I use color and brushwork to invite the viewer to enter the piece.

Susan Reich

Digital paintings printed on canvas with pigments.

Melany Rigdon

Acrylic paintings in a contemporary impressionistic style.

Matt Sa

Lichtenberg wood art

Benjamin Roberts

Fine Art Photography, Travel Landscape photography

Ludivina Smith

Acrylic and oils

Russel Smith

Unique shots of the natural world and artifacts of human activity and habitation selected from my broader collection of images. I hope they offer a fresh view of common Texas scenes and take you off the beaten path to see a side of Texas you may not have experienced.

Max Taylor

Oils

Willam Watts

Handcrafted Natural Stone


BISD Student Artists

Boerne ISD Fine Arts Mission

To promote and support fine arts education and educators through collaboration, innovative curricula, and the sharing of best practices so that every child in Boerne ISD is assured of receiving quality instruction in the understanding, appreciation, and performance of the arts.


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    History of Boerne Art Waddle

    Art Waddle is Boerne’s premier community art show and sale. It’s a festive outdoor event held in downtown Boerne, TX.

    The Art Waddle is part of Boerne’s commitment to the arts. It’s also part of the trend toward fun, informal celebration of painting, sculpture, glassworks, and more. People stroll at their own pace, chatting with artists, making friends and enjoying the day, perhaps partaking of a refreshment offered by one of the breweries or restaurants.

    The Waddle was created in the “Flats,” Boerne’s funkiest neighborhood. Over the last decade the Art Waddle’s growth and success has shifted the location of the event to the downtown historical shopping district.

    It’s a place for the creative side of Boerne. 
    Named after the ducks that populate Boerne’s Cibolo Creek, the Art Waddle is organized by Hill Country Council for the Arts and Events Off Main. All proceeds are donated to the Cibolo Center for Conservation for Summer Art Camp Scholarships. There is no admission fee to the Waddle.

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      Boerne, TX 78006

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    Become a 2024 BierFest SponsorView Sponsorship Opportunities Below:
    • Event Sponsor - $5,000
      Benefits:
      - Sponsor logo on program cover
      - 10 tickets to event
    • Stein Sponsor - $3,000
      Benefits:
      - logo printed on 2,000 tasting steins
      - 8 tickets to event
    • T-Shirt Sponsor
      Benefits:
      - logo printed on 250 t-shirts
      - 8 tickets to event
    • Band Sponsor
      - logo printed on banner at stage
      - 4 tickets to event