{"id":1774,"date":"2010-09-09T17:27:19","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T23:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/?p=1774"},"modified":"2010-09-09T17:27:19","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T23:27:19","slug":"art-comes-to-life-at-the-fairs-millard-sheets-center-for-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/2010\/09\/09\/art-comes-to-life-at-the-fairs-millard-sheets-center-for-the-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Art comes to life at the Fair\u2019s Millard Sheets Center for the Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hot trends in the art world today are studio tours where visitors get a behind-the-scenes look at artists and their creative processes. Many tours cover a lot of artists and their means of expression while covering a lot of ground going from one studio location to another.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacountyfair.com\/fp\/foundations\/MillardSheets\/\">The Millard Sheets Center for the Arts<\/a> at Fairplex is a one-stop studio tour with about 40 artists demonstrating their talents in painting, wood and stone carving, ceramics, art glass and much more. Fairguests can ask questions and get inspired by what they\u2019re seeing and then try their own hand at creating art in a workshop for all ages.<br \/>\nMSCAF is proud to be a part of the Smithsonian Institution Affiliation Program. Through this partnership the Center shares with the community the Smithsonian Institution\u2019s artifacts, programs and expertise.<br \/>\nMSCAF is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.<br \/>\nHere\u2019s some of the action you\u2019ll see at the Sheets Center:<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1775\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/KAZUMI-SVENSON.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1775\" title=\"KAZUMI SVENSON\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/KAZUMI-SVENSON-e1284074340133-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kazumi Svenson fashions sculptures from glass beads.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1777\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/OSVALDO-ORRELANO1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1777\" title=\"OSVALDO ORRELANO\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/OSVALDO-ORRELANO1-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wood sculptor Osvaldo Orellana at work. <\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1778\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/NELSON-SCHERER-PRINTING.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1778\" title=\"NELSON SCHERER-PRINTING\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/NELSON-SCHERER-PRINTING-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nelson Scherer discusses printing with a visitor.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1779\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/GALLERY-STORE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1779\" title=\"GALLERY STORE\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/GALLERY-STORE-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artists&#39; works are on sale in the busy Gallery Store.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1783\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/POTTERY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1783\" title=\"POTTERY\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.fairplex.com\/blog\/fairblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/POTTERY-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crispin Gonzalez demonstrates ceramics.<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hot trends in the art world today are studio tours where visitors get a behind-the-scenes look at artists and their creative processes. 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