More than 80 neighborhood artists, writers and musicians participated in the festival, which was spread over 20 venues. Our goal every year is to improve upon the previous festival, try new and different activities and increase attendance. We strive and struggle to retain the festival's welcoming and neighborhood feel while providing a fitting and professional showcase for the talents of our many artists. This year's events, which will be held the weekend of Oct. 13-14, will require that we once again draw upon a large pool of volunteers to stage what has become one of the city's largest neighborhood arts festivals. We need help not only on festival weekend, but in the weeks and months leading up to the event.
Assistance is needed in organizing activities, publicity, fund raising and administration.
We anticipate taking submissions for visual art and crafts exhibitions, studio tours, poetry readings, musical performance and outdoor installation art. Preference is given to artists who live or work in Echo Park. The Echo Park Arts Festival is supported primarily by a grant from the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs in addition to submission fees and advertising revenue. The visual art exhibition program for this year s Echo Park Arts Festival will consist of a juried art show at one location and a more focused group show at another. The juried show will consider the work of all artists from the Echo Park area, working in all media, at all levels of art-making and exhibition experience.