Nearly 200 artists showed at the 27th Brookside Art Annual this weekend. Artists came from California to Florida and Canada to Mexico. The jurors for this year's Art Annual were gallery owner Jeff Becker, artist Laura Nugent, and assistant curator for the Kansas City Art Institute's H&R Block Art Space - Michael Schonhoff. Music was provided by Gayland Titus. Cosentino's Markets sponsored the children's activities. The event is produced by the Brookside Business Association.
This year's Award Sponsors were Bank Midwest, BKS Properties, Brookside Barkery & Bath, Brookside Gallery and Framing, Brooksider Bar & Grill, Charlie Hooper's Bar & Grille, Commerce Bank, Cosentino's Food Stores, Dr. Jay Hodges DDS, The Fiddly Fig, Innovest Financial Partners, Leon & Iris Goodhart, Michael Forbes Grille, Missouri Bank, The New Dime Store, Reller & Company CPA Inc, Research Medical Center, and World's Window.
Food booths were provided by Avenues Bistro, Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream / Topsy's, Brooksider Sports Bar & Grill, Cosentino's Market in Brookside, Cosentino's Price Chopper, and Michael Forbes Bar & Grille.
Edward Bartoszek is the creator of the artwork for this year's logo (see the photo of the red T-shirt on left)
Artisits displaying at the Brookside Art Fair:
Meyer Abrams, Harold Adams, Rachel Akin, Scott Anderson, Kimberly Anderson, Bekah Ash, Josh Axelrod,
C.C. Barton, Joseph Becker, Shellie Bender, Benjamin Camille, Mitchell Berg, Henry Bergeson, James Bird, David Bjurstrom, Marvin Blackmore, Steve Bonham, Mike Bose, Donald Boudreau, Joseph Bradley, Jim Brown, Michael Bryant,
Jeffrey Cannon, Galen Carpenter, Theresa Carson, Hsing Chang, John Charbonneau, Jack Charney, Andy Chen, Jennifer Chin,, Danny Chu, Bob Coller Jewett, Nichole Collins, Merry Cox, C. L. Cunningham,
Lisa D'Agostino, Chris Dahlquist, Amy & Jeff Ddallas, Dick Daniels, Janine DeCresenzo, Mary DeMarco, Nick DeVries, Melissa Dominiak, Thomas Dumke, Robert (Chip) Dupont, Leah Dziewit,
Paul Eshelman, Nate Evans,
Nathan Falter, Jennifer Falter, Diana Ferguson, Giampietro Filippetti, Melissa Finelli, Linda Flake, Dana Forrester, Larry Fox, Susan Frerichs,
Sandi Garris, Kendra Gebbia, Kristin Gereau, Steven Graber, Keith Grace, Bryan Griffith, Signe Grushovenko,
Anne Havel, John Herbon, Susan Hill, Janice Ho, Cali Hobgood, Carrie Hoffnagle, Tim Hooper, Michael Hoots,
Brian Jensen, Andrew Johnson, Pam Kehoe-Peterson,
Brian Keller, Gillian Kemper, Frances Kite, Barbara Kline, David Korte, Stephen Kostyshyn, Olive Kraus, Klaus Kuntscher,
Daniel Lager, Paul Lambrecht, Ray Lapsys, Andrea LeBeau, Rusty Leffel, Linda Lewis, Kangsheng Liu, Craig Lossing,
Martha Monson Lowe, Marke MacKinnon, Bernadette Mahfood, Susan Mahlstedt, Clare Malloy, Thomas Maras, Kelly Marshall, Chris McCarthy, Toby McGee, Jody Depew McLeane, Lynne McNulty, Danny Meisinger, Teresa Merriman, Jenny Meyer-McCall, Guy Michaels, Ernest Miller, John Minkler, James Mosier, John Mowen, 
David Nagel, Marcia Newren, Tim Niewiadomski, Laura Nugent,
Lawrence Oliverson, Darren Olson, Scott Olson, Kyle Osvog, Susan Otterson,
Anthony Pack, Ralph Parker, Kathleen Patton, Debra Payne, Bruce Peeso, Jean Perkinson, James Petran, John Petrey, Max Piper, Sylvia Pixley, Travis Porter, Shane Porter, Julie Powell, Daniel Powers, John Preus, Rone' Prinz, Luke Proctor,
Agnes Rathonyi, Mindy Rhoads, Randall Riemer, Larry Roberts, Richard Ryan,
Armond Scavo, John Schimer, John Schlabaugh, Jed Schlegel, Jack Schwab, michael Schwegmann, Robinson Scott,
Heidi Sever, Dana Shavin, Marianne Shepardson, Casey Sheppard, Phill Singer, Mary Ellen Sisulak, Michele Smith, Randal Smithey, Monica Soeldner, Andrew Sovjani, Diana Stetson, Chelsea Stone, Julie Sutter-Blair, 
Tres Taylor, Daryl Thetford, Philip Thompson, Heinrich Toh, Cheryl Toh, Wayne Trinklein,
Kostas Ulevicius, Elaine Unzicker,
Marjolyn Van der Hart, Dierk Van Keppel, Taman VanScoy, Lisa Vetter, Caroline Viene, Todd Voss,
Denny Wainscott, Glen & Gayle Wans, Rob Wiemaier, Judith Witt-Crosswhite, Nick Wroblewski,
and Flora Zarate.
The most unique art I saw this year was chain mail clothing by Elaine Unzicker. Made out of metal, the clothing felt soft and clingy on your body. If you get the opportunity, try it on just to experience the feeling of it hugging your body.
The cell-inspired jewelry by Janice Ho would go well with a chain mail top.
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