[RP TownTalk] ArtsFest2012: Art on Wheels, Singer Temika Moore, Set For ArtsFest2012, Artists, Authors, Poets, 6 Music Acts Ready for May 6 Big Bash

[RP Arts Council]

*Contact: Jeffrey Yorke***

* **301-502-1243** or Yorkedial at gmail.com***

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*ArtsFest2012** *

*Art on Wheels, Singer Temika Moore, Set For ArtsFest2012*

*Artists, Authors, Poets, 6 Music Acts Ready for May 6 Big Bash *

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*RIVERDALE PARK, MD., APRIL  27, 2012* – Vanadu is coming. The Wright
Brother’s replica biplane wings are coming. Carol Tisdale and her latest
line of hand-crafted glamorous jewelry (http://glamourandgraceshop.etsy.com)
will be there. So too, will 12-year-old author and entrepreneur Gabrielle
Jordan Williams and her line of matching mother-daughter jewelry “Jewelz of
Jordan.” And a half-dozen renowned artists from Hyattsville have carved out
their spots in Riverdale Park’s Town Center for ArtsFest2012 on May 6, 11
am to 6 pm.



The fifth annual arts and music festival, sponsored by the Riverdale Park
Arts Council, has already attracted a record number of more than four dozen
artists and artisans including Hyattsville auto artist Clark Bedford (see
http://www.clarkebedford.com/artcars.html) who produces unusual and
delightful moving art temples that brings America’s gothic metal works,
advertising kitch, and Detroit atop one set of rubber tires.



“It’s assemblage,” grins the artist, a curator at the Smithsonian’s Hirsh
Horn Museum, as his hand runs down the side of metal Elk, part of The
Hartford Insurance Co. logo welded to the side of a vehicle. “I got this in
Maine,” Bedford recalls. Then, moving his hand left to the next welded-on
artifact, “The moose came from Massachusetts.”



Each odd piece of art is a memory and has a story that the
artist/storyteller spills out with delight. Double-side doors open to the
interior of a rustic cabin in the woods, making it difficult for the
average person to remember that all of this wonderment is affixed to a 1988
Ford van Bedford has named Vanadu. The artist gathers unique ornaments from
travels along America’s blue highways, from flea markets, and occasionally
from Community Forklift. It’s a sight to behold, not to mention the tales
from the artist, and it can all be enjoyed at ArtsFest2012.



Also joining the fun is the College Park Aviation Museum at the world’s
oldest continuously operating airport and the scene of many aviation
“firsts.” The Wright Brothers won a $25,000 government contract to teach
members of the military to fly and, in 1909, they opened the College Park
Aviation School. There, the first bomb dropping was tested, the first
airborne machine gun was fired, the first woman to fly, and the first
airmail to Philadelphia took off from College Park. During ArtsFest 2012,
aviation experts will be demonstrating how the rib of a Wright Brothers
wing was hand-crafted and then raffle them off.


Dozens of other artists – jewelry makers, painters, and textile experts
among them – will jam the **

Town Center @ the MARC station for a day of fun and entertainment. A
Literary Corner has been added this year that will feature book signings by
authors including motivational writers Dr. Joey N. Jones, author of "100
Percent, The Power of Giving Your All-31 Ways to a Better You", and "Is it
Love...Or Merely a Sick Attachment" by Pamela Reaves. Rockville-based
cartoonist
and comics book author Yi* *Wang and business wonder-kid and author
Gabrielle Jordan Williams will be available to chat and sign their books.
Former Riverdale Park bookstore owner Audrey Bragg will offer signed copies
of former Ann Ferguson's new children’s book, "A Fine New Home for Young
James Madison." Ferguson, a former mayor of Riverdale Park, reminds readers
that Madison, as president, was nearly wounded while attending the Battle
of Bladensburg during the War of 1812. The six authors of “Fourth Sunday,”
who call themselves B.W. Read (aka “Because We Read”) will be on hand to
discuss and sign their 2011 tale of seven women and their journey toward
friendship by way of a simple book club*.*

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A newly added poetry slam features student winners from Parkdale Senior
High, William Wirt Middle School, and Riverdale Elementary schools, who
have created, recited and competed with original poems focused on the War
of 1812. The winners, selected during recent springtime events, will be on
stage to recite their works and win cash prizes. This will be an exciting
family event where local youngsters show-off their brains.

ArtsFest2012’s just-added inspirational soul singer and national recording
artist Temika Moore to the music schedule. She’ll be performing selections
from “The End of Me” CD, which was released April 24.


The ArtsFest2012 performance stage again features Riverdale Park’s own
R&B/Oldies group, Wayne Brown & 2nd Conspiracy, Jazz-Pop favorite Brulee,
and Regional Mexican Grupo Impacto de Asas. Blues group the Sheryl Sears
Trio will perform a live afternoon set while members of the Archie Edwards
Blues Heritage Foundation will be performing from the south stage
throughout the day. And, Blues player One String Willie will be performing
and offering demonstrations on instrument making all day.

WTOP-FM (103.5) All News personality David Burd will again emcee the arts
festival and elected officials will be on stage to introduce Riverdale Park
realism artist Gerald King and to introduce the winner of the inaugural
Gerald King Art Training Apprenticeship Study Program, a year-long focused
teaching program in American realism painting taught by King in his local
studio.


Food and beverages, including beer and wine, will be available from the
just-opened Town Center Market, Dumm’s Corner Pizza & Subs, S&J Bar and
Restaurant, La Sirenita Mexican Restaurant, Elk Run Winery and Mister Magic
soft ice cream.

ArtsFest2012 is made possible through the efforts of the all-volunteer
Riverdale Park Arts Council, and by generous grants from the Riverdale
Lions Club, Douglas Development Corp., Calvert Tract, LLC, Peter
Spiropoulos and Dumm’s Corner Market, Ev-Air-Tight, and the Town of
Riverdale Park.


Just a few artist slots remain available for ArtsFest2012. Go to
www.RPArtsCouncil.org to get a Call for Artists application and mail it,
along with a $25 check payable to RPAC, to Town Hall, 5008 Queensbury Rd.,
Riverdale Park, MD 20737.



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