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Families explore the Kings Mountain Art Fair in Woodside on Sept. 3, 2022. Photo by Vivian Cromwell.
Families explore the Kings Mountain Art Fair in Woodside on Sept. 3, 2022. Photo by Vivian Cromwell.

The Kings Mountain Art Fair returned to its bucolic setting among the redwoods this Labor Day weekend, holding in-person festivities following a two years of going virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now in its 59th year, proceeds from the juried art fair support the Kings Mountain Elementary School and the Kings Mountain Volunteer Fire Brigade, which responds to over 300 calls per year, according to fair volunteer Erin Baumgartner.

Local residents started the event in 1963 as a fundraiser to help create a volunteer fire department for the remote Kings Mountain community. The first fair, held in a red barn, featured mostly local artists and raised $50, organizers said.

Photos by Vivian Cromwell.

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    SLIDESHOW: Art Fair volunteer Hyemyoung Kim finds time to browse while on the break at the Kings Mountain Art Fair in Woodside on Sept. 3, 2022. Photo by Vivian Cromwell.
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    SLIDESHOW: Kiddie Hollow hosts hands-on crafts like spin art at the Kings Mountain Art Fair in Woodside on Sept. 3, 2022. Photo by Vivian Cromwell.
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    SLIDESHOW: An attendee looks at a piece for sale from Kunihiro Pottery at the Kings Mountain Art Fair in Woodside on Sept. 3, 2022. Photo by Vivian Cromwell.
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    SLIDESHOW: Families relax in Storybook Glen at the Kings Mountain Art Fair in Woodside on Sept. 3, 2022. Photo by Vivian Cromwell.
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    SLIDESHOW: Brooms on display at Thurman Scheumack’s booth at the Kings Mountain Art Fair in Woodside on Sept. 3, 2022. Photo by Vivian Cromwell.
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    SLIDESHOW: Jayashri Viswanathan looks at photos at the Dirk Yuricich Photography booth at the Kings Mountain Art Fair in Woodside on Sept. 3, 2022. Photo by Vivian Cromwell.
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    SLIDESHOW: Families explore the Kings Mountain Art Fair in Woodside on Sept. 3, 2022. Photo by Vivian Cromwell.
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    SLIDESHOW: Saylor Murphy from Half Moon Bay High School helps Livvy Duarte make a flower bouquet at the Kings Mountain Art Fair in Woodside on Sept. 3, 2022. Photo by Vivian Cromwell.

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