LA ENCANTADA
FINE ART FESTIVAL
A TWO DAY FINE ART FESTIVAL SET IN THE GARDEN WALKWAYS OF LA ENCANTADA
OCTOBER 22 & 23, 2022
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FREE ADMISSIONThere is no cost to attend the art festival. |
EVENT PARTNERS
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LOCATION
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La Encantada Shopping Center
2905 E Skyline Dr, Tucson, AZ 85718 Located in Tucson, AZ - La Encantada is an outdoor shopping center that includes a large variety of luxury and specialty retail stores including Apple, Crate & Barrel, AJ's Fine Foods, Anthropologie, lululemon, and now-open Madewell. Restaurants include Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, Blanco Tacos + Tequila, North Italia, and RA Sushi Bar Restaurant. |
GET INVOLVED IN THE EVENT
- Artist Exhibit Space Sold Out
- Volunteer Opportunities | Register to Volunteer Here
- Exhibitors & Food Vendors | Due to the location, there are no exhibitor or food vendor opportunities available at this festival.
- Sponsorship | If you are interested in sponsoring the festival, please contact kate@saaca.org
OCTOBER 2022 DEMONSTRATIONS
We invite you to visit the SAAG gallery upstairs at La Encantada to experience weekend-long artist demonstrations.
Saturday, October 22
10 am to Noon
Sunday, October 23
10 am to Noon
Saturday, October 22
10 am to Noon
- Tracy Ann Holmes (Watercolor Demo)
- Tom Bacon (Contemporary mixed media Japanese basketry techniques)
- Nina Fickett (Contemporary mixed media designs)
- Phil Smith (3D mixed media photo collages)
- Karen Lustrup (Sculpting masks by using clay body)
- Suzanne Villella (New and vintage paper works)
- Corinne Babcock (Jewelry demonstration)
Sunday, October 23
10 am to Noon
- Bijou D’Arpa (Cyanotype photographic blueprint)
- Tamara Scott Anderson (Weaving, dying, stitching and beading to create unique 3-dimensional textile wall sculptures)
- Eric Black (Sketch artist demonstrating Metalpoint)
- Vivian Paric (Demonstrating roving wool and a needle)
- Donna Vargas (Dried gourd art)
- Casonti McClure (Contemporary Abstract Colorist)
- Amber Pierson (Prismacolors, Polychromos and, or Luminance pencils)
OCTOBER 2022 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
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Linda Bayne
Elbes Jewelry Facebook: ElbesJewelry Jewelry, Organic, Nature, Southwest, Romance, Original I design and create one-of-a-kind jewelry of an organic and natural quality. I use Sterling Silver, Copper, Brass, Bronze and a variety of gemstones. My pieces reflect my love for the southwest and are imbued with a spirit of romance. Pendants, Earrings, Bracelets, Brooches, and Christmas Ornaments. These are made of Metal: Casting, Sheet, and Etching. |
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Ryan Beckman
Beckman Built Boards Exotic hard woods Each cutting board, brisket board and dipper and beer flights are made with exotic hardwoods from around the world. Some of the woods used in the boards include; purple heart, black limba, african mahogany, padauk african and many more. Each board is unique and adds elements of design to any kitchen. |
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Jacqueline Bradley
Chrystal Canyon Creations Facebookbook: ChrystalCanyonCreations Jewelry My work is created out of sheet sterling silver or sheet copper that has been pierced to make ornaments, earrings, pendants, and windchimes. The blanks have been annealed, sanded, stamped/ or enameled, and polished. |
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Geri Bringman
Geri Bringman Fine Art www.flickr.com/photos/geribringman Painting Acrylic fine art paintings of the desert southwest, with its strange and spectacular landscape, provides an endless source of inspiration for me in my painting. My most significant influence has been the Mexican and Native American art and culture that is a part of the Old Pueblo. I love their traditional designs and vivid colors, and most of all, their broad, beautiful faces. |
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Margarethe Brummermann
Brummermann’s Art & Science Painting Impressions of culture and nature of the southwestern deserts in transparent watercolor. |
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Michael Casey
Casey Design Studio caseyoriginals.com Mixed Media, Painting I start with a wood panel and build up several layers of texture to create a unique look and feel and then manipulate the material when wet or carve into it when dry. The pieces are uncharacteristically lightweight but fashioned in the illusion of heavy stone or metal. I use many types of materials to create the effects in making my pieces to take shape including modeling paste, artist gesso, fired ceramic, acrylics, glazes, stains, oil based sealants, alcohol based stains, and satin exterior varnish for longevity, dusting and UV protection. |
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Ashley Chamberlain
https://acdesignetc.com/ https://www.facebook.com/acdesignetc Mixed Media, Furniture, Home Décor I create paintings on a hardboard. They are colorful and are representative of the Southwest. The process consists of layering and scraping over and over. It is a technique I developed while building furniture for 25 years. I finish the original paintings with 3-dimensional frames that become part of the final image. I also sell giclée prints on canvas that I hand frame and finish with alder wood. |
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Jacqueline Chanda
Jacqueline Chanda Fine Art www.jacquelinechanda.com Instagram: chandaj140/ Painting While I paint a number of different subjects, such as landscapes, and still life work, figurative work is my focus. My paintings explore my personal experiences of places and observations of people. I like capturing moments in time, happy, sad moments hidden in the commonplace and transient scenes of every day life. My aim is to take the observer on a journey through life, to places that are familiar and unfamiliar, near and yet far. |
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Merve Colpan
Arya Tara Candles aryataracandles.com Instagram: aryataracandles/ Candles, Craft Arts - Holiday, Candles, or other Artisan Items Our candles are locally hand made in Tucson with the highest quality natural coconut wax and unique scents blended by our founder Merve Colpan, who is a graduate of the world-famous perfumery school in France named ISIPCA. We have released multiple candle collections including our ever popular "Wonders of Arizona" as well as temporary collections that showcase the best scents of the season. Visit our booth to discover our wide array of scents - whether as a gift or for your own enjoyment, we have something for everyone! |
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Candee Condray
Candee's Dandy Designs Jewelry Original Handmade Jewelry that captures the warmth and colors of an Arizona sunset. Each piece is designed to be worn and enjoyed by both men and women. I use only the finest materials including leather, silver plated findings, natural stone beads and imported fire polished beads. |
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David Craighead
David Craig Desertindecay.com Sculpture I create sculpture from the natural organic material that I collect in the desert. Unique materials like saguaro boots and ribs provide endless variety in what I can assemble. |
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Jill Crozier
HPSilver, LLC. www.hpsilver.com Jewelry, Leather, Mixed Metals https://www.instagram.com/hpsilver_jewelry/ Our jewelry is handmade using the finest quality materials. Our pieces are hand-textured sterling silver and copper. We use Arizona Turquoise and Amethyst from Brazil as the gemstones we incorporate most into our jewelry. We use many different techniques, including wire wrapping, hammering, soldering, etching, fabrication, & patina processes. |
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Melinda Curtin
Melinda D Curtin www.melbeckstudio.com Instagram: melbeckstudio Mixed Media I create my work using acrylics, oil pens, metallic leaf and mixed media surfaces such as vintage window glass and floor art material. I use unusual techniques to create my modern folk art variations. I paint directly onto vintage window glass using whimsical themes. I create floor art using geometric patterns. I also sew custom fabric items using all of my art images and designs. |
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Lenor Glover
Camino Lenor www.etsy.com/shop/caminolenor Instagram: caminolenor Jewelry I am a silversmith creating one of a kind pieces inspired by the beautiful gems and stones I hand select. I have an affinity for vintage and antique jewelry and repurpose elements to create unique and wearable art. |
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Mary Hammond
Calla Glass Designs callaglassdesigns.com Glass I sell a variety of colorful fused and stained glass pieces. Each piece is individually hand crafted and one of a kind. I am inspired by my love of the desert around us and find inspiration from the beauty I see in places I've visited around the world. |
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Sean Hill
Sean Hill seanhilldesigns.com Jewelry I have been designing and making my own jewelry since 1998. I am an entirely self-taught jeweler. My background was mostly scholarly. I taught and published on Critical Thinking for more than 20 years as a PhD Professor of French Literature. For years, I worked mostly on a silver and resin collection. I added lately an extensive gold and precious stones collection and a new line of gold and ceramic jewelry. All of my gold pieces are fabricated. My scholarly background may have helped me create and think of my designs in a more complex and "philosophical" way. I would describe my personal style as "classical". I love abstraction and complexity but when it comes to designs, I lean towards a more subdued expression, looking mostly for character, movement and classical beauty. |
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Angela Hitt
Angela Hitt Designs www.angelahitt.com Facebook: AngelaHittDesigns Instagram: ahittdesigns/ Glass, Jewelry, Photography Jewelry is constructed with high quality materials including: sterling silver and 14 kt gold filled chain/wire, crystal, semi-precious stones, Czech glass. and handmade lamp work beads. Attention to detail and refined techniques are used to create jewelry that can be enjoyed for years to come. Landscape photography is printed on high quality materials ready to be displayed in homes and offices. |
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Daniel Holladay
Holladay Design Jewelry Hand pierced silver and gold desert scenes with the world’s best picture jasper! I collect, cut and polish the world’s finest “picture jasper “. I then create a desert design in Silver or gold and integrate into the natural colors and patterns of each stone. Each piece of jewelry is individually hand crafted from start to finish by me created a one-of-a-kind wearable art piece. |
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Elsa Jacklitch
Elsa M. Jacklitch Photography emjphotos.org Photography Elsa Jacklitch has the ability to capture the unique flavor of the desert southwest and its surrounding beauty with her landscape photography. Her subjects include traditional landscapes, flowers, birds and animals, mission churches and southwestern buildings including the architectural details. Her travels have taken her all over the country and she enjoys capturing the beauty of every place that she visits. |
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Bettina Jones
Bettina https://www.bettinafineart.com/ Instagram: bettinafineart Painting My paintings are stories of people, relationships, animals, myths, dreams and exotic locales which are painted in the folk art tradition from the heart. My ideas are triggered by society, different cultures and all forms of media. I love to tell a good story through a painting and one that use humor and whimsy definitely have a place in the fine art world. |
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Ann Larocca
The Designing Lady www.designingladyaz.com Mixed Media 2D & 3D Stainless steel serving pieces with custom glass handles |
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Emily Mann
Solaz Designs https://solaz.biz Facebook: solazdesigns Instagram: emilym_solaz Metal Rustic-refined metalwork incorporating solar and wired lighting makes shadow and light-play an additional dimension to the pieces and a dynamic feature that alters between day and night. Wall hangings and sculptures incorporate glass and upcycled remnants to incorporate varied texture and color. The functionality of the Shadow Lights makes them very popular and something which people return for, like Turkish Delight. |
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Linda Mann
www.lmannart.net Instagram: lindamannazart Painting, Drawing, Photography My artwork celebrates the Southwest. It explores the diversity of the plants, animals and people of the desert environment. Like the Southwest, my artwork is lively, vibrant and often, but not always, colorful . |
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Yvette-Marie Margaillan
Madera Ink Designs, Tucson Tea Company www.tucsontea.com, www.maderainkdesigns.com Instagram: tucsonteacompany Instagram: maderainkdesigns Artisan Food - Handmade and Pre-Packaged, Glass, Wood Madera Ink Designs and Tucson Tea combine the art of woodwork with the art of tea to create unique and modern products inspired by ancient rituals. Artisan blended teas turn daily routines into mindful moments with beautifully accented wooden accessories to complete your tea ritual. |
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Deboragh McDonnell
Handpainted Silk Scarves www.deboraghmcdonnell.com Fiber/Textiles, Painting A hand painted silk scarf has a beauty that has been appreciated for centuries in all parts of the world. It is a work of art that makes a statement and will always draw comments. It can seem ephemeral but it can last a lifetime. Complete a look in a dramatic and memorable way, whether you are wearing jeans and a tee shirt or you prettiest dress. My scarves are individually painted using traditional French and Japanese dyes. All scarves are silk of various types , weights, and sizes. All scarves are colorfast and can be washed. |
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Jessica Melrose
Melrose Macrame www.melrose-macrame.com Instagram: jessica.melrose.art Macrame, home decor, fiber arts, bohemian decor Handmade macrame wall hangings, plant hangers, lighting, and DIY kits. |
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Michelle Moriarty
Forever Rock Candles www.foreverrockcandles.com Mixed Media, Sculpture Mining and sourcing our own specimen grade fossils, rocks and semi precious stones have been upcycled into classic lamp oil candles. Each rock is cleaned, molded, drilled and polished before adding the sealed oil container and the fiberglass candle wick that never burns down. Using purified paraffin lamp oil the candles produce a beautiful, long lasting flame. One of a kind item that is refillable, safe and easy to use. Rock lamp oil candles come with all accessories to use them. |
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Jere Moskovitz
Studiojere www.studiojere.com Jewelry My jewelry is created from copper wire that is crocheted or "knitted" which includes four different knitting techniques. The wire is embellished with beaded elements, including gemstones, glass beads, raku, and bead weaving techniques. Mixed media designs incorporate variegated yarns, hand-dyed ribbons, and glass or resin beads. |
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Liette Murphy
Flying Crow Metalworks flyingcrowmetalworks.com Instagram: flyingcrowmetalworks/ Jewelry I use mainly sterling silver, but also brass, copper and gold, in my jewelry designs. I also employ the use of patinas to add color, as well as interesting textures and patterns, to my work. Much of my work has a modern or contemporary feel to it, but with a connection to the natural world through the use of unusual precious and semi-precious stones and organic designs. |
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Kim & Krystal Obrzut
http://kimobrzut.com/index.html https://www.facebook.com/Kimobrzut/ Sculpture Contemporary gourd shaped Hopi maidens, with intricate designs and cultural meanings. Sculpted from clay and cast into bronze. Colored with heat and chemicals to look like stone or wood. I speak with my hands; the clay becomes my voice. My work seeks to capture and symbolize the spirit of my Hopi culture – the oneness of us all – the beauty in harmony and the importance of nature and its gifts. The rhythmic forms undulate a humble reverence for life itself. |
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Christian Olsen
Wonderland Design Handmade one of a kind jewelry One-of-a-kind pieces with Handcarved and Handcast beads, pendants, and clasps made of sterling silver and bronze. |
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Mary Helen Pelton
Mary Helen and Ray Pelton: Gourds as Art Mixed Media, Painting, Sculpture The people of the Southwest have been creating gourds as art for hundreds of years. In this southwestern collection, once gourds are dried in the field for 9-12 months; the gourds become unique art pieces through a variety applications including, pyrography, carving, embedding semi-precious stone, gliding in embossed copper, staining with ink dyes, leather dyes, acrylics and enhancing with seagrass and found desert objects. |
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Brenda Peo
Brenda Peo Art www.brendapeoart.com Painting My animal painting are a creative blend of realism and impressionism with a big dash of humor. I mainly use oil paints but like to experiment with new techniques and mediums. |
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Theresa Poalucci
Theresa Poalucci Instagram: theresapoalucci Facebook: theresapoaluci Mixed Media, Painting My paintings are contemporary desert for the most part using acrylic pours. I also do palette knife work. These paintings are usually large. Smaller paintings are also mostly desert scenes done with alcohol inks and are framed. I also will be selling my Patio Jewels™ which I have sold at this event before. they are garden art made with found objects and also some of my own sculpture. Finally I have added a line of pillows shaped like cactus. these are hand sewn and like my patio jewels each one is unique. |
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Kevin Pratt
Kevin Pratt Art kevinprattart.com Instagram: KevinPrattArt Painting, Photography I paint places where I want to be in dreams and memories: the colors and skies of the mountains, canyons and desert west. I want you too, to breath the awesome. |
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Christopher Reitmaier
Somniative Instagram: somniative Mixed Media As a visual storyteller I create mixed media assemblage art and sculpture using found materials hand culled in my travels combining anthropology, history and art in celebration of life, beauty, freedom and joy. |
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Alan Rios
Alan Rios Glass, Mixed Media, Sculpture I use cross cultural themes to connect individuals to a personal as well as greater collective experience. Through the use of visual images created, using glass/metal and various mixed media, I create colorfully vibrant art pieces. |
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James Roberts
J Paul Copper Creations www.JPaulCopperCreations.com Facebook: J-Paul-Copper-Creations Jewelry I make handcrafted copper jewelry including earrings, pendants, and bracelets. Most of my pieces are hand-cut, annealed, and hand-hammered. Every piece is unique and one-of-a-kind. I also make handcrafted copper roses and copper bird feeders. |
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Lily Roman
Lily Roman Art Etsy Instagram: lilyromanart/ Painting My art works symbolically relate to relationships, communication, and at times they are inspired by a story. I mainly focus on the art of portraiture; the symbolism appeals to me of being content and even finding peace when figuratively or literally alone. This relates to communicating ones true thoughts and feelings even when it could potentially result in isolation. |
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Sydney Schwartz
Floret Art Design www.floretartdesign.com Instagram: floretartdesign/ Painting Flowers are natures art, and I enjoy translating the same vibrant colors and beautiful florets to paper through my paintings. I paint an assortment of simple free-handed florals in watercolor medium on a mixture of paper sizes. |
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Patricia Silva
Instagram: soldesignstudio12/ Canvas painting, ceramic, glass, wood My artwork is described as Mexican Folk art with a Sonoran twist. |
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Amy Soldin
ARJewelry arjewelrystudio.com Jewelry Our Earths' most precious and beautiful treasures are the inspiration of my work. Precision in design focusing on lovely creative art jewelry. Each piece is simply stated, easy to wear every day. |
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Lisa Stotska
Got All Your Marbles? gotallyourmarbles.com Instagram: gotallyourmarbles Jewelry All work is lost wax cast and finished in our Tucson studio. Each piece comes with a selection of marbles or gems to be used interchangeably in the jewelry. Materials are sterling silver, fine silver plate, vermeil and 14k gold. We are the designers and fabricators of all the jewelry we carry. |
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Laura Tanzer
Laura Tanzer lauratanzerdesigns.com Instgram: lauratanzer/ Digital Art, Fiber, Mixed Media My work begins with sourcing natural fiber, sustainable dead stock and vintage textiles. I make cool one of a kind garments: I enlist the natural drape of the fabric to define & enhance the body. I also digital print my art photos on textiles to create layered texture in each garment. |
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Charles Thomas
Charles Thomas Fine Art www.charlesthomasfineart.com @charlesthomasfineart Painting My paintings are impressions of things I encounter in the world which catch my eye and move me. That might be a spectacular mountain range, or interesting architecture. Beauty surrounds us if we take the time to let it in. I'm not after a literal translation of a scene, but only a suggestion, painted loosely to invite the viewer in and let imagination complete the picture. |
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Ana Thompson
Mirage & Bird Botanicals www.mirageandbird.com Instagram: mirage_bird/ Facebook: mirageandbird/ Mixed Media Home/Décor, Realistic, Desert Decor, Permanent, Sculptural Sculptural desert botanical designs created with cacti, succulents, flowers, branches, and more-some in handmade Hypertufa vessels. |
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Sean Ung
Splendid Nature www.coppercattailchimes.com Metal Parts are intricately cut/drilled to size, and then pieces are solder together using a handheld torch and flux. Each piece is then sprayed with a clear enamel finish or naturally will patina |
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Ute Vaughn
Ute Vaughn artbyute.com Facebook: SouthWestPaintings Painting My passion for art, color and life is expressed in my vibrant paintings, which are inspired by animals, nature, symbols and the mystical. My favorite mediums are watercolor, for the flow and translucency, and acrylic for the versatility and texture. My main desire in all my paintings is to inspire creativity and touch the heart. |
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John Vermette
John Vermette www.johnsastrophotos.com Facebook: john.vermette.52/ Photography Photos of the Milky Way with unique foreground from around the Southwest. All printed on aluminum. |
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FESTIVAL TIPS
Parking is available free of charge at the La Encantada Shopping Center. Although parking is available surrounding the shopping center when the front side of the center as well as the back, when the lot is full, attendees are encourage to park on the Southwest corner of Campbell Ave and Skyline, at the Plaza Colonial Shopping Center. Please keep the weather in mind when you attend outdoor events and plan accordingly (bring water bottles, sunscreen, umbrellas, jackets, etc). Dogs are allowed at the event on leashes. A SAACA Information booth will be located in a central location onsite, to help answer any questions you may have upon arrival.
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