Participants include painters, photographers, ceramicists, jewelers, metal workers, a maker of rag rugs, a maker of fine hand-painted canvas floor cloths, handknitters, and more. This show is 100 percent juried, meaning that the work of each and every artist has been judged to be of exceptionally high quality before being included in this fair.

There will be a luncheon with homemade sandwiches and desserts, a huge used book sale, and a raffle to which some of the artists have donated a piece of their art valued at no less than $50.

Among the new artists admitted to the show this year is Eda Bentinnen from Mercer, a former steel boatbuilder and marine construction welder during her years in Alaska. She designs and constructs whimsical garden art and wind chimes. Expressing her love of mythology and fantasy, these delightful garden stakes take the form of celestial objects, or free spirits, dancing bears and more. All have a lovely sparkle and color which is the result of her metal-working technique and carefully applied paints and finishes.

Eda’s husband Dave Bentinnen, also a metalworker, is responsible for the cutting of some of the metal for the garden art, but beyond that he designs and constructs larger abstract sculptures. Formerly an underwater welder and precision metalworker in Alaska, he has found new freedom in the design of these free-form and kinetic sculptures.

The Lovell Arts & Artisans Fair is a major fundraiser for the Charlotte Hobbs Library.

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