Artwater Chalk Festival and Photo Gallery Celebrate the Los Angeles River
Plus Art Gallery Crawl and Live Music
SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007
2pm – 10pm
On Saturday, April 21, Atwater Village will host the first annual “Artwater Arts and Music Festival,” a day of art, music, food and fun benefiting the kids of Atwater Village by raising funds for two after-school creative arts programs. The festival, which will take place from 2:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m., will include a Street Art Chalk Festival, an Art Gallery Crawl and a wide variety of live music. Proceeds from the festival will go to “Inside Out” and “Sonic Muze” which helps youth to learn more about the arts through participation. The theme for this year’s Artwater Festival will be the Los Angeles River.
Artwater Street Painting Chalk Festival
Professional chalk artists will introduce the contemporary art form of chalk painting to Atwater Village by transforming the pavements along Glendale Blvd. into colorful murals depicting the Los Angeles River. In addition, Red Car Park will become a vibrant canvas where amateur artists, including teenagers and children, can create their own creamy pastel colored rivers flowing through their neighborhood street. Through participation, children will have the opportunity to appreciate art forms such as street chalk painting while gaining a better understanding of beauty and value of the Los Angeles River.
Art Gallery Crawl
As visitors marvel at the river of dusted colors splashed across the pavements surrounding them, they can participate in a self-guided art studio tour on Glendale Blvd. where they can meet gallery owners and artists.
One of several gallery participants, Black Maria Gallery, 3137 Glendale Blvd, (www.blackmariagallery.com) will exhibit Bound and Gagged a display artwork done by people during incarceration. The painstakingly detailed works of art often made of ‘non-art’ materials such as towel, paper, salt, chewing gum wrappers, billiards balls and bread. They are amazing to look at and contextualize. These works are made out of a need to be free, in any and every sense of the word.
Live Music and Performances
Bands performing in the Kaldi bump-out (during the daytime) are:
Lee Ferris - eclectic pop/rock (www.myspace.com/leeferrismusic)
• Fast Otto - rockabilly/blues/rock (www.myspace.com/fastotto)
• Sean Wiggins - singer/songwriter (www.seanwiggins.com)
• Telematique - ambient/classical/experimental (www.myspace.com/telematiquemusic)
• Triple Chicken Foot - traditional fiddle music (www.myspace.com/triplechickenfoot)
• Karl Marsh - jazz saxophonist
The following bands will perform as the sun begins to set to kick of the evening activities:
• Joan Jones – singer/songwriter performing with full band (www.clubjoan.com)
• Brian Joseph – singer/songwriter performing solo (www.brianjosephmusic.com)
• Circe Link – cowboy jazz (www.circelink.com)
• Omar Torrez - latin/funk/rock (www.omartorrez.com)
Other activities include:
• Henna tattoos, face painters, caricaturist
• Food Art craft table, "Citrus Sunshine Faces" by Kidding Around the Kitchen
• Collage Art craft table by Flynn Art Studios
• A bake sale by Segray's Mommy and Me classes
• Dance demonstrations and dance alongs by Heart Beat House
• A raffle with great prizes donated by local merchants
• A produce give-away by Atwater Village Farmer's Market
• Girls on Stilts" which lead kids in hula hoop lessons, limbo, juggling, jump roping and more.
This event is sponsored by the Atwater Village neighborhood council and the City Council District 13 in conjunction with the Atwater Village Neighborhood Watch and Importante Gifts. All donations and profits will benefit non-profit organizations: "INSIDE OUT" and "SONIC MUZE.
