Now is the time for artists to make plans for Sunflower Festival. The 10th Annual Mountainair Sunflower Festival, sponsored by the Manzano Mountain Art Council, is on its way. The date is Saturday, August 22nd 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, and this year the festival promises to be bigger and better than ever.
This year’s event will showcase fine arts and crafts screened from statewide and regional applications as well as additional Market Place exhibitors. Best in Show and two Awards of Merit will be selected from fine arts and crafts participants and awarded cash prizes
In an effort to bring the highest quality work, festival organizers are asking artists and craftsmen to submit 3 to 6 visuals of their work with their application. Deadline for application submissions is July 1, 2009. Booths, this year are $10 outdoors and $25 indoor; indoor spaces are limited. Details are included in the festival application.
Other events that make the Sunflower Festival a hit are the Poets & Writers Picnic at the Shaffer Hotel garden, a sunflower hat contest, local tours, a Cibola Arts Gallery show, a silent auction, sunflower mosaic raffle, vendors, Library Book Sale, the Children’s Sunflower Art project, the Van of Enchantment at the Salinas Visitors Center and live entertainment. Attendance is free.
Applications for festival participants are on-line at the Manzano Mountain Art Council web site. For additional information, call: (505) 847-2205, or write: MMAC,
As submitted to NM Culture Net Announcement list by MMAC, gently edited for clarity & to correct punctuation, dangling modifiers, etc; links embedded and information added where appropriate.
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