[Press Release] : Visual artists to display and sell their work

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 19, 2006

CONTACT: Kay McCarthy
Cultural Program Specialist
(573) 874-6387

Visual artists to display and sell their
work									
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - The 15th annual Columbia Festival of the Arts
will feature 50 visual artists who will exhibit and sell their artwork.
A variety of media will be represented including ceramics,
drawing/pastels, fiber, glass, jewelry, ceramics, metal works, mixed
media, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and wood.
	This year’s 50 artists come from various locations in
Missouri, including eight from Columbia, 20 from other Missouri cities
and towns, and other states such as Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma and South Dakota. Each artist
submitted an application to exhibit at the Festival and was chosen
through a juried process.
	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, 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/Mid-Missouri’s CW Network, McDonald’s, MFA Oil, Missouri Arts
Council and Regency Hotel Downtown.

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