Oil Paintings and Prints by Alfred Prifti
From Steve Pieten's "Practical Art"Art in the Park had a refreshingly different appeal this year. The ratio of art to crafts was much higher and the layout was much more comfortable. Day one saw a typical turnout which overwelmed most of Old Walkerville as visitors clamored for parking and sidewalk rights. Yard sales seemed at an all time high and children hawked pop and lemonade with bravado.
With the anticipation of rain, day two had a slow start but managed to build quite a fanfare by noon. It was actually a perfect time to visit the event. At one P.M. the weather decided that it just couldn't hold off any longer. Gentle but continuous rain doused the event.
Highlights were excellent period jazz, terrific food and snacks (this writer made a point to order egg salad sandwiches which were excellent) and last but not least was the photo exhibition on display in the Willistead Manor. Great and curious shots of Windsor's past.
Thumbs up to this year's organizers. You are definately on to something.
Here are a couple of vendor websites to vist:
www.yessy.com Search for Alfred Prifti
4 comments:
On Saturday I thought the event was great...
But when I headed over there for a second time at 3pm on Sunday to help my daughter pick out a piece of artwork, I was surprized and annoyed to find that they had shut the park early - the gates were closed and they weren't allowing people to enter. We insisted, and they let us in, but it bothered me that they would even try to close early like that. I know the rain must have been a drag to the participants but a schedule is a schedule and it is just bad business to close early.
You are right. A deal is a deal. Hours of operation are the hopurs of operation. Good case in point for next year.
The park didn't "close early" on Sunday. It was all over the news that they weren't even able to open Sunday because of all of the water left after the torrential rains the night before.
I believe that the post you should be commenting on is this one:
http://themayorofmonmouth.blogspot.com/2010/06/art-in-park-wash-for-windsor.html
The one you posted on refers to 2007's Art in the Park.
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