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PIERCETON - An art fair is scheduled July 23 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the town's Brower Park.
More than $2,500 in purchase awards will be presented as well as hundreds of dollars more in professional and non-professional awards.
Two Whitko Area - Sidney, Pierceton and South Whitley - Awards, will be presented by Village Antique Gallerie owners Alma and Ned Freeman. The awards are $125 each and will be awarded to a professional and non-professional artist.
The Deb Collier Dance Troupe will perform at 10:30 a.m. and Sean Coffman will play the fiddle and provide a free fiddle workshop following from 1 to 3 p.m.
The deadline for booth rental is July 16. Artists working in all media are welcome. Parking and electricity are available on site.
Food is available in the Pierceton Senior Citizen's Center where Robert Hudson of Winona Lake will display his artwork.
Cellist Waverly Conlon will entertain at the celebration/consolation party following the fair for the participating artists and patrons.
The public is invited and advised to bring lawn chairs.
The rain location is Pierceton Elementary School.
Art fair committee members include: Joshua Gordon, Nancy Walls, Patricia Craig, Dave Taylor, Ellen Neata, Shirley Kreger, Lorene Taylor, Jim Townsend, Jason Boyer, Georgia Tenney, Marcia Burdette, Marilyn Shaffer and Lila O'Connell.
For information, call O'Connell at 574-594-2723.
