Utah Arts Festival
Sunday was the best day at the Utah Arts Festival. The only thing to disturb the calm, clear blue skies were fun flags and a few clouds...no thunderstorms or strong winds. It was my first free day in some time, too. We were going to meet up with Mim and her hubby, but the best laid plans...again I apologize for being too late. Anyway...this was some of the fun we enjoyed at the Festival.
Performance artists gave everyone a laugh or three! They were so much fun to watch as they walked around on 'legs, oh so long'! And the plastic worm/guy sometimes had help, with his too long tail, and sometimes he had to drag it alone. Talk about a beast of burden. Some performers had fashioned ghost like marionette's to accompany them which made it all so fascinating to watch. Plus, they had spray bottles of water to keep us cool. 
There was eye candy everywhere you looked. Colors of fabric, glass, photographs, and all types of art where visible every which way. Knitting is never far from my mind and when I first spied this large rusted ball I thought it could be a ball of yarn.
It was fun to run into Anne Carrol Gilmour in her booth and see her fabulous textiles. She is the designer of the Oriel Lace Shawl
and she had some knitting with her, along with her beautiful hand woven shawls, vests and ponchos. She had great success at the Festival and had sold more than half her wares. One of the most unique glass artist created amazing seascapes with her colorful, meandering glass open aquariums. What a wonderful whimsical piece to have in your living room.
The wind seemed to clear the air of the smoke late in the day on Sunday and as we left I snapped this photo.
I'm still a little behind the eight ball for one more day, so more knitting news tomorrow. Yes, I did get some knitting time over the weekend.
Did you see in the Summer 2005 Spin-Off that Cassie and her blog are mentioned in a little blurb on page 4?
Wonderful fantasy festival! So much going on visually. Boston is really behind on stuff like this.
Posted by: Laurie | June 28, 2005 at 04:19 AM
The arts festival looks like great fun!
Oh, to see mountains in the distance everywhere you look...
Posted by: Cassie | June 28, 2005 at 05:02 AM
That looks amazingly fantastic and so.much.FUN!
Posted by: Norma | June 28, 2005 at 05:13 AM
The festival looks great!
Posted by: Vera | June 28, 2005 at 05:22 AM
You really get around! Thanks for sharing with us, I wish I could have come.
Posted by: Teresa C | June 28, 2005 at 05:50 AM
What wonderful pictures! I love them! To see all that in person must have been wonderful!!
:)
Posted by: sandy | June 28, 2005 at 05:57 AM
Walking around on stilts looks like soooo much fun! Looks like a great festival.
Posted by: Liz | June 28, 2005 at 06:28 AM
Wow, what fun! Sorry you missed Mim. :)
Posted by: Kathleen | June 28, 2005 at 06:36 AM
That glass piece is fabulous! Looks like a beautiful day - very interesting stuff. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Cara | June 28, 2005 at 06:49 AM
Neat! I'd be afraid to dust those glass things!
Posted by: Andrea | June 28, 2005 at 07:05 AM
It looks like lots of fun, and the scenery looks lovely. A few more of those bright blue sky and mountain pictures and I'm going to have to figure out how to get out west for my next break. :)
Posted by: Sydney | June 28, 2005 at 08:20 AM
I missed the festival this year. Just too much going on right now. But I'm glad to hear that Anne did so well.
Posted by: susan | June 28, 2005 at 08:51 AM
What a beautiful adventure!
Posted by: Nathania | June 28, 2005 at 09:18 AM
Wonderful pics! I wish I could make it up there for the festival some time. It looks like a lot of fun.
Posted by: Heather | June 28, 2005 at 09:49 AM
Love the pictures....the textiles booth looked like there were lots of fun purchases to be had. Glad you had a great day!
Posted by: michele | June 28, 2005 at 11:06 AM
Glad you are getting some catch up time, and it looks like the fest was a treat... Love the shots up in the mountains yesterday!
Posted by: chelsea | June 28, 2005 at 02:01 PM
That is the coolest stilt walker I've ever seen!
Posted by: melanie | June 28, 2005 at 04:58 PM
What a fun weekend you had! I hope you are feeling back to normal by now and ready for more fun this coming weekend.
Posted by: Birdsong | June 29, 2005 at 11:00 PM
what fun! looks/sounds similar to the art fair in ft. worth - yummy stuff!
Posted by: rebecca | June 30, 2005 at 12:31 PM