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Inspiration is all around us

Since Summerfair, and the artists who participate, inspire us year after year, we asked our Little Black Dress Honorary Fashionista Katie Crossen to share how she inspires others.

Pencil to paper / Ink to plate...Drawing and Printmaking

Our final category, drawing / printmaking, encompasses a variety of processes, mediums and styles.

Drawing Defined:

Through the eyes of the artist to the camera's lens...Photography

Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either chemically by means of a light-sensitive mater

A Little Something About...Honorary Fashionista Peggy Shannon

Summerfair loves local artists, and considers Peggy Shannon, the founder of Queen City Cookies and one of our Honorary Fashionistas, an artist.

BLING...Jewelry

Personal ornaments, such as necklaces, rings, or bracelets, that are typically made from or contain jewels and precious or semi-precious metal...Jewelry.  What must be one of the mos

From Sand and Fire...Glass

Collectors in the Glass category have many options of styles and categories within this medium.  Popular styles at the Fair include Stain Glass, Decorative Art Glass and Vessels.  Several

Built up or carved out...Sculpture/Metal

“Sculpture occupies real space like we do... you walk around it and relate to it almost as another person or another object.” Chuck Close

 

From plants and animals...Fiber and Leather

Wearable Art is one of the most sought-after categories purchased at the Fair, including the categories of Fiber and Leather.

A Little Bit of "this and that"...2D/3D Mixed Media

The (relatively new to Summerfair) category of 2D/3D Mixed Media is one that some patrons of the arts might describe as "quirky", thought provoking, complicated - but most will agr

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