By Deb Peterson
The third annual Celebrating the Arts Street Festival will take place Saturday in uptown Syracuse, along Main Street, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
More than 50 art vendors, with specialties in photography, watercolor, jewelry, pottery, painted furniture, purses and a variety of art mediums will be on hand selling their art.
Live music will be on the street featuring local musicians John Kirkwood and Total Recall, plus the Ladybirds from Louisville, Ky.
Violin and guitar students from The Creative Fish Gallery and Workshop, sponsor of the festival, will perform a mini recital under direction of Sean Hoffman.
DownUnder Bar and Grill, which is located in the center of the activities, will host an outdoor Beer Garden featuring prime rib sandwiches and other food. Another food booth, “Jason’s,” will provide early morning coffee and doughnuts and also lunch.
A free art activity for children involving squirt painting on paper will also be a part of the festivities.
New this year is a “Paint Your Own Pottery” tent, where people can purchase unfinished pottery to paint, and a place to design and make a wrist keychain.
Local artists will offer handmade soup bowls and handmade cappuccino mugs, which include chili and cappuccino. The bowls and mugs have been donated and the funds raised will go toward scholarships for art students’ college educations.
Last year two students were presented with scholarships with funds from the festival and other events sponsored throughout the year by Creative Fish. Those students are Emily Leismer, who attends Indiana Wesleyan, and Dane Smith, who is at Savannah School of Art and Design.
