6th annual Keystone River Run Village Art Festival comes to Summit County for weekend of creativity summitdaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from summitdaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Nearly 100 artists are coming to Summit County this weekend for a showcase of art at the fifth annual Keystone River Run Village Art Festival. National and local, all artists will be on-site for the free festival that runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, July 24, through Sunday, July 25.
Presented by Howard Alan Events, the juried art show represents original, handcrafted artwork selected by an independent panel of expert judges from hundreds of applicants. Guests can expect to find jewelry, paintings, glasswork, sculptures and more.
The festival is part of the Colorado Summer of Art tour, which includes the Downtown Aspen Art Festival, the Boulder Fine Art Street Festival on 29th Street and the Avon Festival of the Arts at Nottingham Park. Visit ArtFestival.com
Photo from Keystone Neighbourhood Co.
Over the past year, Keystone’s River Run Village has been relatively quiet and dormant save for the ski season and a handful of comedy shows. Event organizers held regular meetings to collaborate on the future of festivals in Summit County amid the pandemic and shifting health regulations. Now, the conversations have paid off with a full slate of summer activation for the ski resort.
“I’ve been describing it as drinking from the fire hose,” said Maja Russer, director of events and marketing for Keystone Neighbourhood Co., which produces festivals for Keystone.
Russer was optimistic and began planning out the summer a little before the county entered level green. She was able to rehire her entire staff of four full-time event professionals to carefully dip their toes back into the water with the mantra of “community, simplicity and safety.”