Crisp fall temperatures greeted visitors Saturday to the first day of 16th annual Art on the Prairie marketplace and festival in Perry’s downtown business and cultural district.
This year’s art fest brought together in eight downtown venues some 42 plastic or visual artists, from painters and photographers to sculptors, ceramicists and workers in glass and wood, along with 35 musical performers and 12 poets.
Venues included the Hotel Pattee, Perry Public Library, Carnegie Library, Betsy Peterson Designs, Dillenbeck Building, Commonwealth Provisions, Studio on Second and La Poste, where the joys of small-town culture were celebrated.
Saturday’s art fair continues until 5 p.m. and Sunday’s showing is from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The juried arts works included ceramics, painting, jewelry, photography, fiber arts, printmaking, glass, wood and folk art.