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St. Louis Art Fair in Clayton
Get ready for the 15th Annual St. Louis Art Fair in Clayton September 5th through 7th! Ranked 5th in the Nation!
This festival is a FREE event that is located in the heart of Clayton every year. The mission of those who facilitate this wonderful festival is simply this:
"To create access to a broad array of visual and performing art experiences, to nurture the development and understanding of diverse art forms and cultures and to encourage the expanding depth and breadth of cultural life in the Saint Louis area. Through exhibition, sale, performance and education, we collaborate with and serve the community." - St. Louis Art Fair, Cultural Festivals.
Over two hundred artists have been selected to exhibit their work on the streets of Downtown Clayton. This year you can find: ceramics, digital art, drawing & pastels, fiber, glass, jewelry, metal, paintings, photography, printmaking, wood, 2D & 3D mixed media, and sculpture. See the participating artists by clicking here.
Friday, September 5th: 5p - 10p
Saturday, September 6th: 10a - 10p
Sunday, September 7th: 11a - 4p
Pleasures of the Palate
Located on Brentwood between Forsyth and Maryland, Pleasures of the Palate features several of St. Louis' best restaurants. Click here for cuisines and plates!
Alexander's in the Sheraton
Ben & Jerry's
Bistro Alexander
French Quarter Cafe
Hanks Cheesecakes
Katie's Pizzeria
Pasta House
Portabella
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Sage Urban American Grill
Scape
Seven Gables
Stratton's Cafe
Tivanov Catering (Sophia's Bistro)
ZuZu's
Parking
All street meter parking and numerous public lots in Clayton will be free to the public throughout the Art Fair weekend. Disabled parking is located next to the Bike Check area located on the Public Parking lot on Central, just north of Maryland.
Look for Saint Louis Art Fair parking signs at the following locations:
Clayton Public Lot - (reserved for disabled parking and bike check) Transit Center Garage - 232 South Meramec
Clayton Public Garage - 8011 Bonhomme
About The Author:
Have you ever been duct-taped to a chair and then locked in an empty parking garage? I have.
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What is reCAPTCHA?
reCAPTCHA is a free CAPTCHA service that helps to digitize books.A CAPTCHA is a program that can tell whether its user is a human or a computer. You've probably seen them Ñ colorful images with distorted text at the bottom of Web registration forms. CAPTCHAs are used by many websites to prevent abuse from "bots," or automated programs usually written to generate spam. No computer program can read distorted text as well as humans can, so bots cannot navigate sites protected by CAPTCHAs.
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Currently, we are helping to digitize books from the Internet Archive and old editions of the New York Times.