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Lubbock
Memorial Civic Center
The Premiere fine arts,
fine crafts, and culinary
event in West Texas
Expected Attendance: 17,000+ over 3 ½ day event
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 Exhibit
Hall and Arts
Exhibit Hall opens 10AM-8PM
Featuring Spotlight
Artist, Renee Steger Simpson; over one hundred visual
artists from across the nation in booths; juried gallery; invitational
gallery; and local demonstrating artists.
Childrens
Arts - all weekend
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Children’s
Arts 10AM – 8PM.
Things to "make and take"
Performances
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all weekend
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here for performance schedule
Performing Arts (three stages)
 Country
Showdown
4:00
PM Saturday at the
Pedistrian Walkway by the Front Door Singing Contest for the
2007 “Colgate Country Showdown.”
Winner will advance to state finals
sponsored by KQBR Radio
Location: TBA
Run
for the Arts - Saturday, 8:00 a.m.
15 K & 2 Mile Fun Run Sponsored by the West Texas Running
Club
North of Lubbock Memorial Civic Center on Mac Davis Lane
$15.00 Entry Fee. For more information contact Tom Weis at
806-791-0220 or [email protected].
Spotlight
Entertainment & Evening Concert
The
Maines Brother’s Band . . . A Family Gathering
Opening Performance: Terri Hendrix at 8:00 P.M.
Main Performance: Terry Allen & Lloyd Maines at 9:00 P.M. Lubbock
Memorial Civic Center Theatre
Tickets: Reserved Seating $20/$15/$10 (including service
charge) from Select-A-Seat, 770-2000
Ice
Carving Demonstration
9AM
Ice Carving Demonstration at in Plaza
Plaza of the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center
FREE of charge to Arts Festival attendees
 "The
Golden Fork" Culinary Competition
“The
Golden Fork” Culinary Competition
One seating 11 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Enjoy food from Lubbock’s best restaurants and
vote for your favorite!
Location: Banquet Room
Tentative Ticket Price: $10.00 for adult
$6.00 for children (including service fee)
To Buy Tickets: Select-A-Seat, 770-2000
Admission
Admission
to Arts Festival is $1.00 for adults, children age twelve and under accompanied
by an adult FREE.
SCHEDULE
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Premiere
Night from 6:15 PM – 8:30 PM in Exhibit Hall featuring Spotlight
Artist, Renee Steger Simpson; over one hundred visual artists from across
the nation in booths; juried gallery; invitational gallery; and local
demonstrating artists.
6:15-6:30
PM
Gathering in Pedestrian Walkway
outside of Exhibit Hall
6:35
P.M.
Cutting of ribbon to Exhibit Hall & opening remarks
6:35-8:30
P.M.
Exhibit Hall
Hors
d’oeuvres to be served, cash bar provided.
Tickets are
$30 (including service charge) available from
Select-A-Seat, 770-2000.
Friday,
April 20, 2007
9AM-2PM
Lubbock Independent School Day
Over two thousand school children visit the Arts Festival
to enjoy visual art and performances. Special
Performance by
Ballet Lubbock & TTU University Department of Theatre & Dance
in Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theater
10AM-8PM
Exhibit Hall opens
featuring Spotlight Artist, Renee Steger Simpson; over one hundred visual
artists from across the nation in booths; juried gallery; invitational
gallery; and local demonstrating artists.
10AM-8PM
Performing Arts on Multiple Stages
10AM
– 8PM
Children’s Arts
7PM
– 9PM
BY INVITATION ONLY
KTXT-TV & HERITAGE AUCTION GALLERIES
“Art & Antique Appraisal Party”
ARTS FESTIVAL SPONSORSHIP APPRECIATION EVENT
Banquet Room of the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center
An evening of
fun and appraisals with the world’s largest collectible auctioneers:
Heritage Auction Galleries’, featuring Mike Gutierrez who has been
a guest appraiser on “Antiques
Roadshow”
Sponsors will
be allowed to bring one item for appraisal.
To be served,
heavy hors d’oeuvres & wine.
Saturday,
April 21, 2007
8AM
Run for the Arts
15
K & 2 Mile Fun Run Sponsored by the West Texas Running Club
North of Lubbock
Memorial Civic Center on Mac Davis Lane
$15.00 Entry
Fee
For more information
contact Tom Weis at 806-791-0220 or [email protected].
10AM-8PM
Exhibit Hall open
Featuring Spotlight Artist, Renee Steger Simpson; over one hundred visual
artists from across the nation in booths; juried gallery; invitational
gallery; and local demonstrating artists.
10AM-8PM
Performing Arts on Multiple Stages
10AM
– 8PM
Children’s Arts
10AM
– 5PM
KTXT-TV
& HERITAGE AUCTION GALLERIES
“Art & Appraisal Fair”
Banquet Room of the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center
An afternoon of fun and appraisals with the world’s largest collectible
auctioneers: Heritage Auction Galleries’, featuring Mike Gutierrez
who has been a guest appraiser on “Antiques Roadshow”
Public will be allowed to bring in two items to be evaluated by professional
appraisers.Cost
$15 for two items (including service charge) available at the door or
from Select-A-Seat, 770-2000
12:00 PM
Singing
Contest for the 2007
“Colgate Country Showdown.”
Winner
will advance to state finals
sponsored by KQBR Radio
Location: TBA
8
PM
Spotlight Entertainment Evening Performance
The
Maines Brother’s Band . . . A Family Gathering
Opening Performance: Terri Hendrix at 8PM
Film about the The Maines Brothers Band
Main Performance:
The Maines Brother’s Band 9PM
Autograph signing session after the concert;
cash bar provided.
Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theatre
Sponsored by KQBR Radio
Tickets: Reserved
Seating $25/$20/$15
(including service charge) from Select-A-Seat, 770-2000.
Sunday,
April 22, 2007
9AM
Ice Carving Demonstration at in Plaza
“The Golden
Fork” Culinary Competition
ONLY ONE SEATING 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW ... we sold out last year!
Enjoy food from
Lubbock’s best restaurants and
vote for your favorite!
Location: Banquet Room
Tentative Ticket Price: $10.00 for adult
$6.00 for children (including service fee)
To Buy Tickets: Select-A-Seat, 770-2000
12Noon
-5PM
Exhibit
Hall opens
Featuring Spotlight Artist, Renee Steger Simpson;
over one hundred visual artists from across the nation in booths;
juried gallery; invitational gallery; and local demonstrating artists.
12Noon-5PM
Performing Arts on Multiple Stages
12Noon-5PM
Children’s Arts
Other
FUN things to look for
at the 29th Annual Lubbock Arts Festival:
Performance
by Lubbock Community Theatre
Airbrush
face painting for children by
Funny Faces of Wichita Falls, Texas
FREE Art classes by the
Municipal Garden & Art Center, City of Lubbock
Performance by Lubbock Youth Symphony Quartet
Performance
by Harmes Marionettes of Austin, Texas
– FREE of charge
The
return of the Texas Beef Council’s “Ultimate Backyard”
Over 30 kites on display including a
67’ hot pink octopus kite named Chloe
Special Exhibit of The Maines Brothers Band Memorabilia
A 15 ton sand sculpture demonstration and sand play box by
Sandtastic “World Champion” sand artists
brought to you by Xcel Energy
On-site creation of public art “Huge Bug” sculpture
Young
Artist & Young Writer’s Competition
A special gallery of the work of Lawanda Murfee, visual artist
Food favorites such as “Strawberry Yummies”
Demonstrations in painting watercolor
by the West Texas Watercolor Society
Demonstrations in creating pottery
by the Llano Estacado Clay Guild
Lubbock Art Association Scholarship Gallery presented by the Lubbock Area
Foundation
The opportunity to record your Arts Festival memories for permanent repository
at Texas Tech University’s Southwest Collections
Make
& Take art opportunities for children – FREE of charge
Model Railroad Association Display in Children’s Area
Special exhibit by Miniaturists of Lubbock
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