KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the first time in its 28-year history, snow shut down the Brookside Art Fair on Friday. But despite the drizzle Saturday morning, 180 artists rolled out their wares, trying to make up for lost time.
It would take more than a little unseasonable weather to put a damper on the annual May tradition. After Mother Nature’s wild behavior doused Friday night’s fair.
“We are just ready to get this show on the road,” said Lisa D’Agostino, one of the artist’s exhibiting their creations at the fair.
Neither wind or rain or snow or gloom of morning would stop the Brookside Art Fair from opening two days in a row. The artists braved the drizzle.
“They are here and they are counting on Kansas City to show up today and tomorrow,” Jan Buerge of the Brookside Business Association told FOX 4 News.
The artists had everything on display from beautiful metal work to hand-hammered metal jewelry.
“I started hammering the metal and getting organic forms. I’m going for organic, but industrial look,” D’Agostino said
Even items made from the turn of the potter’s wheel.
“This is my giraffe in the city scape. It’s fun and whimsical,” said artist Jennifer Falter.
Falter’s art was the first pottery to be chosen to be a part of the logo in the artwork advertising for the fair.
“Its thrown and I’m doing a process called Sgraffito. I’m carving through black surface and that’s how you get the texture,” she explained.
Although artists came from all across the country for the event, Dana Forrester only had to haul his vintage Americana watercolor pieces from Independence, Mo.
“I’ve always liked advertising. The Brick Wall series is pre-war and the post-war series of neon signs,” he said. “A lot of store fronts. It says true America to me.”
So under the protection of the big top, artists of every media were rolling back their curtains to show Kansas City art lovers what they are made of.
The fair runs Saturday night until 9:00. It is open Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
