LINDEN'S 5th ANNUAL BLOOMING ARTS FESTIVAL: WEEKEND EVENT FEATURING ARTS, CRAFTS, FOOD, AND LIVE CONCERT
Fire, glass, wood, antique fiber, molten metal, paint splatter, bungee jumping, live music and street theater dance!With an outstanding slate of events and interactive exhibitions, Linden's 5th Annual Blooming Arts Festival promises to be a spectacular kaleidoscope of fine arts, crafts, and performances that are all at once "family friendly" and focused on "audience participation"...while also offering food, music, kid's activities, and an element of spontaneous fun for all!
The 3 day event runs from 12am-5pm on Friday, March 22, 10am-8pm on Saturday the 23rd and 12-5 on Sunday, March 24th,featuring interactive artist demonstrations in blacksmithing, fiber art, , painting, theatre, and music of multiple genres.Demonstrating artists and performers include local and regional artists and artisans.Food will be abundant provided by local eateries and street vendors. Guests can tour the Linden Art District, and the Historic Commodore Hotel featured in recently on television and in magazines.
Approximately 100+ exhibiting artists will present items such as wood carved bowls, totem poles, hiking sticks, pottery, clay figures, stained glass, weaving's, jewelry, baskets, quilts, painted feathers, portraits, photographs, paintings, dolls and gourds.There will be live music on the square all day and the Saturday Night Concert, starting at 5:30, featuring Tara Tinsley and Joey Hyde,sponsored by First Bank, will surely get the town rockin'!
Linden is in final stages of its downtown revitalization and has a new streetscape including widened brick sidewalks, new streetlights and landscaping completing Linden's "renaissance" transformation. Linden's Mayor Jim Azbill, likes to tell all visitors to enjoy while "the paint is still
wet!"
wet!"
The Blooming Arts Festival is part of an effort to bring attention to the rich cultural, artistic, and historic heritage of the community, and has grown into a regional signature event attended by thousands. In continuing a nod towards technology, there will be a drawing for an iPad giveaway, sponsored by the Bank of Perry County, as part of a social media campaign. Participants need to become Facebook fans of the Blooming Arts Festival and register at the festival.
The 2013 Blooming Arts Festival has expanded not only in number of days, but also includes indoor and outdoor venues throughout Linden's downtown, with performers and demonstrating artists mixed within exhibit locations. A Quilt show, beauty pageant, large antique faire and a live concert on Saturday
Night make the first weekend of spring a jam packed not to be missed event.Participating artists are excited about their media, and eager to share information and encourage hands-on activity. Artist listing's, and a schedule of events will be available at the event's Welcome Booth. Festival attendance
and parking is free. For further information please go to www.bloomingartsfestival.org
Stop on by and say Howdy to Leslie and I as we welcome each and every person that stops by the booth. We will be there Friday and all day Saturday. Unfortunately we can't be there on Sunday.
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