STRANGE ENCOUNTER--Millie Payne encounters members of the Pedestrian Project, during the opening day of the Columbus Arts Festival, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, June 3, 1999. The Pedestrian Project is a New York City based performance-art company which is the brain-child of costume designer Yvette Helin. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

GYPSY SOUL--Arkadiy Gips feels his music as he performs with the group American Gypsy, during the opening of the Columbus Arts Festival, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, June 3, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

TAKING IN THE SIGHTS--Hsing-Hua Smith uses an umbrella to shade herself from the sun as she walks past the artwork of New Jersey artist Matthew Brzostoski, during the opening of the Columbus Arts Festival, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, June 3, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)