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Arts and crafts festival returns to Kingston of local artists over the years, it has served as the main fundraiser for the rt is essential to association’s work of prothe equation of our moting art in schools and society. It explores, providing scholarships for explains and expands higher education. the understand“We are a ing of ourselves. non-profit, we Without it, our are entirely COVER product is meanvolunteer-run,” ingless. Halvorsen STORY But art is often Holstein said. first on the chop“All proceeds go to ping block when tight scholarships and supeducation budgets need port the arts in schools.” trimming. Art for a cause To help art prosper The Kitsap Arts & in Kitsap, and among Crafts Festival is the secits students, the nonprofit Kitsap Arts & Crafts ond-longest running such event in Washington. Association has champi“The organization is oned the cause for more 55 years old. It started in than five decades. Poulsbo, and Viking Fest “It started in 1960, that grew out of our festival,” was our first festival,” said Halvorsen Holstein said. Evy Halvorsen Holstein “The whole idea and with the Kitsap Arts & the whole purpose of our Crafts Association. organization is to support That art show, the first the arts, beginning in the Kitsap Arts & Crafts school system with chilFestival, was held at a dren,” she said. Poulsbo school. The fesSince the first show in tival not only continued 1960, the festival has been to feature the talents
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KITSAP ARTS & CRAFTS FESTIVAL When: July 25-26, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and July 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Kola Kole Park, 1128 NE Maine St., Kingston Info: www.kitsapartsandcrafts.com, Kitsap Arts & Crafts Facebook page Champagne preview party: July 24, 7 p.m. at the Kingston Community Center. $15 per person, or $28 for a couple, at the door. Get a sneak peek at all the art and mingle with Kitsap artists and scenesters. Jazz artist Eugenie Jones will perform and artist awards will be announced. Friday: DJ playing popular music Sunday: Boot Scootin’ Grannies, the Kitsap Children’s Musical Theatre performing the music of Godspell, local artist Gary Walker, and electronic alternative music by Idealism. Saturday: Paul Holiday, jazz artist Eugenie Jones, Industrial Revelation, Kingston-based progressive rock band Isthmusia, and jazz saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa. *Check the festival website for the live music schedule.
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food, a juried art show and a student art show, making for a day of art appreciation and relaxing shopping with local crafters. Both art shows are juried competitions across two-dimensional, threedimensional and photographic genres, and are judged by the same panel of local artists. The 2014 jurors of the art competition include Josef V. Venker, a Jesuit priest and instructor of art at Seattle University; Mary Weichman, a 3-D artist and art instructor at Olympic College; and Preston Wadley, a photography instructor at Washington State University. Jurors act as gatekeepers into the adult art competition, and judge both art shows. Live music will also be a feature attraction with a hefty line up, including: the Boot Scootin’ Grannies, Gary Walker, Idealism, Paul Holiday, Eugenie Jones, Isthmusia, the Jeff Kashiwa Band and more.
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has given out 194 scholarships. The association moved around its base of operations, and its festival, over the past few years. This caused a lull in funding, Halvorsen Holstein said. No scholarships are planned for this year, but the association’s Works of art line the display area for a previous art competition at the Kitsap reserves Arts & Crafts Festival. Johnny Walker have been filling and Halvorsen schools. held in a variety of Kitsap Holstein said that the “(Scholarships) go to venues. Kitsap County students, in scholarship program will “The event has moved any of the arts,” Halvorsen begin again in 2015. around a little bit from “Our organization is Holstein said. “They can Poulsbo to Port Gamble be design students or they rebuilding the festival with and now to Kingston to the support of the Greater can be singers.” stay, because we have Kingston Chamber of Scholarships are packroom to grow there,” Commerce, working aged into $2,000 per Halvorsen Holstein said. towards a future of fun Kitsap student. The stuThe arts and crafts dent can apply for a $2,000 and education in the arts,” festival is the association’s scholarship each year they Holvorsen Holstein said. primary fundraiser. The The festival are in college. proceeds are packaged The first scholarships into scholarships for post The event is filled with were handed out in 1975. high school education artisan craft booths, local Since then the association and art promotion in area
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