The photos above were submitted by Nancy Fromson: The Marblehead Festival of Arts' Champagne & Culinary Arts Reception at Fort Sewall Sunday "was a huge success and a great fundraiser," according to the organization's First Vice President, Nancy Fromson. Have a photography you'd like to share? Send them over to Marblehead Patch or upload them righ here by clicking the "upload photos and videos" button above.

Friday's Painting the Town event started off with a breakfast for participating artists before they set off for their designated sites to paint Marblehead as it appears today. They were all out to "plein-aire" paint, a method of outdoor painting meant to allow the artist to capture nature and life in a different light than that provided in a studio setting. All of the artists participating in Friday's event were either Marblehead residents or Marblehead Arts Association members. Painting the Town was not a juried event, but culminated with an awards ceremony at King Hooper Mansion on Saturday…