ECHO ARTS FESTIVAL
Sunday, September 29, 2024 | 12pm – 5pm | Throughout the Park
Join us at the Park for a celebration of visual and performing arts! This FREE event will include a multitude of hands-on activities, live music, and unique opportunities to delve into the arts.
We hope you can join us for an art-filled day! Echo Arts Festival is our fall celebration of visual and performing arts at the Park.
RAIN or SHINE, we've got you covered (literally! even outdoor spaces are covered) with so many different types of arts and cultural programs that make up this annual festival: performances, workshops, art sales, art demos, hands-on art/craft projects, and more!
The FREE event will include unique opportunities to delve into the arts. From a collaborative community art project in partnership with SUE-C, a video artist and educator, to musical performances – including Project Locrea, a global jazz-fusion ensemble – to dance workshops and Resident Artists' open studios & galleries, everyone is sure to find something fun to explore!
Check out all the activities below. (On the day of the event, we'll post a schedule here to view & download.)
RSVP
RSVP preferred, not required. There is no check-in at this event.
Performances / Presentations
- PROJECT LOCREA (from LO-ve and CREA-tivity)
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Project Locrea is a global jazz-fusion ensemble that creates and performs original compositions and contemporary arrangements inspired by the folk music of different countries. Combining sound and instrumentation of world folk traditions with classical, jazz, and contemporary music conventions, the project’s focus is to foster a better understanding and deeper connection between cultures. In the Bumper Car Pavilion 4:00-5:00pm.
- MYSTIC WARRIORS
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Andean music using both traditional and modern instruments in the Bumper Car Pavilion 12:30-1:15pm
- WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
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Capital Horns, Drum Circle, and Suzuki Violins
- WASHINGTON REVELS
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Heritage Voices (a capella performance) in the Bumper Car Pavilion 3:00-3:45pm
- CULKIN SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL IRISH DANCE
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Traditional Irish dance performance in the Spanish Ballroom 3:45-4:45pm
Demos / Hands-On
- SUE-C HANDS-ON ART PROJECT
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Sue Slagle (stage name SUE-C) is a video artist and educator working at the intersection of creative coding and live performance. For the past 20 years she has created handmade videos and live media performances, taught college level courses and workshops, and traveled extensively in the USA and internationally. 12;00-5:00pm in the Hall of Mirrors.
- ANNETTA DEXTER SAWYER & FRIENDS
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Improvisational dance performance and participatory workshop Bumper Car Pavilion 2pm-2:45pm
- LINE DANCING WORKSHOPS! 💃🏽🕺🏼
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In the Spanish Ballroom:
Ballroom Time samba line dancing workshop 12:30-1:30pm
Soul line dancing workshop 1:30-2:30pm
DC RawhidesCountry line dancing workshop 2:30-3:30pm
- COMMUNITY QUILT ARTS PROJECT
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More information to follow
- ART PROJECT for Kids of all ages!
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Make an articulated paper horse with Glen Echo Park instructor Kathy Adrle
Resident Visual Arts Organizations, including Demos & Art Sales
- Glen Echo Pottery: Open Gallery & Outdoor Pottery Sale
- Sculpture Studio: Open Studio, 1-3 pm
- Stone Tower Studio: Open Studio, 1-5pm
- Silverworks: Little Silver Ring Demo with Blair Anderson in Studio 1, 2pm; Hammering Demo with Jake Vial-Golden in Studio 2, 2pm
- Photoworks: Meet & Greet with photographer Mari Calai, 12-2pm; Platinum/Palladium Demo, 2-3pm
- Art Glass Center: Open Studio & Art Sales
- Glassworks: Demonstrations & Art Sales, 12pm-5pm
- Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery: TBA
Glen Echo Park Partnership Galleries
- Popcorn Gallery: View the current exhibition; artwork for sale. Closing Reception, 3pm-5pm.
- Stone Tower Gallery: View the current exhibtion; artwork for sale.
Food & Beverages
*Available from 11:30am to 5pm.
Plenty of FREE parking. For directions and parking information, click here.
Take a look at some highlights from the first annual Echo Arts Festival in 2022!
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