Festival to Celebrate the Arts

Finding a great piece of original art, meeting the artist, and rubbing elbows with other talented people is easier than you think.

On Saturday, during the Ninth Annual Fine Arts Festival, artists and crafters from the region will descend on the municipal complex to share their work, demonstrate their craft, and meet and greet anyone who stops by.

“We have 60 artists and crafters signed up, a lot of local people and by that I mean New Jersey and our surrounding towns, but we also draw from Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New York,” said Recreation Supervisor Karen Kecskes. “These are generally people who do the (art festival) circuit and we’re in the area of that circuit.”

Artists that attend will display their paintings, photography, sculpture, jewelry, pottery, weaving, mixed media, woodcraft, graphics and more. Among the guests at the festival will be Beryl Levitt of Monroe. Levitt has been a woodcarver and furniture maker for his entire life, and will be doing a day long demonstration with some of his students.

Also on hand will be three East Brunswick High School artists, Abigail and Alexandra Ling and Susan Liu.

For the kids there will be free kids crafts, demonstrations, food and more. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call 732-390-6797. The Fine Arts Festival is sponsored by the Division of Recreation, Arts Commission and the Visual Arts. In the event of rain, the festival will be held Sunday, June 12.