Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Message from the Directors

The Peninsula Fair is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, so be sure to visit The Creative Arts Department. Come and participate in what promises to be an energetic and uplifting showcase of local artistic talent --- everything from paintings, photographs, and stunning sculptures --- to kinetic wave art, painted doors --- and so much more. This year we are expanding our contests to also include graffiti art, surreal paintings, and sand carved glass. We are especially excited about giving the Literary Division a stronger presence than ever before, such as spoken word performances with musical accompaniment

The theme for the Creative Arts Department this year is “Carry the Light.” We hope our show will both uplift and challenge fairgoers to reflect on how much we have to be grateful for, and to help instill the thought that there is so much we can do to uplift one another. Carry the Light” is not just a slogan, it is an ideal that also challenges us all to dream a better dream for ourselves. The assumption that some of us are highly creative, while others are not, is one that we seek to challenge. We are all called to paint a masterpiece with our lives.

Our “Carry the Light” theme has been incorporated into the overall design of the art floor. When visitors enter the art department this year, they are in for a treat. For the first time, the Creative Arts and the Floral Arts departments have been combined for a double-dose of creativity. We have also “planted” kite bouquets that reach up to the ceiling with tails of light trailing down to the exhibit areas. We want our visitors to feel as if they are stepping into something special, even magical, when they enter this department.

We invite you to come out in support of our local artists. Perhaps you, yourself, are an artist in the rough. Perhaps you, too, are meant to carry the light.

-Boris Koodrin & Kayte Van De Mark, Directors of the Creative Arts Department

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