BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Marblehead Festival of Arts will host its 47th annual Art s Festival in downtown Marblehead from June 30-July 4. This North Shore favorite is home to fine arts exhibits\, including Crafts\, Drawing\, Pa inting\, Printmaking\, Photography\, Mixed Media and Sculpture\, as well as special exhibits featuring Youth Art\, Student Art and Senior Art. T he Festival also sponsors plein aire painting\, known as Painting-the-To wn.\n \;\nArtists from all over Essex County participate in the many types of art\, which take place at various venues around town. Exhibits \, with free admission\, are open Saturday\, June 30\, 10 am to 5 pm\; S unday\, July 1\, noon to 5 pm (Abbot Hall exhibits open at 10 am)\; Mond ay\, July 2\, 1 to 5 pm\; Tuesday\, July 3\, 1 to 5 pm\; and Wednesday\, July 4\, 10 am to 5 pm.\n \;\nAwards Night\, which precedes the off icial opening of the Festival\, will be held Friday evening\, June 29\, outside Abbot Hall\, 188 Washington Street. The public is invited to sha re in this celebration\, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm\, to recognize the artists who created outstanding original works in all of the juried categories. Art exhibits will then be open\, from 7:45 to 9:00 pm\, at Abbot Hall\, St Michael&rsquo\;s Church\, Old Town House\, Unitarian Universalist Ch urch and Old North Church.\n \;\nHoused at Abbot Hall are Crafts\, D rawing\, Painting and Printmaking\, all juried exhibits. Crafts features handcrafts of a traditional or contemporary nature including calligraph y\, collage\, furniture\, jewelry\, pottery\, quilts and stained glass. Drawing utilizes charcoal\, conte crayon\, pencil\, pen and ink and othe r drawing materials. Painting is done in oil\, acrylic and watercolor. P rintmaking features etching\, engraving\, drypoint\, silkscreen\, lithog raphy\, monoprint\, woodcut engraving and other accepted forms of the ar t.\n \;\nSt. Michael&rsquo\;s Church\, 26 Pleasant Street\, is home to Mixed Media and Sculpture\, both juried exhibits. Mixed Media is artw ork in two or more traditional or nontraditional media in a single compo sition\, with an emphasis on but not limited to paint\, collage\, drawin g\, image transfer\, assemblage\, paper mache\, textiles\, wax and found objects. Sculpture is art which has been cut\, carved\, chiseled\, cast \, welded or molded in any medium into a three dimensional form.\n \ ;\nPhotography is found at Old Town House in Market Square. It is a juri ed exhibit of black-and-white and color photographs.\n \;\nThe Unita rian Universalist Church\, 28 Mugford Street\, houses Senior Art\, a non -juried exhibit of original work by persons 60 years of age and older. C ategories include crafts\, drawing\, painting\, photography\, printmakin g\, sculpture and wood carvings. Also at the church is the Logo Exhibit\ , featuring this year&rsquo\;s winning logo\, the finalists and semi-fin alists\, and logos from past years\; Writers&rsquo\; World\, with a coll ection of juried short fiction\, essays\, and poetry\; and the Literary Arts Café\;.\n \;\nOld North Church\, 35 Washington Street\, h as the non-juried Student Art and Youth Art Exhibits. Student Art\, repr esenting the work of students in grades 5-12\, includes calligraphy\, cr afts\, drawing\, mixed media\, painting\, photography\, printmaking and sculpture. Youth Art features works by students in preschool through gra de 4\, and includes crafts\, drawing\, painting\, photography\, printmak ing and sculpture.\n \;\nThe King Hooper Mansion\, 8 Hooper Street\, is home of the Marblehead Arts Association (MAA) and houses the Paintin g-the-Town Exhibit and the MAA July Member Exhibit. Painting-the-Town\, or plein aire painting\, features the work of artists who will have pain ted outdoors on Saturday\, June 30. They will create fresh works\, often done rapidly\, that capture the essence of a scene and the weather with a unique charm\, unlike the more careful studies produced in a studio.\ n \;\nPlease note that most of the art is for sale. Purchasing a wor k benefits both the artist and the Festival\, which receives a commissio n on all sales. Prices are listed in the printed Festival Program\, avai lable at all exhibit locations. URL:http://marblehead.patch.com/events/marblehead-festival-of-arts-featur es-art-exhbits SUMMARY:Marblehead Festival of Arts Features Art Exhbits LOCATION:Abbot Hall\, Town of Marblehead: 188 Washington St\, Marblehead\ , MA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR