More than 240 artists, plus Bahamian junkanoo dancers and music acts, will be part of the 34th annual Images: A Festival of the Arts.

The juried arts festival will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 30 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 31 in Riverside Park along South Riverside Drive, downtown New Smyrna Beach. Admission is free. For more information call 386-423-4733 or go online at imagesartfestival.org. The festival is presented by the Atlantic Center for the Arts.

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Entertainment Saturday includes the Spruce Creek 12 O'Clock Jazz Band, the New Smyrna Beach Showdolls, Nova Era, and the U.S. Navy Jazz Combo. Sunday's entertainment includes Junkanoo (a troupe of Bahamian dancers), violinist Charlie Gear (above), singer Monica Da Silva, and Bobby Mercer and the Lotsa' Fun Band.

Other activities include food vendors and hands-on children's art projects.

Artists from Florida, the Southeast and the Midwest will be showcasing their work in painting, graphics, photography, jewelry, sculpture, glass, wood, leather, paper, clay, fiber and fine crafts. Thousands of pieces of art will be available for purchase.

"Surface," a painting by Melbourne artist Renee Decator, a former Daytona Beach resident, was selected as the poster and T-shirt image for the festival. "Surface" depicts two sea turtles swimming up through small orange fish and beams of light penetrating the water.