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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. » More than 50 artists will display their fine artwork on the street this weekend for the fifth annual Beekman Street Art Fair.
The fair will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday along Beekman Street in Saratoga Springs, part of the Beekman Street Arts District.
Hosted by The Arts District on Beekman, Inc. this all-day event is a free family-friendly festival featuring dozens of juried artists, a children’s art station and a performance tent with entertainment for all ages.
Beekman Street will be closed to traffic from Grand Avenue to West Circular Street for the artists to set up their individual tents displaying fine art including painting, photography and lithographs and fine craft including pottery, jewelry, woodworking, and textiles. The 5th Annual Art Fair is coordinated by residents and local artists Belinda Colon, Jeri Favreau, Cecilia Lockwood, Lara McBride, Betsy Olmsted, and Susan Rivers.
Lockwood, director of the fair and co-owner of the local Textile Studio, has been involved with the Arts District since its early days. This will be her fifth year with the fair and she enjoys working with the artists, welcoming back returning exhibitors as well as introducing new artists to Beekman Street. “The fair started as a way to showcase the work of the area’s artists and craftspeople at a low cost and in a casual public venue,” she said in a press release. “We are grateful to Saratoga ArtsFest for helping us in the early years and to Saratoga Arts for awarding us this year’s grant, which allows us to grow the show, bringing in musical and theatrical talent along with a carefully curated group of artists. It will be a feast for all the senses!”
The Beekman Street Fair is a venue for the public to meet the makers and see their latest artwork.
This year the Beekman Street Art Fair welcomes several new participating artists including Brian Hewitt and Dawn Dishaw and old friends Serenity Bamboo Flutes, 22 Shades of Gray, Crazy like a Loom and many more.
This year the Children’s Art Park, aided by Beekman Street’s Community Roots Preschool,
at the festival will be nature-based. At several stations children will be able to create seed art mandalas, rainbow watercolor butterflies on coffee filter paper, make mother earth marble art and participate in a Community Message Mural. Kids of any age and their parents are welcome to come creatively collaborate.
Entertainment on the main stage will include performances by the Mark Kleinhaut Trio and Hot Club Jazz. Also under the big tent will be a performance by the Saratoga Springs High School Fiddle Club and an open mic session hosted by Saratoga Children’s Theater. Additionally, street performers from Circus Theatricks and Balloon Gal Jenny will be strolling the street to entertain the young ones.
The line-up of food trucks for the fair will include Fitzy’s Fork In The Road, Smoothies on Wheels, Grasso’s Italian Ice, Crêpe me up, Pies On Wheels, The Mason JarFresh squeezed lemonade and The 413 Grill LLC.
Thefifth annual Beekman Street Art Fair is funded by a Community Arts Grant from Saratoga Arts. These grants are made possible with funding by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
More information on this event is available at www.saratogaartdistrict.com.