Frankie Fabrizio Seitz, Julia Fabrizio and Lorenzo Fabrizio Seitz create masterpieces in the Kids Court at the Salem Art Fair in Bush's Pasture Park on Sept. 14, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)
The weather is forecast to be ideal Sunday for the final day of the Salem Art Fair.
The event at Bush’s Pasture Park marks the 75th anniversary of this iconic Salem happening. And it’s the first time the event has been held in September.
Artists open their booths at 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, and there is music on the main stage through the day. And there are plenty of food vendors to fuel your stroll through the fair. The event is put on by the Salem Art Association.
Here is basic information for the day:
Admission at the gate: Kids 12 and under, free; 13-17, $5; Seniors (+55) and veterans, $8; adults, $10. Admission is free for Oregon Trail Card holders or Oregon Health Plan members.
Tierra Nisbet gazes into one of James Diem’s ceramic framed mirrors hanging in his booth at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 14, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)A bouquet of metal flowers awaited customers at Cristi Mason-Rivera’s booth at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 14, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Mariusz Rynkiewicz has been selling his glass visions at the Salem Art Fair in Bush Park for over 20 years, and this year he was there with more of his “twisties” on Sept. 14, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Lucas Schwartz carves a piece while tending to his booth at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 14, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Trade was brisk at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 14, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Metalwork was the theme at Shelly Durica-Laiche’s booth at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 14, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Dani Potter and Jill Sorenson were ready to extoll the virtues of the Pentacle Theatre productions to Salem Art Fair attendees at their booth in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 14, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Ceili of the Valley dancers perform on the main stage at the Salem Art fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 14, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Kelly Thibodeaux and The Etouffee Band play the main stage at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Savannah Mae Xo´chihua was ready to serve hungry Salem Art Fair attendees from the Hap Restaurant food cart in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Michael and Lilly Lara enjoy the music at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Libby Foster takes a turn with a windsock at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Kurt and Giselle Roedel enjoy the music at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)People dance to the music of Kelly Thibodeaux and the Etouffee Band at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Kelly Thibodeaux plays fiddle on stage at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Neighbors enjoy free music from the Salem Art Fair main stage at Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Visitors enjoy the new open layout and booth setup at the Salem Art in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Part of the allure of the Salem Art Fair is the food. The event was held in Bush’s Pasture Park. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Salem Art Fair visitors look at art for sale in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Masumi Timson of the SamaZama Duo prepares to play the koto onstage at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Laurene Larkins admires a repurposed handmade peacock coat at the CinJay Original booth during the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Enophiles would enjoy purchasing this handmade table by Michelle Wright at the Salem Art Fair held at Bush Park at the Salem Art Fair in Bush Park on in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Metal artist Jennah Litecky Yost looks at one of her copper pieces that took her four days. She is exhibitging her work at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park. Yost was awarded Best of Show. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Paintings by Hung Pham hang on a booth at the Salem Art Fair in Bush’s Pasture Park on Sept. 13, 2024. (LAURA TESLER/For Salem Reporter)Susan and Jim Nachtrab show a example of their glasswork at the Salem Art Fair in Bush Park on September 13, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)
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Laura Tesler has lived in Salem, Oregon for 20 years and is originally from Flint, MI. Laura has been an underwater photographer for 15 years, and is an avid scuba diver. Topside, she has been taking photographs since age 12, and currently works on assignment for the Salem Reporter, and full time purchasing land for fish and wildlife habitat in the Willamette Valley. Laura attended Oregon State University, and has traveled extensively all over the world and the United States.
