Moorpark Arts Festival: a day full of creativity

HAND- Suz Rawn of Somis is woodburning a pyrograph on a gourd at the Moorpark Arts Festival on Sunday while Mark Welnak, a Moorpark resident, watches. HARPER SMITH/Acorn Newspapers HEAVY METAL- Moorpark artist Tesi Sanchez-Halpert shows off her welded metal sculptures in the front courtyard of the Moorpark Civic Center during the arts festival on May 6. SYLVIE BELMOND/Acorn Newspapers CREATURE FEATURE- Above, Hugh Riley, assistant city manager for Moorpark, talks about the replicas of the Moorpark mammoth remains found in the Highlands housing development. The display was set up at the High Street Arts Center on Sunday during the Moorpark Arts Festival. HARPER SMITH/Acorn Newspapers CITY SNAPSHOTS- Simi Valley residents Joan and Nick Gomes view the "My Home Town" children's photo exhibition put together by photographer Kim Ramseyer. The pictures, exhibited at the Moorpark Civic Center, featured work by children as young as 5 years. PRETTY POOCH- Above, rescue dog Dude sits with owner and Moorpark artist, Tesi SanchezHalpert, at a sculpture display at the Moorpark Civic Center. HARPER SMITH/Acorn Newspapers