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Crowds greeted artisans whose booths lined Pollock Road on Penn State's University Park Campus on the first day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. The festival, which attracts hundreds of highly skilled artists and musicians from across the country and around the world.
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Kari Warland, left, looks at kinetic sculpture work (by Gabriel Stoner and Mike Hatton) with her son Treyton, center, and mother Carol, right, along Pollock Road during the first day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts on Thursday, July 9. The festival, known locally as "the Arts Fest," attracts hundreds of juried and selected artisans and musicians from across the country. Their works will be exhibited and for sale through Sunday, July 12, both on campus and in downtown State College.
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Works by photographer Gary M. Howerton are viewed by a passerby on Thursday, July 9, the first day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Howerton, whose booth is located on Pollock Road on Penn State's University Park campus, is just one of hundreds of juried and invited artisans to participate in the sidewalk sale in downtown State College and on campus through Sunday, July 12.
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People walk underneath the elm trees on North Burrowes Street past vendor booths along one leg of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts on its opening day, Thursday, July 9. Campus is home to two other rows of tents and booths belonging to artisans from across the country, one on Pollock Road between Willard Building and North Burrowes Street, and the other on Pattee Mall along Sackett and Hammond Buildings. The festival runs through Sunday, July 12.
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Penn State juniors Loryn Way, left, and Greta Righter, right, admire the sculpture wares on display by Florida artistan Grant Ward along North Burrowes Street on Thursday, July 9, the opening day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.
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Office of Physical Plant landscape crewmen Ray Barber, foreground, and John Ronk work to swap out trash bags along North Burrowes Street on Thursday, July 9, the first day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Penn State is also home to vendors and artisans along Pollock Road and Pattee Mall.
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Painter Patty Albin works to complete a small work in the booth she shares with her husband, photographer Mike Albin, along Pattee Mall on Thursday, July 9. The couple, one of the hundreds of presenters at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, combines their talent to create unique works in which the frame becomes a painted extension of the photograph it surrounds. An example of the couple's work is visible in the background.
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Allen James, left, Deb Callahan, center, and Garry Lee perform on stage in the Festival Shell on the Old Main lawn along with Tom Walling, not pictured, as the Deb Callahan Band on Thursday, July 9, the first day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. The group is one of many locally and nationally-known groups scheduled to perform during the festival, which runs through Sunday, July 12
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Members of the Penn State Swing Dance Club move with the beat of the Deb Callahan Band playing at the Festival Shell on the Old Main lawn on Thursday, July 9, the first day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. The festival runs through Sunday, July 12.
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Children play in the water buckets on Allen Street in downtown State College on Thursday, July 9, the first day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, a celebration of the arts featuring artisans and musicians from across the country through Sunday, July 12.
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Darlene Maple and stepdaughter Ellen enjoy the mist corridor on Allen Street in downtown State College on Thursday, July 9, the first day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, which continues through Sunday, July 12. The festival features artisans and musicians from across the country.
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Allen Street in downtown State College was packed on Thursday, July 9, the first day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Known locally as "Arts Fest," this celebration of the arts features artisans and musicians from across the country through Sunday, July 12. The festival is located across Penn State and State College, specifically along Fairmount Avenue, Fraser Street and Allen Street in State College, and Pollock Road, North Burrowes Road, Pattee Mall and the Old Main lawn on the University Park campus.
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