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Below is the official Arts Walk Press Release
Culture Makers Take Over Downtown for Arts Walk 2009
Morgantown WV (9-17-2009) — Over 60 artists, 50 businesses, and eight musicians are taking over Morgantown for Arts Walk, Friday, October, 2, 6-9PM. Main Street Morgantown’s Arts Walk 2009 is bigger, better, faster and stronger than ever before. Co-sponsored by MAC and Arts Mon, the festivities are happening on WVU Fall Family Weekend. Among other additions this year’s event features three regional video artists and music in the streets…not to mention prizes donated by the WVU Parents’ Club.
Unlike past Arts Walks this year’s event has grown to include new activities and music all over the streets. Eight musical acts will perform downtown on Friday evening, with five musicians on the sidewalks of High Street. Keeping up with the times, two regional video artists will be projecting on buildings. Sonya Lucas, a Columbus, OH based electronic media artist originally from WV, and Scott Andrew, a Pittsburgh, PA based electronic media artist, have created original electronic works for Morgantown on Friday night. Stanley Boyd Palmieri will also have electronic art on video monitors.
If you are looking for more direction than just exploring downtown, Arts Walk has created a shoe hunt. In the theme of “walking”, eight pairs of shoes have been oddly decorated. During the Arts Walk half of each pair will be on display in the Main Street window between Arts Mon and Huntington Bank, while the mates will be located in businesses around downtown. The Arts Walk brochure will have a form that participants stamp at each shoe location. When six stamps have been collected, the brochure can be dropped at any shoe location and your name will be put in the running for the WVU Parents’ Club Gift Basket.
Local arts organizers (Arts Mon, MAC) are hosting specials events for Arts Walk on Friday as well. “Harvest 2009” is opening at Arts Mon’s Jackson Kelly Gallery, featuring 14 regional artists. Watercolor works by Erin Webb, and installation, art glass, and video by Aimee Sones as well as a chamber music performance well be at MAC. If you want more information about what is planned, volunteers will be manning information carts downtown Morgantown that evening to assist you. Also the Arts Walk has a brand new website (www.artswalk.org) which works on your mobile phone and has tons of information about parking, artists, features and the shoe hunt.
Please visit www.ArtsWalk.org for more detailed information or www.DowntownMorgantown.com to learn more about Main Street Morgantown. Arts Walk is happening Friday, October 2, 2009, 6-9 PM in downtown Morgantown WV.
Publicity Contact Information
Contact Main Street Morgantown:
Barb Watkins barb@downtownmorgantown.com (304) 292-0168
Monongalia Arts Center:
John Javins at johnjavins@mac.com (304) 292-3325