River Arts Festival

San Lorenzo Park,

Santa Cruz

Saturday and Sunday,

May 17 and 18^th, 2008

11 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Santa Cruz Education Foundation presents the River Arts Festival, an exciting new annual festival celebrating Santa Cruz's rich cultural and natural resources. It will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 17th and 18th, 2008 in the heart of Santa Cruz in the San Lorenzo Park. The park's bench lands will be transformed into the "Piazza di San Lorenzo", an aesthetic contemporary arts and crafts marketplace.

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Participating Artists Installation Art Works Kinetic Sculpture Race

Schedule of Entertainment Schedule of Art Activities

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Woodblock Print, "Pogonip" by Tom Killion

Jewelry - Earrings - by Vanessa & Musi Mellet

Uli Kirtchler

Wood

Tom Killion

"Pogonip"

Woodblock Print

Vanessa & Musi Mellet

Jewelry

75 of the West Coast's best artists exhibit and sell their original contemporary fine art and crafts.
Live demonstrations of artists working in different mediums give insight into various artistic processes: Glass Blowing, Metal Working, Painting, Ceramics and much more!
Spectacular musical performances will be ongoing through out the weekend showcasing the wealth of our local talent.
Art centers with art stations (Sand Painting, Sun Prints, etc.) for children and adults, lead by professional artists.

Food court around the Piazza will serve savory selections of snacks, coffee, tea, smoothies, desserts (especially gelato).
Enchanting troubadours will stroll the marketplace.
Learn about the ecology of the San Lorenzo River and plans for its future.

Hosted by the Santa Cruz Education Foundation, the Santa Cruz River Arts Festival brings together the community for a fundraiser to celebrate and support art in our local public schools. A theme of the

San Lorenzo River highlights the constancy of the river in our lives, our local history and our art.

Schools and environmental groups are represented at information booths.

Event is supported partially by a grant from the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County.

For more info contact:

Lynn Guenther

E-mail

or call the Foundation at

Tel/fax: (831) 427-8212

Santa Cruz Education Foundation

We thank our sponsors for all their support!

Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County * Bay Federal Credit Union

Shopper's Corners * Community Printers * Santa Cruz Sentinel