Community Corner
Sammamish Arts Fair
The Sammamish Arts Fair is an annual Arts Fair, which is now in
its seventh year. It has grown in reputation to be one of the most anticipated arts
events on the Eastside, and it will feature some of the best jury selected
local artists in our area, 17 of which live in Sammamish. When Forbes recently ranked
Sammamish as the number one friendliest town in America they made mention of
our annual arts fair.
Come and visit with the artists, see their work and learn about
their creative process. Inside the City Hall building, the highest quality and
variety of fine art will be available for purchase, and will include original
works of art such as; paintings, jewelry, mixed media, encaustic art, glass
arts, ceramics, printmaking, woodcarving, photography and textile art.
We aim to recognize
and support our talented young artists in the community, and new this year we are proud to welcome
10 artists to our Student Booth,
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In the adjacent Sammamish Library there
will be an exciting program of Arts Encounters, which will include performance artists, hands on family arts activities and projects during the fair weekend. Linking the Library and City Hall
will be an Artists Interactive Walkway Project.
Our Artists will each put together a
“musical” device that our visitors can “clatter and bang” their way along the
path. This Project will be made from recycled / repurposed metal objects,
and there will be a bucket of cooking utensils at each end to use as the
banging stick. After experiencing
the interactive walkway, visitors will have a chance to vote for their favorite
piece. Bellevue Art Museum has kindly donated a Family Membership for the
artist with the most votes.
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The Arts Fair is a community-wide
cultural art experience, which is produced in partnership with the
participating Artists and the Sammamish Arts Commission.
Sponsorship is gratefully received from the City of Sammamish, the Sammamish Arts Commission and 4Culture. Admission is free.
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