35th 35th - Smoky Hill River Festival
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35th 35th - Smoky Hill River Festival
35th Smoky Hill River Festival June 9-12, 2011 Oakdale Park - Salina, KS Festival Mission: To celebrate the arts and this community through a festival happening that is accessible to anyone – physically, psychologically, and economically. Salina Arts & Humanities Programs Art a la Carte Arts Education Community Art & Design Community Services & Programs Cultural Calendar First Thursday Art Rush Horizons Grants Program Smoky Hill River Festival Spring Poetry Series Contact us: (785) 309-5770 [email protected] “This program is presented in part by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.” Inside Good Stuff to Know 3 Welcome4 Festival Jam 5 Performance Times 6-7 Entertainment (alphabetical) Artists in Action 8-14 15-17 Friends of the River 17 Children's Area 18 Food & Drink 19 Map20-21 Fine Art Show 22-26 Art/Craft Demonstrations 27 Four Rivers Craft Market 28-30 Staff & Committee Members 31 Special Events 31 Festival Supporters 32-38 Art Happening 365 Days in Salina 39 Saturday Night Event 40 Short On Cash? UMB Bank ATM on grounds by tennis court restroom Additional ATMs located near Oakdale Park: • Bank of America - 138 N. Santa Fe • Central National Bank - 454 S. Ohio • First Bank Kansas - 235 S. Santa Fe • Sunflower Bank - 400 S. Santa Fe (Salina Regional Health Center) 2 Good Stuff to Know Shuttles Free shuttles from the Bicentennial Center parking lot to Festival grounds are accessible. Friday: 10 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Sunday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. CityGo/OCCK Services Free rides to the Festival on the CityGo Bus System available to anyone wearing a Festival button (Thursday, Friday, Saturday). The CityGo bus system will provide shuttle service from Salina Central High’s south parking lot to the 4th Street Bridge entrance (Thursday, Friday, Saturday: Noon - 8:00 p.m.) The CityGo Routes will offer expanded bus service from 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. on Friday and 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. on Saturday (4th Street and Bicentennial Center Bridge stops) during the Festival to take people anywhere in the City Limits of Salina. Smile! The Smoky Hill River Festival is documented each year through photographs. These images are used for marketing purposes in subsequent years. The purchase of an admission button gives permission for the use of your image. The Festival accepts no liability, and offers no compensation for any personal image used in this way. Due to copyright infringement, absolutely NO unauthorized recording of entertainment is permitted. Check out the “Photo Gallery” on the Festival website, and share your favorite Festival photos! A wonderful way to relive a great weekend! www.riverfestival.com Enjoy the Festival today and catch the replays all summer on Access TV Channel 21. Good Neighbor Park Policy The Smoky Hill River Festival takes place in scenic Oakdale Park, one of Salina’s oldest and most beautiful. To lessen the impact of over 75,000 festival goers, and to provide a comfortable experience for everyone, the Festival is asking for cooperation with the following: • Blankets and chairs must be removed each evening of the Festival. Note - following each night’s closing act, Festival staff removes all blankets, chairs, etc. from the park. Check Lost and Found. Have your questions about the Festival personally • Plastic ground tarps will not be allowed because of answered, get directions and purchase Festival T-shirts and harm to grassy areas. hats. Two locations: near the Kenwood Bridge and west of • Individual tent covers in front of the Eric Stein Stage, Craft Demonstration. and in other areas of the park are not allowed. • Umbrellas will be restricted to use behind a marked boundary to facilitate sight line. Please stay behind American Red Cross services are available at the permanent this line with your umbrellas. restroom next to the tennis courts. Emergency Medical • Please do not bring pets or animals to the Festival. services are available adjacent to Lost & Found. • Due to obvious hazards, glass, rollerblades, skateboards, Hours: scooters, bicycles are prohibited. Thursday: 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. • For safety, and as a courtesy to our entertainers, please Friday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. keep children at a reasonable distance from the stages, Saturday: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. and off the steps of the Eric Stein Stage. Sunday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. • Absolutely NO unauthorized vending is permitted on At all other times, EMS services are available at Festival Festival grounds. Headquarters. • One last request - please place your personal trash in a receptacle. Help leave Oakdale Park in great shape! Looking for your keys, sunglasses, or forgot your lawn chair last night? The Lost and Found station is located south of Festival Headquarters. Also, lost children are Look for receptacles for recycling directed here for assistance. of plastic water bottles and cans around the Festival, and help us to reduce the amount of trash sent to Kids! Please stop by the Ident-A-Kid booth to get your I.D. the landfill. bracelet (just west of Craft Demonstration). It’s the best way for us to find your mom or dad. Have your folks bring Access to Oakdale Park will again be limited after 10 p.m., their cell phone for easy access. as early morning preparations are necessary to ready the park for the day. Gates will open promptly at 9:00 a.m. daily, at which time Festival goers may enter the park. A shady spot to change a diaper or feed your baby. In the Children’s Area. The area in front of the Eric Stein Stage is marked with an Friday & Saturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. aisle for easier access to trash service. Sunday: Noon – 5 p.m. After regular shuttle hours, OCCK provides transportation for people with movement impairments (on-call basis only). Check in at Festival Headquarters for assistance. Friday & Saturday: 8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Information Booths First Aid Lost & Found It’s Easy to be Green! Ident-A-Kid Baby Station 3 Festival Jam Thursday 5:30-10 p.m., Eric Stein Stage at Oakdale Park Greetings from the City of Salina Dear Smoky Hill River Festival Fans: Welcome to the 35th Smoky Hill River Festival in Salina, Kansas. Our community is extremely proud of this highly acclaimed festival of the arts. We truly appreciate your attendance and patronage to our hometown festival. Please be sure to spend some time and take in all that your eyes, ears and taste buds can enjoy from the beautiful visual arts, to the amazing music, and the delectable food choices, there is something here for everyone to enjoy. Also, whether you have children with you or not, please be sure and take in all the kids’ activities. The children’s festival area is fun for kids of all ages, so do not miss out on any of the fun. We are so happy to have you in Salina and as a visitor to our Smoky Hill River Festival. Please make yourself at home and be sure to return every year. Yours very truly, Samantha P. Angell Mayor Welcome! For 35 years the Smoky Hill River Festival has been a community celebration of the arts like none other. A dedicated staff, numerous Parks Department and City of Salina employees and more than 2000 volunteers help make this Festival great! Whether you are here for the first time or a seasoned Festival veteran, I would like to challenge you to do something new this year. Check out the children’s area or Bravo Salina! Stage, visit with an artist or craftsperson in the Fine Art or Four Rivers shows, try a new genre of music, or try the Salina Art Center’s “Instruction Construction” over by Stage II. Stop by “Art of the Bicycle” or more than 20 other Artist-in-Action installations. If you are really feeling bold, I have heard there is even some chocolate covered bacon in the park! Party on down! It all begins with the mind-blowing Festival Jam - 16 bands of every imaginable musical style, changing every 15 minutes! The Jam showcases regional and local entertainers in a quick-time format building to the colossal Giant Jam at evening’s end. Food vendors open their booths at 4:00 p.m. with a full menu of Festival fare. Start with the Jam and kick back till Sunday-there’s a lot more ahead! Times are approximate. Lineup is subject to change. 5:30 p.m. Winner of “Salina’s Got Talent” Contest 6:00 p.m. Crossroads 6:15 p.m. Scragtown Werewolves 6:30 p.m. The Bill Burrows Band 6:45 p.m. Contemporary Christian Bluesy/Rock Classic Country Bluegrass Imminent Domain Alternative 7:00 p.m. 4N 7:15 p.m. Troubled Times 7:30 p.m. Rock Bluesy/Rock Torch Rock 7:45 p.m. The Breakpoint Method Modern Rock 8:00 p.m. Split Decision Modern Country Southern Rock 8:15 p.m. Jimmie Lewin and the Kingtones 8:30 p.m. Paramount 8:45 p.m. Shotgun Sons Blues 80s Rock Modern Red Dirt Country 9:00 p.m. Soul Preachers Rock 9:15 p.m. Last National Band Classic Rock 9:30 p.m. Steve Hanson & Company Classic Rock 9:45 p.m. The Blades Horns 9:59 p.m. All-Star Jam Finale As a special treat this year we are offering two performances Saturday night. Annie Up will play on the Eric Stein Stage while George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic will be at the Bicentennial Center. Enjoy some smooth country under the stars or put on your funk in the air conditioning! Step out, try something new, enjoy your favorites and remember Salina has excellent arts, entertainment and cultural events all year long! Thanks for being here! 4 Brad Anderson Executive Director 5 Performance Times Eric Stein Stage Bravo Salina! Stage Friday 10:00 a.m. Performance Times Stage II Children’s Stage Friday Good Lovelies Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure 10:00 a.m. Joseph Vincelli Group The Doo Dads 11:00 a.m. Chris McCarty & Band Salina Youth Symphony String Quartet 11:00 a.m. Bill Harley Stories and More on Tour 12:00 p.m. South Middle School Guitar Ensemble Salina Children’s Choir 12:00 p.m. Love. Canon String Band Nagata Shachu 1:00 p.m. John Jorgenson Quintet Chris Proctor 1:00 p.m. Turbine Laughing Matters 2:00 p.m. Salina Central High School String Quintet John Davis & Friends 2:00 p.m. Buffalo Rome Il Teatro Calamari 2:45 p.m. Four Rivers Merit Awards 3:00 p.m. Nagata Shachu SHRF Jazz Camp Combos 3:00 p.m. Chris Proctor Stories and More on Tour 4:00 p.m. Wheatland Brass Songs for Japan 4:00 p.m. John Jorgenson Quintet The Doo Dads 5:00 p.m. Chris McCarty & Band Il Teatro Calamari 6:00 p.m. Nagata Shachu Laughing Matters 7:00 p.m. Good Lovelies 2:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Love Canon String Band 6:00 p.m. Joseph Vincelli Group 7:00 p.m. Buffalo Rome 8:30 p.m. Saturday Friday, June 10 7:00 – 10:30 Big Band Dance, Bobby Layne Orchestra Bicentennial Center Joe’s Pet Project 8:30 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m. Salina Municipal Band SCT Center for Theatre Arts-Vocals 10:00 a.m. Bill Harley* Stories and More on Tour 11:00 a.m. Turbine KWU String Quartet 11:00 a.m. John Jorgenson Quintet The Doo Dads Good Lovelies Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure 12:00 p.m. Buffalo Rome Laughing Matters 1:00 p.m. Nagata Shachu Bill Harley Workshop 1:00 p.m. Anasazi String Quartet Il Teatro Calamari 2:00 p.m. The Blades Chris Proctor 2:00 p.m. Joseph Vincelli Group The Doo Dads 2:45 p.m. Fine Art Merit & Purchase Awards 12:00 p.m. 2:45 p.m. 3:00 p.m. John Jorgenson Quintet Nagata Shachu Workshop* 3:00 p.m. Steve Hanson & Company Laughing Matters 4:00 p.m. Chris McCarty & Band Southeast of Saline Madrigal Choir 4:00 p.m. Good Lovelies Bill Harley 5:00 p.m. Buffalo Rome 5:00 p.m. Howard Glanton & Glen Stroer Il Teatro Calamari 6:00 p.m. Love Canon String Band 6:00 p.m. Chris Proctor Stories and More on Tour 7:00 p.m. Nagata Shachu 7:00 p.m. Joseph Vincelli Group 8:30 p.m. Annie Up Sunday Saturday, June 11 8:30 – 10:00 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic Bicentennial Center 8:30 p.m. Sunday 10:00 a.m. Stories and More on Tour RoJean Loucks 10:00 a.m. Dorian Michael Il Teatro Calamari 11:00 a.m. Buffalo Rome AbracaDebra of Far Out Haven 11:00 a.m. Turbine Laughing Matters 12:00 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 6 Love Canon String Band Dorian Michael Joseph Vincelli Group The Doo Dads 1:00 p.m. KWU Music Dept/Salina Symphony Chris McCarty & Band 1:00 p.m. Prairie Wind Harp Ensemble Stories and More on Tour* 2:00 p.m. Calibre Pesado SCT Center for Theatre Arts- Dance 2:00 p.m. Nagata Shachu Il Teatro Calamari* 3:00 p.m. Good Lovelies Laughing Matters 3:00 p.m. Love Canon String Band The Doo Dads 4:00 p.m. Turbine 4:00 p.m. Chris McCarty & Band *sign language interpretation 7 Entertainment AbracaDebra of Far Out Haven Haven, KS Band of Dancers Lawrence and Topeka, KS With a repertoire consisting of a variety of styles, Self-described as a wanna-be fingerstyle guitar including modern, jazz, hip hop, contemporary player, Debra Stovall says her usual audience is “the ballet, Irish, and tap; Band of Dancers hold degrees critters in my living room,” including her cockatoo, in dance from local universities, and the majority Amazon parrots and Fox Squirrel! have been performing together for ten years. All Sunday: Bravo Salina! Stage – 11:00 a.m. pieces are choreographed by members of the company and cover a wide range of genres – from humorous to sincere. Salina, KS Roving throughout the weekend Authentic fife and drum music from the American Revolution, Civil War, adaptations of Irish, Scottish, and English folk tunes, and modern rudimental-style Salina, KS field drumming. All are performed on period or “Saturday in the Park” becomes reality when the replica instruments built for the ensemble. Blades start it up. Big horns, big voice, big sounds Friday: Stage II – 2:45 p.m. from our very own party band! Four Rivers Merit Awards Acme Fife and Drum The Blades Saturday: Stage II – 2:45 p.m. Fine Art Merit & Purchase Awards Roving Friday, Saturday, Sunday Saturday: Eric Stein Stage – 2:00 p.m. Anasazi String Quartet Boulder, CO These players come to us from the Sunflower Music Festival in Topeka, on the Washburn campus, through a new collaboration. Praised by audiences for their passionate and engaging performances, these four enthusiastic young musicians have worked with the string faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder as well as members of the renowned Takács Quartet. The members are Buffalo Rome looking forward to graduate work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where they will Nashville, TN study under the Pacifica Quartet. Blending a rootsy feel reminiscent of the 1970’s Saturday: Stage II – 1:00 p.m. west coast country rock scene with today’s modern country, Buffalo Rome brings a vinyl vibe to the digital age. Though they have been together only Wichita, KS Annie Up is a female-fronted band playing Country, a short time, they have already been seen on Great Dance and Classic Rock music. Song titles include American Country, and featured in the pages of Country Weekly Magazine. everything from Aretha Franklin to Kings of Leon Friday: Stage II – 2:00 p.m. and Katy Perry. Buffalo Rome Annie Up Saturday: Saturday: Sunday: Eric Stein Stage – 8:30 p.m. Eric Stein Stage – 7:00 p.m. Stage II – 12:00 p.m. Eric Stein Stage – 5:00 p.m. Eric Stein Stage – 11:00 a.m. Calibre Pesado Annie Up 8 Salina, KS Playing a genre of music considered “Mexican Regional,” Calibre Pesado was founded by two brothers; started out with four family members, and recently added two more. With the addition of alto saxophone and congas, the group has been more versatile in different musical styles ranging from Norteño, Cumbia, Ranchera, Charanga, Zapatiáda, Corridos and more. Sunday: Eric Stein Stage – 2:00 p.m. Entertainment Celebration of the Spirit (Event) featuring “Stories and More on Tour” Join us at the Stein Stage on Sunday morning for this uplifting experience, featuring Queen Nur, nationally renowned storyteller, Dwight (international jazz drummer) and Sarai AbdullMalik (vocalist, poet, stiltdancer). Sunday: Eric Stein Stage – 10:00 a.m. George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic Tallahassee, FL George Clinton is the legendary and internationally renowned grandfather of funk and the founder of the Parliament-Funkadelic MOB, taking the sonic innovations of James Brown and Sly Stone into outer space, while selling millions of records and concert tickets in the process. In May 1997, George Clinton and 15 other members of Parliament Funkadelic were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the largest band yet inducted. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Parliament Funkadelic #56 on their list of the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” In February 2002, Spin Magazine ranked P-Funk #6 on their list of the “50 Greatest Bands of All Time.” P-Funk’s effect on modern popular music is immense. Besides their innovation in the entire genre of funk music, George Clinton and P-Funk are often heard today, especially in hip-hop sampling. Join us at the Bicentennial Center for a blow-out SHOW!! See pg. 40 for details Saturday: Good Lovelies Toronto, ON, Canada Funny and upbeat, with just a pinch of sass, the Good Lovelies’ textbook three-part harmonies, constant instrument swapping, and witty on-stage banter have enlivened the folk music landscape since 2006. Lighthearted songwriting and irresistibly buoyant dispositions have made them the darlings of the summer festival circuit. With equal parts city and country, highway and home, wistfulness and sass, the Good Lovelies’ good humor and self-assurance shines through. Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Eric Stein Stage – 10:00 a.m. Stage II – 7:00 p.m. Eric Stein Stage – 12:00 p.m. Stage II – 4:00 p.m. Eric Stein Stage – 3:00 p.m. Good Lovelies Bicentennial Center – 8:30 p.m. John Davis & Friends Steve Hanson and Company Friday: Saturday: Salina, KS Salina Symphony’s Principal bassist brings some of his students to show how an approach to the instrument can change. Bass “hipitude” examples include solo, duet, quartet and bass orchestra. Bravo Salina! Stage – 2:00 p.m. Salina, KS Bluesy rock or a surprising interpretation of a standard tune, it’s sure to have a certain thoughtful spin…and you never know just who might be sitting in! Stage II – 3:00 p.m. Howard Glanton & Glen Stroer Bill Harley Saturday: Friday: Saturday: Salina and Hesston, KS Guitarists Howard Glanton and Glen Stroer are teacher and student. Howard Glanton joined the music faculty of Hesston College in 2003 as adjunct instructor of private guitar. He maintains a private teaching studio of which Stroer has been a student for a number of years. The two perform a variety of pop, jazz, and classically influenced music. Stage II – 5:00 p.m. Seekonk, MA A two-time Grammy award-winning artist, Bill’s songs and stories paint a vibrant and hilarious picture of growing up, schooling and family life. Singer, storyteller, author, playwright, educator, performing artist – Welcome to the world of Bill Harley – a world of wit and wisdom. Stage II – 11:00 a.m. Stage II – 10:00 a.m. Bravo Salina! Stage – Workshop 1:00 p.m. Children’s Stage – 4:00 p.m. 9 Entertainment Il Teatro Calamari St. Helena, CA Founded in 1995 as an international touring company by Emmy award winning puppeteer Tim Giugni, Il Teatro Calamari pursues theatrical excellence with productions that weave puppetry, mask and physical theater into whimsical and innovative theatre experiences for the entire family. Friday: Children’s Stage – 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. Saturday: Children’s Stage – 1:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. Sunday: Children’s Stage – 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. Roving throughout the Festival The Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts is a historical and beautiful renovated theatre features world class concerts year-round. Facebook and ticketmaster 785-827-1998 Joe’s Pet Project Salina, KS (and points beyond) Rocking the Midwest for almost a decade, Joe’s Pet Project (JPP) promises to bring the boogie back to the Friday night street dance. Known for their euphoric live shows of diverse originals and eclectic covers, JPP is a free-wheelin’, five-piece rock and roll experiment. Self-proclaimed musical puddle jumpers, JPP fearlessly and effortlessly genre-hop from Motown to funk to classic rock to rockabilly – you will sing, dance, scream and smile – and your mama will too! Friday: Eric Stein Stage – 8:30 p.m. John Jorgenson Quintet Nashville, TN John Jorgenson is known as one of the pioneers of the American gypsy jazz movement. Although Jorgenson is well – renowned in the pop, country, and rock world, gypsy jazz is the style of music closest to his heart. John is a founding member of the Desert Rose Band, The Hellecasters and six-year member of Elton John’s band. He also performs in the UK with his electric band, and continues to collaborate with other artists, live and in the studio. Friday: Saturday: Eric Stein Stage – 1:00 p.m. Stage II – 4:00 p.m. Stage II – 11:00 a.m. Eric Stein Stage – 3:00 p.m. KWU/Salina Symphony Salina, KS “Oz,” consists of collaboration between chamber orchestra and vocals; including choral reviews from the famous musicals “Wicked” and “Wizard of Oz.” The performers will be costumed, and perform choreography to create a Broadway musical experience. Sunday: Eric Stein Stage – 1:00 p.m. KWU String Quartet Salina, KS The String Quartet will present a concert of classical and popular arrangements; from Corelli to Disney, a variety of music will be performed. Friday: Joe’s Pet Project Historic Salina Downtown’s Lee District is North Central Kansas’ arts and entertainment destination. Home to performance and exhibit venues like the Stiefel Theatre, Smoky Hill Museum, Salina Art Center, and SculptureTour Salina, The Lee District is proud to be the center of Salina’s cultural activities. 10 Bravo Salina! Stage - 11:00 a.m. Laughing Matters Mission, KS Jay and Leslie Cady have been entertaining full-time since 1980, with over 6000 performances in 33 states and 7 foreign countries. A rollicking good time, enjoy wacky juggling, mime, magic and humor with Leslie and Jay! Friday: Children’s Stage – 1:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. Saturday: Children’s Stage – 12:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. Sunday: Children’s Stage – 11:00 a.m. Bravo Salina! Stage – 3:00 p.m. Roving throughout the Festival Entertainment Bobby Layne & His Orchestra with vocalist Trudy DuMay Lincoln, NE Celebrating 53 years in Big Band, Layne is keeping the traditional music of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s alive with String of Pearls, In the Mood, Stardust and many other favorites. Trudy DuMay joined the Orchestra in 1974, with a talent for “bringing out the best in a song, in the Big Band style.” Together they make an evening under the sparkling mirror ball one to remember. Friday: Bicentennial Center – 7:00 p.m. RoJean Loucks Salina, KS A mid-life encounter with a harp led RoJean to harp playing for her personal enjoyment, for healing, and to composing music for others to play. It’s a passion for RoJean, and will be for you, too, as you hear her play. Sunday: Bravo Salina! Stage – 10:00 a.m. Roving Friday and Saturday Love Canon String Band Charlottesville, VA What do you get when you cross conservatorytrained musicians with raucous bluegrass and the mega-hits of the 80s? Think Rocky IV, Cindi Lauper, Whitesnake, and Dire Straits played with banjo, mandolin and high lonesome vocals. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will blind you with SCIENCE!! Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Dorian Michael Morro Bay, CA Dorian Michael is a player in the vein of John Fahey and (pre-vocal) Leo Kottke – finger picking with a style that’s alternately delicate and wiry, drawing from blues, world music, folk and classical. Sunday: Stage II – 10:00 a.m. Bravo Salina! Stage – 12:00 p.m. Kansas Wesleyan University has numerous theatre, music, and arts events all year long. Check out the arts at KWU. Nagata Shachu Toronto, CA Nagata Shachu has enthralled audiences with its mesmerizing and heart-pounding performances of the Japanese drum (taiko). Combining thunderous, primal drumbeats with subtle intricate rhythms, the ensemble is able to produce a wide spectrum of sound. Featuring a vast array of Japanese taiko including the massive O-Daiko, gongs, bells, wooden clappers, shakers and bamboo flutes, Nagata Shachu will take you on a musical journey beyond all borders. Friday: Children’s Stage – 12:00 p.m. Eric Stein Stage – 3:00 p.m. Stage II – 6:00 p.m. Saturday: Eric Stein Stage – 1:00 p.m. Bravo Salina! Stage – 3:00 p.m. Workshop Stage II – 7:00 p.m. Sunday: Stage II – 2:00 p.m. Roving throughout the weekend Stage II – 12:00 p.m. Eric Stein Stage – 5:00 p.m Eric Stein Stage – 6:00 p.m. Eric Stein Stage – 12:00 p.m. Stage II – 3:00 p.m. Mattson & Weaver Salina, KS Mattson and Weaver perform a unique blend of traditional, folk, contemporary, and original music, laced with stories and humor. Friday: Bravo Salina! Stage – 3:00 p.m. Nagata Shachu Chris McCarty & Band Gainsville, FL Chris McCarty plays high energy, radio-friendly pop-rock with eclectic influences. The music is undeniably rock, at times with an underlying jazz vibe, and chock full of adrenaline-packed jams. Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Eric Stein Stage – 11:00 a.m. Stage II – 5:00 p.m. Eric Stein Stage – 4:00 p.m. Bravo Salina! Stage – 1:00 p.m. Stage II – 4:00 p.m. Love Canon String Band 11 Entertainment Prairie Wind Harp Ensemble Salina, KS The harp ensemble is an informal group of folks who enjoy learning new harp music and playing together. Open to anyone with a harp, the group meets once a month. Members come from a 90-mile radius of Salina. Sunday: Stage II – 1:00 p.m. Chris Proctor Salt Lake City, UT Critics call U.S. National Fingerstyle Guitar Champion, Chris Proctor’s guitar playing “breathtaking,” “haunting,” and “rich.” Guitar magazines describe his compositions as “spectacular,” “elegant,” and “exquisite,” and praise his twelve-string work as “revelatory.” Friday: Bravo Salina! Stage – 1:00 p.m. Stage II – 3:00 p.m. Saturday: Bravo Salina! Stage – 2:00 p.m. Stage II – 6:00 p.m. Roving throughout the Festival The Salina Symphony is a community orchestra dedicated to enriching lives through artistic music performance and education. Tickets for the 2011-2012 season, “A Season for Romance,” go on sale July 11. Visit www.salinasymphony for more information. Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure Salina Children’s Choir Salina, KS This group of Salina 4th through 7th grade students is learning how to sing and entertain, thanks to Director Linda Collins. Friday: Bravo Salina! Stage – 12:00 p.m. Salina Community Theatre Center for Theatre Arts Salina, KS CTA provides vocal classes for students first grade through adult. Singers will perform songs from a variety of musicals including “Cats,” “Ragtime,” “Seussical: The Musical,” and many more. Friday: Bravo Salina! Stage – 10:00 a.m. Salina Community Theatre Center for Theatre Arts Salina, KS CTA provides a variety of dance classes for students age three through adult. Led by Peggy Simms, students will perform tap, jazz, and ballet pieces from popular musical theatre productions and will rock the pop charts as well. Sunday: Bravo Salina! Stage – 2:00 p.m. Salina Municipal Band Salina, KS Now celebrating an impressive 127 years; our hometown band plays from the great American songbook and much more. Saturday: Eric Stein Stage – 10:00 a.m. Salina, KS Join the staff of Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure for this demonstration showcasing some of the unusual animals and wildlife that can be seen at the Zoo and Museum; one of Salina’s favorite venues. Friday: Saturday: Bravo Salina! Stage – 10:00 a.m. Bravo Salina! Stage – 12:00 p.m. 12 Friday: Eric Stein Stage – 12:00 p.m. Salina Youth Symphony Trio Salina, KS Organized and directed by Dena Berquist, this group of very young string players displays some surprising and very mature accomplishments. Friday: Bravo Salina! Stage – 11:00 a.m. Michael Shramek Hillsboro, OR A fire-dancer with Salina roots, Michael will amaze with fire baton choreographed to music, look for him after dark. Roving throughout the Festival Songs for Japan Stories and More on Tour Willingboro, NJ Featuring Queen Nur (nationally renowned storyteller), Dwight (international jazz drummer), and Sarai Abdul-Malik (vocalist, poet, stilt dancer), participate in performances that are rich in story, music and song. It’s a tap-your-feet, clap-yourhands, story-loving good time. Catch the trio in walk-around and join them in playing one-string base buckets, washboards, and spoons. Experience African American folklore, make take home instruments, step it down, and sing a note or two. Friday: Children’s Stage – 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. Saturday: Children’s Stage – 10:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m. Sunday: Children’s Stage – 1:00 p.m Roving throughout the weekend The Doo Dads Kansas City, KS The Doo-Dads, a kid-cool rock ‘n’ roll band, was founded in 2002 by four friends and dads, all veterans of the Kansas City music scene. The band puts on a high-energy show that has every hallmark of a real rock concert – fun, excitement and . . . BUBBLES! Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Children’s Stage – 10:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m. Children’s Stage – 11:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. Children’s Stage – 12:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m. Salina, KS Ken Hakoda, Aine Hakamatsuka and friends will present classical Japanese songs while wearing traditional Japanese kimono. Friday: Bravo Salina! Stage – 4:00 p.m. Southeast of Saline Madrigal Choir Bravo Salina! Stage – 4:00 p.m. Salina Public Library is the hub of learning excitement in our community - providing everything you need to thrive in this dynamic and ever-changing world. The library is everywhere you are - at work or home, in your car, on your iPod...and even at the River Festival! Eric Stein Stage – 2:00 p.m. The Smoky Hill Museum tells the story of the Smoky Hills. Play, experience, learn. Salina, KS Led by instructor Matt Gerry, these students have taken a semester-long elective class offered for the first time this year. These 25 students meet daily, and have learned an extraordinary amount in the few months they’ve been playing. Selections include works by The Beatles, Coldplay, Booker T and the MG’s, the Police, the Band, and the Hives. Saturday: Salina, KS These players, all graduates of Salina Central High, are exploring small ensemble performance as guided by their teacher, Andrew Book. Salina South Middle School Guitar Ensemble Gypsum, KS Directed by Keri Boley, the Madrigal Choir has been in constant voice for 35 years; and annually perform at the Kansas City Renaissance Festival. Salina Central High School String Quintet Friday: Entertainment Trenton Missouri Mascots Trenton, MO These students of the art of the mascot have chosen the Festival for their reward trip again this year Roving throughout the Festival Stories and More on Tour 13 Entertainment Turbine New York, NY From Bonnaroo to the 10,000 Lakes Festival, Turbine has quickly gained a devoted audience who has come to expect the unexpected. Chosen by Relix Magazine as “Artists on the verge,” they can scratch like a DJ with their harmonicas, turn an electric guitar into a silver fiddle, and sing three-part harmonies over wild, high-energy sci-fi rock soundscapes. Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Stage II – 1:00 p.m. Eric Stein Stage – 11:00 a.m. Stage II – 11:00 a.m. Eric Stein Stage – 4:00 p.m. Joseph Vincelli Group Dallas, TX Saxophonist, flutist, author—what sets Joseph apart from other smooth jazz artists is his ability to create music from an array of sources which many others would consider stretching the limits. Joseph has toured extensively throughout North America, with visits to Brazil, Venezuela, England, Italy, Australia and South Africa. Vincelli is the 1998 recipient of the Scott Joplin Award for achievement and the 2000 Hall of Fame winner at the Clearwater Jazz Holiday festival. He devotes time to giving master classes to students, and is a popular residency artist in Salina. Look for him roving throughout the Festival with his flute. Friday: Saturday: Sunday: Stage II – 10:00 a.m. Eric Stein Stage – 6:00 p.m. Stage II – 2:00 p.m. Eric Stein Stage – 7:00 p.m. Bravo Salina Stage – 12:00 p.m. Artists in Action Providing the visual impact of the Smoky Hill River Festival are our inspiring, colorful, and stimulating Artist-in-Action projects. Born of artistic collaboration, the union of landscape and artistic imagination, or the yearning to communicate an idea, our Artists in Action speak volumes without saying a word. 35 JIVE Arty the Mobile Arts Lab ANThropology Attack of the Creative Crawlers The Fab Five IN-Spiders Enter the Bicentennial Center Bridge to the kinetic JIVE of large scale metal sculptures proclaiming the 35th Anniversary of the Smoky Hill River Festival! Spin into the celebration! Created by Salina artist Rich Bergen. Bicentennial Center Bridge Like ants, Like People! These loveable arthropods have burrowed into the heart of the Festival . . . joining their community with ours. Study them, as they study us! The ant hill is alive with common curiosity and celebration! Created by Rich Bergen, Salina. West of Demonstration Area Salina Community Theatre presents between 14-16 productions annually using volunteer artists from 8 through 80+ years of age. Salina, KS The Wheatland Brass quintet is a traditional brass quintet made up of area musicians who have played in and around the Salina area for decades. Their repertoire covers the range of the ensemble from classical to contemporary. Friday: Eric Stein Stage – 4:00 p.m. The Salina Bicentennial Center’s mission is to provide economic stimulus to the Salina area as a conference, meetings, and concert venue. Catch You on the Flipside Joseph Vincelli Jazz Players! Join jazz saxophonist and teaching artist Joseph Vincelli, along with other professionals, for an extended residency in September! Jazz improvisation, rehearsal techniques, and dedicated individual instruction in the variety of instrumentation areas will involve participants high school age and above. Various combos and ensembles will be formed, and the area of “Big Band” music as orchestra will be explored. For information: 785.309.5770 or [email protected]; or visit Salina Arts and Humanities websites: www.riverfestival.com or www.salinaarts.com Salina Arts & Humanities helps provide services, financial support, and programming all year round to individuals, and cultural agencies. The staff is committed to providing excellent service in all that we do. Art of the Bicycle Industrial design enters our environment on a daily basis. What more familiar item could bring such a fascinating and interesting look at the often-overlooked design world than the BICYCLE! From vintage bikes to manufactured oddities, art bikes and invented contraptions - enjoy the artistic, the creative and the unusual - bicycle design in a capsule. This marvelous exhibit was inspired by a visit to the annual “Art of the Bicycle” exhibit at the Go Away Garage in Wichita. Bicycles exhibited come to the Festival from the avid bicycle enthusiasts and collectors who are members of The Coasters Bicycle Club of Wichita. Additional bikes and kinetic sculptures from Salina and Partridge, KS give a glimpse into the expanding appreciation for human-powered art and design. South of Bicentennial Center Bridge Friday: 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 - 5:00 p.m. 14 Colorful Creative Crawlers on the march painting the landscape as you approach the Bravo Salina! Stage. Artist: Matt Dehaemers, Kansas City South of Bravo Salina! Stage Experience emotions and images of Festivals past as photo montages translate the nostalgia and memories of the last 34 years of the Smoky Hill River Festival. Created by artists Ann Arkebauer, Chris Wilson and Adam Wilson, graphic elements of the project focus on people and varied elements of human characteristics and actions (smiles, eating, dancing, etc.). West of Bicentennial Center Bridge Turbine Wheatland Brass The Mobile Arts Lab is a rolling arts incubator that will bring an array of art projects to Salina neighborhoods and organizations throughout June and July...Look for project demonstrations at the Festival. North of Children’s Stage Dream Dragon Bridge Dream images are the inspiration for this fabric construction by artist Bill Godfrey, Tarentum, PA. Enter the Fourth Street Bridge and journey through a dragon dreamscape of surreal images, mythical themes and unconscious symbols. Let your imagination fly! The Salina Art Center is an innovative contemporary art space focusing on the art, artists, and culture of our time. The Art Center bridges community and today’s art through exhibitions, educational programs, and classes, an Artist in Residency program, and independent films at the Cinema. 15 Artists in Action Flower Animals Kansas City artist Juniper/T.J. Tangpuz expands on his inspiration! Animals with flower names take on a large-scale presence. From Tiger Lilly to Dandelion these sculptures combine animal and flower characteristics. Look for the 2011 additions. West of Bicentennial Center Bridge I See You, You See Me Eyes are the windows to the soul . . . how do we see others and how do they see us? Bright and colorful expressive faces, central to the Festival celebration! Bill Godfrey, Tarentum, PA Center tennis court fence Throughout the weekend Salina Public Library staff will be roaming the festival crowds looking for someone they can catch reading. Readers will be given special acknowledgment at the festival and all Ann Arkebauer, Salina, presents this series of readers’ names will be entered into a drawing for a abstract, interlocking and undulating sculptural great prize. statements... a symphony of whimsical abstraction and movement. North tennis court fence Just Another Pipe Dream Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure provides two unique experiences: a world-class Zoo and a Wildlife Museum. Come explore our animal attractions! Live Reflections Instruction Construction By New York-based performance company, robbinschilds (Layla Childs and Sonya Robbins). The work is a series of recordings that lead participants through detailed movement-based scores responding to a specific environment. You are encouraged to listen to the recordings and respond to the directives – create your own spontaneous choreography. MP3 players with recordings are provided. Experience the Movement! Presented by Salina Art Center. South of Stage II Metamorphosis The experience of humanity coming together at an arts festival fosters inspiration in us all! Vibrant colors and festive imagery surround the pond. People holding hands, in one collective movement. With art as the catalyst, celebrate how creative changes in individuals result in positive effects on community. Bill Godfrey, Tarentum, PA. Pond – North of Stage II Mystic Garden Get Caught Reading at the Festival! robbinschilds, documentation of C.L.U.E. (color location ultimate experience) intervention at The New Museum, 2009. Photo credit: Kevin Dohn, Image courtesty of the artist Artists in Action Inspired by a store window phenomenon and being the artist I am, I gleefully stole the idea and made it my own! Its major function is for people to have fun, relax, laugh at themselves (or with others) and perhaps come away with the thought: That was interesting. Fred Elliott, Salina, KS North of Demonstration Area Looks Like Lips Salina artist Ann Arkebauer presents ten large colorfully painted canvases featuring the use of multiple intersecting, angular and opposing radiating lines. This study in patterns challenges the viewer to determine background and foreground, while discovering other pattern groupings. East of Fourth Street Bridge Gypsum artist, Don Osborn considers the simple beauty of plant life. . . A series of large aquatic plant-like forms of natural branches and cuttings reference and contrast regional Kansas landscape. Bright celebrative colors spark the imagination and lead the viewer to reflect on the history and perception of objects and of art, a relationship shaped through layered interpretations. Pond – North of Stage II Kansas City graffiti artist GEAR returns with The Art of Lettering. I focus on how many ways to bend and twist lettering to a point where people stop seeing it as letter, as a word, but more as an abstract art piece. To a graffiti writer/artist, lettering is the most important part of a mural . . . just as important as the characters . . .both inspiration to young artists to create their own styles. West of Demonstration Area The Glass Imaginarium What are these otherworldly artifacts? Where did they come from and how did they arrive? Perhaps they grew here? Are they cocoons of some giant slumbering butterflies, or the nesting remnants of exotic birds? Maybe they’re overgrown vegetable pods, waiting to flower; or perhaps they’re the exoskeletons of extraterrestrial insects? Could they be fantastical pheasants hung by the campfire, or colorful dragon larvae? Let your imagination guide you at the river’s edge. Discern and discover their mysterious nature, purpose and origin. Rich Bergen’s S River Scroll magnetic Poetry Wall By artist Chad Fonfara, Kearney, NE. provides the canvas for this ever-changing literary Riverbank at Kenwood Bridge masterpiece! Local high school English teachers and students, coordinated by Katrina Paradis, will lead this popular returning activity. Lucas, KS artist Erika Nelson introduces a new East of Kenwood Bridge species to the Festival landscape in bright curvilinear land snakes. Mimicing forms and colors from festival installations past and present, Serpentina Festivalius is truly a native species, born of the This mesmerizing and graceful kinetic sculpture, creative collaborative spirit of the Arts. designed by David Exline; Aliso Viejo, CA; with the East tennis court fence creative and technical minds of the Exline family, Exline, Inc. and community volunteers; truly reflects an outstanding community collaboration and has become a Festival gem! Solomon art instructor Alicia Firstbrook-Stott leads On Kenwood Bridge a team of volunteers in this year’s wrapping project. Natural canvases transform the Festival environment, providing some of the event’s most loved landmarks. West of Bicentennial Center Bridge Collin Benson, Denver, CO, takes color to the West of Demonstration Area scenic riverbank. Look for his newest Festival creation, relax and enjoy the canvas! Riverbank at Kenwood Bridge Poetry Wall Serpentina Festivalius Reinventing the Wheel Surreal Trees Riverbank Mural Friends of the River Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Sunday: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m., 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. 16 The Art of Lettering The Art of Letttering - Gear The Friends of the River strives to promote preservation of the original Smoky Hill River channel. In pursuit of that goal, the group provides educational events, participates in river clean-up activities, and continues to develop grass roots support for the renewal of the Smoky Hill River by maintaining a presence in the community. View information about the river, provide your email address to receive the FOTR e-newsletter and be informed about upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. North of Demonstration Area 17 Children’s Area Festival Food Hours: Thursday, 4 p.m.-10:00 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. See numbers 1-35 on Festival map for vendor locations. ◆ Menu includes food items $3 and under (other than drinks) ✿ soft drinks, tea, coffee or bottled water available One of the Festival’s most celebrated features... explore a variety of “make it and take it” projects, activities, games, and entertainment for children of all ages! (East of Headquarters) Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday, Noon – 5 p.m. Art Participation • • • • • • • • • • Art Tote Bead It Button Making Clothespin Critter Foam Fun Funkadelic Fiber Fence Loops ‘N Laces Make An Impression Mixed Media Collage Scratch Art Services • Baby Changing Station Other Fun Stuff • • • • • “Arty” Mobile Arts Lab Children’s Stage (schedule listed under “Performance Times”) Face Painting, Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland Ident-A-Kid Lego Landing Games Pay-to-Play: 25 - 50 cents • Bathtub Buccaneers, Salina Crusaders Rugby • Dustbowl Days-Mini Golf, Smoky Hill Museum (next to Lego Landing) • Fish Bowl Toss, St. Mary’s/Sacred Heart Youth Group • Rain Gutter Regatta, Coronado Area Council • River Pirates, St. Mary’s/Sacred Heart Youth Group • River Waterfall, South High Band Boosters • Rolling Along the River, Saline Co. Young Democrats • Skipping Stones, Saline Co. Young Democrats 1 COCO BONGOS Non Alchoholic Frozen Drinks 2 Black Sheep Kettle Corn ◆ Kettle Corn Burritos; Tacos; Taco Salad; Taco Burgers; Tamales; Nachos; Gordita; Aguas Frescas 4 Westmoreland Concessions ◆ ✿ Jumbo Corndog; Lemonade; Limeade 5 University United Methodist Church ◆ ✿ Funnel Cakes; Bierocks; German Potato Salad; Fried Oreos; Fresh Fruit; Slush 6 C/J Griffin Co. Inc. ◆ ✿ Indian Taco; Fry Bread; Roasted Corn; Lemonade 7 Wok 'n' Roll ◆ ✿ Egg Roll; Pork or Chicken on a Stick; Crab Rangoon; Fried Rice; Sweet & Sour Chicken; Chicken Lo Mein; Hot Wings; Chicken Drummettes and Fries; Strawberry Hawaiian Julep; Lemonade Onion Strings/Blossoms; Limeade • Children pre-register for entrance timeblocks, staggered every 30 minutes. • Registration for entrance timeblocks begins at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 11 (Gates open at 9:00 a.m. Saturday). • Be in line a minimum of 5-10 minutes before your entrance timeblock begins. Strip; Chili-Cheese Frito Pie; Deep Fried Munchies; Fried Green Beans; Gator Tators; Candy Bar on a Stick 21 Old Time Ice Cream ◆ Homemade Ice Cream 22 Knights of Columbus Council #601 ◆ ✿ Chicken Strips; Funnel Cakes; PBJ; Hot Dog 23 Old Home Root Beer Homemade Root Beer 24 Sno Wizard on Wheels ◆ Sno Cones - Regular and Sugar Free 25 Mid-State Cookers ◆ ✿ 27 Bailey's Concessions Inc. ◆ ✿ Chocolate Dipped: Strawberries, Marshmallows, Cream Puffs, Twinkies, Bacon, Cheesecake; Hot Links; Junkyard Dog; Veggie Dog Italian Ice 12 Butch’s Bar-B-Q ◆ ✿ Ribs; Pork or Beef Sandwiches; Cole Slaw; Baked Beans 13 The Nut Place ◆ Cinnamon Roasted Nuts; Salted Nuts 14 Westmoreland Concessions ✿ Bratwurst w/kraut; Polish Sausage; Italian Sausage; Lemonade 15 Paradise Today Cafe ◆ ✿ Bagel; Grilled Italian Panini; Reuben Sandwich; Grilled Chicken Chipotle Sandwich; Strawberry or Peach Real Fruit Smoothie; Frozen Hot Chocolate 16 Mama Mia Concessions LLC ◆ ✿ Ravioli/Cannelloni; Fried Cheesecake; Mozzarella Alligator on a Stick; Smoked Turkey Leg; Brisket; Pork Tenderloin; Gator Taters; Fries; Fried Twinkies Sticks; Meatballs or Chicken on a Stick; Nachos Crab Cakes; Coconut Shrimp; Rice; Salad 28 Pacific Rim Noodles ◆ ✿ Noodle Bowl; Organic Tea 29 Pizza Point ◆ ✿ Pizza by the Slice; Hot Wings; Fruit Drinks 30 C/J Griffin Co. Inc. ◆ ✿ Philly Cheese Steak; French Fries; Walking Taco 31 Tad’s Bodacious Burritos ◆ ✿ Burritos: Chipotle Beef; Garlic Chicken; Black Bean & Spinach; Taco Salad; Soft Tacos; Nacholupa; Nachos 32 Sandy Candy ◆ Candy Test Tubes; Straw Kits; Flavor Bottles 33 Hot Diggity’s ◆ ✿ Cotton Candy 34 Cappuccino Connections Lemonade/Limeade Lemonade; Limeade; Cherry Limeade 35 Smoky Hill River Festival ✿ Pop; Water 17 Kim-Laine Fun Foods, LLC ◆ ✿ Cinnamon Roll; Pecan Roll; Cookies; Flower Pot 18 20 Chubbs & Spudds ◆ ✿ Chicken Fried Steak; Popcorn Shrimp/Chicken; Catfish 10 H & A Concessions ◆ ✿ Grilled Souvlaki; Eggplant; Fried Green Tomatoes; Greek Salad; Hummus; Bakalva; Frozen Fruit Smoothie Frozen Cheesecake; Frozen Bananas; Turtle Cheesecake; 26 Dippin' Dots Ice Cream ◆ ✿ Fruit Bowl; Freezers; Frozen Cappuccino; Ice Cream; Lickem' Lights Glowing Ice Pops Root Beer Creamer; 11 SCOOPS Italian Ice ◆ First Treasures is open from 11:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 11. The First Treasures event encourages, educates and develops the art patrons of the future. Young art buyers enjoy an opportunity to seek out the artists on grounds to talk about their purchase and find out more about the artistic process and the artists themselves. Grilled Chicken on-a-stick; Chocolate Pie; Cupcakes 9 Cappuccino Connections ◆ Celebrating its 11th anniversary in 2011, First Treasures provides an opportunity for young art patrons (ages 4-13) to choose and purchase original artwork at child-affordable prices ($5 or less). This tented venue features a variety of media made available by our Festival artists and craftpersons. Entryway installation by Salina Artist, Michelle Meade. 19 Mermaid Café & Grill ◆ 3 Paydro & Lena’s Catering & Concessions ◆ ✿ Gyros; Quesadilla Dinner; Seafood & Lobster Combo; 8 Charlie’s Onions ✿ First Treasures, Art for Young Collectors 18 P & D Concessions ◆ ✿ Buffalo or Beef Burger; BBQ Brisket; Pulled Pork; Bread; Cobbler; Juice; Espresso/Cappuccino 19 North Welcome to the 35th Annual Smoky Hill River Festival Bravo Salina Stage Mulberry St. Bridge G First Treasures Four Rivers Craft Market Fri. - Sun. Children’s Stage Children’s Area Art Participation & Games 32 M Red Cross 33 ATM I F Ident-A-Kid E C Button Booth 1 N K 8 2 7 16 26 17 25 I 18 24 Arts/Crafts 23 19 Demonstrations 22 20 11 21 9 10 5 have fun! Q Artist in Action Installations keyed below see pgs. 15-17 for descriptions A B C D1 I Public Telephone Restrooms I Information Tents R U 4 Eric Stein Stage O D2 3 Shuttle 6 us 7 Stop. En ines 8 th s A us r ia t P ts ar Pa tn rk ers in ” g & D2 Bicentennial Footbridge Fine Art Show Sat. - Sun. 5 T Ke n Fo wo ot od br P id ar ge k S Festival Fitness Five Numbers 1-35 indicate food Booths - see page 19. See “Good Neighbor Park Policy,” page 3 No glass containers or pets allowed on the grounds Parking lots adjacent to Bicentennial Center and in general vicinity No unauthorized vehicles in the park Shuttle servide in available and accesible: Friday, 10 am - 8:30 pm Saturday, 10 am - 8:30 pm Sunday, 10 am - 4 pm E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U 20 Bicentennial Center P L 2 “B Art Patron Breakfast 1 L Loost st & Ch Fo ild un re d n D1 Pond J H Roving Stage 4th S treet Bridg e Stage II 35 Lego Landing 2 31 30 29 4 1 3 12 1 B Head quart ers 34 A Smoky Hill River S m o ky H ill R iv er Arty Mobile Arts Lab Dream Bridge Looks Like Lips The Art of Lettering Surreal Trees Surreal Trees ANThropology Live Reflections Attach of the Creative Crawlers The Fab Five IN Spiders I See You, You See Me Just Another Pipe Dream Instruction Construction Serpentina Festivalius Mystic Garden Metamorphosis Flower Animals Catch You on the Flip Side 35 Jive Art of the Bicycle The Glass Imaginarium Riverbank Mural Reinventing the Wheel Poetry Wall 21 Fine Art Show 91 92 93 90 ection 89 S d e R 88 87 86 85 72 73 71 74 70 83 Purple Section 82 84 75 69 76 68 77 67 81 78 66 79 65 63 Yellow Section 55 57 56 54 53 58 52 50 51 61 49 62 48 47 Blue Section 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 Orange Section 24 25 26 22 21 20 19 27 28 29 30 18 17 16 Green Section 9 10 11 8 7 12 13 14 15 6 22 F Info ine Art rma tion 2 4 1 Kit Karbler ★ Denver, CO Glass: Layered, cut and polished hand-blown glass; some cold assembly Barbara Lash Glen Ellyn, IL Mixed Media: Encaustic painting embellished with beadwork and found objects 3 4 Nemo Denver, CO McAllen, TX Barbara Samuelson & ★ Russell Smith Smithville, TX Jewelry: Sculptural jewelry in silver and gold flowers that bloom in your hand 7 Lawton, OK Mixed Media: Hand painted decorative gourds with pine needle stitching 9 Jane Kistler ★ 10 Sandra Freeman ★ 12 18 19 20 21 (see pages 23 through 26 for a numeric listing of artists) John Hernandez ★ Berryton, KS Fiber: Silk painting 11 5 Photography: Landscape photographs 15 Green Sidewalk Section Lexington, KY Diane Lawrence ★ 8 Don Ament ★ 17 Sculpture: Ceramic sculpture 14 Omaha, NE Glass: Art glass panels Waleska, GA Dan & Nisha Ferguson ★ 5 Bob Schipper ★ 16 Photography: Fine Art Photography 13 Drawing/Pastels: Perfect freehand circles Robert Jones Magenta Section 3 1 6 39 23 60 59 Magenta Sidewalk Section 2 80 64 Saturday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Number 1-93 correspond with numbers on artists’ tents. Sections are designated by colors, coordinating rows of tent numbers with sidewalk colors. ◆ Returning Award Winners ★ Contributor to First Treasures Program Edmond, OK Painting: Original watercolor paintings with hand painted mats Patrick Clark ★ Hutchinson, KS Painting: Transparent watercolor paintings Terry Groseclose ★ Berthoud, CO Jewelry: Gold jewelry Laurel Peterson Gregory Sedalia, CO Justin Marable ★ Topeka, KS Fernando & Mel Benally Santa Fe, NM Jewelry: Contemporary Navajo handmade Native American jewelry Orange Sidewalk Section 23 Ana Petercic ★ 24 Bloomington, IN Wood: Handmade boxes and vessels with iconic images of modern culture Conrad Wempe Emporia, KS Wood: Arts and Crafts Furniture Graphics/Printmaking: My observations of social and physical landscapes through serigraphy 22 Patricia & Jon Hecker Guilloume Guilloume ★ Sandia Park, NM Sculpture: Patinaed bronze sculpture Sculpture: Traditional lost-wax casting methods immortalize designs in bronze Denver, CO Jewelry: Fabricated mixed metal jewelry with hand cut stones Lincolnwood, IL Fiber: Hand painted, one-of-a-kind silk wearable art and accessories Mia Tyson Tega Cay, SC Fiber: One-of-a-kind organic art to wear with hand felted surface designs 25 Amado Pena Santa Fe, NM Painting: Contemporary Southwest and Native Imagery Preston Steed ★ Del Norte, CO Watercolor: Reflecting a unique perspective through traditional subject matter Mike & Nichole Collins ★ Yates Center, KS Jewelry: Contemporary sterling silver and 18k gold; inlay of resin and Indian sari 23 Fine Art Show Laura Maclay Blue Sidewalk Section Gillian Kemper 26 27 Austin, TX Fiber: Appliqued and embroidered handbags and wall hangings Oklahoma City, OK Printmaking/Painting: Oil-based monotypes still life/watermedia Leslie Emery ◆ 28 Sun Prairie, WI Painting: Abstract mixed media 2-D paintings William Lemke ★ 29 Waukesha, WI Photography: Hand printed silver gelatin photographs Brian Sullivan ★ 30 Champaign, IL Painting: Large scale oil on canvas, contemporary work making use of Americana and advertising images Jeff Kuhns ★ 31 Silver City, NM Ceramics: Stoneware pottery, decorative and functional Vicki Bolen 32 Albuquerque, NM Graphics/Printmaking: Inspired by textiles; weaving and stitching details Lynda Ladwig 33 34 Lafayette, CO Ceramics: Functional and sculptural handbuilt porcelain 35 36 Duke Klassen & LaDes Glanzer ◆ ★ Minneapolis, MN Jewelry: Sterling silver and copper or gold fabricated jewelry W. Scott Wilson ◆ Kansasville, WI Painting: Original German watercolor paintings Peggy Pimpler ★ Cameron, TX Mixed Media: Thought provoking figurative sculpture created from found objects Carrin Rosetti & Richard Gruchalla 37 38 Duluth, MN Ceramics: RAKU fired pottery Suze Ford ★ Lee’s Summit, MO Painting: Brightly colored oil paintings on canvas 39 40 41 42 43 Kara Young ★ Santa Fe, NM Mixed Media: Wall pieces made of 85% handmade paper, copper, and encaustic 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 53 Terry Habeger Terry Jones 54 Markesan, WI Ceramics: Clay forms handpainted with acrylics Trout Lake, WA Mixed Media: Turned wood and leather weave with intricate painted designs John Sartin ★ Albuquerque, NM Jewelry: One-of-a-kind heirloom quality - hand crafted from recycled precious metals Robert Briscoe Harris, MN Ceramics: Stoneware Pottery for daily use 44 52 Barbara Barkley Quemado, NM Paper: Fine art in handmade paper John Stoeckley ★ Louisiana, MO Drawing/Pastels: Pen, ink and watercolor drawings of historic midwest sites S. Michelle Babcock Lawrence, KS Jewelry: A study of life and spirit, form and color - emphasis on cloisonne and basse enameling Daniel McKenna Lyons, CO Glass: Hand-crafted classic and contemporary stained glass windows and lamps-copper-foil Yellow Sidewalk Section 55 56 57 Pam Caidin ◆ ★ Golden, CO Jewelry: Mixed metals inlayed into silver Michael Holmes Des Moines, IA Mixed Media: Original acrylic paintings with vibrant colors and heavy textures Paul Uhl ★ Jed Schlegel ◆ ★ 67 Don Coons ★ Michael Swearngin 70 Terrell Powell ★ 71 Mike & Patty Albin ★ 59 Joseph Cyberski 60 Christos Palios Christine Shively Benjamin ★ Carson City, NV Fiber: Elaborately costumed and embellished fabric figures Phil & Marcia Smith ★ Tucson, AZ Mixed Media: Photographically-based mixed media collage and constructions Sandy James Fox River Grove, IL Jewelry: Stunning botanically-themed jewelry electroformed in copper Rita Orr ★ Osage Beach, MO Mixed Media: Original prints in a painter’s style; images of friendship and pleasant moments Kathrine Allen-Coleman Jackson, GA Mixed Media: Acrylic and dress on canvas incorporating photography, printmaking and stitching Jan Thomas & Cameron Smith ★ Murphysboro, IL Glass: Contemporary blown glass, functional and decorative 61 62 63 Dexter, MI Jewelry: 14k jewelery with unusual gemstones Catonsville, MD Photography: Panoramic vistas comprised of hundreds of seamlessly fused photographs Rob Wiedmaier ★ Platte City, MO Ceramics: High fire porcelain Candiss Cole-Footitt Sedona, AZ Fiber: Handwoven silk garments for men and women Wendy Newman ★ Moab, UT Jewelry: Contemporary silver and 18k gold with colored stones 64 Brian Keller ★ 65 Larry Stephenson Denver, CO Painting: Hand mixed egg tempera paint on panel Andover, KS Painting: Bright, fun watercolor paintings Drawing/Pastel: Contemporary realism in the medium of soft pastel on paper 69 58 Fairfield Glade, TN Mixed Media: Photography in the center with incorporated hand painted frames Wichita, KS Toby McGee paper Joplin, MO Ceramics: Functional and non-functional works made of clay 68 Drawing/Pastels: Hard and soft pastels on Smithville, TX Ceramics: Decorative earthenware clay, multiple layers of underglazes and glazes 66 Lee's Summit, MO Jerry Brown ★ 24 Fine Art Show Oklahoma City, OK Glass: Blown glass landscape vessels Scottsdale, AZ Painting: Contemporary cowboy paintings, acrylic on canvas Austin, TX Mixed Media: Oil and acrylic on canvas, wood and metal with incorporated found objects Jon Walton ★ Middleton, WI Photography: Portraits of the natural world from 8x10 film capture Purple Sidewalk Section 72 Douglas & Renee Sigwarth 73 Bekah Ash ★ 74 Merry Cox ★ 75 River Falls, WI Glass: Handblown art glass for home and garden Iowa City, IA Painting: Oil on canvas: fictional portraits using bold colors and gestural strokes Salida, CO Mixed Media: Collected-connected 3D mixed media objects Ynon Mabat ★ Longwood, FL Mixed Media: Translating ancient Hebrew writings to visual form 76 Patty Lindbloom ★ 77 Rick Preston ◆ ★ Champaign, IL Jewelry: Porcelain and fabricated silver Miramonte, CA Photography: “Secret Worlds,” intimate view of stuff in the junkyard 78 Robert “Merlyn” Walden ★ 79 Susan Lynn ★ Lillian, AL Jewelry: Timeless design, one-of-a-kind, complimented with gemstones Kansas City, MO Painting: Luminous watercolor landscape paintings of the American West 25 80 Fine Art Show Jacqueline Webster Purchase Awards Golden, CO Photography: Traditional and alternative processes Jurors select $1500 in artworks for the Festival Community Art Collection. Purchase pieces are displayed in Salina’s public facilities and schools. 81 Merit Awards 82 Douglas Durkee Burlington, KY Mixed Media: Contemporary multi-dimensional wall clocks, tables, and wall décor Sheldon Ganstrom ★ Hays, KS Ceramics: Sculptural ceramics completed with post-reduction techniques 83 Eric Abraham ★ 84 Klaus Kuntscher ★ 85 86 Lucas, KS Ceramics: High fired porcelain with lusters Shawnee Mission, KS Painting: Transparent watercolors on cold press board C. J. Bradford ★ Flower Mound, TX Drawing/Pastels: Pen and ink drawings on flat white paper Shawn Wolter ★ Urbandale, IA Mixed Media: Cunningly crafted and unique 2-D utilizing many different textural elements Red Sidewalk Section 87 Don McCoy 88 Tim Hartlep ★ 89 Salida, CO Jewelry: Carved gemstones set in silver and gold Hesston, KS Wood: Furniture crafted from reclaimed Osage Orange - traditional joinery Eric Carroll & Richard Turner Newton, KS Sculpture: Hand folded, rolled, stamped and welded dimensional pieces made from steel 90 Laine Dobson ★ 91 Amy Kyle Greeley, CO Painting: Representational watercolors with emphasis on rural subject matter Tucson, AZ Mixed Media: Abstract, textural designs created with clay, glass and fiber 92 Robert Deurloo 93 Mike Hatton & Gabriel Stoner ★ 26 Salmon, ID Sculpture: Bronze wildlife sculpture Osage City, KS Sculpture: Mobiles and kinetic sculptures of anodized aluminum Cash Merit Award winners are determined by jurors based on the overall merit of the body of work exhibited by each artist: $1500 Martha Rhea Award of Merit, one $1000, two $900, three $700, and three $500 awards. Saturday: Stage II - 2:45 p.m. Jurors Ted Adler: Ceramic Artist, Professor of and Area Head of Ceramics Media, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS Bill North: Senior Curator, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Sydney Pener: Metalsmith Artist; Professor of Metals & Silversmithing, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS and Metropolitan Community Colleges, Longview Campus, Kansas City, MO Mardorsey Wanless: Fine Art Photographer, Assistant Professor of Photography, Art Department, Washburn University, Topeka, KS Art Patron Program The Art Patron Program provides a significant contribution to the quality and national reputation of the Fine Art Show. For purchase pledges of $250 or more, patrons are treated to a fabulous gourmet breakfast for two, enjoy the earliest viewing of the show and exchange award placards with artists from whom they purchase. Stop by the Fine Art Information tent to learn about this great program. 2011 Festival T-Shirt Artist Curt Krob (Demonstration Area) designed the second in a three-year series of limited edition Festival T-Shirts. Stop by the Festival Information Booths and pick up a cool shirt! Locations: north of Eric Stein Stage and near Kenwood Bridge 2011 Festival Print The first collaborative print in Festival history… ”Quiet Embrace” - a digitally composed landscape by Salina artists, Sandy Wedel and Brad Anderson. For a Festival donation of $100 or more you will receive this signed and numbered limited edition original gift of appreciation. Art/Craft Demonstrations Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Observe the creative processes of skillful artists and artisans as they exhibit, demonstrate and sell under the Demonstration Shelter. ★ Contributor to First Treasures Program (see page 18) Natalie Brown ★ Wichita, KS Thrown & Carved Ceramics: Wheel thrown components skillfully become beautiful and functional vessels. Unique hand-carved relief patterns provide a distinguishing style. Friday: 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. Saturday: 11:00 a.m., 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 3:00 p.m. Travis Coleman ★ Salina, KS Hammered & Cast Metal: Vessels and objects are created from forged sheet metal, skilled tooling techniques and Cuttlefish casting. Friday: 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. Saturday: 12:00 Noon, 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 1:00 p.m. David Hamby ★ Caroline Kahler★ Lindsborg, KS Bookmaking: Books made from a variety of materials and techniques, designed with creativity, for beauty and function! Friday: 1:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. Saturday: 12:00 Noon, 3:00 p.m. Sunday: 1:00 p.m. Curt Krob★ Salina, KS Sculpture/Painting: Birds, fish, and absurd animals! Lighthearted doodles and cartoon-like characters come to life with Styrofoam, paper mache and paint. Friday: 11:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m. Saturday: 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 12:00 Noon Layl McDill ★ Lawrence, KS Pen Turning: Exotic and domestic woods, exquisitely crafted into beautiful writing instruments. Minneapolis, MN Polymer Clay Sculpting: Full of whimsy and imagination, sculptures become multi-level stories through the ancient technique of millefiore. Jimmie Harrison ★ Dave Wendler Friday: 2:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. Saturday: 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 12:00 Noon Albuquerque, NM Navajo Stone-on-Stone Inlay: Jewelry created with a flavor of tradition and a stylized approach. Harrison is one of the first Navajo silversmiths to develop a contemporary inlay style. Friday: 12:00 Noon, 4:00 p.m. Saturday: 1:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. Sunday: 2:00 p.m. Friday: 1:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. Saturday: 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. Sunday: 2:00 p.m. Kansas City, MO Hand Crafted Electrocoustic Guitars: Simple yet elegant guitars and mandolins created with the exacting skills of a luthier. Rich and resonant sounds uniquely define these hybrid instruments. Friday: 12:00 Noon, 3:00 p.m. Saturday: 2:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. Sunday: 3:00 p.m. 35th Anniversary Acknowledgement The 35th Anniversary seems a most appropriate time to reflect on the Festival’s commitment to present the highest quality juried art and craft venues. National networking and continual dialogue with show directors and exhibiting artists prove essential to presenting vibrant and outstanding shows for patrons and a professional atmosphere for artists. I would like to thank a group of artists who have offered valuable insight and discussion toward maintaining the reputation of our shows: Terry Maxwell, Emporia, KS; Don Coons, Wichita, KS; Don Ament, Lexington, KY; Merlyn Walden, Lillian, AL; Gene Millard & Mollie Ebelhare, Masonville, CO; Gillian Kemper, Oklahoma City, OK; Corozon Watkins, Norman, OK; Monika Marceau, Denver, CO; Micheline Brierre, Colorado Springs, CO. Les Slesnick, Orlando, FL; and Sara Rishel, Atlanta, GA Karla Prickett, Visual Arts Coordinator The work of Terry Maxwell, Emporia, KS is on exhibit and for sale in the Fine Art Information tent in honor of his years of dedication and support to the Fine Art Show. 27 40 41 46 45 44 43 Red Section 47 Green Section 42 Friday & Saturday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Numbers 1 through 53 correspond with numbers on craftpersons’ exhibit spaces. Sections are designated by colors ◆ Returning Award Winners ★ Contributor to First Treasures Program 48 52 53 Four Rivers Craft Show 49 50 51 39 38 37 36 Yellow Section 31 30 28 29 34 33 32 26 27 25 24 Blue Section 16 15 19 14 20 21 13 12 22 11 23 17 18 First Aid Center 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tracine Saulters ★ 3 Megan Moore ★ Blue Section 4 Bloomington, IN Jewelry: Original handcrafted designs Minneapolis, MN Painting: Acrylic and oils, illustrative images, naturally occuring patterns and organic forms Greg & Mindy Rhoads Marquette, KS stoneware tiles and recyled objects on wood 5 6 7 8 9 11 Sandra Knox ★ Albuquerque, NM Soaps/Herbals: Luxurious natural bath and body products Denise & Humberto Robertson ◆ ★ Columbus, NM Jewelry: Handmade with an emphasis towards families, language and women Carole Osburn ★ Mixed Media: Narrative collage of handmade papers with original verse Mark Mallia ★ Austin, TX Wood: Fine boxes for a variety of uses, solid inlays and traditional joinery 17 Ron & Christine Sisco ★ 18 Walter Wright & ★ Kim DelMargo Tumacacori, AZ Wood: Functional art for the home 19 20 Ron McGowan & Dana McDaniel Corrales, NM Jewelry: Fun, colorful mixed metal jewelry Joseph Hopps Edom, TX Mixed Media: Unique, fully functional, whimsically decorated aviary abodes Champlin, MN Ceramics: Water fountains/garden sculptures 22 Laura Anderson Colorado Springs, CO Jewelry: Original one-of-a-kind beaded-on-fiber designs 23 Jill & Chad Kernodle ◆ 24 Jason Bove 25 Jane Smith ★ Philip Echert Micheline Brierre ◆ ★ Peggy Corpeny ★ Indian Hills, CO Mixed Media: Whimsical watercolor, acrylic and marker on paper and canvas Jacqueline Wetzel Phillips ★ Mansfield, TX Ceramics: Functional pottery with an emphasis on design Skip & Racheal Mathews ★ 14 Jane Buresh ★ Franklin Grove, IL Glass: “Tribal Folks” fused glass wall pieces Kirbyville, MO Metal: Patterns and colors created on copper with only a torch Elkhorn, NE Ceramics: Functional and whimsical pottery, hand carved and formed Encinitas, CA Ceramics: Functional pottery Oklahoma City, OK Jewelry: Baltic Amber Lee’s Summit, MO Mixed Media: Mosaics Oregonia, OH Ceramics: Handmade functional and decorative pottery - greens, yellows, blues, reds Littleton, CO Mixed Media: Recycled plastic whimsical art 26 Jo Smith 27 Bonnie Shopper ★ 28 Barbara Lund Albuquerque, NM Mixed Media: Handcrafted art boxes from salvaged woods with embellished original prints Gary Timinsky 13 16 Columbia, MO 21 Donna Moore ★ Des Moines, IA Paper: Handmade paper collage and sculptures 12 28 Fayetteville, AR Clothing: Luxury children’s clothing - upcycled cotton, original printing, machine embroidery Mixed Media: Tile collage of handmade 10 9 8 10 Red Section 1 2 Kay Foley ★ Sage Billig 35 Four Rivers Craft Show Information 15 1 Marshall, AR Ceramics: Stoneware pottery Clayton, MO Glass: Enamels: layers of powdered glass fused onto copper Bloomington, IN Ceramics: Wheel thrown functional pottery 29 Four Rivers Craft Show 29 30 Angie Pickman Green Section David Switzer ★ Atchison, KS Paper: Hand cut paper art Augusta, KS Leather: Accessories with southwestern flair Yellow Section 31 32 33 Fred Conlon ★ Salt Lake City, UT Metal: Vintage WWII military surplus recycled Todd Shelby & Karen Pritchett Columbia, MO Ceramics: Colorful, whimsical pottery Kathleen Bearden West Fork, AR Jewelry: Individually handcrafted originals 34 Alex Santamarina 35 Kristin & Al Clement ★ 36 37 38 San Francisco, CA Metal: Stainless steel mesh baskets Springfield, MO Ceramics: Stoneware pottery made to be loved and used daily Jimmy & Cheryl Jones ★ Springfield, MO Metal: Kinetic metal sculpture Melinda Hutton ★ Newton, KS Jewelry: Imagined and created from antique buckles, buttons, cufflinks and vintage jewelry Steve Coburn ★ 43 44 39 40 41 42 30 fired functional pottery Elisabeth Delehaunty ★ Paonia, CO Clothing: Fun and functional clothing made entirely from recycled fabrics Michael Schwade ★ Eureka Springs, AR Jewelry: Welded bronze, copper and nickel-silver jewelry Monika Marceau ★ Denver, CO Chalkware: Traditional Folk art created in century old, antique chocolate and candy molds Kirsten Walstead Minneapolis, MN Ceramics: Handmade high relief ceramic tiles and tile murals Santa Fe, NM Jewelry: Crochet and knit beaded wire jewelry and wearable art Joyce Bunch ★ Elkins, AR Clothing: Handmade, aprons for all ages 45 Jerry Lovenstein ★ 46 Liz & Paul Shedron ★ Mountain View, AR Fiber: Grassy Creek signature brooms, individually handcrafted Long Lane, MO Soaps/Herbal: Soaps, oils, remedy balms, spritzers and powders 47 Melody & Kurt Bellock ◆ ★ 48 Roger Mathews ★ Salt Lake City, UT Wood: Stone inlay wooden vessels and wall hangings 49 Wichita, KS glass; fabricated sterling with texture Joseph Dumas ★ Mixed Media: Natural stone and steel garden designs Kenneth McDonald & ★ David Jessup Mixed Media: Cement based home and garden art John & Char Botello ★ Palm Springs, CA Furniture: Unique suspended tropical furniture Shari Grenzow Mauer ★ 53 Tina Bush Boulder, CO 52 Kiel, WI Mixed Media: Whimsical garden art Cleveland, OK Clothing: Handpainted wearables Merit Awards Cash Merit Award winners are determined by jurors based on the overall merit of the body of work exhibited by each artist: one $500, one $400, and three $300 awards. Friday: Stage II - 2:45 p.m. Jurors Accounting Technician: Glenda Johnson Assistant Technical Directors: Marie Chapman, Caroline Lanterman, Travis Olson Executive Director: Brad Anderson Festival Coordinators: Sharon Benson, Karla Prickett Festival Graphics: Jane Gates Office Manager/Program Design: Kathy Burlew Office Volunteers: Jean Cyr, Marty Holmquist, Sue Vince Program Assistant: Krystal Norris Stage Manager/Eric Stein Stage: Loren Banninger Stage Manager/Stage II: Tim Welch Stage II Crew: John Snyder, Connor Tillman Stage Managers/Children’s Stage: Ruby Tilton, Casey Morgan Paul Morgan, Seth Morgan Support Staff: Lucas Allen, Decker Gates, Brigid Hall, John Hall, Tom Marietta, Nancy Williams Technical Co-Directors: Gadsden, AL 50 STAFF Stage Managers/Bravo Salina! Stage: Glass/Jewelry: Nature’s colors in the form of 51 Salina, KS Ceramics: Classic designs in wheel thrown high Willow Summers ★ STAFF & COMMITTEES Linda Gebert: Jewelry/Enamel/Fiber Studio Artist, Metalworking and Enamel Instructor, Wichita Center for the Arts and Wichita State University, Wichita, KS David Petty: Specialty Store Owner, Craft and Fine Art Collector, Wichita, KS Marilyn Taylor: Owner, MTaylorgifts.com, Olathe, KS. Tom Gates, Jamie Hall COMMITTEE MEMBERS/ COORDINATORS Ambassadors: Loreen & Tony Buccigrossi, Andy & Janelle Martin, Ron & Joan Reed, Craig & Donna Richardson Salina Area Young Professionals Art Patron Program: Bev Cole, Jean Cyr, Peggy Medina, Kathryne Perney, Jannell Shadwick, Janice Struble, Mike Soetaert & Melanie Terrill Artists Snack Bags: Janice Ostrom, Maxine Strawn Baby Station: Beth Vinson Big Band Dance: Carolyn Peterson, Clarke Sanders Children's Art Part: Romeyn Lauber, Mike Mattek, Ron & Diane Norris, Jennifer Ogden, Jonathan Ogden, Linda Ogden Craft Demonstrations: Devynn Carter, Lily Johnson, Kate Richards, Stefani Schrader Face Painting: Vesa Cunningham, Girl Scouts Festival Fitness Five: Kallie Burgardt, Adrienne Gapter Festival Jam: Steve Hanson, Clarke Sanders Fine Art Show: Brian Galliart, Kim George, Halie Graybeal, Scott Graybeal, Cindy Lamer, Gary Martens, Carla Moore, Martha Murchison, Lindsey Sellers, Deon Smalley, Larry Smith, Ryan Wands First Treasures: Kathy Malm, Kim Norwood, Mollie Purcell Food: Cary Brinegar, Yvonne Gibbons, Kim Hoelting, Ellen Meyer, Melanie Regnier, Steve Renich, Nada Schroeder, Dawn Smith Four Rivers Craft Market: Stacia Brenneman, Julie Cates, Robin Cates, Sherry Cates, Amy Freelove, Ann & Terry Headrick, Angie Chesney Herrington, Nancy Jones, Karla Nothern, Sylvia Rice, Ellie Sharp Games: Vicki Koepsel Gates: Amy Cole, Dale Cole, Nancy Scanlan Hospitality: Linda Rohrer Information Sites: Beth & Tom Arpke Marketing: Mary Lou Schneider, Peggy Medina Shuttles: Sharon Bush, Wendy Garman, Jeff Woods, Doug Warner SPECIAL EVENTS Friday: Big Band Dance Heritage Hall Bicentennial Center Big Band Dance featuring Bobby Layne and His Orchestra with vocalist Trudy DuMay 7:00 p.m. Dance/Contest Saturday: Festival Fitness Five Improved Electronic chip timing for all races! 6:30 a.m. - Registration and foot chip pick-up 7:00 a.m. - Start of Two and Five-Mile Runs 8:15 a.m. - Start of Two-Mile Walk 9:00 a.m. - Quarter-Mile Runs Ages 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, and 11-13 50 Yd. Dash Ages 2 and under, 3-4 All races begin and end near the locomotive in Kenwood Park 31 Premiere Sponsors Children’s Art Part Tent Bravo Salina! Stage Tent Festival Fitness Five Race Shuttle Service Kenwood Bridge Installation Button Booth; Beverages Marketing Festival Buttons Festival Jam Technical Equipment Bicentennial Center, Fire, Police, General Services, Parks & Rec. Premiere Sponsors Festival Jam George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic Trash Service Lodging First Treasures; Advertising MEMBER FDIC Website Hosting & Technical Development Support Big Band Dance 32 Joe’s Pet Project Big Band Dance Festival Quest Annie Up Cellular Phones Electrical Expertise Festival Brochures 33 Executive Sponsors Nagata Shachu Nagata Shachu Sponsors Presenting Arrow Printing Co.: Super 8: Lodging Wal-mart Store 558 Salina, KS: The Bank of Tescott: Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC: Festival Program Printing John Jorgenson Quintet Good Lovelies Good Lovelies Bennington State Bank: Candlewood Suites: Lodging Columbia Insurance Group: Joe’s Pet Project Lodging Children’s Games Consolidated Printing: Printing Construction Rental: Equipment; Supplies RVs Four Seasons RV Acres: Ident-a-Kid Booth Chris Proctor Public Transportation and Button Production Buffalo Rome The Doo Dads Festival Signage Bill Harley Baby Station; Children's Art Participation Area Building Renovation 34 Stage II Tent General Underwriting Hampton Inn: Lodging Hough Piano & Organ Inc.: Pianos Ka-Comm, Inc.: Two-Way Radios Kennedy & Coe: Dorian Michael McDonald’s of Salina: Children’s Performance Tent Meier's Moving & Storage: Truck & Advertising Mid-Kansas Mobile Homes: Headquarters Mobile Home The Mortgage Company: Golf Carts PKM Steel Service: Love Canon String Band Salina Quality Inn & Suites: Lodging Schwan Global Supply Chain Inc.: General Underwriting Scoular Company: Buffalo Rome Children’s Art Supplies Annie Up Woods & Durham, CHTD: John Jorgenson Quintet Festival Families First Heritage at Hawthorne Village Verla Nesbitt Joscelyn Foundation Salina Regional Health Foundation Grants Anonymous Kansas Arts Commission Art Patron Breakfast Sponsors Jim Allen Ross & Melva Hoffhines Gary & Lana Jordan Wally & Ginny Koers Gayle & Jane McMillen Bruce & Julie Moore Martha Rhea Connie Stevens Brad Stuewe & Paula Fried 35 Sponsors Business Sponsors 2nd Hand Hannemann’s: Furniture for Hospitality Bank of America: General Underwriting Boy Scout Troup 214 - Adventure Group: River clean-up Brooks Liquor: General Underwriting Central Kansas Amateur Radio Club: Lost & Found Coldwell Banker Antrim-Piper Wenger Realtors: Storage Truck Culligan Quality Water, Inc.: Bottled Water Dillons Stores: General Underwriting Drs. LaPierre & Sharpe: General Underwriting Fast Focus: Festival Photo Books First Presbyterian Church: Joseph Vincelli Framing Matters: Framing Services KAKE TV Salina: Advertising Key Rexall HealthMart: General Underwriting KVSV-AM/KVSV-FM: Advertising Loft Group Catering: Artist Breakfast MOKAS Bakery & Bistro: Artist Reception Phone Connection: Telephones Saint Francis Community Services: Il Teatro Calamari Salina Downtown Inc.: Polymer Clay Workshop Salina Unitarian Universalist Fellowship: Recycling ServiceMaster of Salina: Cleaning Services Smoky Hill LLC Heavy Contractors: General Underwriting Star Lumber & Supply Co.: Materials Stutzman Greenhouse Inc.: Plants Tamara Howe School of Dance: Advertising USD 305: Vans; Parking Facility 36 Supporters Enthusiasts Bill & Jane Alsop Reese & Donna Baxter Larry & Judy Beck Lila Berkley Mike & Debbie Berkley Dena & Kent Berquist Rod Bradshaw Shannon & Jo Buchanan Barton & Kate Bycroft Arnold & Lisbeth Cabrera Curtis & Carrie Carpenter Mollie Carter William & Ruth Cathcart-Rake Drs. 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Brian Palmer & Mary Nacrelli Joel & Lori Parriott Claudia Perez-Tamayo & Alfredo Lopez Meg & Tim Pivonka Bennett & Lorna Radford Henry & Dawn Reed Toni & Dick Renfro Bev & Steve Romans Rex & Carol Romeiser Bob & Linda Salem Jim & Diane Sampson Jim & Betsy Scholten Ken & Virginia Schwartz John & Deb Shetlar Boyd & Heather Smith Morrie & Sydney Soderberg Jack & Marsha Stewart Marilyn & Dan Stone Lawrence & Jo Ann Stoskopf Roger & Jonna Struble Don & Bette Timmel Jack & Donna Vanier John Vanier Charlie & Carolyn Walker Phil Weaver & Willow Leenders Mark & Carolyn Wedel Gary & Mary Anne Weiner Brian & Judy Weisel Jason Wells, D.D.S. Tom & Jan Wilson Gary & Jeanette Wooster Mark Zimmerman & Carolyn Hofer Family Patrons Chris & Julie Banninger Mary Nell & Mike Beatty Richard & Rosemary Gibson Grain Belt Supply Company Hassman Termite & Pest Control L & S Building Contractors, Inc. Merry Maids of Salina Gayle K. 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