<h3>By Aileen Goldstein</h3>
Despite tropical storm warnings, art lovers flocked to the 8th Annual Hilton Head Island Art Festival on Saturday and Sunday. The event was held at the Shelter Cove Harbor and Marina and included live music, lots of food options and all kinds of art for sale. Vendors and visitors alike look forward to the event every year. The harbor was busy under the watchful eye of the 12 foot tall King Neptune statue as children played and attendees bustled to avoid the rain.

<em>Top photo: Artist Denrique Shedrick works while customers admire art made by Shedrick and his mother. Shedrick drove all night from Montgomery, Alabama to participate in the event.</em>

[caption id="attachment_28851" align="aligncenter" width="1020"]<a href="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HHI-Art-Bean-.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-28851"><img class="size-large wp-image-28851" src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HHI-Art-Bean--1024x551.jpg" alt="Jewlery Artists Ken and Patty Karpinski dislplay necklaces made from sea beans collected from Liberia and Costa Rica." width="1020" height="549" /></a> Jewlery Artists Ken and Patty Karpinski dislplay necklaces made from sea beans collected from Liberia and Costa Rica.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_28854" align="aligncenter" width="1020"]<a href="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HHI-Art-Statue.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-28854"><img class="size-large wp-image-28854" src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HHI-Art-Statue-1024x805.jpg" alt="Children play on the King Neptune statue." width="1020" height="802" /></a> Children play on the King Neptune statue.[/caption]