Scarsdale Village Hosts Two Art Shows in One Weekend

Scarsdale Village Hosts Two Art Shows in One Weekend

Monday, 16 May 2011 12:32

Last Updated: Wednesday, 22 June 2011 21:20

Published: Monday, 16 May 2011 12:32

For the first time this year Scarsdale Village hosted two art fairs in one weekend, bringing together a show of local artists and a travelling art fair on May 14-15. The Scarsdale Art Association held their annual festival in Chase Park and 23 artists participated, displaying their artwork on the fence that borders the park. According to Association President Robert Proctor of Rutledge Road this is the group’s 76th year of showcasing the work of professional local artists.

Among the artists on display were Peter Diaferia who often paints local scenes, Ed Shiffer of Lee Road an architect and 47-year resident of Scarsdale and Barbara Fix, a self-taught painter who enjoys color, motion and movement and participated in the Learning to Look program in the Scarsdale schools.

Local Artist Barbara Fix

Proctor reported that they had a fairly good turnout of viewers and buyers on Saturday but cancelled the show on Sunday due to the rain.

At the merchants lot on East Parkway the Westchester Festival of the Arts brought back the show for a second year in Scarsdale. Artists were housed in tents so they were prepared for Sunday’s deluge and managed to stay open despite the inclement weather. The artists we spoke to were pleased with the traffic and reported that people were buying. In fact we came back for a second look at a still life that we originally saw on Saturday and when we returned on Sunday we found that the painting was sold.