"Paint the Park" in Bloomfield

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Photos by Nick Schneider

Artists, artisans and music filled the Bloomfield Park Saturday for the Third Annual "Paint the Park" Bloomfield Art Festival. It was a picture-perfect day artists from Greene County and southern Indiana to sell and showcase their arts and crafts. There were more than a dozen vendor booths that included: ceramics, paintings, baskets, jewelry and a variety of other artistic mediums, according to organizer and prize-winning artist Wyatt LeGrand.

Artist Chris Goddard, of Elletsville, works on his painting entry for the contest that was staged at the Bloomfield Art Festival.
Young chalk artists at work.
Delaney Richardson, of Bloomfield, signs her finished chalk art contest entry.

Dylan Richardson, 11, of Bloomfield, works on his chalk art project -- a baseball diamond.
Cheryl (Helms) Henderson, of Cincinnati, Ohio works on an art piece created out of an old door. She's a Bloomfield native who came back home for Saturday's art show.
Artist Lelia Mottern, of Indianapolis, paints a portrait of her daughter, Judy Moore, of Newberry, as her entry for the painting contest.
Rhyan Parker from Trafalger concentrates on painting a flower pot at Saturday's Bloomfield Art Festival.
Bradley Hudson participated in both the flower pot painting and face painting at the art festival on Saturday.
Evan Rush, of rural Bloomfield (in the foreground) was among several people admiring the art work of Bloomfield artist Wyatt LeGrand.
Bloomfield Junior-Senior High School senior Drew Haywood, was among the entertainment at the Bloomfield Paint the Park Art Festival on Saturday. Drew is the son of P.D. and Sophie Haywood.
Twy Betlard and John Pabello, both of Bloomington, form the musical group "Entwyned" that entertained at the music festival.