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The Artisan Stroll brings dozens of artists to downtown Greenville each
year to display their talents and sell their work. Main Street
Greenville is also pleased to announce the incorporation of several art
contests to this years event!
August First
Friday brings the Arts to Downtown
If you love the arts you won’t want to miss Main Street Greenville’s
First Friday event for August, the Artisan Stroll! The event will
feature multiple different vendors, each offering art, crafts, or
handmade items!
The event will be held from 6:00 - 9:00 pm in downtown Greenville on
Friday, August 3rd. “It will be a jam packed night, with so much to see
and do,” said Susan Fowble, Event Chair Volunteer. “We are excited to
see everyone downtown!”
Vendors will be set-up on the sidewalks in front of downtown businesses
to showcase their items. The list of items offered include paintings,
ceramics, jewelry, drawings, re-purposed home decor, photography,
pottery, and much more.
In addition to the art and crafts on display, many activities and
demonstrations will take place throughout the evening. The agenda
includes dance performances by Final Bow Center for Children's
Performing Arts and 5678 Dance Studio, martial arts demonstrations by
Young Forest Martial Arts, a display of cartoons by local artist Paul
Ackley, and a “Bad Art” contest hosted by several downtown
businesses. The event will also include live music at multiple
locations.
Main Street Greenville is very grateful to The Early Bird & Bluebag
Media for loaning a selection of their previously published cartoons
created by artist Paul Ackley. The original cartoons will be on display
at a new downtown business, Paint Me Happy, located at 411 S. Broadway
throughout the evening for event attendees to view.
Multiple downtown businesses will be participating in the first ever
“Bad Art” contest! The owners and employees are hard at work creating
the most over the top, outrageous, garish, and funny works of art they
can come up with. Each participating business will display their piece
in the store on the night of the Artisan Stroll and event attendees are
encouraged to stop by each location to view the works of “art” and then
vote for which piece is the best of the worst! A full list of
participating businesses and voting cards will be supplied the night of
the event.
The evening also features many activities for children to enjoy, with
face-painting, Chalk-the-Block (a sidewalk chalk contest), free hotdogs
& hamburgers provided by Greenville National Bank, free ice cream
provided by First Congregational Church and First Presbyterian Church,
and more!
Beginning in March, the committee (consisting of Susan Fowble, Patti
Jetter, Kim Murray, Mary Saintignon, Nancy Person, and Debbie Niekamp)
have volunteered their time to work with Main Street Greenville to
create the event.
“The Artisan Stroll is our largest First Friday event of the year and
it would not be possible without the hard work of the committee. They
begin planning this event well in advance to make sure there will be a
wide variety of vendors and activities for all to enjoy,” said Crysta
Hutchinson, Executive Director of Main Street Greenville.
Flyers will be handed out the night of the event with the schedule and
the locations of each vendor. Main Street Greenville will also post the
information on their website and Facebook page for you to download or
view before the event.
Main Street Greenville is also pleased to announce the incorporation of
a brand new art contest to the Artisan Stroll! This juried contest is
open to all accepted participants of the Artisan Stroll, although
participation in the contest is not a requirement to display your work
at the Artisan Stroll.
The theme of the contest is “Shades of Summer.” Artists are encouraged
to submit pieces which celebrate the variety of hues, intense
saturations, and unique light quality that the summer season brings.
Pieces of all mediums will be accepted for participation in the contest
and artists will have a chance to win cash prizes of up to $200! The
art contest has been generously sponsored by The Greenville Rotary Club.
The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others,
promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace
through its fellowship of business, professional, and community
leaders. The Greenville Ohio Rotary Club meets every Tuesday afternoon
for lunch from 12:00- 1:00 PM in the Community Center at BRC's Chestnut
Village.
Main Street Greenville is a non-profit organization committed to
stimulating and supporting revitalization efforts, historic
preservation and economic growth in Historic Downtown Greenville. To
learn more about the organization, visit www.mainstreetgreenville.org
or call 937-548-4998. You can also like the organization on Facebook to
receive updates on a regular basis
(www.facebook.com/mainstreetgreenville).
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