Broad Ripple Art Fair - Indianapolis Art Center - May 26, 2004 - 3 1/2 stars

At art fair boot camp this year, artists learned how to disassemble their booths in record speeds as the winds picked up and storms threatened Sunday afternoon. Storms out of the west passed over, but kudos to the IAC powers at hand to play it safe and call things off by 3 p.m. Serious shoppers flooded the gates Saturday morning and the momentum never slowed through the day. It was a perfect art fair day with sunshine and cool breezes. The quality and diversity of craft the selected artisans displayed was great as usual. It's like having a couple of hundred galleries assemble in one spot every year. 317-255-2464. -Mary Lee Pappas