{"id":4066,"date":"2011-07-29T09:43:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T13:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=4066"},"modified":"2011-07-29T11:59:30","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T15:59:30","slug":"kennett-family-art-fest-a-day-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=4066","title":{"rendered":"Kennett Family Art Fest a day away"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer fun at Anson B. Nixon Park\u00a0for the entire family\u00a0is only\u00a0 one day away<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

By P.J. D\u2019Annunzio<\/strong>, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 Anson B.Nixon Park will be getting a splash of color on Saturday with the debut of the Family Art Fest; a creative, family-oriented fun event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past we\u2019ve had something called family fun fest, but this year we\u2019ve put a twist on it for arts, meaning performing and visual arts,\u201d Kennett Area Park Authority Chairwoman Pam Carter said, \u201cWe took it in the arts direction this year because we were looking a way of reinventing the summer event.\u201d<\/p>\n

The revitalization of the festival is due in large part to Kris Smith, who heads Camp Saginaw\u2019s arts department.<\/p>\n

From10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the park will host the Art Fest which includes a variety of participatory events for children including take-away projects such as mosaics, origami, abstract painting and rug weaving. To round out the fun, face painting, photography, and story-telling in a fairy story garden are also planned.<\/p>\n

At a time when state budget cuts in education threaten the funding of the arts in schools, this fest could prove invaluable in exposing kids to the arts, and opening up new doors in terms of self expression.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that young people need lots of opportunities to engage in the arts, and this a good way to do that,\u201d Carter said, \u201cWe have resources from the community to help facilitate that experience. A couple of the dance schools will be doing performances. A church is sponsoring a junk band that takes everyday objects and turns them into musical instruments. It\u2019s a good way to expose kids to performance and visual arts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The festival\u2019s musical and dance performances consist of a wide range of acts including Junk Rock Recycle Band, Danza Tenochtli, theLongwoodPerformingArtsCenter, the Carousel Performing Arts Center, and special surprise guests.<\/p>\n

A bike rodeo by Dr. Ray McLaughlin of Kennett Square is also planned for the Art Fest. All kids who bring their bicycles and helmets along to the Art Fest can get a bike safety check up and decorate their bikes with colorful streamers.\u00a0 Dr. McLaughlin will demonstrate minor bicycle repairs and share safe bicycling rules throughout the day.\u00a0 Some demonstration bikes will be available for those without bikes.<\/p>\n

Those signing up for The Unionville Times\u2019 weekly e-newsletter at the Unionville Times\/Kennett Times booth will be automatically entered to win a drawing for a special gift basket, featuring items from:<\/p>\n

Country Butcher<\/a>
\nPaper Market \u2013 Eco boutique<\/a>
\nMichael Moyer State Farm Insurance<\/a>
\nPicone Beauty &\u00a0 Wellness \u00a0<\/a>
\nKennett Area YMCA<\/a>
\nCari&McCormick Orthodontics <\/a><\/p>\n

Anson B.Nixon Park is located on North Walnut Street, off State Street in both Kennett Square Borough andKennettTownship. The 106-acre park has sand and grass volleyball courts, hiking, walking, and fitness\u00a0 trails, basketball and tennis courts, a Frisbee golf course, six pavilions with picnic tables, grills, two ponds stocked with fish, a children\u2019s playground, and a performance pavilion. For further information about the park, visit www.ansonbnixonpark.org. The street address is 100 Waterworks Dr., Kennett Square, PA 19348.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summer fun at Anson B. Nixon Park\u00a0for the entire family\u00a0is only\u00a0 one day away By P.J. D\u2019Annunzio, Staff Writer, UnionvilleTimes.com KENNETT SQUARE \u2014 Anson B.Nixon Park will be getting a splash of color on Saturday with the debut of the Family Art Fest; a creative, family-oriented fun event. \u201cIn the past we\u2019ve had something called […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[448,445,447],"class_list":["post-4066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-featured","tag-anson-b-nixon","tag-art-fest","tag-kenntt-square"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}