ST. PETERSBURG, FL \u2014 In celebration and support of Creative Clay\u2019s 30 years advocating and supporting artists with disabilities, Good Folk Fest invites the public to celebrate on Sunday, November 16, from 11 am\u20136 pm at the Coliseum, 535 4th Ave N, St. Petersburg. Tickets are pay-by-donation ($10 suggested). https:\/\/www.creativeclay.org\/good-folk-fest. <\/p>\n
Highlights of the event include:<\/p>\n
\u2022\tMusical performances by Christie Len\u00e9e, \u201cAcoustic Guitarist of the Year\u201d and celebrated singer\/songwriter and six more terrific bands playing live throughout the event
\u2022\tFeatured artists, including world-renowned Florida folk artist Missionary Mary Proctor and more great folk artists
\u2022\tLocal Artists Art Auction\u2014Pieces by Chad Mize, Bill \u201cWoo\u201d Correira, and many more
\u2022\tMusician and Producer Stuart Hyatt presents Shrimp Attack, the beloved but long-lost orchestral pop album featuring Creative Clay member artists, reissued on vinyl for a special 20th anniversary release
\u2022\tEight different Make & Take projects which you can create and take home
\u2022\tArmani Williams, the first NASCAR driver to identify as living with autism, will be near the food trucks with his NASCAR truck wrapped in art by Creative Clay Member Artist J.J. Hitch, to meet visitors and pose for photos.
\u2022\tDelicious Food from a selection of the finest Tampa Bay Food Trucks <\/p>\n
Good Folk Fest is a celebration of Creative Clay\u2019s 30 years of advocating and supporting artists with disabilities. Featuring artists of all abilities is paramount to highlighting Creative Clay\u2019s value of inclusion. This year, under the name Good Folk Fest, Creative Clay hosts the event at the Coliseum, bringing folk art patrons and music lovers together to celebrate 30 years of equality through art. <\/p>\n
Creative Clay held its first arts and music festival, Folkfest St. Pete, along Central Avenue between the roundabout and Ferg\u2019s in 2007. The festival highlighted folk artists and musicians from across the country while showcasing the artwork of Creative Clay\u2019s member artists. Good Folk Fest is bringing it back\u2014inside the Coliseum, with many of the artists and musicians who exhibited and performed with us in past years.<\/p>\n
For tickets and event details, visit https:\/\/www.creativeclay.org\/good-folk-fest. For additional information, visit www.creativeclay.org or follow Creative Clay on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn (@creativeclaystpete).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, FL \u2014 In celebration and support of Creative Clay\u2019s 30 years advocating and supporting artists with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-43400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}