PHOTO: During her visit to the Arts Alive children鈥檚 venue, Maria Loconte, three, showed her artistic side as she contributed to a community painting, presented by Opus Art Supplies. (Troy Landreville photos/91原创 Advance)
The one-way section of Fraser Highway in downtown 91原创 closed to traffic and turned into an outdoor art and performing studio on a sizzling hot Saturday.
The annual Arts Alive festival celebrated not only local artists, sculptors, potters, and performers from 91原创, but from throughout the Lower Mainland.
A total of 240 artists, artisans, and crafters took part in this year鈥檚 festival, along with seven bands and one magician.
Despite the heat, between 20,000 and 25,000 people attended the event Aug. 20.
The difference from past years, noted organizer Teri James, was that due to the extreme heat, attendees didn鈥檛 stay as long as they had in past years.
But as far as the festival itself, James said it was 鈥渨onderful.鈥�
鈥淚t was probably one of the most seamless that I鈥檝e ever experienced in terms of the flow; vendors coming in and taking down,鈥� James said. 鈥淓verybody who came had a good time, and with the vendors, I had nothing but positive feedback. They all thought it was awesome. I can鈥檛 remember the last time I had negative feedback from people.鈥�
