Arts Alive!
The following description comes from the event organizer.
The arts took a hit this past year, with venues shuttered, public performances canceled and most classes going virtual. Along comes an idea to do something about it: Arts Alive!
25 organizations representing local visual arts, fiber arts, theater, music, poetry and dance will gather from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Clark County Public Service Center Plaza in Vancouver for this free community event.
There will be live performances, information booths, food carts and kids’ activities. Performing on the main stage will be Columbia Dance, Journey Theater, Magenta Theater, Metropolitan Performing Arts, Ne Plus Ultra Jass Orchestra, Traveling Day Society, Vancouver Ballet Folklórico and Washington Dance Creative.
The gazebo will host poetry of current and past Clark County poets laureate Armin Tolentino, Gwendolyn Morgan and Christopher Luna. In a separate area, kids can write poems and make fish origami to attach to a “net of life.”
Free parking will be available in the adjacent parking garage (entrance off Franklin Street), and the event is just an easy walk from the Vancouver Farmers Market.
Arts Alive! is a collaborative effort of Artstra, Clark County Arts Commission and Columbia Arts Network.