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Southwest Missouri Art and Craft Guild Holds Their 22nd "Art in the Park" Show and Sale

The Southwest Missouri Art and Craft Guild produces Art in the Park, a fine art and contemporary craft show and sale, the second weekend in October each year. Celebrating its 22nd year, this year’s show will be held Saturday and Sunday October 8 and 9 in Sequiota Park in Springfield under the sponsorship of The Springfield-Greene County Park Board. Admission is free and open to the public.Art in the Park is the area's only art fair that takes place in a city park, says Cathy Evans of the Art and Craft Guild. "Every year we look for new ways to make the show stand out among all the other fall events." One thing they're hoping to do is make the show less of "a secret." Cathy told us about a young woman who came up to her booth at the 21st Art in the Park last year--Cathy produces jewelry and thus is a working, exhibiting artist herself. The patron said she was 21 years old, had lived in Springfield her entire life--and yet had never heard about Art in the Park. The Art and Craft Guild

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