GRESHAM'S MOST POPULAR COMMUNITY EVENT RETURNS TO DOWNTOWN
News Release from City of Gresham
Posted on FlashAlert: July 17th, 2014 11:49 AM
MEDIA ADVISORY
GRESHAM, Ore. - Media representatives can capture the triumphant return of the Gresham Arts Festival - the City's biggest and best-loved event - on Saturday, July 19, as thousands fill the historic downtown to shop from top artists and enjoy live music and children's activities.
From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., about 125 artists will fill the streets along with 10 musical acts, two dance performances, a balloon artist, a face-painter, and a "children's corner" that provides free craft projects for kids. Visitors can browse and dine at more than 100 shops and eateries, and find fresh produce at the Gresham Farmers' Market. Kids can cool off in the new Children's Fountain, located right in downtown on the Arts Plaza at 401 N.E. Second St.
This year, for the first time, the City of Gresham is presenting the Gresham Arts Festival. The event had grown so large - last year it attracted about 12,000 - volunteers announced in January that they could no longer sustain it. Gresham Mayor Shane Bemis stepped in, offering the City as lead organizer. Gresham's business community rallied and 27 sponsors signed up, offering everything from cash to candy to craft supplies.
At the festival, reporters can interview the Mayor, artists, sponsors and volunteers who put on the City's most popular annual event, which draws thousands from around the region since 2001 to its charming downtown streets to meet with - and shop from - a carefully selected crop of Northwest artists and artisans: painters, potters, sculptors, glassblowers, jewelers, woodworkers, photographers, and more.
Date: Saturday, July 19
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Place: Gresham Historic Downtown, Main Avenue, Gresham
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Contact Information:
Wendy Lawton, Communications Manager, day of event, 503-793-4167
GRESHAM, Ore. - Media representatives can capture the triumphant return of the Gresham Arts Festival - the City's biggest and best-loved event - on Saturday, July 19, as thousands fill the historic downtown to shop from top artists and enjoy live music and children's activities.
From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., about 125 artists will fill the streets along with 10 musical acts, two dance performances, a balloon artist, a face-painter, and a "children's corner" that provides free craft projects for kids. Visitors can browse and dine at more than 100 shops and eateries, and find fresh produce at the Gresham Farmers' Market. Kids can cool off in the new Children's Fountain, located right in downtown on the Arts Plaza at 401 N.E. Second St.
This year, for the first time, the City of Gresham is presenting the Gresham Arts Festival. The event had grown so large - last year it attracted about 12,000 - volunteers announced in January that they could no longer sustain it. Gresham Mayor Shane Bemis stepped in, offering the City as lead organizer. Gresham's business community rallied and 27 sponsors signed up, offering everything from cash to candy to craft supplies.
At the festival, reporters can interview the Mayor, artists, sponsors and volunteers who put on the City's most popular annual event, which draws thousands from around the region since 2001 to its charming downtown streets to meet with - and shop from - a carefully selected crop of Northwest artists and artisans: painters, potters, sculptors, glassblowers, jewelers, woodworkers, photographers, and more.
Date: Saturday, July 19
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Place: Gresham Historic Downtown, Main Avenue, Gresham
-30-
Contact Information:
Wendy Lawton, Communications Manager, day of event, 503-793-4167
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