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Celebrating our first decade of exciting Silverton Fine Arts Festivals

August 21–22, 2010

The tenth annual Silverton Fine Arts Festival is set for August 21–22 in Silverton's shady Coolidge–McClaine Park at the intersection of Coolidge and Charles Streets. The artist and food booths are open Saturday, 10am–7pm, and Sunday, 10am–6pm. Complementary shuttle service and free parking are available at the Robert Frost School parking lot at 301 Westfield and The Oregon Garden at 879 W. Main Street. Admission to the festival is free. The family-friendly days feature two entertainment stages, an international food court, a wine and beer garden, and arts activities.

Welcome to the tenth annual Silverton Fine Arts Festival. Although the festival has been held regularly since 2001, it is not well known that an early festival actually occurred on Sunday, July 16, 1972 in a small area of Coolidge–McClaine Park. There were 140 local exhibitors and 24 of them were members of the Junior Art Club. Since there was no permanent Arts Center at that time, the Festival's most important objective was to create a public awareness for a permanent center aimed at developing local artistic talent. In the ensuing years, other art festivals were organized, but it was not until 2001 that the Association's newly-named Fine Arts Festival Committee launched what has now become a very successful decade as one of this region's most respected and admired arts festivals.

The Fine Arts Festival’s successes support, to a large extent, the various educational programs of the Silverton Arts Center. Your interest and attendance in our festival, and the participation of the artists whose high quality creations you purchase and enjoy, are an integral financial resource for those programs.

We invite you and your family to become participants in this festival. Enjoy the cool environs of our park, visit with the artists, partake of the fine performances at our entertainment stages, experience the variety of flavors at our international food court, refresh yourself at our wine and beer garden, and, perhaps, wake up your artistic flair at our hands-on art activities. Above all, we are extremely proud to welcome you to our tenth organized Silverton Fine Arts Festival anniversary. Please enjoy yourself!

Moises Roizen, President, Silverton Arts Association

John Labovitz, Co-Chair, Silverton Fine Arts Festival Committee

Anne Barber-Shams, Co-Chair, Silverton Fine Arts Festival Committee

Admission is free.

Location

Coolidge-McClaine Park, with its sprawling oak trees and creek side location, borders charming and historic downtown Silverton. The Oregon Garden is minutes away and Silver Falls State Park is less than fifteen miles from the festival site.

The festival is a comfortable one-hour drive from most anywhere in the greater Portland area, just over an hour from Eugene and Springfield, and just fifteen minutes from Salem. Once you arrive, convenient, complimentary festival shuttle service is available at several parking locations.

» See maps of the festival and surrounding areas

Festival Program

Download a copy of the Festival Program

Artist booths

The festival includes over 80 juried art vendors from throughout the Northwest and California.

» Explore the artist directory

Art demonstrations

The art demonstration area is a special feature that highlights accomplished artists working on their craft.

» See the schedule of artist demos

Musical entertainment

The Main Stage will feature well-known entertainers from the Northwest.

» See the schedule of musical entertainment

Wine and beer garden

Northwest beer and wine will be provided by Seven Brides Brewing in the wine and beer garden next to the main stage.

Seven Brides Brewing

303 South James Street
Silverton, Oregon 97381
503-779-6009

SevenBridesBrewing.com

International food court

Castle Kettle Corn	Kettle corn, fresh squeezed lemonade
Kathmandu Café	Nepali dishes with chicken, lentils, vegetables
Creekside Grill	Barbeque
Real Mexican Food	Traditional Mexican, fresh fruit bowls
Island Noodles	Fresh buckwheat noodles, veggies in island sauce
Sorta Sausage	Vegan Sorta Sausage sliders, pasta
Ambruso's Italian Ice	Italian ice
Royal Cuisine, L.L.C.	Polish sausage, curly fries, elephant ears
Maui Wowi Hawaiian	Espresso, smoothies, pastries
Royal Cuisine	Traditional festival food
7 Brides	Contemporary NW sandwiches & salads
BelgiQue	Authentic Belgian waffles