Springville Art Crawl Returns June 6 with Parade, Live Music, and Downtown Festival
Springville Center for the Arts transforms downtown into a vibrant, walkable gallery with art, performances, and family-friendly activities.
SPRINGVILLE - Each year, Art Crawl transforms downtown Springville, NY into a walkable art gallery on the first Saturday of June. Streets are filled with juried art displays, live music, performers, interactive kids' activities, art demonstrations, food trucks, vendors, a community parade, and people of all ages coming together to celebrate the arts. This free event will take place on Saturday, June 6th from 3:00-7:30pm.
The Community Parade, originally part of the Springville Dairy Festival, is embracing its roots this year with the theme of Art Farm. A partnership with Springville Center for the Arts and Springville Griffith School District has made it possible for the parade to continue to grow, becoming a staple of Art Crawl that thousands of people attend each year. The parade will begin at Heritage Park at 4:00pm, proceeding down Main Street and ending on Franklin.
Organizations, unique vehicles, tractors, student groups, marching bands, local clubs, puppet makers, dance troupes, circus artists, musicians, and more are encouraged to create floats and participate in the parade. A $300 prize will be awarded to the best large-scale puppet and a $125 prize will be awarded to the float or group that best fits the Art Farm theme. There is no fee to participate.
Following the parade, families can expect to hear musicians on every corner, participate in immersive music or art activities, view live performance, shop vendors, peruse pop-up art galleries, and witness the excitement of Art Crawl. Crawlers are encouraged to visit SCA’s Welcome Tent located on Main Street for a map with all of the participating locations and a list of crawl activities.
This year’s Art Show will be juried by Parrish Gibbons, Gary Rinaldi, and Yames Moffitt. Artwork is available for purchase and can be picked up proceeding the Crawl at the Concord Town Hall. There will be a prize of $300 rewarded to “Best in Show” chosen by the jurors and announced at the After Party located at Springville Center for the Arts at 7:30pm. Parrish Gibbons is the Executive Director of Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center and has held leadership roles at the Kenan Center, Arts Services Initiative of Western New York, and Starlight Studio and Art Gallery. Gary Rinaldi is an avid nature and wildlife photographer. Yames is a multidisciplinary graphic artist who specializes in hand-painted signs, typography, illustration, murals, and more. You can see his work on businesses throughout Buffalo, including Hydraulic Hearth, Sato Brewpub, Larkin Square, and National Grid’s Terminal Station B.
Art Crawl will conclude with a Closing Procession on Main Street featuring dancers, musicians, and more art mayhem. Springville Center for the Arts encourages participants and observers to bring their noise makers to be sounded off at 7:23pm to celebrate the conclusion of Crawl. The procession will lead to the After Party as Springville Center for the Arts celebrates the reopening of the Mongerson Theater at 37 North Buffalo Street. The After Party is a ticketed event with music and refreshments. Entertainment will be announced soon.
The Art Crawl is made possible with sponsorship and donations from the community. This year’s major sponsor is Chevalier Outdoor Living. Potential volunteers are invited to a planning session to be held at Art’s Cafe on Tuesday, March 31st. To find out more about sponsorship, volunteering opportunities, how to submit artwork to the exhibit, vendor opportunities, tickets or details, visit SpringvilleArtCrawl.com or contact Springville Center for the Arts at 716-592-9038.