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Roswell Arts Festival 2018

The Roswell Arts Festival, one of Roswells longest running events, will be held the weekend of September 15 and 16 on the Roswell Town Square. In its 52nd year, the event raises funds to support the Roswell Recreation, Parks, Historical and Cultural Affairs Department special projects and programs. This years event will feature seventy artists and provide live music and demonstrations throughout the weekend.

Artists from throughout the Southeast participate in the festival. Visitors will find a variety of art forms to explore including paintings, photography, graphics, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, and crafts. Entertainment will feature local singers. Food trucks will offer a variety of selections. There are plenty of kid friendly activities as well. Since its inception, the Festival has provided an opportunity for every child to be an artist by offering an opportunity to create their own painted masterpiece for free. Visitors are also encouraged to contribute to the community painting. Previous community paintings now hang in Roswell City Hall.

Valerie Morelli, chair of the Roswell Arts Festival Committee, credits the Festivals success not only on the small group of volunteers who make the Festival possible, but also the Roswell residents who come back year after year. I often run into old friends at the Festival; they remember coming as a child and are now bringing their children and their grandchildren to an event that still has a small community feel while offering first-class art and entertainment, said Morelli. Committee members continue to challenge themselves to look for ways to enhance the visitor experience. We brought food trucks in a few years ago, which have been popular. We also moved our entertainment from the band shell to a stage on the street, providing children a place to dance and adults a place to relax while enjoying talented performers. In addition, we brought in artist demonstrations last year; the blacksmith demonstration was a particular highlight, and the Festival revenues helped fund a new blacksmith program through the recreation department, so city residents can now try it for themselves.

Since its inception, the Arts Festival has raised more than one million dollars to support programs throughout the city. The Festival has paid for the Riverside Sprayground, the Serenity Garden at Roswell Area Park, and contributed to the Rotary Dream Field at Groveway Community Park as well as many other initiatives. Its exciting to put on an event and raise funds for projects you literally drive by throughout the city every day, said Morelli.

The Roswell Arts Festival, while still run by only a handful of volunteers, has recently become part of the Friends of the Roswell Parks to combine efforts to promote the advancement of parks and recreational opportunities in Roswell.

Festival hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm, with live entertainment beginning at noon each day. Shuttle service is available from Roswell City Hall. Limited artist space in certain categories is still available, visit RoswellArtsFestival.com if interested.

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