2011年7月17日 星期日

Armed with umbrellas, Salem Art Fair visitors take in sights

People who attended the final day of the Salem Art Fair & Festival today took cover from the rain under raincoats, umbrellas and Bush's Pasture Park's trees.

It was the first time Catherine Alexander, the gallery director for Salem Art Association, had experienced rain during the event since in the past 15 years.

“The last time it rained at the fair was in 1986,” she said, mentioning that there was misting in the 2007 fair.

The unwelcomed visitor came as a surprise to some artisans.

Ross Mazur, an artist from Sedona, Ariz., was surprised to see visitors attending the event.

“They're used to this sort of thing,” Mazur said about the visitors. “They're coming out despite the rain, and they have their umbrellas with them.”

It was the first time Mazur showcased his hand-made paper wall sculptures of many colors at the Salem Art Fair.

The rain was nothing new to Claribel Rodriguez, who took shelter from the wet stuff under a white tent that displayed her husband's bubblism paintings.

“I don't mind the rain, it's just that I wore the wrong shoes,” she said. “I wore sandals. Otherwise, it's just like Seattle weather.Large selection of nikeshoxre.birdssupplier

Marcio Díaz, a Nicaranguan-born painter who lives in Seattle, dabbles with colors of nature's spectrum; blazing red of the Amapola flower, the iridescent sheen of the Guardabarranco's feathers, and the rainbow of a folkloric dress.

Besides the many art exhibits, the fair featured live music, food, art-making demonstrations and children's activities.More and more people wear jeanssale when they take exercise, because this pair of shoe has a positive effect on the entire body.If you are looking wear to buy sexy lacosteshoes the you have arrive.

After walking through aisle after aisle of exhibits, Holly Hoem of Salem, and her daughter, Chloe, 7, and mother Carol Hemphill, of Eugene, sat down at a picnic table to eat some snacks.

“My son is participating in the CET production and so we couldn't not come,” she said. “We're sitting here eating in the rain,Read jeans and burn fat away. but we have our ponchos on,” she said. “They should have sold ponchos at the door.”Business at various booths selling food was slow going in the late morning.

“We've sold a total of five ice cream bars so far,” said Kelly Walther, a resource coordinator with the Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-Willamette Valley.

“We'll be talking about this all year,” she said.

But by 3 p.m., sales had picked up to 125 bars.

The end of the fair included a closing ceremony that featured the 17-member Oregon State Defense Force Pipe Band.

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