Art Fair on the Square

This morning Tom and I went to Madison for the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art's 57th annual Art Fair on the Square. The fair is on the four streets surrounding the Capitol, but another fair called the Art Fair Off the Square extends a few blocks down Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. A fun mix of music, entertainment, and outdoor dining, with more than 600 artists exhibiting paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, jewelry, handmade clothing and accessories, and fine craft, the fair draws nearly 200,000 visitors to Madison's Capitol Square. 

There are beautiful things there, pretty pricey on the whole. I am always amazed that there is apparently a market for huge works of art that go for many thousands of dollars. There were plenty of smaller things, too, of course. We did not plan to purchase anything, our house being already well-supplied with original art.

The streets weren't too bad when we arrived not long after the Fair opened, but by the time we had worked our way halfway around the Square, it was getting crowded. We had gone early because the weather forecast for the afternoon was discouraging -- hot, humid, chance of thunderstorms. 

When we got home, Tom got back to work on the identity-theft victim's computer. I got to work answering emails and doing some writing of my own. So far (it is almost three in the afternoon as I write this), no rain or storms.