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Bounsay Pipathsouk crafts images while sitting on a porcelain, water-filled object. It’s not typical, but his toilet just happens to be one of the fixtures in his creative space. He said his bathroom is the perfect studio because its window lets in amazing light.
“And it s so bright in there. It s not big,” he added. “I m not so proud of that to work in the bathtub [and] sit on my toilet seat, but you have to do whatever you have [to do].”
Bounsay Pipathsouk drawing Grace Kelly.
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This Laotian charcoal artist discovered his love for drawing at eight years old. He said the only art supplies his family could afford back then were paper and pencil. His teacher told him that a pencil was just as good as any other drawing utensil, so Pipathsouk stuck with it.
Carrie Johnson is the executive director and curator of the Rockford Art Museum. She said the 2021 in-person event will be reduced to one day because of pandemic-induced staff changes at the institution.
“Typically, when we ve got a two-day fair, we usually have around 100 to 120 artists,” Johnson explained, “but because of COVID restrictions, we know that artists coming from all over the country are still a little concerned about safety protocols.”
Johnson said they are shooting for about 50 to 75 artists this year. Johnson added that about 8,000 people usually show up for the two-day fair.
This year’s event will include an online component.