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pARTy on mARkeT

2 Apr 2012 | No Comments | in Carousel, EngageKPT Blog, Public Art, Upcoming Events

The Cultural Arts Division of the City of Kingsport, Downtown Kingsport Association, Engage Kingsport and Downtown Businesses would like to
announce a new event that’s gearing up involving the Arts!  pARTy on mARkeT will be a two day event starting Thursday, May 3rd from 5:00pm-8:00pm and Saturday May 5th, from 10:00am-4:00pm, This is not only an arts awareness event where local artists will be doing demonstrations but also an event where the artists’ work will be for sale.

The event will kick off Thursday night, May 3rd with a reception for the Sculpture Walk artists held at Cindy Saadeh’s Fine Art Gallery on Market
Street from 5 – 8 PM.  The public is invited to meet the 10 sculptors selected for the 6th annual Sculpture Walk exhibit in Downtown Kingsport.
‘Everbetter’, a rock cover band, will be performing on Market Street and local artists will be showcased in live demonstrations throughout the block.
Many downtown merchants and restaurants will join in the celebration with special operating hours for the first Thursday of May.

Saturday, May 5th will begin with the Sculpture Walk ‘talk and tour’ at 10am led by curator Peggy Townsend. This ‘walk and talk’ lecture is free and open to
the public.  It will begin at Glenn Bruce Park on Broad Street near the Library. Peggy Townsend, public art director from Chattanooga will lead the group and introduce the 10 selected artists and their art.  Then from 11am-4pm, the ART MARKET will be open with booths set up on Market Street.  Enjoy face painting, food vendors, a ballet performance, theater performance, musicians in the street, street performers, and MORE! Carousel animals with their carvers and painters from the Kingsport Carousel Project will be on display for people to get a sneak peak and check out all the progress being made on this special project.

Carousel Arts and Craft Show

21 Mar 2012 | No Comments | in Carousel

The Cultural Arts Division will host a Carousel Arts and Craft Show Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25 at the Civic Auditorium. The show is free and open to the public. Saturday hours are 10 AM – 6 PM and Sunday, noon until 5 PM.

Artists, artisans and craftsmen will be displaying and selling their products. There is a special emphasis on wood working and many vendors will incorporate the carousel theme. Vendors include bench and chairmakers, wood turners, doll clothes, floral arrangments jewelry, pottery and much more. All animals for the Kingsport Carousel Project will be displayed in their various stages of progress. Artists will be on hand to describe the painting process for animals and rounding boards. Parts of the 1956 era Herschell carousel will also be on display. Volunteers for the project are working to establish a working carousel in downtown Kingsport by June 2013. This is the first opportunity to see all the progress and to learn how to be involved.

Volunteers Needed to Help Paint Rounding Boards for Carousel

27 Feb 2012 | No Comments | in Carousel, Public Art

Public Art Kingsport and the Carousel Project are seeking volunteer painters to help with painting of scenes for the Rounding Boards of the Carousel.    Scenes from the Kingsport area will be included in 24 different boards mounted on the rounding boards at the top of the carousel. 

 Ellen Elmes and Cindy Saadeh will share duties as lead artists for the rounding boards.  Ellen Elmes is the artist for the Kingsport history mural and Pal’s mural and has completed many community projects throughout the region.  Cindy Saadeh is owner of the Cindy Saadeh Fine Art Gallery in downtown Kingsport, well recognized for her own art and art classes.  

Ellen and Cindy will host an orientation and workshop on Saturday, March 3 12:30 PM at the Lynn View Community Center Cafeteria. The first hour of the meeting will be an orientation session for getting acquainted with one another and with the rounding boards volunteer painting project. For those who are interested and able to stay longer, a workshop session will begin, following orientation, that will include a hands-on exercise of painting foliage and, time permitting, participant involvement in the preparation of the rounding board canvases. This workshop session will conclude no later than 4:00 PM.

The Lynn View Community Center is located at 257 Walker Street just off Lynn Garden Drive in Kingsport, TN.  Participants will be asked to pay $50 (tuition) per student to offset the costs of paints and other materials.  Volunteers will need to furnish their own brushes.  Volunteer painters will be eligible for a refund of their $50 tuition when their rounding board has been sponsored.  Volunteer painters along with the sponsors will be recognized prominently in the finished carousel building.   

For more information call 423-392-8416 or www.EngageKingsport.com