Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
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Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Unveils 2023 Collectible Poster
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The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts on Tuesday continued a decades-long tradition with the release of its annual free collectible poster. The 24-inch by 36-inch poster showcases the festival’s core colors with large art deco-style lettering. “Give the poster a close look so you do not miss the subtle nods to traditions of the Festival…
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Arts Festival Releases New Mobile App, Program Guide
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The 57th Annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is just around the corner, and organizers have released an all new mobile app as well as the traditional program guide to help attendees plan their visits to the event from July 12-16 in State College. The new app — available in the App Store and…
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Deadline Nears to Enter Arts Festival’s Children and Youth Sidewalk Sale, Banner Competition
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The deadline is fast approaching to participate in two of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts’ signature annual events. Friday marks the final day to the Children and Youth Sidewalk Sale, as well as to submit entries for the Banner Exhibition and Competition. Applications for the Children and Youth Sidewalk Sale must be postmarked…
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Applications Open for Arts Festival’s Children and Youth Sidewalk Sale
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The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has issued the call for entries for its annual Children and Youth Sidewalk Sale. Part of the Children and Youth Day that kicks off the festival, the sidewalk sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, July 12, on South Allen Street in State…
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Arts Festival Accepting Applications for Banner Competition
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The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has issued the call for entries for one of its signature events: the annual banner competition Individuals and groups may submit entries, which typically hang between 15 and 20 feet over the street. Identical or different designs must be visible from both sides of the banner. All components…
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Arts Festival Names New Executive Director
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For the first time in nearly two decades, the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts has a new leader. The festival’s board of directors has appointed Pamela Snyder Etters as executive director, effective Feb. 10, according to a news release on Tuesday. She succeeds Rick Bryant, who retired in January after 18 years in the…
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After More Than Two Decades of Pushing the Envelope, Rick Bryant Ready to Retire from Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
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By the late 1990s, Rick Bryant had been selling insurance on South Allen Street for nearly half his life. Then it hit him: “I hated selling insurance.” He had followed his larger-than-life father into the field after finishing a bachelor’s in architectural history at the University of Virginia. Joining the family business felt worth a…
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Longtime Arts Festival Director to Step Down, Search Underway
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Following decades of service, Arts Fest executive director Rick Bryant will retire at the end of January.
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‘It’s Fantastic.’ Artists Happy for Return of Sidewalk Sale at Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
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Back in-person for the first time since 2019, the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts’ renowned Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition kicked off on Thursday with hundreds of excited artists and impressive first-day crowds in downtown State College and on the Penn State campus. More than 300 invited exhibitors displaying a vast variety of art will…
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State College Church to Host Poetry Event During Arts Fest
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St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in State College will host its second annual free poetry reading and panel discussion featuring the winners of its 2022 poetry contest, “Caring for Creation,” on Saturday as part of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. The event will be held in-person at 1 p.m. in the church at 208…