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FestivALL director Larry Groce said Charleston’s summer arts festival is off to an exciting start with the participation of 22 local artists who have contributed to the design of the publicity poster.
From local artisans to entertainers, musicians and writers, the events will have a native thread running through them, FestivALL Executive Director Larry Groce said.
"The focus will be more on West Virginia and Charlestonians than it has been in the past," Groce said. "We want the best of Charleston to be shown off."
With Gov. Joe Manchin's Come Home to West Virginia contest and tourism effort fresh on people's minds, Groce said it is the right time to bring local talent to the spotlight.
In its fifth year, FestivALL is slated to run from June 19-28. A combination of artwork, music, plays and other talent will take over the city. There will be both major events that require tickets and smaller, free events.
The FestivALL slogan, "A city becomes a work of art" has a new look, as 22 local artisans have created a new mixed-media piece. Each artist has created an individual piece of art that will be one letter of the slogan.
The letters will be together on the first and last days of FestivALL and will be displayed at stores in various parts of the city on the other days.
"We're trying to get as many people involved as possible," Groce said.
Alex Morgado of Blackwell & Co. has been involved with FestivALL since its inception. He conceived and designed the poster using the different works of art.
"This is an illustration of the talent Charleston has," Morgado said. "It's amazing the stuff people are coming up with."
The letters are made from photographs, paintings, glass, pewter and other mediums chosen by the artists.
Morgado said he hopes to open the project to other artisans and allow them to create letters that would rotate on FestivALL's Web site. That would give local commercial artists another opportunity for their work to be seen.
Another native taking part in FestivALL is actress Ann Magnuson, who grew up in Charleston and graduated from George Washington High School.
Magnuson, a veteran of more than 30 films and hundreds of television and stage appearances, will present her new performance piece, "Back Home Again (Dreaming of Charleston)."
According to the FestivALL Web site, she describes the piece as "a loving reminiscence of growing up in West Virginia with all the hopes, dreams, good times, sad times and crazy times as well as notes from the long and winding road that took me from Charleston to New York, Los Angeles and nearly every continent in the world then back home again."
The Charleston Light Opera Guild, celebrating its 60th anniversary, will present the Broadway musical comedy "Curtains" five times during the 10-day festival.
The play is not yet on tour but is coming to FestivALL because the original choreographer, Rob Ashford, is an area native and learned to dance at Theater West Virginia.
Homegrown talent this year will be the main focus of the 10-day eclectic celebration known as FestivALL.
From local artisans to entertainers, musicians and writers, the events will have a native thread running through them, FestivALL Executive Director Larry Groce said.
"The focus will be more on West Virginia and Charlestonians than it has been in the past," Groce said. "We want the best of Charleston to be shown off."
With Gov. Joe Manchin's Come Home to West Virginia contest and tourism effort fresh on people's minds, Groce said it is the right time to bring local talent to the spotlight.
In its fifth year, FestivALL is slated to run from June 19-28. A combination of artwork, music, plays and other talent will take over the city. There will be both major events that require tickets and smaller, free events.
The FestivALL slogan, "A city becomes a work of art" has a new look, as 22 local artisans have created a new mixed-media piece. Each artist has created an individual piece of art that will be one letter of the slogan.
The letters will be together on the first and last days of FestivALL and will be displayed at stores in various parts of the city on the other days.
"We're trying to get as many people involved as possible," Groce said.
Alex Morgado of Blackwell & Co. has been involved with FestivALL since its inception. He conceived and designed the poster using the different works of art.
"This is an illustration of the talent Charleston has," Morgado said. "It's amazing the stuff people are coming up with."
The letters are made from photographs, paintings, glass, pewter and other mediums chosen by the artists.
Morgado said he hopes to open the project to other artisans and allow them to create letters that would rotate on FestivALL's Web site. That would give local commercial artists another opportunity for their work to be seen.
Another native taking part in FestivALL is actress Ann Magnuson, who grew up in Charleston and graduated from George Washington High School.
Magnuson, a veteran of more than 30 films and hundreds of television and stage appearances, will present her new performance piece, "Back Home Again (Dreaming of Charleston)."
According to the FestivALL Web site, she describes the piece as "a loving reminiscence of growing up in West Virginia with all the hopes, dreams, good times, sad times and crazy times as well as notes from the long and winding road that took me from Charleston to New York, Los Angeles and nearly every continent in the world then back home again."
The Charleston Light Opera Guild, celebrating its 60th anniversary, will present the Broadway musical comedy "Curtains" five times during the 10-day festival.
The play is not yet on tour but is coming to FestivALL because the original choreographer, Rob Ashford, is an area native and learned to dance at Theater West Virginia.
Ashford will fly from New York City to Charleston for a seminar prior to FestivALL.
Several opportunities are available for local artists to showcase their work. The Capitol Street Art Fair, which will run the second weekend of FestivALL, is a juried fair for more than 75 artisans who will show and sell their work.
Many other visual art opportunities, such as Art on a Stick, Buswater on the Boulevard and Art Walk also will be available.
The One-Act Play Festival, which features original plays by West Virginia theater companies, is back for another year.
A new 10-minute, site-specific play will be performed on the recently constructed walkway over Dickinson Street that links the Triana Energy Building (formerly Boll Furniture) with a city parking garage.
There also will be wiener dog races, an ice cream social, the South Atlantic League All-Star Baseball Game, a balloon sculpture at the Charleston Town Center, a skateboard contest, the all-ages soccer tournament and the opening of the $17.6 million State Museum at the Cultural Center.
Mayor Danny Jones said the offerings of FestivALL should appeal to families that want a vacation this summer but do not want to pay to travel.
"This is an event with something for everybody," Jones said. "If you want to take a vacation this year and don't want to spend a lot of money, stay right here. We've got plenty for you to do."
Last year, there were 83 events featuring 169 performances, exhibitions and presentations by 378 companies, troupes and individual artists. Groce said this year should offer even more.
"We continue to grow in the fifth year," Groce said.
One of the mayor events will be the Mayor's Concert on June 25.
Booker T & The MG's with special guest Eddie Floyd headline a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Stax Records, originally based in Memphis, Tenn. The band features Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame inductees Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper and Donald "Duck" Dunn.
The band, perhaps best known for its No. 1 song, "Green Onions," will perform in the Clay Center.
The River Queen, a sternwheeler from Cincinnati, will dock at Haddad Riverfront Park and offer excursions throughout FestivALL. It will also serve as a free river taxi June 26 and 27.
"If you have friends or people out of town, this would be a great, great time to have them come to town," Groce said. "There is so much to do, a lot of it free. We try to make it affordable."
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almost forgot Tiny Tim.