Madera residents put their hearts out on display over the weekend. An annual Holiday Art Tour, with eight stops throughout the city, showed finished art or works in the making.
Visitors were also able to purchase handcrafted items from dozens of vendors who put their art up for sale.
Stories in art
On Friday, Madera County Behavioral Health Services opened the three-day event with its second annual art show. “It’s Your Story — Let Art Tell It” featured more than 40 canvasses produced mostly by clients in therapy.
Art making is an essential part of their treatment, said Kathleen Casillas, a marriage and family therapist who works with children. Most of those who entered a piece were between 5 to 19 years old, but art from clients’ family, friends, employees and the public was also shown...