Ocean Breezes Cool-Off Ocean Breeze Arts &Amp; Crafts Show


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The Ventnor Cultural Arts Center celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Ocean Breeze Arts & Crafts Show on Sunday amid sunny but sultry weather.

Twenty-eight arts and crafts vendors showed their creations along the sidewalk around the Cultural Arts Center and inside the lobby of the library building.

The show has been a July mainstay for all these years because people are looking for fun things to do while they enjoy their vacation at the Jersey shore, but also because the locals like to support the arts, says the center's director.

People like the appeal of not only supporting local artists, but the artwork they create reflects the local culture of Ventnor and the shore, she says.

There were paintings of seascapes, painted seashells, and arts and crafts that put things one might toss aside into the creative arts.

Bill Futer's art is created in his home studio in Pittsgrove Township and at the Wheaton Arts center in Bridgeton where glassmakers learn the fine art of blowing glass and other techniques.

Most of the marbles start out as a glass rod.

He said it takes between 90 minutes to two hours to make each marble.

Next to Futer's tent was Shelly Greene who makes what she calls, "Junk Journals."

The books contain little pieces of

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