WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, August 20 from 10a - 6p and Sunday, August 21 from 10a - 5p- inside Woodland Park grounds (601 East High Street, Lexington, KY 40502).
EXTRAS: on-the-spot hand printed LAL & Fair merch (at LAL's booth in the center of the Park); an ATM machine (by American Founders Bank's booth); Bike Check at the Racquetball Court; Free shuttle service from downtown; Music, Drinks, Food & Kid Zone
AWARDS: The Fair has received several national, regional & local honors including being voted a Top 200 Fine Art & Design Show in the nation in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by Sunshine Artist Magazine, a Top 20 Event by The Southeast Tourism Society & a Top 10 Festival by The Kentucky Travel Industry Association.
Three shuttles (including one wheelchair- accessible) will be circulating every 10 minutes. Park free at American Founders Bank’s downtown Lexington branch (corner of Rose St. and East Main) and in the LEXTRAN Transit Center parking garage (enter from E. High Street near the Lexington Ave. and MLK Blvd. intersections).
Bike Check:
Not walking or driving to the park? Park your ride! A bike check at Woodland Park will be at the racquetball court on High Street, thanks to Bluegrass Community and Technical College. Find the bike symbol on the map.
LAL’s booth will provide interactive art experiences for everyone. Look for our banner and the Tree of Cranes, located in the central-most part of the park.
See
on-the-spot hand printing by printmaker artist Nick Alley.: he will print a limited quantity of LAL TShirts. Limited Fair TShirts will also be availble for purchase.
View live artist demonstrations from the Appalachian Artisan Center. Pamela Cveticanin will demo jewelry making on Saturday and Keven Blomenkamp will demo blacksmithing on Sunday. You can also see Keven's work in LAL's current exhibition, More is More.
Also- catch the Mobile Art Installations, curated by LAL. PODs brand containers have been transformed into art installations created by regional artists Annie Strader, Matt Weedman and Scott Carter. See more here.
What's the story on the cranes?
Well wishes for our community were written inside the cranes
by our community (specifically, those visiting the Loudoun House gallery). It is in honor of our community's growth and prosperity ... and our continual commitment to provide art that is for everyone!
The Kid Zone and Baby Care Station are located in the central section of the park, just south of the pool and next to the playground.
The Baby Care Station is possible through help from the Mothers of Pre-Schoolers at Tates Creek Christian Church.
Come join us for hands-on fun! See the Kid Zone schedule below.
Saturday, August 20, 2011:
10a – 12p: Lexington Children's Theatre Join LCT for Face Painting: Explore this exciting facet of visual art in theatre!
11a – 5p: The Explorium of Lexington Create a unique and personal banner to display where you live! Portray your favorite memories or activities you do with your family or friends while having fun and being creative.
12p – 2p:The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky
Contextually designed to complement the exhibition at the Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, The Veil: Visible and Invisible Spaces, young artists will make fabric collages using opaque, translucent and transparent fabric.
2p – 4p:Sisohpromatem Art Foundation Animal menagerie: create imaginative creatures from discarded plastics (tops & bottles), wire and miscellaneous things that might otherwise go into the trash.
11a – 5p: The Explorium of Lexington Create a unique and personal banner to display where you live! Portray your favorite memories or activities you do with your family or friends while having fun and being creative.
12p – 2p:Headley-Whitney Museum Under Water Creatures: bring the ocean to your bedroom! Create and adorn sea animals to hang on your walls using plates, tissue paper, paint and glitter.
2p – 4p:Lexington Hearing and Speech Center
Create bird-feeders from household products and decorate the LHSC bird with a variety of materials.
Stacey R. Chinn received an MFA in sculpture in 1998 from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and a BFA from the University of Kentucky in 1994. She was a Visiting Assistant Professor and the head of Sculpture at Georgetown College for three years and has been adjunct faculty at both the University of Kentucky and Eastern Kentucky University. Chinn has been the recipient of several arts grants from both the Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Foundation for Women. She has shown extensively in group and solo exhibitions and has been a mentor, educator, lecturer, panelist, keynote speaker, juror, and an assistant to several internationally known artists. Recently, she served as the lead artist/instructor in the Lexington Art League’s Master Class series.
Along with fellow artist and husband, Michael Maxson, Chinn is also the co-owner of theAtelier, an artist studio and gallery located in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. As an exhibiting artist, Chinn has been the recipient of several arts grants and has shown extensively in both group and solo exhibitions. She has served as a mentor, educator, and assistant to several internationally known artists.Please visit her website.
Jennifer A. Reis, currently Gallery Director & faculty at Morehead State University, earned her B.F.A. from the Columbus College of Art, M.A. in Museum Studies from Syracuse University, and M.A. in Studio Art with an Art Education emphasis from Morehead State University. An award-winning artist, her work has been shown at the Woman Made Gallery, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Turchin Center for the Arts, The National Quilt Museum, Dairy Barn Arts Center and Southern Ohio Museum, among others. In 2007, she received the Al Smith Fellowship from the Kentucky Arts Council. She conducts workshops and lectures on embellished textiles, art history and appreciation, and professional practice for artists at universities, art centers, and non-profit organizations, including the Society for Contemporary Craft, Craft Alliance, and Kentucky Foundation for Women. She has served on boards and committees of Americans for the Arts and the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen, and has lobbied in the United State Senate for national arts funding. A consultant with the Kentucky Arts Council’s Kentucky Peer Advisory Network, she presently advises arts organizations in strategic planning, programming management, and artist relations/promotions, in addition to serving as Kentucky’s state representative for the Surface Design Association. Please visit her website.
The Lexington Art League’s programs are made possible through the generous support of LexArts. The annual Campaign for the Arts has raised millions of dollars in support of the visual, literary and performing arts in Lexington. Through the success of the Campaign, LexArts supports The Lexington Art League with an allocation of $62,000 for general operating support. We thank the many individuals whose passion for the arts compelled them to give generously of their time and money. Together these donations helped LexArts raise more than $1 million for the arts community. Special thanks to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and the Kentucky Arts Council for their continued partnership in ensuring a flourishing future for the arts in Lexington and central Kentucky. The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports the Lexington Art League with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
LAL's Booth: 
The Kid Zone and Baby Care Station are located in the 
