Artsy Afternoon

When Marina learned about a local art festival, she told me she was interested in going. We'd never been before, but we decided to give it a try.

We headed to the festival after lunch. It was much larger than we expected and it was forecasted to be the hottest day of the year so far. At first we just started walking from booth to booth. Marina glanced at some of the artist's booths, but didn't want to stop to look very often, although several booths of industrial art sculptures got her attention. We picked up a map and found out where the children's activities were. On the way there, we stopped to see an acrobatic performance. We were both very impressed by the feats the trio performed.

The children's art section was huge and, fortunately, all covered by tents. Marina was able to move from one project to another. She tried her hand at spinning art, glass art and pottery. She created art with paint, markers, glitter and clay. We had quite a collection by the time she tried everything she wanted to.

Before we left, Marina wanted to have her face painted. So we located the booth and had that done. Marina asked for a tropical flower. She was pretty happy with how it turned out.

By this time, we were tired and very hot. So we headed to a nearby mall where the local opera company was performing throughout the day. We caught the last two performances of the day. Marina seemed a bit bored by the songs, though I loved them. To close out the show, the soprano sang the Queen of the Night aria from The Magic Flute, a piece Marina knows and enjoys. She beamed throughout the entire song. Following the performance we spoke to her about the aria. The soprano was thrilled that she performed a piece that Marina loved so much.

Once the opera presentation was over, we headed home. We'd had a fun day experiencing art.