<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-2075bfdc-d3ca-05c0-c47f-fc6526298683"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Riverdale Park Arts Council (RPAC) will host its 10th Annual Arts Fest 2017 on Saturday, May 6th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Town Center in Riverdale Park. The rain date is Sunday, May 7th at the same time. The location is the parking area at Town Center next to the Train Station.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There will be artists, artisans, blues and rock musicians, authors, poets, craft dealers, folk performers, silent auction, model train exhibit and much more. Original artwork includes oil paintings, sculpture, handmade jewelry, stained glass, and more. The Riverdale Volunteer Firefighters will host a BBQ.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The stage lineup features the Smokin' Polecats, cellist Peter Swanson with the Prince George's Philharmonic, dancing by Fudacion Elena Ballet Folkorico Mexicano and Sin Fronteras Ballet of Baltimore, poetry readings and more! The Children's Pavilion offers free face painting and DIY potted plants just in time for Mother's Day.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RPAC’s Gerald King Fine Arts Award will be presented to Corrine Carter, a resident of University Park. She most recently studied at the National Gallery of Art Drawing Salon and the Brentwood Arts Exchange. The award is named in honor of the late Gerald King, a longtime resident of Riverdale Park. RPAC annually selects an art student who shows promise in realism. Winners receive a $500 grant for art supplies and a one-year study apprenticeship under master artist Bruce I. Campbell at King’s studio in Riverdale Park. You can bid in a silent auction for an original painting by the 2016 awardee Ana Vazquez, an art major at Prince George's Community College.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Everyone is invited! Bring the entire family for the fun, food and festivities. Get a free ArtsFest T-shirt when you make a purchase from a participating vendor (while supplies last).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Riverdale Park Arts Council is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization that supports and promotes artistic and cultural activities in Riverdale Park and surrounding communities. </span></p><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more info contact RPAC President Samuel Williams, Jr. at <a href="mailto:scribenoir@gmail.com">scribenoir@gmail.com</a> or 909-380-4231, and visit RPAC’s website at </span><a href="http://www.rpartscouncil.org" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.rpartscouncil.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-f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