Cherry Creek Arts Festival / Denver 2015 Part 1 + FOOD Cucumber Aspic for Summer!

Artist Lin Seslar, from Sebring, Florida, makes a sale at the Cherry Creek Arts Festival.

A Poster at the 2015 Cherry Creek Arts Festival.

ART

Cherry Creek

Arts Festival,

Denver, CO

Is one of America's 

Largest Outdoor

Festivals Exhibiting

Works by Artists 

& Artisans

The Cherry Creek Arts Festival weekend event is a world‐class and award‐winning celebration of the visual, culinary and performing arts, and enjoys a usual attendance of 350,000 visitors over the course of the three‐day event. The CCAF’s year-round 501c3 non-profit mission is to provide access to art experiences and to support art education.

The Cherry Creek Arts Festival gives art patrons the rare and special opportunity to meet and talk with international juried visual artists, sample fine cuisine, enjoy live musical performances and artist demonstrations. The festival also offers families with children interactive “ARTivities” so they can create art, too.

CCAF logos over the years
 printed on a t-shirt.

Artists show their artworks in their own gallery tents and attend the exhibit themselves
in order to answer questions, explain their techniques and talk about their thought processes. (pictured above: Marty Hulsebos and his photographic works)

Now we will take a stroll through the artists' tents and show some of the artworks from this year's exhibition.

Aaron Hequembourg - Artist
Medium - Carved wood, paint & collage

Aaron Hequembourg - Artist
Medium - Carved wood,
paint & collage

Aaron Hequembourg - Artist
Medium - Carved wood, paint & collage

Aaron Hequembourg - Artist
Medium - Carved wood, paint & collage

DETAIL of Art - 

Aaron Hequembourg - Artist
Medium - Carved wood, paint & collage

Aaron Hequembourg - Artist
Medium - Carved wood, paint & collage

Arunas Oslapas - Artist
Medium - Metal, Mixed Media

Arunas Oslapas - Artist
Medium - Metal, Mixed Media

Arunas Oslapas - Artist
Medium - Metal, Mixed Media

Clifton Henry - Artist
Medium - Photography

Clifton Henry - Artist's Statement

Gary Burditt - Artist
Medium - Wood

Gary Burditt - Artist
Medium - Wood

Julia Keaten-Reed - Artist
Medium - Ink & Watercolor

Julia Keaten-Reed - View of Artist's Booth
Medium - Ink & Watercolor

Pip Condron - Artist
Medium - Mixed Media Painting & Collage

Pip Condron - Artist
Medium - Mixed Media Painting & Collage

Pip Condron - Artist
Medium - Mixed Media Painting & Collage

Rick Loudermilk - Artist
Medium - Watercolor

Rick Loudermilk - Artist
Medium - Watercolor

Rick Loudermilk - Artist
Medium - Watercolor

Scot A. Weir - Artist
Medium - Painting
(Image supplied by artist)

Scot A. Weir - Artist
Medium - Painting

Scot A. Weir - Artist
Detail from the painting above.

Scot A. Weir - Artist
Medium - Painting
(Image supplied by artist)

Scot A. Weir - Artist
Detail from the painting above.

Susan Williams & Brad Bates - Artists
Medium - Photography-Based Mixed Media

Susan Williams & Brad Bates - Artists
Medium - Photography-Based Mixed Media

Susan Williams & Brad Bates - Artists
Medium - Photography-Based Mixed Media

Mark Waninger - Artist
Medium - Wood

Art is about keeping
the "wonder of childhood"
within us all,
for Collectors,
for the Artists,
and most appropriately
for Children
as they grow.
(pictured above: "Jacks" by
Kaiser Suidan -
Medium - Ceramic)

(Source: Exept where provided, all photos were taken by ARTSnFOOD staff, with the permission of the artists, on location at the art festival site.)

FOOD

Cucumber Aspic
for Summer!

Ingredients:
2 large cucumbers, peeled and seeded
2 3-ounce boxed lime-flavored gelatin
2 1/4-ounce envelopes unflavored gelatin
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 teaspoons onion juice
Hot sauce to taste
1 16-ounce container sour cream
4 small ribs celery, chopped fine
1 1/4 cups mayonnaise
4 medium limes, juiced

Instructions:
1. Grate cucumbers using the medium holes on a box grater. Transfer cucumber to a colander and let drain for at least 30 minutes. Press cucumber lightly to release additional liquid.

2. In a large bowl, combine gelatins and salt. Add boiling water, vinegar, onion juice and hot sauce. Stir until gelatin dissolves. Refrigerate mixture until it begins to thicken and gel but has not set.

3. Fold sour cream, celery, cucumber and 1/2 cup of the mayonnaise into mixture. Transfer mixture to a 6 1/2 to 7 cup ring mold that has been lightly sprayed with vegetable oil spray. Refrigerate for at least 5 hours or overnight.

Until later,

Jack

ARTSnFOOD, is an online publication dedicated to "The Pursuit of Happiness through the Arts and Food." ™ All rights reserved. Concept, Original Art, Text & Photographs are © Copyright 2015 Jack A. Atkinson under all International intellectual property and copyright laws. Any gallery, event, museum, fair or festival photographs were taken with permission. Images © individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees.