16th Annual Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival: 5/27

John Mitty Thursday, May 10, 2012

Exciting Arts Activities Announced

At East End Arts’ 16^th Annual Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival

Sunday, May 27, 2012 

(RIVERHEAD, NY, May 10, 2012) –– East End Arts is pleased to announce the programs and activities to be featured at the 16^th Annual Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival to be held Sunday, May 27, 2012, from 12PM to 5PM in downtown Riverhead, NY. This beloved annual fun-for-the-whole-family festival is where families and friends, artists, musicians, and lovers of the arts, young and old, unite to enjoy the creative spirit together. Children, professional artists, and everyone in between will liter East Main Street for the signature activity of the festival – street painting. Joining us again this year is professional street painter Rod Tryon, who has been creating artwork for street painting festivals and art shows worldwide for 25 years. Some of his images have been used for a documentary film and related book entitled "Life Beyond Earth" and for a music video by iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove. Rod Tryon worked on a team of street artists who together recreated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at a festival in California and has painted works from Mexico to Hong Kong.

Festival admission is free. Additional activities include:

• Children’s activities, including:
  • Face Painting
  • Instrument Playground, which allows children of all ages to explore their musical talents
  • Puppet and Light Show by Dr. Zola’s Puppet Company
  • Storytelling, hosted by Children’s Librarians from Southold and Riverhead Free Libraries
  • Unique hands-on arts & craft activity led by East End Arts’ Artist-in-Residence Gena Griffiths, to be held in East End Arts Carriage House
• Fine Arts & Crafts Market of local artists and artisans
• East End Arts’ ever-popular Drum circle led by Jerry Liggon
• World-famous animation artist Don Duga and painter Irra Verbitsky will be sketching and coloring throughout the day
• A variety of live music and performance acts will be showcased on the Riverhead Town Show Mobile, including performances by the Afro-Cuban and Puerto Rican influenced Mambo Loco, Pierson High School Theatre Group, East End Arts’ Music Masters Fellowship Jazz Vocalists
• Polka Dancing with Colby Maximillum Dance Troupe
• Mini Chart Readings & Mini Tarot Card Readings with LeLonni Campbell & Chris Murphy
• “Shifting Reality Across Long Island” presented by the Long Island Creative Vortex, a traveling, collaborative piece of artwork, where festival attendees will be invited to leave their mark and become a part of this unique experience

The 16^th Annual Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival is sponsored by Bridgehampton National Bank and Yelp.

For more information about the event, visit: http://eastendarts.org/events/CommunityMosaic.html.

This festival draws over 5,000 local residents and tourists to downtown Riverhead for this Memorial Day Weekend tradition. All activities take place in downtown Riverhead on East Main Street, between Roanoke Ave and East Street, and on the grounds of East End Arts (133 and 141 East Main Street.) In the case of rain, the event will be held on Monday, May 28, from 2PM to 5PM.

For more information contact Liza Coppola, Event Coordinator at 516-429-5795 or lcoppola@eastendarts.org.

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East End Arts, established in 1972, is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit arts organization, and operates a School of the Arts, an Art Gallery, and presents a variety of events and programs to promote the arts year-round. Proceeds from all events, sales, classes, donations, and memberships benefit the mission of bringing the arts to everyone and inspiring communities through service, advocacy and education.

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