Laumeier again hosted its annual Art Fair on Mothers’ Day weekend May12-14, 2023. 150 artists were selected to show and sell their work. Friday night, judges got a jump on the show and deliberated into the -night to determine the best and most prize-worthy. By Saturday morning winners proudly displayed their achievement in their booth space.
Artist Judges Vaughn Davis Jr., and Artist Gary
Passanise, Jennifer Scanlan of the Craft Alliance were impressed by the quality
and variety of the participating artists.
Sarah Lorenz painting
Sarah Lorentz landscape painting received an award for excellence saying that she found the Saint Louis region full of unique and wonderful settings for her plein air painting style. Wendy Franklin from Indianapolis was recognized for her more abstract canvases and Indianapolis artist Angie Theiszen’s unique printmaking impressed the judges as well as did Mays Mayhew of Aurora, Illinois. Also notable was the precision painting and almost digital precision Chesterfield, MO arists Sadoth Gonzalez and paintings of Shane Anderson, amazing stitchery of YanFang of Alameda, CA, Jeff Hornung works in wood, and ceramics, leather, jewelry and more.
The Main Stage featured a robust schedule of
performances by Beth Bombera, Starwolf, The Kevin Bilchik Band, Boxcar, Western
States and more from Friday night through Sunday evening with a stirring finale featuring the Funky Butt Brass Band. Concessions were
plentiful and maybe a dozen commercial venders greeted the visitors as they
entered the park. There was also a creation station area that invited children and the child at heart to channel some of their creative energy to make a collage or perhaps a
self-portrait.
The Annual Art Fair is a major fundraiser for
Laumeier and proceeds support the mission of engaging the community through art
and nature.
The fair had only a minor interruption with rain on Saturday afternoon – a downpour that lasted perhaps 30-40 minutes. The rain resumed Sunday evening after 6:00p.m. Overall a pretty positive weather weekend at Lauemeier.
Shane Anderson, MN Painter
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