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ART SHOWN BRIGHTLY IN MAPLE HALL – Folks flocked to Maple Hall last Friday for the 35h anniversary Art’s Alive! legacy show. The traditional opening reception was a crush and a good time. Not only that, some $25,000 worth of art sold. The show closed Monday. All hail and praise to the town’s Art Commission managers and the many volunteers who made it the best Art’s Alive! ever. – Photo by Nancy Crowell
The 35th Anniversary of Art’s Alive! in La Conner opened with a bang and a crush of people attending the opening reception Friday in Maple Hall and the weekend, extending through 4 p.m. Monday, kept drawing people in. The show’s title, “Celebrating Skagit Valley Art Legacy,” was apt. Some 10 of the 12 artists had shown previous years.
The late Clayton James and the elderly Ed Kamuda were the headliners and show draws. And they sold “really well” said Sylvia Strong, co-chair of the La Conner Arts Commission and show director. “Almost everyone sold really well,” she noted. “I had no idea we had...
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