Pierce City Arts Festival

Tents lined Walnut Street in Pierce City on Saturday with local artists displaying their works for local citizens. Booths contained any number of artistic endeavors including paintings, woodworking, photography, jewelry and pottery. The event also featured food and wine-tasting opportunities. (Times Photos by Melonie Roberts)
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Sherry Petty, famed muralist from Carthage, demonstrated how to draw faces during one of the free workshops held on Saturday at the Pierce City Arts Festival. Petty sketched several drawings from photos for attendees, with subjects ranging from dogs to children and adults. (Times Photos by Melonie Roberts)
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The Nudie Foodie, Grace Rybarczyk, of Springfield, was one of the featured guests at this year's Pierce City Arts Festival. She prepared several samples of cuisine made from wholesome, organic ingredients for guests to sample. (Times Photos by Melonie Roberts)
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Laili Gilliam, 12, along with brothers Hunter and Clayton, try their hands at marbleizing paper during one of the workshops that took place during the annual Pierce City Arts Festival on Saturday. Local artist Carol Shipman taught the popular workshop to scores of attendees wanting to learn the intricacies of the craft. (Times Photos by Melonie Roberts)
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One popular attraction at this year's Pierce City Arts Festival was Vincent Van Goat, promoting the importance of art to the community and the world. Kalyton Gilliam, pictured above, waited patiently while Vincent Van Goat's computerized program was re-booted. (Times Photos by Melonie Roberts)
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Artist Steve Henton showed a customer his diochromatic glass creations at the Pierce City Arts Festival, one of several unique offerings at the show. (Times Photos by Melonie Roberts)
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Chalk art was one of the activities offered during the Pierce City Arts Festival. Brian Koehler tried his hand at the colorful medium. (Times Photos by Melonie Roberts)
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Artist Brenda Hayse, a Joplin artist, arranged her work for display during the annual Pierce City Arts Festival on Saturday. The Pierce City Arts Council sponsored the annual event, with support from various local businesses. (Times Photos by Melonie Roberts)
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Artists April Davis and Ryan Saunders discussed their various formats and techniques of painting and drawing during the annual Pierce City Arts Festival that was held on Saturday. They were two of about 40 vendors that had works on display during the event. ([Times photos by Melonie Roberts])
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David Sater, 68th House District Representative, was at the Pierce City Arts Festival on Saturday reminding voters he is now running for the Missouri Senate seat soon to be vacated by Jack Goodman, who represents the 29th Senate District. (Times Photos by Melonie Roberts)
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