Come late July, Bridey Durkin doesn't like to talk about the weather.

Durkin, now in her fourth year as chair of the Lititz Outdoor Art Show, is well aware this summer has been marked by extreme heat and ferocious thunderstorms. So she can't help but worry, even though forecasters are calling for sunny skies on Saturday, with refreshing temperatures in the low 80s.

"We have been very fortunate to always have good weather," Durkin says. "But we don't like to say that, because one of these years it's going to get us."

The 44-year-old juried art show is sponsored by the Village Art Association and is held each year on the last Saturday of July.

And, although it originally was held on the sidewalks of downtown Lititz, Durkin says, the art association is quite happy with its current digs in Lititz Springs Park.

Even though it's getting a little crowded in there.

"It grows a little bit every year," she says.

"We always have a couple of late entries. People call at the last minute, trying to squeeze in. Well, this is the first year I gave away my last spot. That's it, there are no more."

The show features the work of more than 200 professional and amateur artists at about 150 unique stands, Durkin says.

"We have one more row that we could open up. Well, half a row," she says. "But after that, we just don't have any more room. I'm thinking next year, we'll be as big as we can be."

Even so, the art association has no plans for moving to a larger spot.

"The park is plenty big enough," Durkin says. "Although the jurying might get more selective."

Besides, she adds, Lititz Springs Park is "a prime location. It's on the Main Street, and we get a lot of tourists who are just out enjoying downtown Lititz. ... People are very happy in the park."

The show runs Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there is no charge for admission, Durkin says.

The Lititz Outdoor Art Show features only fine art, she notes. There are no crafts or photography.

Exhibits will include work in oil and acrylic, watercolor, pastel, drawing and graphics, woodcarving, pottery and metal sculpture.

Artists come primarily from the Mid-Atlantic region, Durkin says, although some are from as far away as Florida. About two-thirds of the exhibitors have shown at Lititz past years.

Cash prizes totaling $1,700 will awarded, including the Floyd Hackman Special Award for best watercolors, which was instituted last year.

Hackman was the founder of the Village Art Association some 60 years ago, Durkin explains, and was himself an avid watercolorist.

Meanwhile, Durkin is already eyeing her park map for next year's show, wondering how they'll fit everyone in.

"I'm still getting phone calls from people who want to get in this year," she says.

For more information on this year's show or to request a booth for 2011, visit the art association online at www.lititzart.com.

Lititz Outdoor Art Show

Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free

Lititz Springs Park, 18 N. Broad St.

Lititz. www.lititzart.com