News: Festival of the arts

Area Teachers Invited To Submit Student Works for Festival Youth Art Exhibit

2013-05-21T13:00:51Z

The Festival 2012 Youth Art Exhibit will be located in the Garden Room of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, 101 Monroe Center downtown.

Area teachers are invited to submit their students' best work for this exciting non-juried art exhibit! Deadline is May 25!

Guidelines for submissions are as follows:

Up to ten artworks may be submitted (for each school you represent) at any of the local libraries listed below.

Artworks can be paintings, photos, 3-D, etc. No larger than 24" x 36"

Works must be labeled with your name & contact info on back; student's name, school, and grade; title of piece
Works must be ready to hang/display and lightweight enough to hang by S-hooks or T-pins
Please include a master list of all art you are submitting, AND email this list to betsyhaak@gmail.com.
Submit works at the following libraries (or by prior arrangement with Betsy Haak) no later than May 25, 2012: Krause Memorial Library, Grandville Library, Wyoming Library, East Grand Rapids Library

Hours of the show during Festival weekend are:

Friday 10:00 am to 10:00 pm * Saturday 10:00 am to 10:00 pm * Sunday 12:00 noon to 2:30/3:00pm (Pick up is inside until 5, outside 5-5:30)

We look forward to an terrific Youth Art Exhibit, featuring your students' work!!

Attention, Teachers! Student artworks needed for Youth Art Exhibit

2013-05-21T12:37:08Z

The Festival Youth Art Exhibit will be held at the Grand Rapids Art Museum during Festival weekend, June 7-9.

Teachers are invited to submit their students' best work for exhibition in this non-juried event. For more information, click the "Applications" link above.

We look forward to seeing your students' artworks at the Festival 2013 Youth Art Exhibit!

Check here for your fave Festival foods!

2013-05-11T21:11:40Z

The complete list of food booths for Festival 2013 is now online - everything from Greek to Mexican to Vietnamese and African. It's all presented by area nonprofit organizations, so you can feel good about all those calories! Best of all, the organizations raise needed funds and a portion of the proceeds is returned to Festival for our operating expenses.

Here's the link to all the food booths: http://www.festivalgr.org/guide/food/

Only a few more weeks and it's Festival weekend!

Support Festival of the Arts today!

2013-05-07T21:16:52Z

Festival of the Arts needs your financial support! Our rainy day fund (which funds Festival every year) has seen a few too many rainy days, so it's time for the people of West Michigan to step up!

Festival operates with no paid staff - we're all volunteers here! We spend as little as possible to put on this area's largest start-of-summer arts event! Every donation counts, no matter how big or small.

Click "Support" link above and show you love Festival with a donation today!

Festival 2013 Poster is here!

2013-04-25T16:34:48Z

Check out the awesome Festival 2013 poster! This year's poster artist is Abigail (Abbey) Bradley, who used a variety of media to create the unique design! Abbey has really captured the spirit of Festival with her poster. Signed and unsigned posters will be on sale at the Festival Store (Ottawa Avenue between Michigan and Lyon) during Festival weekend.

Congratulations, Abbey, on a fabulous poster! Read more about it here: http://www.festivalgr.org/poster/2013

Festival 2013 is June 7-8-9!

2012-07-27T14:06:24Z

Don't miss your favorite arts festival! Mark your calendars now: June 7-8-9 are the dates for the 2013 Festival of the Arts!

See you there!

P.S. If you'd like to volunteer or donate to Festival, please contact us. We're a nonprofit organization that relies on West Michigan's support for our very existence. Join us in making Festival of the Arts 2013 a big success!