People of Horsefest

     My favorite part of Horsefest is the people. I did online Breyerfest for 3 years before I got to go in person. In person is definitely about the people for me! Quite a few of these people I have only ever seen in person at Breyerfest. Most of the others I have only been in the same place with them a few times. I did see some people I forgot to take a selfie with, and one person asked me not to post a photo, but I did get a good amount of people pics. Without any more words, here are the people of Horsefest. 

Rachel Stacy and Sue Bensema Young

Lesli Kathman 

Vincent Lange

Alexey Žunić

Carrie Sloan Meyer

Laura Skillern Sailor

Kate Springer

Sara Bowman

Daniel Feldman

Olivia Tierce

Betsy Andrews

Annette Dean

Michelle Masters

Erin Corbett and my Art of the Horse Entry “Patience in Crystal”

Shauna McDaniel

Amanda Reed

Tiffany Purdy

Kerri Gehrmann Johnson

Heather Malone

Jackie Rossi

Heather Jackson-Lain

Cynthia Wyatt-Briley

Morgen Kilbourn

Robbie Ramirez

Stacy Faraci (and Travis) 

Jenn Constantine

Kristian Beverly

Katie Niles

Kat McDermott

Robin Briscoe

Mary Ann Snyder

Teagan Leighton Davis and Kenzie Williamson

Fabian Rodriguez

 

Breyerfest Glow Party and Fun Travis Pics

     Travis’s favorite part of Horsefest is the Glow party. He started telling me he wanted to go as soon as the plane landed. 

      Last year, I tried to keep Travis in a specific area, so he wouldn’t run anyone over and no one would get annoyed with him. I have had some bad experiences over the years of people being mean to, or about, Travis and I didn’t want that. This year I embraced the fact that Travis absolutely has the right to exist in the world. I figured if anyone had an issue, too bad. 

      I had absolutely nothing to worry about. Everyone pretty much stayed at the tables working on their horses or making bracelets. All of the people sitting around me made comments about Travis at some point or another, but all of them were about how much they loved seeing his joy. 

     And Travis is usually full of joy. Sometimes it’s hard when the sun is in your eyes. 

     When I asked him if he wanted a picture with Artem, he immediately went and posed with him and smiled. 

      He smiled in this really cool room in the cave.

And again…

And again. 

     This may be the only photo of Travis that I have where he looks very serious. He may not have realized I was taking the photo. 

     Travis absolutely loves the glow party. He loves music and dancing. And he loves being near people. He loves to do new things and do fun things we have done a bunch of time. He’s a really fun dance partner and a fun travel buddy too. 
 

Equilocity Art of the Horse

      During Horsefest, it is hard to keep track of all the things that are going on. I wrote myself a schedule so I couldn’t forget to go to any of the things I needed to get to. We have Breyerfest, which includes so many things, both at the park and at the Clarion (at least that is how it has been. No one freak out about the potential future please). And there are so many things going on with Stone as well. 

     The Art of the Horse is part of the Stone Equilocity events. This year, the model for the 3D art section was the drafter and the prompt was dazzle. It was really cool to see what everyone came up with. When I heard the prompt I immediately thought of dazzling crystals. I figured a lot of people would get that. Maybe people are just not as obsessed with sparkly things as I am. 

      The trophies for the winners of each section were amazing, and the rosettes were ginormous!

      There were lots of really cool entries!

     I saw this werewolf when I dropped off my entry. It’s hard to believe this started as the Stone drafter! 

     In the end, Vincent Lange won the fantasy/decorator division. 

And my entry got first runner up! There is absolutely no shame in being beaten by Vincent. 

     The Art of the Horse contest was a fun part of my Horsefest activities. When I started on my horse I didn’t think I had any chance of winning. Getting second was definitely unexpected and amazing. And I have exactly what I knew I would have at the end, which is a really cool piece of art.