This is my first time going to Northern Virginia Art Festival or people usually just call it Reston Art Festival since it's held at Reston Town Center. This is annual event. This year there are 200 artists selected out of 900. With my minute experience in art world I would say the quality of work is high but I found the festival is not as quite as engaging as I hope. I couldn't pin point what it is exactly. If I am probably comparing this to the river front park near Art League at Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, I would say maybe it lacks of activities.
I would love to see artists in action, drawing, painting, sculpting or hammering their current project instead of just guarding at their booths and most of them looked really bored. I personally think the process of creating art is more appreciative than just the final product. I don't know if it's a rule by the festival or else. Or maybe having performance along the main street instead of at the end corner of the festival. Or maybe a line of tables for local or young establishing artists.
And seriously the booth that got most crowd on Saturday was the artist creating wooden utensils. I love their Swiss-Cheese-shape pot rest.
And I personally love the project that relates to the audiences more than the project that just express the artist's technique or expression. Don't get me wrong. There is nothing bad about it. And I have a lot of favorite hi-technique art work on my list myself. But there is a reason I prefer an urban sketch than abstract work. Maybe because it is something I can relate to. It's more accessible. It's an everyday item from an artist's point of view which I think it's refreshing.
I still recommend visiting the festival. There are lot of fantastic eye-opener work.
I will write more about the work I like from this festival.
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