7/28/08
PAF 2008 - People's Art Festival
A bit early of a post never hurt anyone....Detroit's coolest festival is on the way!!
After last years kick ass debut PAF 2008 is going to be even better than last year!
MCB will be exhibiting and covering the fest with our photographers and video...here are a few detail on where to find info and how to get involved....
Get the word out that the The People's Arts Festival has announced a new deadline for submissions to the festival: August 1st, 2008
They are STILL taking applications.
The PAF will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. - midnight at the Russell Industrial Center at 1600 Clay Avenue off I-75. Admission to the festival is free to the public, and other than a $25 community fee that covers good things like security, publicity, etc., artists get to keep their sales profits- no commissions or other fees are involved! Information and applications can be found at RCCAdetroit.org.
All interested participants should respond by e-mail to one of these specific addresses:
Exhibitors/Visual Artists - exhibitorspaf@gmail.com
Performance Artists/Music - performerspaf@gmail.com
Volunteers - volunteerpaf@gmail.com
Galleries - galleriespaf@gmail.com
Film - ed@detroitfilmsociety.net
Media - mediapaf@gmail.com
Web - russellindustrial@gmail.com
THE PEOPLE'S ARTS FESTIVAL NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINES
"At the Russell" September 13, 2008
The People's Arts Festival (PAF), sponsored by The Russell Center for Creative Arts (RCCAdetroit.org), has announced a new deadline for submissions to the festival, August 1st, 2008, and is still taking applications for participants.
All interested participants should respond by e-mail to the specific addresses listed below. The PAF will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. - midnight at the Russell Industrial Center at 1600 Clay Avenue off I-75.
Admission to the festival is free to the public. Now in it's second year, the Annual People's Arts Festival (PAF) is the largest assembly of artists, performance artists, musicians and filmmakers in the city of Detroit. Last year, the free-to-artists festival drew over 4,000 people who visited more than 200 exhibitors and musicians to celebrate the inaugural launch of the festival. This year Festival planners expect that crowd to double - once again securing its claim to being the largest arts festival in the City of Detroit
The People's Arts Festival is unique in several ways. A music merchandising area will once again be set up for all participating bands with all sales being retained by the performers. Exhibit space, public lighting, sound systems, stages and security are all being provided at no cost to participants by the Russell Center for Creative Arts, a not-for-profit group established this year to administer the PAF and other artistic projects at the Russell Industrial Center (RICdetroit.org)"We hope to accomplish several things through our sponsorship of the Festival," said Dennis Kefallinos, the owner of Russell Industrial Center and an RCCA board member. "Once again, it's part of our way of saying, 'Thank You' to the artists and other creative people who have chosen to locate their studios and businesses with us. Last year's festival brought the Russell family even more closely together and has resulted in the launch of dozens of creative projects - some involving individual tenants, groups of tenants or the community as a whole.Supporting the festival is also a way of giving something back to Detroit and proving that there's still a lot of positive energy in this city.
Finally, it's another opportunity for us to showcase this unbelievable campus. We have seven buildings here and over 2.2 million square feet, so there's still plenty of room for people who are interested in joining our community.""To me the most exciting thing about this festival is still that it has been planned by artists, it's essentially free to artists and that the guidelines we established … have been honored by The Russell management," said Mark Arminski, a globally-renowned painter and poster maker and one of the three members of the Festival's Artist's Committee. "The whole feel of the festival last year was dramatic. … this year promises to be even more exciting. We've also been fortunate once again to secure the sponsorship of Real Detroit magazine which last year did a spectacular job of moving the festival forward. And, you really can't say enough about the artists and other members of the Russell Family who have generously contributed so much time and talent to the planning and ongoing organization of this event."
The only charge to artists is a $25 community participation fee which covers incidental costs associated with security, general area cleanup, etc. No commissions will be taken; artists keep all sales profits. Applications and information on the festival may be found at http://www.rccadetroit.org/