Plaza Art Fair 2013 Kansas City is a photograph by Catherine Sherman which was uploaded on September 23rd, 2013.
Plaza Art Fair 2013 Kansas City
Each autumn since 1932, the streets of the Country Club Plaza are transformed into a beautiful outdoor art gallery. Artists from across the country... more
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Plaza Art Fair 2013 Kansas City
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Catherine Sherman
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Each autumn since 1932, the streets of the Country Club Plaza are transformed into a beautiful outdoor art gallery. Artists from across the country will come together to display their fabulous artwork and attract countless art enthusiasts. A nationally-recognized event, the Plaza Art Fair features nearly 250 artists, 25 plaza restaurants, three live music stages and many art activities.
During the Depression when many other companies failed, the Plaza looked for new ways to attract customers. The Plaza Art Fair was started in 1932 as a promotion to draw shoppers to the area and to lift their spirits. Held on an empty lot on the southwest corner of Nichols Road and Central, where Tiffany & Co. is now, 90 artists displayed their paintings by leaning them against trees and benches. Paintings were priced from $1 to ten dollars.
Now encompassing nine city-blocks, the art fair welcomes a crowd of more than 250,000 art lovers.
The Plaza was the first shopping center in the world designed to accommodate shoppers arriving by automobile. Established in 1922 by J. C. Nichols, the Plaza was designed architecturally after Seville, Spain.
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