A glimpse of the skilled trades from the past was on display at historic John R. Park Homestead on Sunday, August 10.
Twenty demonstration stations educated festival goers, 12 imagination areas were set up for the kids and artists produced pieces in real time for all to see. Special guests in attendance at the festival included the Lac Ste. Claire Habitants et Voyageurs de Detroit from St. Clair, Michigan, and soldiers in full uniform from Amherstburg’s Fort Malden.
The Lost Arts Festival serves as a fundraiser for the John R. Park Homestead and curator Kris Ives hopes to see the public come out for their next big fundraising event on October 5 titled Harvest and Horses.
Four-year-old Ezra Mlinaric could be found at one of the festival’s imagination areas working on his own version of a log cabin.
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Mike Lester played the role of a chocolatier and provided details on how chocolate was such a valued currency in the days of bartering centuries ago.
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Members of the Essex County Weavers Guild could be seen at the Lost Arts Festival. From the guild is Cathy McCabe making some warp for a rug that will make its way to the Baby House in Windsor.
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