Amy Carlson’s rural Lawrence barn will become an art gallery on Saturday.

A group of 10 artists will display and sell their works in an event known as Art Sale in the Barn from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the upper level of the farm structure southwest of Lawrence.

“After I moved to the country about two years ago, my friend and artist peer Retta Hendricks-Backus got stiffed on a show she was promised,” Carlson explained. “As a result, she ended up with lots of paintings and nowhere to display them, so I told her we ought to display them in our barn, which is a beautiful 100-year-old wooden structure.

“The deal was we had to clear about 30 years’ worth of junk out of it to make a show happen. We got our teen-agers and their friends involved and voila! We ended up with a very nice space for showing work and put up an exhibit in the style of the Impressionists, where artists came together to show their work  basically to one another and friends since no one else was interested  and celebrated the beauty of it together.”

Since the first show, the group has held subsequent exhibits in the fall and spring of each year. About 150 people attended the sale and show in November.

Saturday’s show will feature these exhibitors and media: Scott Garrette and Dan MacKinnon, functional pottery such as planters, vases, tableware and high-fired stoneware; Carlson, most likely paintings and pottery; Yvonne Channel, figurative charcoal drawings and oil paintings; Evelyn Lupo, acrylic paintings of flowers and faces in earthy and gold tones; Christy Parish, oak cabinet, oak chest and cherry end table; Hendricks-Backus, paintings and decorative pottery; Pam Carvalho, fabric works; Linda McKay, watercolors; and Barbara Jarvis, pastels.

MacKinnon said Art Sale in the Barn is different from other gallery experiences because there is no tent or booths and no paperwork or submission slides to prepare.

And the artists are available to talk to viewers about their work.

“We’re right here and being ourselves,” Carlson said. “If they have an interaction with an artist, they will be more likely to be able to talk to artists (at other shows, and they’ll see art) as not just something with a price tag on it.”

Carlson said children are welcome to attend. Chicks, ducks and kittens and a painting station will keep them entertained while their parents view the artwork. A walking trail also will be available.