Linton's Fall Arts Festival 2018

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

By Patti Danner

Artists and art lovers filled the Vincennes Street area of downtown Linton on Saturday, Oct. 13 for Linton's Fall Arts Festival 2018. A chilly morning turned into a warm fall afternoon as guests enjoyed vendor booths, street games, music, art displays, Silly Safari, the BBQ Smoke-Off, classic cars, contests and more.

Several downtown businesses got into the fall spirit for the event (By Patti Danner)
Buskers Elizabeth Stahl and Landon Cox of Linton made themselves a few bucks in tips (By Patti Danner)
Rosanne Brooks, left, and Kathy Matthews take a breather at Carnegie Heritage and Arts Center (By Patti Danner)
A car doesn't have to be an antique to look cool (By Patti Danner)

Showing off what's under the hood (By Patti Danner)
They sure don't make them like they used to... (By Patti Danner)
A beauty from days gone by (By Patti Danner)
A classy ride for Bonnie and Clyde? (By Patti Danner)
...just talkin' about cars (By Patti Danner)
A detailed design on an old but still gorgeous Ford (By Patti Danner)
Sleek and silver (By Patti Danner)
LOOK at that interior! (By Patti Danner)
Vendors and civic groups filled Vincennes Street in the vendor marketplace (By Patti Danner)
Some fall decorations from Country Basket (By Patti Danner)
The Country Basket booth (By Patti Danner)
Knock, knock. Who's there? Boo. Boo who? Well, don't cry about it! Ba dum tsss.... (By Patti Danner)
Listening to the smooth jazz stylings of Dirty Lace. Just kidding about the smooth jazz, this band rocks! (By Patti Danner)
Face painter Mikelle Hensley stayed busy all day long. Mostly making cat faces, but she loves it (By Patti Danner)
Bounce house? Corn box? Face painting? Street dominoes? Nah, let's play with these rocks :-) (By Patti Danner)
Glenburn's Val Pigg displays the work of Glenburn residents (By Patti Danner)
Residents of Glenburn Home's alzheimer's ward created various fall-themed works of art displayed at the event (By Patti Danner)
Street Jenga! (By Patti Danner)
There's more than corn on the streets of Indiana (By Patti Danner)
Landon Cox shows off for a few potential groupies (By Patti Danner)
Pastor Dan Kemp and volunteers from Olive Branch Baptist Church offered colorful daubers for creating art (By Patti Danner)
Ryan "Ryan the Lion" Davis of Silly Safari entertained the customarily large crowd of kids and adults at the Masonic Temple (By Patti Danner)
Davis taught the ASL sign language sign for each animal he presented (By Patti Danner)
Davis demonstrates the mechanics of an alligator's bite (By Patti Danner)
A young fan gets to know an ambitious alligator (By Patti Danner)
Davis made many amusing dairy puns as he presented this milk snake named Dean. How cheesy... (By Patti Danner)
Davis and six young friends sweep this giant python off of his.......er.....feet? (Courtesy J. Wright)
Chopped Junior organizer Krystal Wright helps a contestant with a resistant can of whipped cream (By Patti Danner)
Five-year-old Thomas Wring prepares a puddle of sauce for each slice of cheesecake to swim in (By Patti Danner)
Wring carefully tops each cheesecake slice with a dollop of whipped cream (By Patti Danner)
Wring carefully sprinkles spice onto his entry, pumpkin cheesecake (By Patti Danner)
Ellie Campbell of Linton with her winning entry, pumpkin cake (By Patti Danner)
Winner Reece Hawkins plates his entry, chocolate pumpkin bars (By Patti Danner)
Chopped Junior judges, from left, Leora Wright, Brooklyn Franklin and Lauren Jones (By Patti Danner)
Contestants prepared their pumpkin-themed entries at home and plated them in front of the judges (By Patti Danner)
Chopped Junior age groups were five and under, six and seven, eight and nine and 10 and up (By Patti Danner)
Each contestant brought their entry to the judging table be sampled by the judges (By Patti Danner)
Contestants were required to tell the judges the name of their entry and could share their method of making it (By Patti Danner)
Every contestant made a mouth-watering pumpkin treat (By Patti Danner)
Contestants were meticulous as they plated their creations (By Patti Danner)
Wring explains his culinary technique to the judging panel (By Patti Danner)
Even the leftovers looked amazing (By Patti Danner)
As Chopped Junior contestants waited for judging results, they worked off a little nervous energy (By Patti Danner)
At the Carnegie Heritage and Arts Center, homage was paid to its co-founder, the late Donna Kluesner of Linton (By Patti Danner)
Also at the Carnegie, a display heralding the work of Linton's Moonlight Films (By Patti Danner)
Moonlight Films latest work, "Maker of Monsters," premieres at the Tivoli Theatre in Spencer at 6 p.m. Oct. 21. Here, the costume and mask of the monster are displayed (By Patti Danner)
Chopped Junior contestants await the decisions of the judges (By Patti Danner)
Morgan Campbell's pumpkin-filled energy bites won first place in her age group (By Patti Danner)
Little sister Ellie Campbell placed first for her pumpkin cake (By Patti Danner)
A winning pair (By Patti Danner)
Reece Hawkins with his first-place winnings for his chocolate pumpkin bars (By Patti Danner)
Thomas Wring enjoys his win for his pumpkin cheesecake (By Patti Danner)
Winner of the event's scavenger hunt, Megan Russell of Linton (By Patti Danner)
Nick Long of Smokin' Long took the silver spatula of first place for Best Ribs and Best Pulled Pork (By Patti Danner)
Derek McKee receives his spatulas from Linton's Kathy Matthews (By Patti Danner)
McKee and his "Mind if I Smoke?" won two silver spatulas for Meat of Choice and People's Choice (By Patti Danner)
Fall Arts Festival Committee members Genie Bowers and Karen Kittle wave goodbye. Until next year, that is... (By Patti Danner)