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Despite some out-of-touch-uncle vibes, LA’s longest-running fair has a robust non-commercial section, affordably priced prints, and other delights.

This years seasoned artists-in-residence at Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion National Park have one thing in mind — conservation.

(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) In Griffith Park, on the leafy, shaded trails of Fern Dell, I watched Eleanor Barnes, who is 2, make her mother, Erin Bienenfeld, run. “I’ll be right back,” Ellie called out without a backward glance, as she boldly zigzagged and hopped her way into the unknown. For half her life now, Ellie’s North Hollywood backyard has constituted most of her outdoor world. She tuned out the other children careening along the trails’ twists and turns. She has yet to hav...