Monday, April 20, 2009
Enjoy art, music at Arts in Harmony festival
 Celebrate springtime at Arts in Harmony, a festival of art, fine crafts, and music, on Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3. The open-air festival will be held rain or shine from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Church and Main streets in New Harmony, Indiana. Admission is free. Dozens of regional and national artists will show and sell their work, including a wealth of art and crafts from paintings, glass, sculpture, and jewelry to pottery, basketry, woodcarvings, and furniture. Opening day festivities on Saturday will include a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art and demonstrations by artists Cynthia Watson and Julie Byczynski at the Women’s Institute and Gallery. The festival will include music by nationally known recording artists as well as homegrown talent. Dubois County troubadour Paul Ash will get things rolling at 11 a.m. Saturday, followed by Small Potatoes, whose music is an eclectic mix of everything from Celtic to cowboy. At 2 p.m., local favorites Circle of Friends will take the stage, followed at 4 p.m. by Jason Wilber, an outstanding singer/songwriter who has played lead guitar for John Prine, Greg Brown, Hal Ketchum, and Carrie Newcomer, among others. On Sunday, Griffin Indiana’s Hilltop Project will lead off at noon, followed by New Harmony’s Randy Pease and Jan Morris at 1 p.m. Taking the stage at 2 p.m. will be Wild Carrot, a Cincinnati duo whose repertoire stretches from the traditional to the non-traditional and whose instrumental array includes guitars, penny whistles, dulcimers, mandolin, concertina, and the occasional bowed psaltery. Closing the festival at 4 p.m. will be the traditional bluegrass sounds of The Wabash Valley String Band. Food will be available at the festival, so spend the day or come for the weekend. For hotel or bed-and-breakfast accommodations, go to www.newharmonybiz.com On Friday, May 1, recording artists Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart will perform at the Owen Community House, 421 North Street. Their clever acoustic guitar interplay, lovely harmonies, and humorous storytelling have kept audiences spellbound throughout North America and Europe. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert starts around 8 p.m. Donations of $10 to $15 will be collected at the door. Seating is limited, so call 812/589-5031 or 812/682-3523 to reserve a seat. Arts in Harmony is sponsored by the New Harmony Business Association with support from the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, the Indiana Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, call 812/682-3156. Erika Myers-Bromwell New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art 812/682-3156 or emyersbro@usi.edu |
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