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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Angela Manos
Phone: 410.603.1178
Email: downtownpocomoke@gmail.com
MORE THAN AN ART STROLL THIS FRIDAY
Pocomoke City –14 August 2012 This Friday the Downtown Pocomoke Association and the City of Pocomoke will host their first THIRD FRIDAY ART STROLL for Downtown Pocomoke, beginning at 5:30pm and ending at 8:30pm, followed by an after-stroll party at the new Riverside Grill. The event will take place on Market Street, near the river, and is another step in Pocomoke’s overall downtown revitalization effort.
Artists selected to display their works, include: mixed media artist, Annette Heimbruch Hicks, Pocomoke, who will be showing at Classic Collections; watercolorist Donna Faye Hope, Pocomoke, showing at Enchanted Florist; photographer John Thomas Rafter, Pocomoke, displaying at Lusby’s True Value Hardware & Appliances; watercolorist Jean Mason, Pocomoke, showing at Robin Anne’s Quilting Service; and mixed media artists Chris Pruitt and Sara Fluhart, of Greenbackville and Pungoteague respectively, will both be showing outside of Cole’s Cakes. Chris Pruitt will also be generously sharing his time and talents by offering children’s face-painting. Watercolorists Jan Coulbourne and Leslie Brett, both of Captain’s Cove, will be showing and demonstrating their technique at the Pocomoke Area Chamber of Commerce’s Open House. Acrylic artist, Jenny Somers, of Chincoteague, will be hosted by A Second Time Around. She will display for sale original paintings, signed giclee prints and hand-painted Christmas balls and note cards. She will also demonstrate her technique.
Visitors to the art stroll may also enjoy the old-time crooning of traditional musician Diana Wagner, who will be seated just outside the Mar-Va Theater & Performing Arts Center. Later, both collectors and artists are invited to an After-Stroll Party at the new Riverside Grill where classical guitarist, Patrick Hooks, will entertain guests. The restaurant will also be offering drink and appetizer specials for art stroll participants.
Seven of these talented Eastern Shore artists generously donated a piece of their artwork to raise money for Pocomoke’s downtown revitalization effort. Throughout the stroll the downtown host businesses will be holding drawings for the donated artwork. Businesses will also be offering complimentary refreshments. Some will offer discounts and give-aways of their own; including a drawing for a free floral arrangement from Enchanted Florist and Classic Collections will give every 10th visitor a free sterling silver ring. All will share tickets for discounted wine and appetizers at the After-Stroll Party.
ALL artists will have their work displayed AND FOR SALE!
ALL artists will have their work displayed AND FOR SALE!
Contact: For more information, please contact, Angela Manos at: 410.603.1178, or downtownpocomoke@gmail.com . Those interested in the city’s downtown efforts in general, should also, visit: www.downtownpocomoke.com and http://www.facebook.com/pages/
City-of-Pocomoke/240103122695426#
1 comment:
If this event is repeated you may wish to include Becky Lowe, of Crisfield, known as the "Artist of the Islands." Her work focuses on the Chesapeake, with an emphasis on Smith and Tangier Islands.
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