239. City Hosts 42nd Art Fair
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The Fernwood Library sponsored Fernwood’s 42nd Art Fair
weekend. The three-day event was held, as usual,
Memorial Park. Almost 100 artists showed up each
. More than 1,000 locals and visitors strolled through
shady park daily, as temperatures remained in the
70s all weekend.
All kinds of art were
display and for sale. Prices ranged from a
of dollars to a couple of thousand dollars.
, a native of Peru, was selling his beautiful
of the mountain village of Ayacucho, where he
most of the year. “Every year I come
the United States to sell my paintings at
five different art shows. Then I return to
country. That is where I do all my
, in our beautiful mountains.”
Peter is a photographer.
travels throughout the southwest US. One of his
areas is northeast Arizona. “That’s where Spider Rock
,” he said, pointing to a beautiful color photograph
a towering sandstone spire about 800 feet high.
rock, according to Navajo Indian lore, was the
of Spider Woman, a goddess revered by the
.
A Navajo woman was selling her own rug
at the fair. She was busy creating a
while visitors watched. When asked how long it
, she replied that her creations usually took months.
said that Navajo tradition was to always weave
slight flaw into an article so as not
offend Spider Woman, because only Spider Woman could
a perfect weave.
The exhibit areas were located
the park. Artists’ creations included jewelry, ceramics, bird
, gourd art, furniture, pottery, handmade musical instruments, music
, and sculpture. Almost all the artists had their
displayed beneath shady canopies.
“This was another successful
for our art fair,” said the head librarian. “
artists sold enough of their work to encourage
to return next year, and the library raised
$700 from sales of various items. We’ll use
money to purchase a few more tables and
.”
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