The Geter Means House at 2044 Monroe Lane was built in 1954 by the home-building business Means Brothers, founded in the 1920s by Andrew and Geter Means.
Leslie Forrester, Executive Director of Springfield Regional Arts Council.
“We’re so excited to be bringing it back after a year hiatus,” she said. “We hit ‘pause’ last year to get everyone safely through the pandemic, so we’re so delighted to be bringing it back.”
But it will look different this year, she added. “COVID is still here, and we want to make sure that all of our patrons, artists, staff and volunteers are very safe. So we are very closely following all of the Springfield-Greene County Health Department guidelines. For larger events like this even outdoors we are limited to between 2000 and 2500 people per two-hour (period).” In the past, a $5 entrance fee was good for the entire ArtsFest weekend. This year, however, attendees must purchase a spot in one of seven 2-hour “flights” or time periods, that give them access to ArtsFest for just a two-hour period, so that the festival won’t exceed the mandated capacity limits. Naturally, this means