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859-846-4049
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Concert and Auction to Benefit Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival at Midway College
On Saturday, February 2nd, the Thoroughbred Theatre in Midway will host a concert, silent auction, and live performance art to benefit Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival at Midway College. Admission is free, donations are welcome, and all guests who donate will be entered in a drawing to win “Francisco’s Farm Bucks” - $25 denomination gift certificates for the purchase of art at both the auction and the June festival. Doors and cash bar open at 6:30pm. Blake Jones will perform at 7pm, with special guests Billy and Lauren Hill.
Singer/songwriter Blake Jones grew up in a large family playing music for his father, an evangelist. His early musical upbringing on the tent revival stage has helped him become a stellar musician and performer. Jones plays guitar, banjo, mandolin, and mountain dulcimer. Special musical guests Billy Hill (Government Cheese, Moral Chain of Custody) and Lauren Hill (Barbie Syndrome, Sha Sha Boom) lay claim to a “Post-Punk-Folk-Americana” style.
The silent auction includes the original creations of more than two dozen visual and craft artists from paintings to porcelain, and designer jewelry to woodturnings. Midway’s merchants have donated everything from art lessons to fine wine, including an unusual print of “Spring Time in Central Park” by Shirley Mason, known to the world as the anonymous Sybil, the most famous multiple personality in psychiatric history.
At concert intermission, Catlettsburg artist PJ Campbell will debut her “Art Explosion”, a fast-paced, large-scale painting created live on stage in an exciting blend of art, dance, and music. As the paint dries, the artwork will be included in the auction.
"Campbell's art explodes with color like fireworks on a hot summer night," said Nancy Bronner, editor of Arts Across Kentucky magazine. A four-time exhibitor at Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival, Campbell delights visitors with her vibrantly painted steel wall-hangings. She was selected by the Kentucky Arts Council for inclusion in the Southern Artists Registry, a showcase spotlighting the diversity and achievements of outstanding artists who live and work in the South.
Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival is a not-for-profit project of Midway Renaissance Inc., Midway College, and the City of Midway. National City is the title sponsor, and Brown-Forman’s Woodford Reserve will this year sponsor Francisco’s Gallery, a celebration of the artistic wealth of Woodford County.
The event, celebrating its fifth year, has twice been named to the Kentucky Tourism Council’s ‘Top Ten Events’ for summer, the Southeast Tourism Society’s ‘Top 20 Events’, and AmericanStyle magazine’s ‘Top 10 Art Fairs’ in the United States.
Organizers named the show for John Francisco, the original owner of the property on which Midway stands. The festival is scheduled for June 21st and 22nd from 10am to 5pm on the campus of Midway College – Exit 65 off I-64. Admission is only $5 per car – proceeds help to produce the non-profit event. For more information, visit www.franciscosfarm.org or call 859-846-4049.
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November 26, 2007
CONTACT: Marcie Christensen, Event Coordinator
859-846-4049
artistsliaison@franciscosfarm.org
Francisco’s Farm Seeks Artists for a Top Ten Art Festival
AmericanStyle Magazine, for the second year in a row, has named Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival at Midway College among the nation’s ‘Top 10 Art Fairs & Festivals’. “Unfortunately I can’t tell you the rank of the show,” said Claire Patterson, the magazine’s editor, “since the information is embargoed until the issue goes on sale Dec. 25. “
“Last year they called us ‘a four-year-old upstart launched by a small town and its local college’ and ‘a major grassroots write-in favorite’”, said Event Coordinator, Marcie Christensen. “We don’t mind if we place ‘Number Ten’ on such a prestigious list.”
Organizers named the show for John Francisco, the original owner of the property on which Midway stands. The inaugural show, in 2004, won the Kentucky League of Cities ‘Enterprise Cities’ Award, and was praised by exhibitors and visitors alike for its attention to detail, hospitality and beautiful setting on the tree-shaded campus of Midway College, Kentucky’s only college for women. Designed in the early 1900’s by the renowned landscape architecture firm Olmsted and Sons, the gracious campus is an historic gem.
The event has won an impressive number of awards for such a young festival – being twice named to the Kentucky Tourism Council’s ‘Top Ten Events’ for summer, and last year receiving the Southeast Tourism Society’s ‘Top 20 Events’ designation.
“The quality that has put the spotlight on Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival from its inception is that we treat our artists as they deserve to be treated - like gold,” says Event Coordinator Marcie Christensen. “The whole community comes together with pride to create this unequaled hospitality. Our reputation among professional artists continues to spread, and more apply to exhibit each year. Everyone benefits: the exhibitors are thrilled, the community is happily united in a common goal, and visitors are delighted with an event that offers a new mix of high-quality art that compels them to return each year.”
Artists may visit www.franciscosfarm.org for eligibility requirements and applications. Applications must be postmarked by January 31, 2008 with applications postmarked by January 15 receiving a booth discount.
Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival is a not-for-profit project of Midway Renaissance Inc., Midway College, and the City of Midway. Major corporate sponsors include Brown-Forman’s Woodford Reserve and National City.
The 2008 Festival will be held June 21st and 22nd from 10am to 5pm on the campus of Midway College – Exit 65 off I-64. Admission is only $5 per car – proceeds help to produce the non-profit event. For more information, visit www.franciscosfarm.org or call 859-846-4049.
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Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival at Midway College This Weekend
National City and Woodford Reserve, another fine product by Brown-Forman present the 2007 Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival at Midway College, beginning this Saturday at 10:00 am, with banners lining the streets of Midway (sponsored by Community Trust & Investment) and a performance by the Lexington Saxophone Trio in the College’s amphitheatre. The music, sponsored by OSRAM Sylvania, continues all weekend, complimented by a full schedule of artist demonstrations from blacksmithing to watercolors.
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This fine art and craft festival features 140 artists from 14 states. Once a dream of the Social and Cultural Committee of Midway Renaissance, it has grown into an award-winning event with a national reputation. AmericanStyle Magazine names the festival among the nation’s ‘Top 10’, the Southeast Tourism Society calls it a ‘Top 20 Event’ for June, and the Kentucky Tourism Council includes the festival among its ‘Top Ten Events’ for the summer.
Francisco’s Gallery, sponsored by Nancy Barron & Associates, features Lexington artist Dan Neil Barnes, creator of the 2006 Governor’s Awards in the Arts. The public is invited to Barnes’ gallery talk on Saturday at 5:30pm, just after the close of the festival. Barnes and Gwen Heffner of Berea are jurors for the Artist Awards, sponsored by United Bank & Trust.
Children’s art activities will be provided by YMCA Arts of Central Kentucky, while adults are encouraged to explore their own creativity through participation in a 100% passer-by created painting guided by citizensCREATE! of Lexington. Artique gallery, a Founding Partner, continues their annual ‘Pop Art’ exhibit, this year featuring fine furniture by G. Keener & Company of New Carlisle, Ohio.
Everyone who has been exposed to the festival attributes the quality of the event to the incredible participation of the citizens and friends of Midway. Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival is a not-for-profit production of Midway Renaissance, Midway College, and the City of Midway. Gray Construction, the event’s charter sponsor, continues to generously support the event. Festival transportation is supported by Freedman Harness.
Festival media partners are WUKY Radio and the Lexington Herald-Leader. Founding Partners Holly Hill Inn and Wallace Station provide the Artists’ Reception Picnic on Friday evening.
Festival hours – 10am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday
$5 parking – Saturday visitors return on Sunday free
More information at www.franciscosfarm.org or 859-846-4049
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Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival at Midway College Receives Another Award
A recent AmericanStyle magazine Top Ten Favorite, Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival at Midway College has garnered yet another award – the Southeast Tourism Council includes the Festival among its Top Twenty Events in the Southeast for June 2007. The Festival, which just announced its new line-up of artists from fourteen states, will be held June 16 & 17 on the campus of Midway College, Kentucky’s only college for women.
Co-Lead Sponsors, Brown-Forman and National City Bank, are impressed by the quality and vitality of this young art festival. According to Lois Mateus, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications and Services at Brown-Forman, "Francisco's Farm has fast become the premiere art and craft event of the Bluegrass, bringing us exciting new ways of looking at the world through artists' eyes."
“We’re so excited about this year’s Festival we couldn’t wait to put the finishing touches on our website”, says Marcie Christensen, Event Coordinator. “We’ve got snapshots of all the artists’ work online already at www.franciscosfarm.org, and invite visitors to the site often, as we’ll be adding larger images and wonderful stories about the artists.”
This year’s Francisco’s Gallery, in the Anne Hart Raymond Center, features Lexington artist Dan Neil Barnes, designer of the 2006 Governor’s Awards in the Arts and the Women Leading Kentucky Martha Layne Collins Award. Barnes goes beyond traditional ideas about stained glass by adding treated metals, crafted wood and unique lighting to his original designs.
Adding to the excitement of this year’s Festival is citizensCREATE!, a Lexington-based non-profit whose mission is “encouraging ‘We the People’ to explore creative necessity, thereby stimulating individual and collective vitality”. The organization is committed to the public's innate desire to create and collaborate, which is essential to achieving and sustaining community prosperity. Their projects establish community as the artist. Environments, supplies and a little guidance are provided for the public to contribute their creativity and collaborate on overall expressions. All artworks are virtually 100% passer-by created.
The fine art and craft Festival offers convenient parking, indoor restroom facilities, music, food, and special exhibits. All areas are accessible. Midway College campus is an historic gem, designed in the early 1900’s by the renowned landscape architecture firm Olmsted and Sons. The tree-shaded campus is a short walk from Historic Downtown Midway, which features unique and award-winning restaurants, galleries, and antique shops. Thousands of Festival-goers are introduced to Midway through this event, and return to shop and dine throughout the year.
“The whole community comes together with pride to create this unequaled hospitality,” says Christensen. “Our reputation among professional artists continues to spread, and more apply to exhibit each year. Everyone benefits: the exhibitors are thrilled, the community is happily united in a common goal, and visitors are delighted with an event that offers a new mix of high-quality art, compelling them to return each year.”
Organizers named the festival for Col. John Francisco, the original owner of the property on which Midway stands. The inaugural event, in 2004, won the Kentucky League of Cities ‘Enterprise Cities’ Award and was praised by exhibitors and visitors alike for its attention to detail, hospitality and beautiful setting.
Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival at Midway College is a not-for-profit project of Midway Renaissance Inc., Midway College, and the City of Midway. Jim Gray, of Gray Construction, was the inaugural sponsor and continues to generously support this event. Artique Galleries of Lexington is the Founding Partner, ArtsEatsEtc.com the Internet Partner, and WUKY the Radio Partner.
The 2007 Festival will be held June 16th and 17th from 10am to 5pm. Admission is free. Parking is only $5 per car on Saturday with return privileges on Sunday. For more information, visit www.franciscosfarm.org.
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Editor’s Note: List of exhibiting artists is attached. Contact Event Coordinator for high resolution images.
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Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival at Midway College
Call for Exhibitors – Artist Application Deadline January 31, 2007 (January 15 for booth discount)
Show dates: 10am – 5pm, Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17
The current issue of American Style magazine has created quite a buzz in the world of the nation’s arts festivals. This year’s results in their annual Top 10 Fairs & Festivals readers’ poll surprised even the magazine’s editors.
“The rest of the country is green with envy as the Bluegrass State claims three spots in this year’s Top 10 Fairs & Festivals readers’ poll,” writes contributing editor Christine Kloostra in her article “My Old Kentucky Fair”. Kloostra refers to Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival as “a four-year-old upstart launched by a small town and its local college”.
Kentucky Crafted: The Market, the state’s 25-year-old annual wholesale/retail event, appears on the Top 10 list this year for the first time. Louisville’s St. James Court Art Show, in existence for fifty years, also made its debut on the Top 10 list. These long-running shows have been developing their reputations for decades. According to Hope Daniels, American Style’s Editor-in-Chief, “The four-year-old Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival in Midway, Kentucky, was a major grass-roots write-in favorite.”
“The quality that has put the spotlight on Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival from its inception is that we treat our artists as they deserve to be treated - like gold,” says Event Coordinator Marcie Christensen. “The whole community comes together with pride to create this unequaled hospitality. Our reputation among professional artists continues to spread, and more apply to exhibit each year. Everyone benefits: the exhibitors are thrilled, the community is happily united in a common goal, and visitors are delighted with an event that offers a new mix of high-quality art that compels them to return each year.”
Organizers named the show for John Francisco, the original owner of the property on which Midway stands. The inaugural show, in 2004, won the Kentucky League of Cities ‘Enterprise Cities’ Award, and was praised by exhibitors and visitors alike for its attention to detail, hospitality and beautiful setting on the tree-shaded campus of Midway College, Kentucky’s only college for women. Designed in the early 1900’s by the renowned landscape architecture firm Olmsted and Sons, the gracious campus is an historic gem.
Artists may visit www.franciscosfarm.org for eligibility requirements and applications. Applications must be postmarked by January 31, with applications postmarked by January 15 receiving a booth discount.
Francisco’s Farm Arts Festival is a not-for-profit project of Midway Renaissance Inc., Midway College, and the City of Midway. Jim Gray, of Gray Construction, was the inaugural sponsor and continues to generously support this event. Additional sponsors Brown-Forman, National City Bank, and Artique Galleries of Lexington.
The 2007 Show will be held June 16th and 17th from 10am to 5pm. Admission is free. Parking is only $5 per carload. For more information, visit www.franciscosfarm.org. American Style magazine’s article may be read at www.americanstyle.com.
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Francisco’s Farm 2006 Invitational Fine Art and Craft Show in Midway
Show dates: 10am – 5pm, Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11
Admission is free. Parking fee only $5 per car.
Final plans are underway for the third annual Francisco’s Farm Invitational Fine Art and Craft Show on the campus of Midway College in Midway, Kentucky on June 10 and 11 – 10am to 5pm.
“This exceptional event is poised to become one of the top art shows in the southeast region,” said Marcie Christensen, artists’ liaison for this year’s show. “Thanks to our Charter Sponsor, Gray Engineering / WS Construction, and our newest Presenting Sponsors, Brown-Forman Corporation and OSRAM Sylvania, this year’s line-up of artists and musicians are the best ever.”
Several years ago, when leaders brainstormed ideas for sharing Midway’s hospitality, they decided an artisan show would be an excellent fit for the community. They created Francisco’s Farm Invitational Fine Art and Craft Show “to enrich and celebrate the social, cultural and artistic life of the Midway community.”
“Midway has a lot of arts-related businesses,” said Ouita Michel, owner of Midway’s famous Holly Hill Inn. “We want to build Midway’s reputation as a community friendly to the arts.”
National City Bank will sponsor Francisco’s Gallery in the College’s Anne Hart Raymond Center, featuring Lexington artist Arturo Alonzo Sandoval. “Arturo is one of Kentucky's most original, influential and significant artists,” said Becky Moore, mayor of Midway, and a collector of Sandoval’s work. “His experimental techniques and expressive interpretations have earned him an international reputation.” The public is invited to attend his Gallery Talk at 5:30pm on Saturday, June 10th.
Artique Galleries of Lexington will sponsor the annual ‘Pop Art’ exhibit in the McManis Student Center. “This year’s theme is ‘Man’s Best Friend’, and we’ve assembled a spectacular line-up of artists whose canine-themed work delights patrons young and old across the country,” said Mike Stutland, Artique’s owner. “Of course no canine art exhibit would be complete without plenty of Junkyard Dogs from Kentucky’s own Yardbirds.”
OSRAM Sylvania will sponsor the music stage in the College’s amphitheatre, featuring fourteen fabulous Kentucky musical groups. Artist demonstrations from blacksmithing to polymer clay, and painting to pottery, are scheduled for both days of the show.
Francisco’s Farm 2006 is a not-for-profit project of Midway Renaissance Inc., Midway College, and the City of Midway. Additional Presenting Sponsors are the Lexington Herald-Leader, Woodford Reserve, Kentucky Utilities, Fifth Third Bank, National City Bank, and United Bank and Trust.
Show dates: 10am – 5pm, Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11.
Admission is free. Parking fee only $5 per car. Visit www.franciscosfarm.org for images of all the artists’ works, special gallery exhibitions and music stage schedule.
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Francisco’s Gallery presents Arturo Alonzo Sandoval
Francisco’s Farm 2006 Invitational Fine Art and Craft Show in Midway
Show dates: 10am – 5pm, Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11
Admission is free. Parking fee only $5 per car.
Francisco’s Gallery, sponsored by National City Bank, will feature the work of Arturo Alonzo Sandoval at the third annual Francisco’s Farm 2006 Invitational Fine Art and Craft Show on the campus of Midway College, June 10 and 11 from 10am to 5pm.
Sandoval is a fiber artist whose work can be found in the New York City Museum of Modern Art's Architecture and Design Collection as well as in galleries and private collections throughout the United States and the world. A Professor of Art at the University of Kentucky, he has earned the respect of his students and the admiration of Lexington and his home town art community.
“Arturo is one of Kentucky's most original, influential and significant artists,” said Becky Moore, mayor of Midway, and a collector of Sandoval’s work. “His experimental techniques and expressive interpretations have earned him an international reputation.” The public is invited to attend his Gallery Talk at 5:30pm on Saturday, June 10th.
"What distinguishes me from other artists working in fiber is my choice to mainly explore and recycle twentieth century industrial materials which have been primarily designed as tapes or films. Incorporating them into woven or interlaced webs provides for me permutations for my design concepts which are personalized into a visual vocabulary of the sky, water, landscape; and more recently, issues related to international and domestic politics, terrorism, the total nuclear threat, the cosmic realms, and personal spiritual beliefs," said Sandoval.
Sandoval creates a new aesthetic with his contemporary fiber art objects using 20th Century recycled industrial materials such as computer tape, battery cable, microfilm, Mylar, Holographic film and Lurex. Whether using a floor loom, sewing machine, interlacing, or simply combining new age materials in collage or assemblage processes, Sandoval pursues the cutting edge in his chosen art medium.
Sandoval’s background is both Hispanic and Native American (Tano). His ancestry (father: Lorenzo Sandoval, mother: Cecilia E. Archuleta) may provide clues to his interest in the fiber arts. He had been told by his mother that she wove 60 blankets while pregnant with him. During a visit to his native home state of New Mexico at age 40, he discovered that men on his paternal grandmother’s side have been weavers of colonial Spanish textiles for over two hundred fifty years--and continue to do so to this day. What a revelation to this fiber artist who questioned why a spiritual voice told him in college “weaving will be very important to you.” Was that voice from an ancestor?
Sandoval’s professional activities include being an adjudicator, lecturer, curator of exhibitions, set designer, workshop facilitator, craft board member, and art advisor. His fiber art works have been exhibited regionally, nationally and accepted by jury into international exhibitions.
His creative efforts have been awarded two NEA Visual Arts Fellowships, several NEA supported Visiting Artist Grants, two Kentucky Arts Council Al Smith Visual Arts Fellowships, two Al Smith Professional Service Awards, the Kentucky Craft Marketing Program's Emeritus Award, and the 2003 Governor’s Award in the Arts - Artist Award.
The Kentucky Craft Marketing Program and the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft honored him with the 3rd annual Rude Osolnik Award in 1998. The award honors its namesake, Rude Osolnik, the nationally acclaimed wood turner from Berea, Kentucky, who devoted his life to the development of his craft and teaching. This prestigious award recognizes artists for their contributions to the craft community, preservation of craft traditions through teaching and sharing, and exemplary workmanship.
At the University of Kentucky, Sandoval continues his interest in teaching and his creative research. He continues to pursue the cutting edge in his field through solo and group exhibitions. He encourages his students to work hard, develop discipline, take risks, and be self-motivated. Additionally,. he encourages his students to participate often in campus and professional arts related events for their personal growth. Some of his students have become professionals in the fields of craft, design, education, and arts administration while continuing their art studio careers.
"I look forward to continued years of art making, teaching and sharing my ideas and creations with students, colleagues, other artists and the public," said Sandoval.
“Francisco’s Farm is honored to present Sandoval’s work,” said Marcie Christensen, artists’ liaison for this year’s show. “A gallery exhibition of this caliber helps to position the event to become one of the top art shows in the southeast region.”
Francisco’s Farm has just been named to this summer’s ‘Top Ten Festivals and Events’ list, as reported in the current issue of Kentucky Monthly magazine. The Kentucky Tourism Council names its "Top Ten" Festivals & Events four times a year. A panel of impartial judges selects the winners for each season. Criteria for selection include popularity of the event, its impact on the local tourism economy as well as cultural and historical significance.
The 2006 show also welcomes Artique Galleries of Lexington, sponsor of the annual ‘Pop Art’ exhibit in the McManis Student Center. “Our theme this year is ‘Man’s Best Friend’, and we’ve assembled a spectacular line-up of artists whose canine-themed work delights patrons young and old across the country,” said Mike Stutland, Artique’s owner.
Fourteen musical groups will perform in the College’s amphitheatre. Artist demonstrations from blacksmithing to polymer clay, and painting to pottery, are scheduled for both days of the show.
Francisco’s Farm 2006 is a not-for-profit project of Midway Renaissance Inc., Midway College, and the City of Midway. Charter Sponsor, Gray Engineering / WS Construction, and the newest Presenting Sponsors, Brown-Forman Corporation and OSRAM Sylvania, join Lexington Herald-Leader, Woodford Reserve, Kentucky Utilities, Fifth Third Bank, National City Bank, and United Bank and Trust.
Show dates: 10am – 5pm, Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11
Admission is free. Parking fee only $5 per car. Visit www.franciscosfarm.org for images of all the artists’ works, special gallery exhibitions, artist demonstration schedule, and music stage line-up.
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Kentucky Music Stage at
Francisco’s Farm Invitational Fine Art and Craft Show in Midway
Show dates: 10am – 5pm, Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11
Admission is free. Parking fee only $5 per car.
The Kentucky Music Stage, sponsored by OSRAM Sylvania, will feature fourteen musical groups during the third annual Francisco’s Farm Invitational Fine Art and Craft Show on the campus of Midway College, June 10 and 11 from 10am to 5pm. Lexington’s Red Barn Radio, a syndicated weekly radio show produced from live recordings at Arts Place, is venturing out of their studio to record the Francisco's Farm music stage for broadcast to the world.
Be among the first to arrive at the Show on Saturday, and enjoy the ambiance created by the Lexington Saxophone Trio - saxophone tunes floating on the breeze....
Saturday morning’s music line-up includes Carla Van Hoose, whose repertoire dips into many shades of American music. Van Hoose is one of the original members of SisterSound, a Lexington based women's chorus. Following Van Hoose is Blake Jones, whose early musical upbringing on the tent revival stage has helped him become a stellar musician and performer. Blake plays guitar, banjo, mandolin, and mountain dulcimer, and he has greatly expanded his musical repertoire to include acoustic rock, bluegrass, and contemporary folk.
Keith Hubbard, who began performing at the Freewheelin' Tavern in Lexington in 1972, kicks off Saturday afternoon. Hubbard has toured extensively with rockabilly pioneer Sleepy Labeef, NRBQ co-founder Steve Ferguson, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's, the Impressions. Following Hubbard is Sara Day Evans, whose original music reflects the influence of her childhood in Central Kentucky, growing up surrounded by traditional folk, blues and county music.
Mid-afternoon will bring Beau Haddock and Ed Dansereau to the stage. Haddock has long been a leader, and was the original founder and songwriter for the Little River Band, which got its start in Hopkinsville and subsequently toured for six years from New York to New Orleans. His newest CD, The Windingest River, is soon to be released. Ed Dansereau is a Master Jazz Piano Musician who has played with Beau for over thirty years. Dansereau’s impressive list of live and studio credits include everyone from the Ink Spots to the Rascals.
Closing out Saturday’s performance is Bark Alley, composed of Midway friends Mike Drury, Blake Jones and Darrell Pittman. The members of Bark Alley collectively play over ten instruments. Their musical journey includes 70's rock/folk, country, bluegrass, blues, and contemporary Christian music. A healthy dose of originals are also thrown in to keep things interesting.
Sunday morning starts with Bill & Leslie Penn, local favorites who often entertain their customers at the Historic Midway Museum Store. Bill plays a mean fiddle, mandolin, and guitar. Leslie plays the flute and other wind instruments. Billy and Lauren Hill follow the Penns with a Post-Punk-Folk-Americana performance. At noon, Pitch Blue takes the stage. The group performs acoustic rock, and includes Kevin D, singer/songwriter for the band, Kenneth Mansfield, holding down the beat on congas, and Teresa Beck, cellist.
Lexington-Water starts the Sunday afternoon line-up. Water’s goal is to make music they love while incorporating cultural education. Armed with a variety of instruments and an incredible range of voices, they strive to meld different genres of sound to create a landscape that is attractive to our multi-ethnic surroundings. Their diverse styles include Latin, Jazz, African, Blues, and R&B with the addition of spoken word to their original songs.
Following Water is Mother Jane, a full-fledged electric folk-rock duo. The six-string acoustic guitar of Beth Burden, layered with Lisa Raymond’s 12-string acoustic, has evolved into a wash of electric guitars and basses, a full drum kit and even a Hammond B-3 organ.
Wrapping up Sunday afternoon are Zoe Speaks followed by Liam’s Fancy.
The duo, Zoe Speaks, consists of Mitch Barrett and Carla Gover, who jump in and out of their east Kentucky vernacular to play everything from traditional ballads to guitar-thumping contemporary acoustic tunes. The two have won a variety of songwriting awards and tour full-time in a large van with their two daughters, Zoe and Maizie.
Liam’s Fancy, the duo formed by Beverly Buchanan and Dan Cummins, has developed a bit of a cult following. Buchanan is recognized as one of the leading traditional box players in America's heartland. Cummins, a rare singer, has crafted his own unique style. He has successfully worked with some of the greatest Irish Traditional players of his generation.
Francisco’s Farm has just been named to this summer’s ‘Top Ten Festivals and Events’ list, as reported in the current issue of Kentucky Monthly magazine. The Kentucky Tourism Council names its "Top Ten" Festivals & Events four times a year. A panel of impartial judges selects the winners for each season. Criteria for selection include popularity of the event, its impact on the local tourism economy as well as cultural and historical significance.
National City Bank will sponsor Francisco’s Gallery in the College’s Anne Hart Raymond Center, featuring Lexington artist Arturo Alonzo Sandoval. “Arturo is one of Kentucky's most original, influential and significant artists,” said Becky Moore, mayor of Midway, and a collector of Sandoval’s work. “His experimental techniques and expressive interpretations have earned him an international reputation.” The public is invited to attend his Gallery Talk at 5:30pm on Saturday, June 10th.
Artique Galleries of Lexington will sponsor the annual ‘Pop Art’ exhibit in the McManis Student Center. “This year’s theme is ‘Man’s Best Friend’, and we’ve assembled a spectacular line-up of artists whose canine-themed work delights patrons, young and old, across the country,” said Mike Stutland, Artique’s owner. “Of course no canine art exhibit would be complete without plenty of Junkyard Dogs from Kentucky’s own Yardbirds.”
Francisco’s Farm 2006 will showcase over 100 artists, with artist demonstrations from blacksmithing to polymer clay, and painting to pottery, scheduled for both days of the show. The event is a not-for-profit project of Midway Renaissance Inc., Midway College, and the City of Midway. Charter Sponsor, Gray Engineering / WS Construction, and the newest Presenting Sponsors, Brown-Forman Corporation and OSRAM Sylvania, join the Lexington Herald-Leader, Kentucky Utilities, Woodford Reserve, Fifth Third Bank, National City Bank, Community Trust & Investment Company, and United Bank and Trust.
Show dates: 10am – 5pm, Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11
Admission is free. Parking fee only $5 per car. Visit www.franciscosfarm.org for images of all the artists’ works, artist demonstration schedule, and special gallery exhibitions.
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CONTACT: Marcie Christensen (859) 846-4049
artistsliaison@franciscosfarm.org
Artique Galleries of Lexington creates ‘Pop Art’ Exhibit at
Francisco’s Farm Invitational Fine Art and Craft Show in Midway
Show dates: 10am – 5pm, Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11
Admission is free. Parking fee only $5 per car.
Just in time for Father’s Day, Artique Galleries of Lexington will sponsor their annual ‘Pop Art’ exhibit in the McManis Student Center on the campus of Midway College during the third annual Francisco’s Farm Invitational Fine Art and Craft Show. “Our theme this year is ‘Man’s Best Friend in Wonder and Whimsy’, and we’ve assembled a spectacular line-up of artists whose canine-themed work delights patrons, young and old, across the country,” said Mike Stutland, Artique’s owner.
Francisco’s Farm has just been named to this summer’s ‘Top Ten Festivals and Events’ list, as reported in the current issue of Kentucky Monthly magazine. The Kentucky Tourism Council names its "Top Ten" Festivals & Events four times a year. A panel of impartial judges selects the winners for each season. Criteria for selection include popularity of the event, its impact on the local tourism economy as well as cultural and historical significance.
Headlining the celebration of our special relationship with dogs is Ann Johnson, artist and designer of whimsical canine clocks and sculptures created with hand-made paper. Ann operates F.B.Fogg in Muncie, Indiana. “The Fogg Dogs are extremely gentle and paper trained," said Stutland. “They come in all breeds colors, and poses: you can choose from a dog head, a sitting dog, a dog lying down, a dog caught in the act of relieving, or even a dog climbing a wall.”
The 'Junkyard Dogs', by Yardbirds™ of Louisville, continue the exhibit’s whimsical theme. Made from recycled materials, each dog is comical and expressive. “All Junkyard Dogs are bare metal and naturally rust with age - that's their beauty,” says Richard Kolb, Yardbirds™ owner. "They rust, but they'll never run away."
The ‘Pop Art’ exhibit’s component of wonder is expressed in the paintings of Dawn Trinkler. “This Kansas artist’s paintings are not only hauntingly beautiful, but an inspiring example of artistic creativity,” said Marcie Christensen, Francisco’s Farm artist liaison. Trinkler, unable to use a brush due to carpal tunnel syndrome, had to find another way to create her art.
Trinkler explains her unusual process: "The canvases are created while laying flat and no brushes are used. Acrylic paints are diluted into a squeeze bottle. The squeeze bottles are then used to create loose, gestural lines. Layered washes (puddles of diluted paint) follow, guided around the canvas by my fingers and sticks. I build up several thin, translucent layers to create the imagery. Many unpredicted discoveries happen during this process and improvisation takes over."
Mark Shields, the third featured artist, was born and raised next to the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. He grew up surrounded by woods, water, and nature's creatures. From his father, he received an abiding respect for excellence in craft; from his mother, a deep appreciation of beauty. Shields celebrates the relationship between people and animals by creating handmade canine figures for lapel pins and brooches in pewter and bronze. His jewelry designs begin with the intention to delight people and honor the animal. Sheilds has even created an affiliate program to support many rescue, shelter and volunteer sites with a portion of sales.
A natural inclusion in the canine celebration is the Woodford Humane Society. Midway’s Northside Elementary School students have been invited to create artwork based on the Society’s SAVE theme (Spay/neuter, Adopt, Volunteer, and Educate). The children’s work will be on display in the ‘Pop Art’ exhibit, and ribbons will be awarded to the winning entries. The young artists are given the option to further benefit the organization’s work by donating their art to raise awareness and contributions.
Francisco’s Farm 2006 will showcase over 100 artists, with artist demonstrations from blacksmithing to polymer clay, and painting to pottery, scheduled for both days of the show. This year’s Francisco’s Gallery, sponsored by National City Bank, presents internationally recognized fiber artist, Arturo Alonzo Sandoval. OSRAM Sylvania will sponsor the music stage in the College’s amphitheatre, featuring fourteen fabulous Kentucky musical groups.
The event is a not-for-profit project of Midway Renaissance Inc., Midway College, and the City of Midway. Charter Sponsor, Gray Engineering / WS Construction, and the newest Presenting Sponsors, Brown-Forman Corporation and OSRAM Sylvania, join the Lexington Herald-Leader, ArtsEatsEtc.com, Red Barn Radio, Kentucky Utilities, Woodford Reserve, Fifth Third Bank, National City Bank, Community Trust & Investment, and United Bank and Trust.
Show dates: 10am – 5pm, Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11
Admission is free. Parking fee only $5 per car. Visit www.franciscosfarm.org for images of all the artists’ works, artist demonstration schedule, and music stage line-up.
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FRANCISCO’S FARM 2005 INVITATIONAL FINE ART AND CRAFT SHOW JUNE
11-12 at Midway College, Midway, Kentucky
BOBBIE ANN MASON TO READ AT INAUGURAL LITERARY GALLERY
Renowned author Bobbie Ann Mason is one of the highlights of
a new gallery at Francisco’s Farm 2005 Fine Art and Craft Show
in Midway June 11-12. The Art and Craft of the Book: Francisco’s
Literary Gallery will feature Mason and author Ed McClanahan,
former Kentucky poet Laureate Richard Taylor and local author
Jonelle Fisher. The authors will read from their works and sign
books at the gallery, in the Anne Hart Raymond building on beautiful
Midway College campus.
The authors’ schedule of appearance is as follows: Saturday,
June 11 - 11 a.m., Jonelle Fisher 1 p.m., Bobbie Ann Mason 3
p.m., Ed McClanahan Sunday, June 12 - 1 p.m., Richard Taylor
3 p.m., Gray Zeitz On both days, poet and book printer Gray
Zeitz will demonstrate letterpress printing at Francisco’s Literary
Gallery. Zeitz operates Larkspur Press in Monterey, a small
fine art printing shop where every aspect of bookmaking is done
by hand.
Also at Francisco’s Literary Gallery is a unique exhibit featuring
the work of 35 artists from across Canada. Called "Millennium
in a Box," the exhibit was organized by the Canadian Bookbinders
and Book Artists Guild and has appeared at sites all across
Canada and the United States. The participating artists are
recognized in their fields and represent most areas of the book
arts: paper making, calligraphy, paper decorating, design binding,
fine printing, and artists books. The works include Oriental
books, miniature books, origami books, tunnel books, concertina
books; paper decorating techniques such as marbling, paste paper,
indigo dyeing; calligraphy; fine printing of broadsides and
pamphlets; and many other forms.
More than 100 artists and artisans will attend Francisco’s Farm
2005. The inaugural Francisco’s Farm in June 2004 won the Kentucky
League of Cities 2004 Enterprise Cities Award. The highly successful
show was praised by exhibitors and visitors alike for its attention
to detail, hospitality and beautiful setting on the tree-shaded
campus of Midway College, Kentucky’s only college for women.
The college campus is a short walk from the center of Midway,
a picturesque small town in the heart of the Bluegrass known
for its interesting shops and excellent restaurants. Midway
is easily accessible, Exit 65 just off Interstate 64, midway
between Lexington and Frankfort. Downtown Midway is in the middle
of an improvement and beautification project, Streetscape 2005,
but all businesses and restaurants remain open as usual.
Francisco’s Farm is a not-for-profit production of Midway Renaissance
Inc., Midway College and the City of Midway. The name commemorates
John Francisco, the original owner of the property on which
historic Midway now stands. Sponsors include Gray Construction,
WS Construction, Community Trust Bank, Community Trust and Investment
Co., Fifth Third Bank, Woodford Reserve, United Bank and Trust,
Artique, Explorium of Lexington, Newspaper in Education-a project
of the Lexington Herald-Leader and National City Bank. Individual
patrons have given generous support.
Hours are 10-6 p.m. Saturday, June 11, and noon-5 p.m. Sunday,
June 12. For general information about Francisco’s Farm Invitational
Fine Art and Craft Fair, please go to www.franciscosfarm.org
or call (859) 846-4413.
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FRANCISCO’S FARM 2005 INVITATIONAL FINE ART AND CRAFT SHOW JUNE
11-12 at Midway College, Midway, Kentucky
SPECIAL EXHIBITS AND EVENTS AT FRANCISCO'S
FARM 2005
Francisco’s Farm 2005 Invitational Fine Art and Craft Show,
building on the success of last year’s award-winning inaugural
event, will showcase the work of 100 of Kentucky’s finest juried
artists and artisans. The not-for-profit show, June 11-12 on
the Midway College campus, will also feature special exhibitions
and demonstrations, live music and dance, readings by well-known
Kentucky writers and activities for children. Francisco’s Farm
will be open, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday,
June 11, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 12. Admission
is free.
Francisco’s
Farm will include: - Francisco’s Gallery, "The Focus is Glass,"
a special exhibit of blown and sculpted glass by the artists
of Flame Run, the celebrated Louisville art glass studio. -
"The Art and Craft of the Book," an exhibition and demonstration
by poet and letterpress book printer Gray Zeitz, who operates
Larkspur Press in Monterey, a small fine art printing shop where
every aspect of bookmaking is done by hand. - Readings by author
Bobbie Ann Mason and Larkspur Press authors, including Ed McClanahan,
Jonelle Fisher and Richard Taylor. - "PopArt," in honor of Father’s
Day, a 20th anniversary retrospective of America’s first kaleidoscope
exhibition, with a display of kaleidoscopes created by more
than 50 artists, presented by Artique, the Lexington gallery.
- The second annual Lexington Herald-Leader Newspaper In Education
Youth Art Fair, featuring original art by Kentucky high school
students and a silent auction of their work. - Children’s activities
presented by The Explorium of Lexington, with super-size bubble
blowing, building with Legos, community mural painting and more.
- Live music and dance throughout the show by an impressive
lineup of Kentucky talent.
The inaugural Francisco’s Farm in June 2004 won the Kentucky
League of Cities 2004 Enterprise Cities Award. The highly successful
show was praised by exhibitors and visitors alike for its attention
to detail, hospitality and beautiful setting on the tree-shaded
campus of Midway College, Kentucky’s only college for women.
The college campus is a short walk from the center of Midway,
a picturesque small town in the heart of the Bluegrass known
for its interesting shops and excellent restaurants. Midway
is easily accessible, Exit 65 just off Interstate 64, midway
between Lexington and Frankfort. Downtown Midway is in the middle
of an improvement and beautification project, Streetscape 2005,
but all businesses and restaurants remain open as usual. Francisco’s
Farm is a production of Midway Renaissance Inc., Midway College
and the City of Midway. The name commemorates John Francisco,
the original owner of the property on which historic Midway
now stands. The Lexington Herald-Leader is a media partner.
Individual patrons have given generous support.
For general information about Francisco’s Farm Invitational
Fine Art and Craft Fair, please go to www.franciscosfarm.org
or call (859) 846-4413.
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FRANCISCO’S FARM 2005 INVITATIONAL FINE ART AND CRAFT SHOW JUNE
11-12 at Midway College, Midway, Kentucky
CELEBRATED LOUISVILLE ART GLASS STUDIO,
FLAME RUN, FEATURED EXHIBITION
Flame Run, the celebrated Louisville art glass studio, will
be the featured Francisco’s Gallery exhibition at Francisco’s
Farm 2005 Invitational Fine Art and Craft Show June 11 and 12
on the Midway College campus in Midway, Kentucky. It’s an appropriate
pairing. Flame Run and Francisco’s Farm are both young entities,
distinguished by their energy and artistic vision. Flame Run
studio and gallery, opened in July 2004, has been instrumental
in helping to establish Louisville’s reputation as an emerging
presence on the national and international art glass scene.
The Francisco’s Gallery collection will be Flame Run’s first
major exhibition in the Lexington area, although some of the
studio’s seven resident artists have shown their work individually
in local galleries and art shows. "We’re pleased that Flame
Run studio has agreed to exhibit so many examples of all their
artists’ work at Francisco’s Farm," said co-chair Ann Daugherty.
"It will add so much to the overall event. There has never been
anything like this exhibit in the Bluegrass region."
The inaugural Francisco’s Farm, in June 2004, won the Kentucky
League of Cities 2004 Enterprise Cities Award. The highly successful
show was praised by exhibitors and visitors alike for its attention
to detail, hospitality and beautiful setting on the tree-shaded
campus of Midway College, Kentucky’s only college for women.
Flame Run was founded by two glass artists, Brook Forrest White
Jr. and Susie Garbee Slabaugh who found that they shared, as
White puts it, "an uncanny energy" about creating art glass.
They acquired two large buildings, former tractor warehouses,
in downtown Louisville, and set about transforming the property
into the largest art-glass facility in the area and one of the
largest in the nation. White is a graduate of Centre College,
where he studied with renowned glass artist Stephen Rolfe Powell.
White’s work has been shown in museums and galleries throughout
the United States, including the Kennedy Center, The Huntington
Museum of Art, and the Asheville Art Museum. Co-Founder Slabaugh
is a Lexington native who has studied with veteran artists Fritz
Dreisbach and Richard Ritter. She is an MFA candidate at the
Savannah College of Art and Design.
Flame Run hosts shows of regional and national importance and
showcases the work of its seven resident artists. Besides White
and Slabaugh, the artists are Paul Nelson, Devyn Baron, Casey
McMains, Amy Pender and Paul Hugues. Flame Run also plays host
to visiting glass artists and runs classes and workshops for
beginners. The Flame Run property includes a 7,500-square-foot
working glass-blowing hot shop. Visitors are encouraged to climb
stairs to an observation platform and watch the dramatic glass
blowing process, as artists shape the glowing masses of glass,
fired to molten consistency in the 2,000 degree furnaces. When
they’re not working the artists are happy to answer questions.
"Flame Run is much more than the gallery and the hot shop,"
White says. "It is the interaction of people with our art."
The Flame Run gallery, next door to the hot shop, displays the
artists’ work, a vibrant collection of contemporary art glass
in sublime colors, in shapes that range from the classically
influenced to the utterly fantastic. Prices for some of the
largest fine art pieces range up to $5,000. Smaller ornaments,
paperweights, perfume bottles and vases are priced from $20
to $100.
The work of the Flame Run artists will be showcased in the Francisco’s
Gallery exhibit at Francisco’s Farm 2005. The invitational show
will feature the work of 100 juried artists and artisans working
in a variety of mediums including oil and acrylics, drawing
and pastels, watercolors, sculpture, ceramics, hand-pulled prints,
photography, jewelry, fiber, wood, leather, metals, glass and
mixed media. The Midway College campus is just a few minutes
from downtown Midway, a picturesque and historic small town
known for its shops and restaurants. Midway is located in the
heart of the Bluegrass, just off Exit 65 on Interstate 64 between
Lexington and Frankfort.
Francisco’s Farm 2005 is a project of Midway Renaissance Inc.,
Midway College and the City of Midway. Sponsors include Gray
Constuction, WS Construction, Community Trust Bank, Community
Trust and Investment Co., Fifth Third Bank, Woodford Reserve,
United Bank and Trust, Artique, Explorium of Lexington, Newspaper
in Education-A project of the Lexington Herald-Leader and National
City Bank.
For more information about the Flame Run gallery exhibit at
Francisco’s Farm, please call (859) 846-4413 or go to www.franciscosfarm.org.
Photographs of the artists’ work are available. |
