Chainsaw Carvers’ Round-Up

COOKSBURG — The Sawmill Center for the Arts will hold a Chainsaw Carvers’ Round-Up Friday through Sunday, Sept. 15-17.  The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Attendees can watch artists carve masterpieces from simple logs.

Carvers from around the region spend the weekend actively working, and then auction off their finished pieces.  Auctions will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, and at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17.  The artists will also have some of their previously-completed work for sale on site.

Anyone interested in registering as a carver may contact the Sawmill Center at (814) 927-6655 or info@sawmill.org.

Free lodging is provided to carvers along with free logs.

The event will also feature vendors selling food, crafts and art-related supplies.

The Sawmill Center is located at 140 Theatre Lane in Cook Forest State Park.

For more information, people may visit www.sawmill.org.