Save the Date for Art 180’s “The Really Big Show” art festival

Bring your friends and family to Abner Clay Park on Saturday, May 17 for a free art festival showcasing ART 180’s spring programs. From 1-5 P.M., enjoy art activities related to each program. Activities will include fashion self-portraits, family crests, kites, hoop dancing, alphabet autobiographies, accordion storybooks, video games, personal puzzles, improv theatre, a movement […]

April 29, 2014; 8:46 AM • by Jennifer Nesossis

From ART 180:

The Big Show has always featured work from our spring programs and has always been a crowd pleaser. We see an opportunity to bridge gaps in our community and create an event that brings families who go to the Jonny Z Festival together with families who go to The Big Show. We are holding it in Abner Clay Park right around the corner from our building in Jackson Ward. This location should accessible to a wider audience.

With about 135 young artists performing and exhibiting work, their families and neighbors from the community AND folks who regularly come to the Jonny Z Festival each year, we think this is going to be something, well, really big.

There will be food trucks, WRIR DJ’s, and the Bizarre Market. We are also adding lots more children’s activities. Each activity will actually the run by the youth exhibiting work and the activity will tie in to their project. An special activity is being created and run by a group of Jonny’s friends in honor of our pal.

Projects and Community Partners

Fashion Self-Portraits – Charterhouse School
Kites – Communities In Schools of Richmond (CIS)/Binford Middle School
Alphabet Autobiographies – CIS/Elkhardt Middle School
Accordion Storybooks – CIS/Henderson Middle School
Improv Theater – CIS/Lucille Brown Middle School
Video Games – CIS/Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
Hoop Dancing – CIS/Redd Elementary
Inside/Out Figures – CIS/Thompson Middle School
Personal Puzzles – Franklin Military Academy
Movement Mural – The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club
Family Crests – St. Andrew’s School

Information for vendors

Vendors will need to email us at bizarremarket@gmail.com in order to secure a spot on the vendor list. Info that we will need includes name/company name, phone number, product descriptions and photos/website. Spots are first-come, first-served.
The event will be May 17 1pm-5pm at Abner Clay Park. Vendor set-up will be earlier than 1pm; we’ll email you with definite details when you send in your info.
15% of each vendor’s sales will be taken to provide a donation to ART 180 and to cover administrative costs.