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The Diamond Valley Arts Council

Festival of the Arts 2011

Passport to the Arts

October 14 – 16

Activities and Fun for All Ages

Festival of the Arts

Friday Evening at 6:00
Bon Voyage Party at the Esplanade Arts Center

    • Doors open at the Esplanade Arts Center at 6:00 PM
    • Food & wine, original art and live music (Dress for the Captain’s Table)
    • Receive a special Passport for the Saturday Tour of the Arts
    • Participate with others in creating your “tile” of a large mosaic mural
    • Includes a performance of the musical “The Last Five Years”
    • Get a 40% discount on Sunday’s Jazz Night with jazz great Marshall Hawkins
    • Make your reservations here.  $25 p/p or $40 p/p with Sunday Jazz Night


Saturday

Win a 3-Day Cruise for Two

The Passport Tour of the Arts and More

    • Take the Passport Tour to be entered into the prize drawing (Official Rules below)
    • Passports available from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at all six Destinations for $5.00 each
    • Passport Tour Destinations and activities
        • Fingerprints Youth Museum – Chalk Drawing for Kids
        • Hemet Library – Marimba concerts at 11:00 AM & 2:00 PM (Part of the Music @ the Library Series)
        • YMCA Simpson Center – Antique Appraisal (10 AM  – 1 PM, $5.00/item; one item free with Passport)
        • Esplanade Arts Center – Original Art Exhibition (Included with Passport)
        • Estudillo Mansion – Historic Mansion and Garden Tour
        • Hoffman Park in San Jacinto – Plein Air Painting Demonstration
    • See chalk artists creating beautiful works at most Destinations
    • Deliver your Passport with 4 Destination stamps (2 from Hemet & 2 from San Jacinto) to the Esplanade Arts Center be entered into the drawing.
    • When dropping off your Passport
        • See the juried exhibition of outstanding local art, photography and sculpture
        • Paint a small square of the large mosaic mural – no experience needed, $3.00 per “tile”
        • Visit exhibitor booths and Art-Off-the-Wall with original art for $100 or less

    • Receive discounts on lunch and dinner at participating restaurants
    • Dance performance by Random Impulse (downtown Hemet and Esplanade Arts Center)

Booth space in the parking lot in front of the Esplanade Arts Center is $25 for a 10’ X 10’ space and is available to individual artists, arts and culture related non-profit organizations and other approved groups.  The booth space fee is waived for Partner organizations and members of The Diamond Valley Arts Council.

Call (951) 651-1964 for an Exhibitor Application. Deadline for receipt is Monday, October 10, 2011.


Sunday: Activities and Jazz Night
The Festival continues on Sunday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM with the Juried Art Exhibition, Art-Off-the-Wall art sales, art demonstrations, poetry recitations and a special bagpipe performance by the UCR Bagpipe Band.  The Passport Tour prize drawings will be held at 4:45 PM.  It is not necessary to be present to win.  Beginning at 6:30 PM the Esplanade Arts Center will reopen for the DVAC’s regular 3rd Sunday of the month Wine, Art and All That Jazz event featuring Marshal Hawkins, Tom Hynes and Sean Longstreet.  Jazz Night tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door.  Advance tickets may be purchased on our website beginning three (3) weeks before the event.

  • The Festival continues at the Esplanade Arts Center from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
    • Juried Art Exhibition
    • Art-Off-the-Wall with original art for $100 or less
    • Mosaic mural painting – no experience needed, $3.00 per “tile”
    • Poetry recitations
    • Music performances including a bagpipe band
    • Drawing for 3-Day Cruise
  • Regular monthly “Wine, Art and All That Jazz” begins at 6:30 PM with jazz great Marshall Hawkins
    • Light finger food, two glasses of wine and the festival art exhibition
    • Just $15 p/p when packaged with Friday’s Bon Voyage Party, $25 p/p at the door or with advance reservations $20


OFFICIAL PRIZE DRAWING RULES

  • Must be eighteen years of age or older
  • Passports must have a minimum of four (4) Destinations stamped – two in Hemet and two in San Jacinto
  • Stamped Passports must be filled out and delivered to the Esplanade Arts Center not later than 4:55 PM on Saturday, October 15th to be eligible
  • Winner need not be present during the prize drawing to win
  • Cruise is non-transferrable and certain blackout dates apply
  • Alcohol, shore excursions and cruise gratuity to be paid by the prize winner
  • Members of The DVAC Board of Directors and their immediate family are not eligible

Festival proceeds go to support the DVAC’s Student Arts Recognition Awards and other programs


We look forward to seeing you at the Festival and to your participation this fun-filled and exciting event.  Call (951) 651-1964 or send an email to thedvac@thedvac.org for more information.