Archaeology Park

at the Oregon Country Fair
July 9-11, 2021

Each year, I am part of the Archaeology Park booth at the Oregon Country Fair in Veneta, OR.
We are a group of ancestral skills teachers who join together for the weekend to demonstrate a variety of skills, offer short workshops in some of them and sell our crafts and books.

The physical Oregon Country Fair could not happen again his year due to Covid-19 restrictions; so they have continued the online alternative called “Fair in the Clouds”, which is comprised of several different parts.

A digital map puts visitors in touch with each booth’s website, a number of “stages” of both live and recorded entertainment are streaming through the weekend from the website and there is a “3D Portal” which lets you enter a digital world and walk or fly through the fair to visit virtual booths, chat with other “avatars” that you might bump into, watch entertainment on a number of stages, etc….

All in all, although it is again not the same physical experience that we look forward to each year, it still gives a chance to connect a bit, enjoy some entertainment and a sense that the fair is happening again after all. The creativity, adaptability and time invested to make it all come together is very evident.

At “Ark Park”, we were able to get together a very simplistic “virtual booth”, where we have four educational videos streaming for passer’s by to watch and have also scheduled 2 live demonstrations.

Stringmaking & Netmaking Demonstrations
with Tamara Wilder
on the
Country Fair’s Workshop Stage,
Friday evening from 6:00 - 6:30
and
Saturday evening from 5:00 - 5:30pm

Go to the Fair in the Clouds website and click on the Workshops tab.

Streaming Videos

At our “virtual” booth for passer’s by to enjoy or watch them now on YouTube.

The Oregon Country Fair is an annual three-day festival offering the finest in entertainment, hand-made crafts, delectable food and information sharing.
The Fair takes place in Veneta, Oregon, about 15 miles west of Eugene, in a wooded setting with our own water and communication systems, security team, recycling service and much, much more.

In 2019, the Oregon Country Fair celebrated its 50th Anniversary.