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60TH ANNUAL SIERRA MADRE ART FAIR MAY 3-4, 2025 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
The 60th Annual Sierra Madre Art Fair, sponsored by the Friends of the Sierra Madre Library, will be held in Memorial Park, 222 West Sierra Madre Blvd., on Saturday, May 3, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on Sunday, May 4, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
More than 60 artists, including 20 newly juried, have already committed to exhibiting. Mediums include oil paintings, jewelry, watercolors, glass, wood, metal, wearable art, photography, pottery, ceramics, mixed media, and weaving. The Art Fair will be the perfect place to buy Mom that wonderful Mother’s Day gift or to buy upcoming graduation and wedding gifts, as well as to purchase pieces for your own enjoyment.
April Best Used Book Sale
SATURDAY is our $5.00 BAG SALE
The Friends are looking forward to the April Book Sale on Friday, April 4 (3:00-7:00 p.m.) and Saturday, April 5 (10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.) on the parking lot at 350 West Sierra Madre Blvd.
Our Table Books section will feature Newer Hardback Fiction and beautiful “Coffee Table” books, including Art and Cooking volumes. In addition, there is a complete set of The
Works of —–, classics by the world’s authors, including Shakespeare, Hemingway, Wilde and many more. Also look for wonderful Children’s and Teen books which will encourage the love of reading in your family.
Featured Artist for the 60th Annual Sierra Madre Art Fair
The Friends of the Sierra Madre Public Library are proud to announce that the Featured Artist for the 60th Annual Sierra Madre Art Fair is Laura Wambsgans.
A native Californian, Laura Wambsgans embarked on her journey into landscape oil painting nineteen years ago, following a successful tenure as the managing director of a major recording studio and two decades as a sculptor. Under the guidance of renowned artist Matt Smith and other esteemed landscape painters, she immersed herself in intensive studies, painting daily to master the intricacies of capturing the interplay of light and land through color and paint quality.
Wambsgans’ artistic contributions have graced both solo and group exhibitions nationwide, including prominent venues such as the Riverside Museum, Bakersfield Museum, Lancaster Museum, and Ventura Museum. Since 1986, she has actively participated in numerous national plein air events. In 2006, Laura took the lead in the “Chasing Open Spaces” environmental project, dedicated to depicting the open spaces of the Santa Clarita Valley. The exhibits resulting from this initiative played a pivotal role in the preservation of Elsmere Canyon in Santa Clarita, CA.