Craft Lake City
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| Founder | Angela H. Brown |
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| Headquarters | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Website | http://www.craftlakecity.com |
Craft Lake City is an annual outdoor alternative arts festival in Salt Lake City, UT. The festival features affordably-priced items like silk-screened posters, reconstructed clothing, knitted items, jewelry and other Do It Yourself (DIY) crafts along with live entertainment that includes craft demonstrations, street performers and musical acts, and local food vendors. Free to attend, the next Craft Lake City will be held in August 2012.[1] Craft Lake City is also in the process of becoming a nonprofit 501 c-3.
History & Concept
- Concept
Craft Lake City was started in 2009 by Angela H. Brown, editor and publisher of SLUG Magazine as a way to showcase the local DIY culture. Brown was inspired by craft festivals she had attended in larger cities and thought a similar event would fit perfectly with Utah’s crafting history and cultural background.[2]
- History
The first Craft Lake City festival was held in Salt Lake City at the Gallivan Center on August 8, 2009.[3] It featured over 65 crafters and artists along with live entertainment provided by local Salt Lake bands: Coyote Hoods, Mad Max and the Wild Ones, Aye Aye, Casey James Prestwood & The Burning Angels, Cub Country, Subrosa, The Tiny Lights and Mammoth.[4] There were over 3,000 attendees this year.
The second annual Craft Lake City was held August 14, 2010 again at the Gallivan Center. This time, 130 artists were selected to participate and over 7,000 people attended. Musical performers included Salt Lake locals Joshua Payne Orchestra, The Boomsticks, Red Bennies, Hello Amsterdam, Mad Max and the Wild Ones, Spell Talk and Muscle Hawk. This year also featured a belly dance showcase with Hathor Dance Collective, Trisha McBride and Blue Lotus dance troupe performing. Craft Lake City partnered with the Salt Lake Film Festival to continue festivities the next day, August 15, with a screening of Faythe Levine’s film “Handmade Nation” followed by a question and answer session with some of the Craft Lake City artists.[5]
In 2011, Craft Lake City festivities began with an exhibit at the Utah Art Alliance’s Main Street Gallery in Salt Lake City called “Art vs. Craft.” The show ran July 5 through July 30 and featured the work of 14 Craft Lake City artists.[6] The festival itself expanded to over 180 vendors, once again held at the Gallivan Center on August 13 with about 12,000 attendees. This year, the festival set up two stages for musical performances, which included a variety of local bands: The Mooks, The 3 2 1s, Muscle Hawk, It Foot It Ears, Subrosa, S.L.F.M., Dances With Wolves, Dark Seas, Kenshin Taiko, Birthquake!, Joshua Payne Orchestra, Ann-Britt Kennedy, No Nation Orchestra, Rifamos, Mad Max and the Wild Ones, Max Pain and the Groovies and Spell Talk. More entertainment was provided with a belly dance showcase by Blue Lotus, Hathor and the Lunar Collective, as well as on-going breakdance routines by Ensoul Collaboration.[7]
References
- ^ [goo.gl/Xy3Qx "Locals get crafty at Craft Lake City August 8th at Gallivan"]. online article. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "KRCL RadioActive:Craft Lake City". radio broadcast. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "Craft Lake City's College Pennants". online article. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "Craft Lake City adds flavor to the formula of homemade artistic goods". online article. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "Artists to sell their creations". article. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "Art vs. Craft at CLC Festival". online article. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ "Get Your Craft On At Craft Lake City". online article. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
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