Sunday I went to checkout Bothell’s arts festival, since it runs the same weekend as Shoreline’s. From the website, I was expecting something rather large, but it is actually quite compact; definitely smaller than Shoreline. Everything had a very polished feel — the work in the juried show was of very high quality, particularly the watercolors. The booths all looked very professional — in fact, I think I recognized at least 75% of the artisans from other festivals, and given that I haven’t been frequenting the festivals/street fairs for the last 5 years, that’s kind of sad; most of them did not come from the North End. I really wished there had been a little more Bothell in it. I did really love Bothell local Peter Godwin’s Concrete Garden Art, and I may have to make it to the 6th Street Fair to pick up a few pieces for the garden that aren’t on the website.
As far as things for the kids go, Arts Umbrella did have a booth set up for kids to do hands-on art, but other than the playground, that was it; certainly there was far less for kids to do than at Shoreline. I know which one I’ll be taking them to next year!
I intended to linger a little longer in the artist’s booths, but since the musician who was playing at the time was having pitch and phrasing issues that were making me twitch, I fairly quickly headed out to the Sammammish River Trail, to enjoy the river and figure out a probable turnaround point for the Biznik Walk & Talk I’ll be hosting in two weeks.
