'Easels in the Gardens' brings painters to Edenton

>>> WE KNOW EDENTON IS A PRETTY

TOWN ALONG THE WATER.

IT WILL BE A SITE OF A BIG

EVENT TOMORROW AND FRIDAY.

>> SCOTT MASON HAS A PREVIEW OF

EASELS IN THE GARDENS.

>> THIS TOWN IS FULL OF HISTORY

AND FLOWERS, A HISTORIC

ARTISTIC GARDEN PORTRAIT.

[ MUSIC ]

>> DOWN BY THE SEA, ON A

BLANKET WITH MY BABY IS WHERE

I'LL BE.

>> WE LOVE IT.

>> HOW DO YOU START?

>> IT'S EMBRACING, IT'S A

WONDERFUL PARADISE FOR ARTISTS.

>> I'M WORKING ON THE VIEW FROM

THIS ARBOR.

>> IT'S A WONDERFUL WAY TO

PAINT.

>> YOU PAINT IN A YARD WHERE IT

LOOKED THE SAME WAY IT DID 100

YEARS.

>> HE'S PAINTING THE CUPOLA

HOUSE.

>> WHEN YOU'RE THAT OLD YOU

NEED MAINTENANCE.

>> THIS FUNDRAISER IS

ESSENTIAL.

>> EASELS IN THE GARDENS.

>> GET PRACTICE IN THAT EVENT,

PEOPLE COME FROM VIRGINIA,

RALEIGH.

>> THEY'LL BE THRILLED,

INENDLESS POSSIBILITIES [ MUSIC

]

>> IT'S THE FIRST COLONIAL

CAPITOL OF NORTH CAROLINA.

>> THIS COURTHOUSE IS STILL IN

CONTINUOUS USE.

>>S IT WAS THE FIGHT OF THE

FIRST SITE ESTABLISHED BY

WOMEN.

>> AND THIS IS THE TEA PARTY

SINCE 1774.

>> THEY DIDN'T DRINK TEA

BECAUSE OF THE KING.

>> I'VE LIVED 17 PLACES AND

THIS IS MY FAVORITE.

>> IT'S A PRETTY PLACE TO

PAINT.

>> THEY WOULD HIDE A DIGRAM OF

RUM IN IT.

>> IS THAT TREE THERE.

>>Y.

>> YES, BUT I LOOKED AND IT

DOESN'T HAVE RUM.

>> THIS IS SUNNY SIDE OYSTER

BAR IN WILLIAMSON.

>> THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL LANDMARK

HERE.

>> A SHIP BUILDER BUILT IT.

>> THE REASON HE BUILT THE

CUPOLA WAS BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T

MISS A SINGLE SHIP COMING OUT

OF THE BAY.

>> THE WATERWAYS, HIS GARDENS.

>> THESE EASELES IN THE GARDEN.

>> AS YOU SEE FOR YOURSELF,

IT'S QUITE BEAUTIFUL.

>> NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

IS AN ARTIST DELIGHT.

>> UNDER THE BOARDWALK,

BOARDWALK.

[ SINGING ]

>>> IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL,

ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF THE

YEAR.

EASELS IN THE GARDEN, AGAIN

THIS FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY, IT

FEATURES 40 ARTISTS AND 20