{"id":698,"date":"2022-06-07T20:55:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T00:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/?p=698"},"modified":"2023-11-03T17:12:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T21:12:20","slug":"artfest-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/?p=698","title":{"rendered":"ArtFest 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"535\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ptrussell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Display-Table-Artfest-2022.jpg?resize=535%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ptrussell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Display-Table-Artfest-2022.jpg?w=535&amp;ssl=1 535w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ptrussell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Display-Table-Artfest-2022.jpg?resize=251%2C300&amp;ssl=1 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pleasant weather, beautiful people and a peaceful milieu made ArtFest in the city of Pickering such a joy to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a few  artworks  on display yet many visitors specifically inquired about my whimsical postcards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was delightful to see children with playful energy and big smiles enjoying the art as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two lovely senior ladies passing by in their walkers stopped to look at impasto miniatures on the table. It melted my heart the way their faces lit up when I offered the pieces for them to feel the texture.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Gift of Art is hosting their 15th Annual Art Show at the Newcastle Arena, Saturday july 16th and Sunday July 17th between 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Art by PT Russell will be in the mix with a colourful selection of original  art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEE YOU THERE!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ptrussell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Souvenir-Mini-Artfest-2022.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ptrussell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Souvenir-Mini-Artfest-2022.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ptrussell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Souvenir-Mini-Artfest-2022.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Art Collector John Philips holding a 5&#215;5 painting on Birchwood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"437\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ptrussell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Raffle-Winner-Artfest-2022.jpg?resize=437%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ptrussell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Raffle-Winner-Artfest-2022.jpg?w=437&amp;ssl=1 437w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ptrussell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Raffle-Winner-Artfest-2022.jpg?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Raffle Winner Christine won one of my signed prints!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a9PT Russell 2022 All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: ptrussellwrites@gmail.com for inquiries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pleasant weather, beautiful people and a peaceful milieu made ArtFest in the city of Pickering such a joy to attend. I had a few artworks on display yet many visitors specifically inquired about my whimsical postcards. It was delightful to see children with playful energy and big smiles enjoying the art as well! Two lovely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/?p=698\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ArtFest 2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[38,48],"class_list":["post-698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flash-fiction","tag-art","tag-art-festival"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=698"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":898,"href":"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions\/898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptrussell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}