Arts & Entertainment

Enjoy Art, Music Sunday at the Riverdale Park ArtsFest

The event will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Riverdale Park Town Center parking lot.

Submitted by the Riverdale Park Arts Council

The Riverdale Park Arts Council’s sixth annual arts and music festival will feature the Rodney Kelley Jazz Experience with saxophonist Russell Lyles live in Town Center at the Marc Station, Sunday, May 5, 2013. The daylong program will also feature more than four dozen local and regional artists and artisans, a variety of live musical performances, the second-annual Youth Poetry Slam!, a burgeoning Literary Corner, and World of Wheels, our parked parade of vintage vehicles.

In addition, members of the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation will perform and more musical artists are being added to the line-up.

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The winner of the Second Gerald King Scholarship for Realism Painting will also be introduced. The award is given each year to a art student who shows great promise in realism. The award is named after Riverdale Park’s renowned artist and local university instructor Gerald King.

Among the top artists expected to participate in the free, rain or shine outdoor show are popular Riverdale Park jewelry craftsman Tina Van Pelt and Hyattsville jewelry maker Carol Tisdale.

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The event, which runs 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., has become a favorite of local artists. After a recent festival, artist Australia Worsley said, “As usual I loved it. The location is excellent. Of all things, I hope that you do not change that. The volunteers are always friendly and helpful. As a vendor, I look forward to always coming back, so do my family and friends, they love it. And I get a chance to meet a lot of great people.”


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