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Artists creating ceramics, watercolors, jewelry, woodcarvings will showcase their works at the 47th Annual Sierra Madre Art Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 16, and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 17 in Memorial Park.

The Friends of the Sierra Madre Library will transform Sierra Madre’s Memorial Park into a cornucopia of color and beauty.

Jewelry, oil paintings, watercolors, woodcarvings, mixed media, glass, photography, pottery, ceramics, gourd art and lighting will be on display and available to be purchased, treasured and passed on to generations.

The participating artists include Carolyn Gravatte, a popular local artist who captures local Sierra Madre village scenes and landscapes in oil on canvas. Catch a glimpse of her work at www.carolyngravatte.com.

Another participant, Robin White-Patterson, a new addition to the Fair, started his career with photography and is now an abstract painter who uses light, color and composition applying it to paint and canvas.

Musicians Jane Fuller, String Planet, Cow Bop, The Tom Corbett Band, Vin Fizz Flyer, the Joel Penner Trio, and Ann Luke will provide a delightful musical backdrop to the fair. The “Under the Sea Seed and Bead Mosaic” project for the kids is sponsored by Sierra Madre’s Creative Arts Group.

Alvero Street Mexican Food will offer tacos, taquitos, tamales and nachos. The Chinese & Korean BBQ will provide chicken, beef, short ribs on a stick and fish balls. Flavored ice, ice cream, churros and pretzels will be available from Hawaiian Shaved Ice. Kettle corn and slushies, and other drinks will also be available. Sweet breads such as banana, pumpkin and zucchini will be available on Saturday. Cupcakes will be available on Sunday.

Sierra Madre Memorial Park is located at 222 West Sierra Madre Blvd., one long block west of Baldwin Avenue.