Edmonds Arts Festival
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The Edmonds Arts Festival is held in Edmonds, Washington during Father's Day weekend annually in June. The Edmonds Arts Festival is one of the oldest and largest art festivals in Washington State. The festival began in 1957 to celebrate and promote the artwork of various artist both local and national. The art festival is 100% volunteer run and has an array of sponsorship to support it's mission. All proceeds from the festival are used to support scholarships, schools and community grants to promote the arts and expand cultural experiences. The Edmonds Art Festival is held at the Frances Anderson Cultural Center. The outside lawn has of the Anderson Center has a variety of booth where you can purchase high quality fine art and artisan crafts directly from an average of 200 artists. Inside the Anderson Center you can view the juried art gallery where 450 of the best local and national artist have had pieces selected to showcase at this event.
The festival is consistently ranked in the top 100 festivals in the United States, and top three in the Pacific Northwest region. A wide variety of two and three dimensional art is represented including oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, drawings, mixed media, photography, sculpture, textiles, jewelry, and glassworks.
[edit] External links
- Edmonds Arts Festival homepage
- Edmonds Art Festival Foundation
- The Edmonds Beacon
- Snohomish County Arts
- Frances Anderson Cultural Center
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