Mayfaire by-the-Lake makes welcome return
By Paul Catala
For about 25 years, Lakeland acrylic gouache painter Stephen Koury has shown his realism wildlife and landscape artwork at the annual Mayfaire by-the-Lake art festival.
For the past five years, Koury’s daughter, Sage, has taken to the festival stage to entertain the crowds with her singing.
This year, on Mother’s Day weekend, the Kourys once again were off Lake Morton Drive, simultaneously showing and performing their talents. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Mayfaire by-the-Lake was cancelled.
Held Saturday and Sunday around Lake Morton on Lake Morton Drive just south of downtown Lakeland, since 1971, The Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College’s Mayfaire by-the Lake has become one of the United States’ most acclaimed juried outdoor art festivals. The free show is held each year on Mother’s Day weekend and this year, artists are competing for part of $17,000 in total prize money.