{"id":307,"date":"2020-10-20T19:46:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T23:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wordpress\/?p=307"},"modified":"2021-02-22T17:13:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T22:13:54","slug":"amish-acres-restaurant-barn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=307","title":{"rendered":"Amish Acres Restaurant Barn"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2531\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2531\" src=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/S3370001-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Copyright Larry Johnston\" width=\"420\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/S3370001-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/S3370001-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/S3370001-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/S3370001-1536x1033.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/S3370001-2048x1377.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copyright Larry Johnston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Amish Acres Restaurant Barn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nappanee, Indiana<\/p>\n<p>The first outdoor Art Festival I exhibited in was in Nappanee, Indiana, about 30 minutes from where I lived at the time in 1976.\u00a0 It was an exciting time, as it was held in the apple orchard of a real working Amish Farm.<\/p>\n<p>I exhibited at Amish Acres Arts and Craft Festival for 30 years and made a habit of eating at their Restaurant Barn on the last of the four-day show, before tearing down and packing up my display.\u00a0 They are famous for their Amish Family-style &#8220;Threshers Dinner&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I painted the Restaurant Barn painting, as well as 3 other places on the grounds.\u00a0 Other paintings were: The <a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=201\">Amish Farm House<\/a>, The <a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=345\">Round Barn Theatre<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/?p=2867\">Meat and Cheese shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At one time, many years ago, Amish Acres Art Festival was in the top 5 art festivals in the Country, I have exhibited and sold my artwork here for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3457\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3457\" src=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amish-Acres-Verticle-154x439.jpg\" alt=\"Copyright Larry Johnston\" width=\"154\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amish-Acres-Verticle-154x439.jpg 154w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amish-Acres-Verticle-360x1024.jpg 360w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amish-Acres-Verticle.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copyright Larry Johnston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3456\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3456\" src=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amish-Acres-Horizontal-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"Copyright Larry Johnston\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amish-Acres-Horizontal-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amish-Acres-Horizontal-1024x369.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amish-Acres-Horizontal-768x277.jpg 768w, https:\/\/larry-johnston.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Amish-Acres-Horizontal.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copyright Larry Johnston<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amish Acres Restaurant Barn Nappanee, Indiana The first outdoor Art Festival I exhibited in was in Nappanee, Indiana, about 30 minutes from where I lived at the time in 1976.\u00a0 It was an exciting time, as it was held in the apple orchard of a real working Amish Farm. 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