The inaugural La Center Arts Fair opened at the Wheel Club Community Center on Saturday, May 11. Participants experienced visual, lingual and musical art throughout the event at workshops.
Photo by Norman Helgason
The Cowlitz Indian Drum Group opens the inaugural La Center Arts Fair on Saturday, May 11. Mayor Tom Strobehn gifted the group with complimentary drumsticks and ribbons after their performance.
Photo by Norman Helgason
The Cowlitz Indian Drum Group opens the inaugural La Center Arts Fair on Saturday, May 11. Mayor Tom Strobehn gifted the group with complimentary drumsticks and ribbons after their performance.
Photo by Norman Helgason
The Cowlitz Indian Drum Group opens the inaugural La Center Arts Fair on Saturday, May 11. Mayor Tom Strobehn gifted the group with complimentary drumsticks and ribbons after their performance.
Photo by Norman Helgason
La Center artist Louie Foxx displays linoleum prints of rats during the arts fair. Foxx enjoys designing printwork of her favorite animal during her time away from college.
Photo by Norman Helgason
County resident Maureen Knutson displays and sells her jewelry art during the Arts Fair. Knutson has created and sold necklaces and earrings for 28 years made of various materials including amber, amethyst, pearls and shells.
Photo by Norman Helgason
Vancouver poet Susan Dingle reads a series of her poems during the La Center Arts Fair, showing her skills in the linguistic arts. One of her poems described the nostalgia and difficulties living through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photo by Norman Helgason
David Meeks, an oil painter from Brush Prairie, shows off his work during the La Center Arts Fair. Meeks travels around the region, photographing and painting various landscapes.
Photo by Norman Helgason
David Meeks, an oil painter from Brush Prairie, shows off his work during the La Center Arts Fair. Meeks travels around the region, photographing and painting various landscapes.
Photo by Norman Helgason
Tina Haeger, an oil painter from La Center, sold several paintings and prints for her work during the La Center Arts Fair. Haeger earned the first-place prize for a painting at Woodland’s Tulip Festival Art Contest in 2006.
Photo by Norman Helgason
Danny Masterson, a member of the La Center Arts Board, shows off his street art mastery during the arts fair. The artist hosted a spray-painting workshop during the event.
Photo by Norman Helgason
At the kid’s booth, children receive face paintings and participate in a contest to color La Center Arts Council’s logo during the Arts Fair.
Photo by Norman Helgason
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The inaugural La Center Arts Fair opened at the Wheel Club Community Center on Saturday, May 11. Participants experienced visual, lingual and musical art throughout the event at workshops.