More than 30 talented artists are slatted to show their work this weekend at Ottawa's Art In The Park, an annual outdoor event held in the gorgeous, tree-lined, Washington Square Park. This banner event, for art enthusiasts visiting the Starved Rock Country area, has taken added precautions to ensure that this year's installment of the festival is safe for all artists and shoppers!
Like years past, each artist participating artist in the two day long festival will have a tent to show to show off their wares and explain pieces to interested patrons. This year however, festival organizers The Ottawa Art League will be spacing the tents out to allow for additional social distancing and wider corridors between the tents.
Additionally, guests will be able to visit the event's hospitality tent, where a knowledgable volunteer will be able to answer your questions about the art league, and pass out complementary masks and hand sanitizer!
![[Sunflower field by The Art of Brock Sondgeroth on Facebook]
This juried fine arts show and sale is open to both professional and amateur artists, resulting in a truly diverse assortment of artwork across a wide variety of mediums. This year, 35 juried artists will be showing and selling works across a wide variety of mediums. Many will even be hosting live demos to give you a peek at their process!
Several of the juried artists will be hosting these social distance-friendly live demonstrations in their tents, allowing you to see the hard work that goes into the pieces they have for sale, first hand. Visitors can then buy the art directly from the people who created it!
This year's installment of Art in the Park will feature several new artists, whose works have never been shown at past Art In The Parks, as well as many returning favorites from prior year's shows.](/__uuid/5f4926f2-b8e8-417d-80ea-666809acf57a/image-pv_web.jpg)
[Sunflower field by The Art of Brock Sondgeroth on Facebook]
This juried fine arts show and sale is open to both professional and amateur artists, resulting in a truly diverse assortment of artwork across a wide variety of mediums. This year, 35 juried artists will be showing and selling works across a wide variety of mediums. Many will even be hosting live demos to give you a peek at their process!
Several of the juried artists will be hosting these social distance-friendly live demonstrations in their tents, allowing you to see the hard work that goes into the pieces they have for sale, first hand. Visitors can then buy the art directly from the people who created it!
This year's installment of Art in the Park will feature several new artists, whose works have never been shown at past Art In The Parks, as well as many returning favorites from prior year's shows.
[6x20 framed "Dairy Bottle" watercolor by Beths Art on Facebook]
Here's a look at some of the artists and mediums you can expect to see this weekend:
Paintings
- Adrienne Pike
- Brock Sondgeroth
- Arlaina Janowski
- Sharon Danielson
- Helen Krieger
- Linda Ziel
- Bob Holmes
- Beth Hawkins
- Frank Gonski
- Rachel Brisbois
Pottery
- Robin Willey
- Adrienne Pike
- Sharon Danielson
Photography
- David Anderson
- Scott Sternberg
Jewelry
- Arica DeArcos
- Lori Huddleston
- Stephanie Barker
- Danielle Lynch
- Kurt Salla
[Live stone chipping and jewelry demos by The Barkers]
Artists (Cont'd):
Woodworks
- Bob Spickerman
- Frank Kobilsek
- Bud Hessling
- Michael Cardinal
- Hugh McAuley
Fabrics
- Kim Sondgeroth
- Jacqueline Hughes
- Margaret Jaegers
Glass
- Barb Chmielewski
- Adrienne Pike
Gourds
- Lowel May
Mosaics
- Denise Cardinal
Metalworks
- April Sepich
[Hand turned wood wine-stoppers by Hugh McAuley]
While there may not be a Riverfest in downtown Ottawa this year, The Ottawa Art League's Art In The Park will also be accompanied by many sidewalks sales throughout the downtown area. Patrons are encouraged to journey downtown after their visit to the art show to see what some of these fantastic boutiques and small businesses have to offer!
For more information on Ottawa Art League's Art in the Park, visit: https://www.facebook.com/OttawaArtLeague/
For more information on River Fest, visit: www.ottawariverfest.org
Art in the Park
101 E Lafayette Street
Ottawa, IL 61350
Saturday August 1st: 9 A.M. - 4 P.M.
Sunday August 2nd: 10: A.M. - 4 P.M.