<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_i8d54jqu0_14ca8f6667cc051a" width="348" height="298"><br>​<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:16px"><b><u><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">ArtsFest2015</span></u></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"><br><br></span><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Artists, Authors, Music, Food & Wine in Riverdale Park's Town Center, May 3, 2015</span></i></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"><br><br></span><b><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">RIVERDALE PARK, MD., April 11, 2015</span></b><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> -- From stained glass and original oil paintings to hand-made jewelry and authors signings, ArtsFest 2015 has it all!  The 8th annual ArtsFest is the premier gathering sponsored by the Riverdale Park Arts Council (RPAC) every first Sunday in May.  It will be held this year  (rain or shine) from </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">11 AM</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> to </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">5 PM</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> on </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Sunday, May 3, 2015</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">, next to the MARC Train station in </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Riverdale</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Park</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">’s </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Town</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Center</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> on </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Queensbury Rd.</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">. </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"><br><br></span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Once again, ArtsFest is expected to draw more than 1,000 to enjoy several dozen local artists selling their own original artworks, along with food vendors and a free, day-long concert featuring blues, jazz, rock, classical and folk musicians.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"><br><br></span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The music lineup includes <i>The Smokin Polecats </i>and <i>The Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation.</i></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"><br><br></span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">The winner of the fourth annual Gerald King Fine Arts Award will be announced at the event. The award is given by RPAC to an art student who shows great promise in realism and is named in honor of the late Gerald King, a longtime resident of </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Riverdale</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Park</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">.  The award will be presented by the inaugural King Award winner,  Malika Bryant, along with last year's winner, Chi Chi Dureke.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">ArtsFest has grown to reflect the boom in local talent throughout the Route 1 Arts Corridor and beyond.  Paintings both abstract and realistic, pottery fired by gifted hands, home-made soaps and jewelry, and the living art of bonsai -- all combine to show the diversity of art forms that will delight ArtsFest 2015 attendees.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial">T</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">he Children’s Pavilion will be bustling with craft-making and face painting for the young...and young at heart.. </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"><br><br></span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Add to that a Writer’s Row, featuring local authors such as Samuel Williams, who moved to </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Riverdale</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> </span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Park</span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"> after publication of his 2012 historical novel, <i>Anomalous: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>. Joining the fabled sleuth are boxer Jack Johnson and gangster Alphonse Capone.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"><br><br></span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">ArtsFest also embraces automobile artists such as Hyattsville native Clark Bedford, producer of curious yet charming mobile art temples in a distinctive fusion of gothic and kitch.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span><span style="font-family:serif;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">There are still a few select slots available to artists, authors and food vendors. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:16px"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1">More information can be found at  <a href="http://www.rpartscouncil.org/" target="_blank">www.RPartscouncil.org</a> or call Samuel Williams, Jr. at <a href="tel:%28909%29%20380-4231" value="+19093804231" target="_blank">(909) 380-4231</a> or Ken Laureys at <a href="tel:%28301%29%20661-6682" value="+13016616682" target="_blank">(301) 661-6682</a>.</font></p></div></div>
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