News and Announcements
Stay in the know! News and announcements about from the Edmonds Arts Festival and the Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation.
Robin Weiss Painting Selected for 2021 Edmonds Arts Festival Poster
The 2021 Edmonds Arts Festival poster will be graced by an image of “Market Day in Edmonds,” an oil painting by nationally known local artist Robin Weiss. Growing up in Ohio, Weiss began drawing at an early age. His first art teacher and mentor, Louis Penfield, encouraged him to sketch and paint from life. They created artwork and also constructed a studio adjacent to Penfield’s home, which had been built by Frank Lloyd Wright. Whether painting still life compositions or collecting material...
Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation Awards $40,000 in Scholarships
The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation has awarded 21 renewable scholarships totaling $40,000 to Edmonds-area students pursuing an arts-based curriculum in college. Two special awards, the Sambataro Award and the Mummy Award, were also distributed. New recipients this year were Nicole Brunette, Isaac Vaa, Hana Berisha, Andrew Szilassy, Sean Chapdelaine, Cynthia Livengood-Fair, Rubina Matevosyan, and Katherine Orbegozo Tejada. Renewal recipients were Charlotte Day, Dannielle Hulen, Jackie Karis,...
It’s Official: The 2021 Edmonds Arts Festival Is a ‘Go’
In light of the continued easing of restrictions related to COVID-19, the Edmonds Arts Festival Board of Directors officially announces that the Edmonds Arts Festival will take place from August 27 to 29, in downtown Edmonds. The Festival will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. In addition to the artists who will be selling their original creations in this juried art festival, festival goers will have a chance to view and purchase...
Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation Steps Up for Community in 2020
With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns and school closings, the Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation has focused its energy and funds of supporting student arts and public art projects. Through scholarships, a wildly successful “grab and go” art supply program, and funding for public art projects that people can safely enjoy, the Foundation has stepped up in spite of a deeply reduced budget. After the cancellation of the 2020 Edmonds Arts Festival due to the pandemic,...
Hazel Miller Foundation Matches Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation Student Art Supply Grant
The Hazel Miller Foundation has awarded a grant of $10,000 to the Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation to purchase art supplies for students in grades 7 through 12. “In a classroom setting, many supplies such as paintbrushes, drawing pencils, carving tools, and paint sets are shared between students and class periods,” said Barbara Childs, the Foundation’s Edmonds School District student art liaison. “Remote learning has required that art supplies and tools be sent home for each individual...
Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation Offers Scholarships for Local Art Students
The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation is once again awarding scholarships to Edmonds students who plan to study a visual arts-related curriculum in college. All students who live within the Edmonds School District or who attend Edmonds College are eligible to apply. Students who have received a Foundation scholarship in the past can apply for a renewal of their award. The Foundation will be giving away $32,500 in aid this year. The Art Student Scholarships are fully endowed through the...
2021 Edmonds Arts Festival Planned for August
With an emphasis on flexibility, planning is in process to hold the annual Edmonds Arts Festival on August 27, 28, and 29, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. The Festival usually takes place over Father’s Day weekend in June, but due to COVID-19, it has been moved to August, with a focus on venue spaces that include acceptable social distancing. In addition to the artists who will be selling their original creations, festival goers will have a...
Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation Finances Student Art Supplies for Home Use
The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation has donated $10,000 to Edmonds School District middle school and high school teachers to assist in purchasing art supplies for students to use at home during remote instruction. This program builds on the Foundation’s hugely successful Grab and Go Art Supply program. In May, the Foundation allocated $10,000 for art supplies for elementary school students. These supplies were distributed at Edmonds School District Grab ‘n Go lunch sites. Students chose...
Artist Rents ArtWorks Space to Create Alaska-Bound Mural
Andy Eccleshall, a local artist and muralist, is leasing space at ArtWorks from the Edmonds Arts Festival to complete a giant art project. Hammer and Wikan, a company in Petersburg, Alaska, has commissioned a nine-panel, 45-foot-long mural by Eccleshall. The business started 100 years ago as a delivery service for the community, bringing milk and eggs from a farm. The artwork will be installed in Petersburg to commemorate the City’s centennial anniversary and to celebrate the history of the...
Former Foundation President’s Family Starts Art Scholarship Fund
Long-time Edmonds resident and Edmonds Arts Festival supporter Peggy Jones died November 2, 2020. Arts Festival participants and supporters may recognize Peggy from her many years of participation in the Festival, where she shared her love of the arts through the sale of her ceramics. She was a founding member of the Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation, where she was active in the board’s scholarship committee, which provides funds to young artists to assist them in pursuing careers in the arts....
Foundation Board Gets Tour of New Edmonds Waterfront Center
The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to education and the cultural enrichment of our community through the arts. In this light, the Foundation has donated $50,000 to the Edmonds Waterfront Center Building Fund as part of its commitment to our community. In addition to a cash donation, works of art from the Foundation’s collection will also be gifted and on permanent display in the Waterfront Center’s art gallery. This week, the Edmonds Arts Festival...
Foundation Awards Community Arts Grant to Cascadia Art Museum School Program
The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation Community Arts Grants program recently awarded $500 to Cascadia Art Museum’s new “Cascadia Art for Schools (CAS)” program. The curriculum will provide informal integrated arts education for students in Edmonds and nearby school districts. CAS includes two Washington state standards-based school programs: Sharing Our Story and the Building Blocks of Art. The Sharing Our Story program addresses the history of Washington state and tribal sovereignty by...
Festival and Festival Foundation Support Edmonds Art Studio Tour
The Edmonds Arts Festival and Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation are proud to be sponsors of the annual Edmonds Art Studio Tour, which takes place this year on Saturday, September 19, and Sunday, September 20. Due to COVID-19, this year’s Art Studio Tour is completely online, making it even more accessible to those interested in supporting local artists and learning more about their creative process. The artists selected to participate in the annual studio tour are chosen based on specific...
Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation Awards $31,000 in Scholarships
The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation has awarded 17 scholarships totaling $31,000 to Edmonds students who are planning to study in an arts-related field. Additionally, two additional scholarships of $1,500 each—one from the Sambataro family and one from the Mummy family—were awarded. All of these students are planning to go to college in the fall, regardless of whether their classes are online or in person. We rely on revenue from the Edmonds Arts Festival to offer these scholarships. With the...
Grab and Go Art Supply Program Is a Huge Success
As schools around the state closed due to COVID-19, the Edmonds School District, realizing that for many students, their school lunch was the only consistent meal they had, began a program of Grab ‘N Go meals. But food wasn’t the only thing students were missing because of the pandemic. Art supplies were locked in classroom closets all over the district. The Edmonds Arts Festival Foundation board of directors knew that these students needed food for their creativity as well as food for their...