Popular Annual Arts Festival Returns July 28 - 30, 2006
Bellevue, WA -- Each year at the acme of summer, it's one of the Eastside's a lot of advancing events, and now it allotment for its 22nd beeline year: The Bellevue Festival of the Arts (www.Bellevuefest.org). Held just above Lake Washington from Seattle, and accompanying with two added bounded arts festivals, the Bellevue Festival of the Arts attracts hundreds of artists and added than a quarter-million attendees anniversary year. The Festival appearance unique, admirable and affordable offerings from hundreds of the nation's a lot of accomplished craftspeople, artists, and artisans, as able-bodied as superb music, aliment and drink. This year's anniversary takes abode from July 28 – 30, 2006, as consistently in the acceptable and simple to acquisition Cost Plus Parking Lot (across from Bellevue Square).
2006 FACTS AT A GLANCE:
What: The Bellevue Festival of the Arts
When: July 28 - 30, 2006
Hours: Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Price: Free
Website: www.Bellevuefest.org
Held beneath the bright abject skies of the Northwest summer, The Bellevue Festival of the Arts showcases works by a superb and assorted array of some of the best artists from about the Northwest, as able-bodied as nationally accustomed participants from above the U.S. and Canada. The accident marks one of the Eastside's a lot of agitative anniversary cultural events, alms a superb arrangement of lovely, cautiously crafted items of every description, including jewelry, photography, textiles, glass, accomplished art, woodwork, pottery, sculpture, and abundant added -- as able-bodied as the adventitious to accommodated the able artists who actualize them.
And of course, as always, the accident aswell appearance a advanced arrangement of appetizing treats from some of the Northwest's a lot of accepted aliment and acknowledgment providers. There's aswell abide music to amuse about any taste, with appearances by several accepted bounded bands and agreeable groups. It's the absolute anniversary for old and adolescent alike.
After 22 years, the Bellevue Festival of the Arts charcoal one of the a lot of awful accepted juried arts and crafts fairs nationwide, and is consistently rated by The Artfair Sourcebook as one of the best arts fairs in the country.
Giving Back to the Community
But the Festival isn't just an accident for the community's amusement -- it aswell gives back. For years, the Bellevue Festival of the Arts has remained a loyal and basic adherent of the Eastside community, and in 2006 continues its attitude of distributing its net gain aback to bounded Seattle and Bellevue causes and organizations, including: Shelters, Food Banks, Community Centers, Health Care Clinics, and Youth Programs.
Past beneficiaries cover seven bounded shelters (including New Beginnings and Seattle Emergency Housing), six aliment banks including the Pike Market Downtown Food Bank and Teen Feed, three association centers including The Seattle Indian Center, four health-care organizations (including Overlake Hospital and The Lifelong AIDS Alliance) and seven adolescence programs, including The Bellevue Schools Foundation and Heart and Soul.
Even better, as associates of a beyond 'global community,' the Bellevue Festival of the Arts aswell continues to accord all-embracing donations to aces causes worldwide, as well. The Festival donates anniversary year to Solar Cookers International, an alignment that teaches the architecture and use of addition solar box cookers as a way to abate ecology confusion and deforestation throughout the world. The anniversary aswell gives to SNDT, a women's university in Mumbai, India which works with villages in Gujarat state. This rural development affairs organizes activities in the fields of education, health, accomplishment training, acquaintance and assets bearing as able-bodied as acknowledged aid. It has aswell assisted women to anatomy their own accommodating "Kalyani."
But its efforts go even further: The Festival aswell allowances the American Indian College Fund as able-bodied as Ashesi University in Ghana, West Africa. Ashesi University is a accessory of Ashesi University Foundation (www.ashesi.org), and is a avant-garde of advanced arts undergraduate apprenticeship in scholarship, administration and citizenship. Their mission is to alternation a new bearing of ethical and ambitious leaders in Africa, and to breed aural its acceptance the ethics of constant learning, affair for others and the adventuresomeness to anticipate in a adventurous and active way.
And Transportation's a Snap!
As always, across busline to the Festival is a snap, as the Metro will be active chargeless shuttle buses amid the Festival and the South Kirkland, Houghton Park, and South Bellevue Park and Ride lots every 15 minutes, authoritative approved stops alternating Bellevue Way. Paid parking (at about $1-$2 per car, although prices may alter by location) will aswell be accessible in abounding of Bellevue's city barrio as well, alternating with Bike Corral parking options accessible as well.
FOR THE PUBLIC: For added information, amuse appointment www.Bellevuefest.org on the web, or alarm (206) 363-2048.
FOR REPORTERS ONLY: For added PR advice on the Bellevue Festival of the Arts 2006, or for accomplishments information, photos or images, amuse acquaintance arranger Angela Mitchell, at (904) 982-8043. Or for quotes about the Festival itself (or its 22nd Anniversary in the area) amuse acquaintance Ann Sutherland of the Craft Cooperative of the Northwest, at (206) 363-2048.
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