The CACY (Caledon Arts and Crafts for Youth) Fine Arts and Crafts Show has been an annual highlight in Caledon East for more than 50 years.

It serves as a major fundraiser for the CACY Summer Arts Programs, enables CACY to supply art scholarships to local high school students, as well as showcases the wealth of artistic talent in the Caledon community.

This year, the show aims to focus on the CACY instructor/artist relationship that has long been promoted to the community.

The annual show will be this Saturday (Nov. 1), at the Caledon Community Complex from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and will focus on youth interaction with numerous art forms.

CACY summer instructors will provide free art classes, with a small materials fee, and a unique Market Place will showcase CACY instructors' distinct art mediums. Many other talented local artists will also have their work for sale, and a CACY Cafe will offer tasty lunch specials and snacks.

For more information, visit www.cacy.ca

The CACY interactive workshop schedule for Saturday will include Fabulous Fish with Lyn Westfall (for kids aged five to nine) from 10:15 a.m. until noon. Create a giant fish cut-out that will be decorated with paint, crayons, sparkles, googlie eyes etc. and then stuffed with newspaper so that your oversized fish will be imaginatively fabulous

There will also be a Copper Jewelry workshop at the same time with Bev de Jong (for youngsters aged nine and up). Form beautiful metal pieces using spirals of copper; forge, file, emery and polish with steel wool to form paper clips which can then be linked to make a jewelry chain.

From 12:15 to 2 p.m, there will be Weaving with Sandi Nemenyi. Using an inkle loom (a narrow loom, used for making bands and ribbons), children will have a chance to weave a bookmark to take home.

As well, there will be a Plasti-scenes workshop with Brenda Newton (for all ages). Create and populate miniature scenes within a predetermined framed space using plasticene, fingers, toothpicks and imagination

From 2:15 to 4 p.m., there will be a session on Organic Mosaics with MaryLou Hurley (for children aged seven and older). Create a mosaic pattern or picture using natural materials including shells, colorful beans and seeds.

There will be a Flower Pens workshop at the same time with Karl Au-Yeung (for all ages). Let your imagination run wild and personalize a pen. Flowers will be the theme.

Finally, from 2:30 to 3 p.m, there will be music for infants up to age five. Songs and rhythm instruments with Music Together Caledon.