nuts over art

My wife and I attended the Nuts Over Art Street Festival yesterday. This was the first annual NOA festival and I think it is a winner. There were only about 16 demonstrating artists with booths, plus a number of information booths and food vendors. It wasn't a crowded festival like last weekend's Cooper-Young Festival, which drew about 85,000. There were probably 2 or 3 thousand at NOA. We could actually spend time at each booth, talking to the artists, watching them create their art, and taking pictures of what they were doing.

The image above is a beeswax over oil painting. We watched the artist work on a similar piece while we were there and she was having a great time of it. She told us this is the first time she has done this type painting in the hot, beaming-down sun and she was enjoying the effect it was creating in her work. She might have to work in direct sunlight more often.

There was another street festival going on only a couple hundred yards from NOA. That festival was called the Woofstock Music and Pets Festival... with emphasis on local music and pet adoption. Kind of an unusual combination, but it worked. I think the same people that were spending time at the art festival were visiting this one as well. There were some great-looking rescued dogs up for adoption. We got our current dog, Molli, from a rescued dog agency and we couldn't be happier. She's a great dog.

See more Nuts Over Art images on my photostream.
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Song 602: Baby Come Back
Artist: Player
Album: Player
Year: 1977
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