Rochester, Mich.---At Paint Creek Center for the Arts’ (PCCA) annual Art & Apples Festival®, the nonprofit community arts organization’s signature event that takes place September 5–7 at the sprawling Rochester Municipal Park, it’s not only the 60,000 guests who enjoy the festival. The juried artists at the heart of the event – there are approximately 250 of them - cite a variety of reasons for their new or continuing participation. Luis Gutierrez, a 2023 Best in Show awardee, will again make the 12-hour