Bicentennial Park was alive with art, artisans, and anxious buyers gathered at the Marion Art Center’s fifth annual Arts in the Park event. With over 40 artisans and artists displaying works ranging from collages to handmade puppets to folk-art fish, there was something for everyone.

One happy customer was resident Cynthia Pyle, who purchased a few scarves.

“I’ve been coming every year they’ve done it,” she said. “I wouldn’t miss it for the world. I like the exhibits and it’s a fun place to meet new people and see new things.”

Claudin Poyant, also a Marion resident, was selling his photography. Iconic photographs, including Rochester cranberry bogs and Mattapoisett ships on the harbor, were some of what Poyant offered. Poyant is a natural light photographer who personally prints the majority of his work.

“I generally do very well, but it’s a little tough with the economy being how it is,” he said. Poyant’s work is often large and can be costly, but he also shows smaller works. Despite a slower day, Poyant mentioned he had a lot of interest and sold two commissions early in the afternoon.

With many shoppers holding on to more of their money, artisans with jewelry or smaller items saw more business. One of these people was Lynn Clapham, who creates wooden bowls and driftwood frames. Clapham has loved carpentry since his first woodworking class in seventh grade, and after retiring from higher education he began doing renovation work.

“There’s a high satisfaction level when you’re done,” he said, talking about working with wood. “Especially with the bowls. Everything is different, from the color to the texture and the shape.”

Clapham usually sells seven to ten bowls per day at events like Arts in the Park. His wife, Mary, supplies photographs for the frames.

“All the proceeds of my carpentry and woodwork underwrite our foreign travel,” he said. Often the photographs Mary takes are from these trips to Italy or London or Sweden. “It’s a nice additional bump that gives us a lot of diversity in our retirement life.”

Once again, Arts in the Park was a success.

“We had a wonderful turnout,” said Deborah Bokelkamp, executive director of the Marion Arts Center. “We are thrilled that we had the perfect New England July day, and the crowd response was wonderful.”