Metro Parks’ Live Along the Lake brings music and art together for Labor Day festival
Paintings, Sculptors, Jewelry, and Pottery Featured At Festival
August 31, 2004 Nashville,
Tenn. --- Metro Parks' Live Along the Lake will bring a variety of visual
artists and crafts people
together for this years' Labor Day Music Festival. Visual artists
from a variety of disciplines will line
the banks of Centennial Park's Lake Watauga to exhibit and sale their
work. The artists will begin their
displays and demos beginning at noon, Monday, September 6. The music
will start at 2:00 p.m.
"We are really pleased that the Live Along the Lake artists and artisans are dedicating their Labor Day to benefit Friends of Centennial Park, " said Brenda McSurley, Metro Parks' Visual Arts Supervisor and Centennial Art Center Director. "Metro Parks is dedicated to creating opportunities for the many visual artists and craftspeople in Nashville. "
Among
the many artists that will be on hand for the Labor Day event are: glass
artist Louis Cage, painters Jerry Adams, Hannah M. Maxwell, Queenie McEwen
(who will also exhibit photography), Orlando L. Mathers, Michael Tyler,
and Darlene Shadden, jewelry makers Alejandro Amezcua, H. A. Corsini and
Kristine Riis, woodworker Gary Cooper, potters Richard Anderson, Wanda
McMahan (who
also exhibits other crafts) and Tom Turnbull, clay sculptor Nancy Laska.
The
music, which starts at 2:00 p.m., features Deep Grooves Steel Drum Band,
James Nixon Trio & Company,
Serenatta, Two Tone Malone & Shannon de Bayou, John Pell Trio, Grand
Olde Dulcimer Club
and the Western Swingers. The musical acts will perform at six stages
set up around the lake.A
bonfire will be lit in the middle of Lake Watagua's at 7: 00 PM. Call
862-8424 for additional general festival
information, and call 862-8442 for information about the crafts and visual
arts aspects ofLive Along
the Lake. In addition to the music and arts, food from several vendors
will be available.