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JT's Pick of the Week: PASO ARTSFEST It's a big holiday weekend and we all want to take advantage of it. If you're looking to get Out and About, my pick of the week has a little something for almost everyone. The PASO ARTSFEST is the largest free art event in San Luis Obispo County. Sponsored by the non-profit, Studios on the Park, the main event is Saturday in the Paso Robles downtown City Park. Look for everything from ceramics, fiber, glass, jewelry to sculpture, paintings and photography. There is also an art tour at Hearst Castle Friday, a dinner at Studios on the Park on Friday night, workshops and an "After Art Party" at D'Ambino Vineyards and Cellars Saturday night. Studios on the Park helps bring art to kids in the Paso Robles area through field trips, on-site art-classes from the resident artists and art camps. For more information on PASO ARTSFEST, click here. For more info on Studios on the Park, click here.

Paso ARTSFEST takes over Memorial Day weekend with its annual artstravaganza

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Crissa Hewitt and Steven deLuque visit with two artists from The Cutting Edge Fiber Arts Group of the Central Coast, who work with non-traditional and innovative techniques and materials to create art quilts and fiber art that transcend functional craft into the realm of fine art. The group's exhibit "Fabrications II" is at Studios on the Park in Paso Robles through May 18th.

Six exhibits around San Luis Obispo County highlight fiber, photography, paintings, assemblages and baskets

Kids Art Smart Spring 2014 was on display at Studios on the Park in Paso Robles. The exhibit, which closed Sunday, features more than 400 works of art from students at Winifred Pifer Elementary School. Studios on the Park provides visual arts programming for Paso Robles' public elementary schools. It hosts the Kids Art Smart program to help encourage artistic expression.

Here's the truth: Studios on the Park will host "Fabrications II" through May 18, an exhibit featuring the work of the Cutting Edge Fiber Arts Group, a group of 13 artists in SLO County. Fabrications II will include pieces made with a variety of materials and techniques such as yarn, batik, silk-screening, and shibori. Studios on the Park is located at 1130 Pine St. and can be reached at 238-9800.

Galleries use a variety of approaches to attract customers and connoisseurs

Anyone looking to holiday in a California wine region with all the sophistication of Napa and Sonoma without their crowds-and prices-should consider a visit to Paso Robles, a small coastal city, halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Especially this year as Paso Robles celebrates its Quasquicentennial, or 125th anniversary.

Check out this divine bovine in Dana Hooper's painting Holy Cow (pictured here), as well as imagery of other livestock and wild creatures at Studios on the Park's "Animal Instinct" exhibit, which runs through April 27. The exhibit is a celebration of the "agricultural soul and native spirit" of the area and will include works from numerous artists. Studios on the Park is located at 1130 Pine St. in Paso Robles and can be reached at 238-9800. "Animal Instinct" will be on display during normal business hours, Thursday through Sunday.