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52nd Wickford Art Festival in Wickford RI

52nd Wickford Art Festival – July 12, 2014, 10 am - 6 pm
& July 13, 2014, 10 am - 5 pm



The 52nd Wickford Art Festival returns to coastal Wickford
Village on Saturday July 12 and Sunday 13, 2014. Join 200 artists from all over
the country and world as they display their art amongst historic

homes, eclectic shops and quaint streets. Handicap accessible
and family friendly, this fine art festival draws art lovers from
throughout New England with crowds up to 75,000 attending yearly. Admission is
free.  



Produced by the Wickford Art Association (WAA), sponsored by
Centreville Bank and Gooseneck Vineyards, the Wickford Art Festival is one of
the longest running, outdoor, fine art festivals in New England. North American
artists will be traveling from as far away as Florida, Arizona and Canada. 


Quanqiang Gao, a respected Chinese artist will be making his American debut at
the Wickford Art Festival exhibiting his large scale, modern ink artwork.
Artist mediums include oil, acrylic, fiber, drawing, sculpture in metal, clay and
glass, pastel, carved wood, mixed media, modern ink, photography, glass and more.
All art is one of a kind or limited, signed and numbered editions. Artists will
be in their booths to meet attendees, discuss their inspiration and method of
creation. New this year is Rhode Island is the first state in the nation to go
tax-free on the sale of fine art! 

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Thank you to Centreville Bank for their generous support as
our event sponsor. Centreville Bank is committed to the arts, devoted to our community
and we are thrilled to welcome them as a partner. Stop by Updike Park to get
your bag of fresh popcorn courtesy of Centreville Bank! We also welcome back
Gooseneck Wines as a sponsor this year and appreciate their continued support
of the arts and this festival.  Gooseneck
Vineyards is hosting a wine tasting throughout the weekend at Wickford Package
Store. Try their delicious wines: see our website for times. Snap a selfie in
our selfie booth and get a free Festival sticker, while they last.



The festival cumulates with the Annual Scholarship Raffle of
Fine Art held on Sunday afternoon. Proceeds of the raffle benefit the WAA Scholarship
Fund which awards $5,000 in scholarships to three RI high school seniors
attending an art college. This year’s winners will be exhibiting in the festival
and we encourage you to stop by their booths to see their work. WAA, a 501c3
non-profit, was founded in 1962 to educate its membership, the local community
and general public and to promote the arts in the community. The festival’s
proceeds support the art association’s numerous art programs and community
events, all open to the public. 

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Wickford
Art Festival hours are Saturday July 12th 10 am to 6 pm and Sunday July 13th 10
am to 5 pm and the festival goes on in rain or shine. Artists exhibit on Main
Street, Brown Street, West

Main Street and several side roads in Wickford Village. Take the time to taste
the local cuisine, visit our beautiful harbor, beach and many stores in Wickford
Village: don’t forget to come back during the year!  Parking for the festival is free on certain
streets just outside of the village. Parking is available at Wilson Park and Wickford
Elementary School within walking distance or take a short shuttle ride into the
heart of the festival. Wickford is located 25 minutes south of Providence, 20
minutes from Newport, RI and less than 1 hour drive from CT and MA. Visit www.wickfordart.org
or www.facebook.com/wickfordartfestival
or call 401-294-6840 for more information.




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