[Press Release] : Festival to celebrate the arts

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Kay McCarthy, Cultural Program Specialist - (573) 874-6387

Festival to celebrate the arts

COLUMBIA, MO (September 6, 2006) -- The fifteenth annual Columbia
Festival of the Arts will bring performing, visual and literary artists
to downtown Columbia Sept. 23-24.

Fifty artists will exhibit and sell their work, ranging from ceramics,
drawing/pastels, fiber, glass, jewelry, metal works, mixed media,
painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and wood. Artwork by
Columbia students, elementary through senior high school, will be on
display in the Boone County Government Center.

More than 40 performances of dance, music, theater and storytelling
will take
place on two stages. A third stage will feature local authors and will
focus on the literary arts.

Activities for children at the Festival will include painting,
performances of
children’s theater, storytelling, comedy, juggling, interactive
drumming and the
creation of a giant mural. Food vendors will also be on hand.

The Festival is free and open to the public. It will be held at the
Boone County
Courthouse Square and surrounding streets in downtown Columbia on
Sept. 23-24. Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

For specific performance times and stage locations, consult the special
Festival insert in the Columbia Daily Tribune’s Sept. 21 issue, call
the Office of Cultural Affairs at (573) 874-6386, e-mail
Festival at GoColumbiaMo.com, or log on to www.GoColumbiaMo.com (GoWord:
GoArtsFestival).

The Columbia Festival of the Arts is a program of the City of Columbia
Office of Cultural Affairs. Financial assistance has been provided by
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Boone County National Bank, The Callaway
Bank, CenturyTel, Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau, Columbia Daily
Tribune, Commerce Bank, Dave Griggs’ Flooring America, Days Inn and
Travelodge, Deck the Walls, First National Bank, KBIA 91.3, KOMU
TV8/Mi-Missouri’s CW Network, McDonald’s, MFA Oil, Missouri Arts
Council and Regency Hotel Downtown.

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