Some of the best weather in the event's 26-year history filled Tallahassee's Chain of Parks Art Festival with weekend visitors. More than 150 participating artists were showing and selling their work.
There was music, food and drink, a super-sized puppet parade and a children's village. And the amazing artists included Monticello's Alice Cappa. She's mastered the ancient process of spinning, weaving and dyeing the raw material for her fiber art.
"I use all natural fibers and they're comfortable, they're wearable, they last. And I have a couple of pieces here that are over 40 years old."
Mark Georgiades creates intricate welded steel sculptures in his small Havana, Florida workshop. Taking part in the festival meant thousands of people were seeing his creations.
"It means everything to me! This is really the only show I do and I prepare for it most of the year. I don't have a lot of pieces, a lot of inventory because this is a hobby. But I get to see all my friends, get to meet new people and get to meet some of the other artists."
For Tallahassee painter Anne Hempel, the event was as much a social as an artistic occasion.
"I mean I paint what's in my heart and what I see outside that inspires me. And to be able to have people - the Tallahassee community - come out and appreciate it, is like a warm hug."
The Chain of Parks Art Festival is regularly ranked among the very best shows of its kind in the country.
