I had another great day yesterday at Summerfair 2013, which is an annual event held at Coney Island Amusement Park in Cincinnati. I finally met a friend, Kelley, who has been a Facebook friend for a couple of years, for the first time at this event! I only have a handful of people on my Facebook that I’ve never met…usually a friend of a friend. Anyway, we arranged a meeting time and we really clicked! She’s intelligent, warm, and as you can see beautiful!
We had a great time walking around Summerfair, which is a fine arts and crafts fair, with over 300 artists from around the Country. The event also has performers, and play areas for kids! This is their 46th year and more than 20,000 people attend to view and purchase the art! Artists apply to exhibit their art at the fair in ten categories including photography, painting, wood, ceramics, fibers, leather, jewelry and 2D/3D mixed media.
Summerfair raises money for a variety of arts opportunities, to include awards, scholarships and exhibitions to artists and small arts organizations in the Tri-State area.
We stopped to talk with some of the artists and I requested permission to photograph their art and sometimes them.
Kelley and I both enjoyed the energy and vibe of this artist…Tracy McKay. He paints with his hands…
Another interesting thing about his art is that he uses Barbie dolls in some of his pieces. Check out his website here.
This artist makes really cool bird feeders and lanterns…
I didn’t talk to the artist of these pieces…but the metal man was really tall!
As I said earlier, this event is held at Cincinnati’s Coney Island, so of course I had to take a photo of one of the rides…
Here’s a piece by the art team of Rowland Augur and that’s Collin Rowland on the right in the reflection…
Here he is again with more of their work displayed. I love the blue piece!
These teapots are so whimsical. The artist is in the background smiling. The guy down below also has very whimsical pieces that are so imaginative!
Here are some additional artists and/or their work.
Cute guy…cool jewelry!
Some of the other areas of Coney Island…
I found this tree to be quite unique…
Testing the artistic outdoor furniture. It was actually quite comfy, but with a price tag of $925…it should be.
It was very crowded…here’s a parting shot…
Kelley and I went to lunch at a fun place on the Ohio River after we left the art fair…but I’ll save that for tomorrow!
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Great hat!
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Thanks…I’ll tell Kelley!
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Very vibrant photos, as usual!
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Thanks!!
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I really love that blue piece, too! really really!!
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I love your enthusiasm! Thanks for stopping by!
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Great day – thanks for sharing!!!
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Thanks!!
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It looks like you are jumping right into summer, yeah!!! Ya know, I have two facebook account, one for family, few friends and me and the other for writers, poetry and the like. I’ve never met any from the writer account. I think this is the way to get connected, idk, what do you think???
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Definitely…what can it hurt?
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Excellent program, very funny. 😉
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So happy you enjoyed!
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Te he nominado como un blog muy bonito
http://pensamientosdevida.wordpress.com/2013/06/08/un-ramo-maravilloso-de-premios/
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Thank you so much! Your visits are my reward!
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Some how you always manage to capture the feel of the fair… I love it.. and of course all the beautiful people that just seem to be happy to pose for you…
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Thanks Rob! I can be quite persuasive!
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Love Kelley’s beautiful smile. The metal man must be really tall…
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I’ll have her look at the comments…thanks! He was probably between 6 and 7 ft. tall.
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Love that hat. And the woman wearing doesn’t look too bad either.
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She received a compliment about her hat from someone as we walked past them at the fair. She is pretty!
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I had a second look. I thought she was you! But now I see she has brown eyes and yours are blue. Well, you’re both pretty.
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Ahhh…thanks Anneli!!
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Kelley has a lovely smile and that hat suits her very well. Tracy’s painty hands match his trainers. 😀
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I hope Kelley reads the comments…in fact I’ll alert her to them…thanks! Tracy was a cutie!
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I would love that! There seemed to be a wonderful collection of very unique artists. I would be on overload wanting one of everything. Except maybe that really expensive chair. 😉
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There were a wide variety of artists. If you take photographs everywhere…you don’t have a desire to buy things.
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What fun!!
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It was!
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Great photos as always! I love these outdoor shows, always fun and relaxing. Great post!
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Thanks John!
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Love all the different displays! Next time take me with you!
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I forget…do you live in Cinci?
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No I live in a western suburb of Cleveland…but been all over Ohio!
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It’s funny…I travel all over…but haven’t been barely anywhere in the rest of Ohio. I have to change that!
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