“If you did not have art you would not have a pretty world.”
- An eight year old child.
We are excited to announce the third annual Where the Sidewalk Ends: Family Arts Festival for Youth Art Month to take place at Thornebrook Village. Admission to the public is free. The festival includes art vendors, music, food, art activities, art demonstrations, kid's activities, live reenactments and family-friendly organizations. We look forward to spending an inspiring and creative fun-filled day with you to help promote Youth Art Month.
This marks the 51st Anniversary of Youth Art Month (YAM), a month of promoting art and art education in the United States. It is observed in March, with thousands of American schools participating, often with the involvement of local art museums and civic organizations. YAM was founded by the Crayon, Water Color & Craft Institute, Inc., in cooperation with the National Art Education Association, in 1961. YAM 2012's theme is “Art Shapes the World!”.
The Council for Art Education, which sponsors YAM, says, "Art education develops self-esteem, appreciation of the work of others, self-expression, cooperation with others, and critical thinking skills, skills vital to the success of our future leaders --- our children.".
Yopp! inc. is devoted to bringing family-friendly, educational and cultural events to our community that inspire creativity and empowerment of youth. All proceeds from Where the Sidewalk Ends will go to Gainesville Creative Kids to create art programs for youth in our community.
"Art is something one can use to search for the creative part of yourself. It has made me think a lot about what I can do." --- A high school student
Thornebrook Village is located at 2441 NW 43rd St, just behind Fresh Market off 23rd Ave. Click here for a map and directions.
If you are travelling from out of town and need accomodations we have negotiated a special rate at SpringHill Suites for all participating vendors and festival visitors. Click here for more information.
(click to listen to our radio interview from 2011)
Raffle for Disney Tickets!
Stop by our information booth to get a map. All families who visit each section on the map and collect 6 stickers get a FREE raffle ticket to win tickets to DISNEY! Additional raffle tickets may be purchased. Raffle will be called at 3:00PM on Sunday.
Silent Auction
Check out these amazing items that will be available at our silent auction. Did you know that all proceeds from these items goes towards supporting youth art programs!
Gift Basket..........................................
Thornebrook Chocolates
Massage Gift Certificates.................
Miss Mermaid
Gift Certificate...................................
Gainesville Detailing
Gift Certificate....................................
Adam's Rib Co.
Wooden Bowl, hand turned..............
Healthy Learning Academy
Tickets to Community Fest .............
GainesvilleActivities.com
If you would like to make a silent auction donation please email us or call 352.339.6674.
Schedule of Events
Main Stage
Friday
6:00PM:Lindsey Mills and the Snack Pack Lindsey began playing her catchy original songs on an acoustic guitar around her hometown in 2007, self-releasing two albums before migrating north to Gainesville to attend the University of Florida, where she continues to write and perform. Her latest endeavors involve a full band and rather endearing woodland creature costumes.
Saturday
9:00AM: Aikido of Gainesville teaches people techniques for reacting to attacks which receive and control the attacker and resolve the conflict quickly and effectively. We study the anatomy of the body and apply physics and leverage to control with the least amount of effort to have the most effect.
10:00AM: Roundtrip Boomerangs Gregg Snouffer and Mark Legg currently produce their own line of competition and toy boomerangs and provide a high energy and informative demonstration that feature the history, science, art and culture of this amazing prehistoric flying tool.
10:30AM: Studio Percussion Drumline has a stationary (non-marching) group which is great for beginning and intermediate players and a marching group geared towards intermediate/advanced players. Both groups perform at all home UF women's varsity soccer team games, in the homecoming parade, and are invited to play at other local events.
11:00AM: Proclamation from Mayor Lowe to celebrate March as Youth Art Month and invite all citizen's to support the arts in education and our community.
11:30AM: P.K. Yonge Elementary Chorus
12:00PM: The Starlight Trio is the perfect accompaniment to your evening martini, elegant dinner, or any special occasion. The members of Starlight Trio have been playing music together and independently for more than 20 years. They have honed their music through hundreds of performances and will not fail to impress.
1:00PM: Roundtrip Boomerangs Gregg Snouffer and Mark Legg currently produce their own line of competition and toy boomerangs and provide a high energy and informative demonstration that feature the history, science, art and culture of this amazing prehistoric flying tool.
1:15PM:Hoop and Health will perform hoop dancing, a fun- fitness dance craze for you and your family! Hoola Hoops are back in a whole new way! Enjoy watching hoop dancing as an expressive art form as well a way to relieve stress. Jodi Jainchill, PT of Hoop and Health.com and Heather Manche will share ways you can get started as an adult with your kids!
1:30PM: Ethnic Dance Expressions Belly Dance Studio will be performing several Middle Eastern dances with finger cymbals and an Egyptian Ghawazee Scarf dance to name a few.We offer a variety of dance styles like Egyptian, Lebanese and Turkish as well as Zambra Mora an Arabic Flamencoand Belly Dancing which is a wonderful low-impact, aerobic workout with lots of stretching and muscle isolations.
10:00AM: Roundtrip Boomerangs Gregg Snouffer and Mark Legg currently produce their own line of competition and toy boomerangs and provide a high energy and informative demonstration that feature the history, science, art and culture of this amazing prehistoric flying tool.
11:00AM: Shade Tree is composed of four members - readers of romance novels, jewelers, research growers of blueberries, stitchers and electron pushers. Motley crew that we are we still make time for making music.
12:00PM: Roundtrip Boomerangs Gregg Snouffer and Mark Legg currently produce their own line of competition and toy boomerangs and provide a high energy and informative demonstration that feature the history, science, art and culture of this amazing prehistoric flying tool.
12:30PM: Emma Geon & Riley Sechcrest
1:00PM: The Leotards started as a band called KOW GOEZ MOO, but we sang silly songs about cows. We then decided to make a serious band called the gremlins. We were mostly inspired by the 90's punk band Blink-182. again, a couple of weeks later, we changed our name to the Leotards.
2:00PM: Hoggetown Middle School of the Performing Artswill be performing Brazilian Capoeira, Dance,Zumba and Theater. Their Drama program has attended district and state competitions and they are the first school in the nation to integrate a Capoeira program into their curriculum.
Artist Information
Tim Malles will be giving painting demonstrations all weekend in landscape and space painting techniques. Make sure to stop by and visit this talented local artist. Click here to see Tim's paintings.
We are looking for artists who would like to give demonstations of their own creations. We can provide you with a booth to display your item. Also, if you have an art piece that you would like to add to our auction we can include you in our promotional materials and all proceeds will be donated to Gainesville Creative Kids, a community arts program. Please email us or call 352.339.6674 if you are interested.
Volunteer Information
Below are the volunteer opportunities for this event:
Actors and performers of all ages needed to reenact famous paintings. Click here to sign-up.
Shift volunteers to staff lemonade stand, face paint area, children's painting station, information booth, raffle tables, youth vendor section, floaters for supply restocking,
Helping with set-up and clean-up.
Artists to share their talent throughout the day.
Please email us or call 352.339.6674 if you are interested in participating.
Vendor Information Participating Vendors 2012
*FREE Kids Activity
Booth
Vendor
Item
Info
Yopp! inc.
Festival program, raffle tickets
Info
Fun4GatorKids
Free family event information, goody bags, Magic Mike
Info
Silent Auction
Bid on original art and gift certificates
Red
Zone
1
Millhopper Library
Create a bookmark and library information *
2
ARTiS
Puppet theater, masks and puppet-making *
3
Gainesville Creative Kids
Music, art and experiments mini-classes *
4
Amanda's Traditional Bakeshop
Cookies, cupcakes, pastries, brownies
5
Florida Organic Growers
Kids sustainable planting activity *
7
Giggle
Make a pin *
8
Gainesville Moms
Kids art project *
9
Bound in Chain
Unique handcrafted chainmail jewelry
10
Gainesville Activities
Website and festival information
11
Katrina Browning
Photography
12
Karen's Charming Gems
Collegiate and handmade jewelry
Pink
Zone
13
Gainesville Rabbit Rescue
Rabbits and rabbit educational materials *
14
Healthy Learning Academy
Music instruments lessons, ring toss game *
15
Peeptree
Handmade baby items, burp cloths, quilts
16
Food 4 Kids Backpack Program
Information and kids activity *
17
Ginny Switt - Once Upon a Giraffe
Kids craft project and children's book info *
18
Gators Assisting Pets
Friendly dogs that need homes and info *
Orange
Zone
25
Tim Malles
Paintings and painting demos
26
Haldecraft
Handcrafted ceramics, soaps, yarn, lip balms
27
Bella Headbands
Handcrafted headbands and hair clips
28
Twinkle Toes Nanny Service
Kids finger painting activity *
29
Sprout Learning Resources
Kids activity *
30
Star Martial Arts
Martial arts school information and demos *
31
Brooks Lawn Patio Furniture
Swings, rockers and gliders
33
Morning Meadow Preschool
Hand drills, wheat grinder and spring ribbons *
Blue
Zone
34
Two Hawk Hammock
Handmade soaps, carved eggs, wooden bowls
35
Hoop and Health
Hoola hoops and classes *
38
Brazilian Cultural Arts Exchange
Making Brazilian instruments and mini classes *
39
Tropical Sno
Hawaiian shaved ice
40
The Little Shop
Kids activity *
41
VyStar Credit Union
Bean bag toss and coloring/activity pages *
43
Spellbound Dance Arts
Hoola hoops and dance themed jewelry *
45
La Leche League
Breastfeeding, baby care station
Green
Zone
46
Pro Taekwondo
Martial arts prize wheel *
47
Mary Lee
Origami
48
Hippodrome
Program information
49
P.K. Yonge Visual Arts Camp
Fine arts and Steampunk crafts camp info
53
Cerchetti by Delmi
Handcrafted headbands and bows
54
Dragons Hoard
Gems and jewelry
55
Learning Path
Dot-a-Dot painting activity *
56
Artsy Kids Studio
Canvas painting mini-classes
57
Harn Museum
Adinkra stamp printing *
58
Miss Bluebird Creations
Jewelry
59
Musical Me Theater
Kids activity and program information *
Purple
Zone
64
Girl Scouts of Gateway Council
100 years kids craft, girl scout cookies *
65
Pampered Chef
Kitchen items
66
Rogue Doe Designs
Whimsical children's art, prints and gifts
67
Loga Springs Academy
School information
68
Friends of Alachua County Homeschoolers
Kids activity *
69
Gainesville Area Bee Club
Honeybee exhibit *
70
Miss Mermaid
Dresses, skirts, reusable items, chair massage
72
Uncle Mike's Hug-a-farm
Petting zoo
73
LifeSouth
Bloodmobile *
74
Mr P's Bar-B-que
Southern style bar-b-que food
75
Fun Events 4 You
Mobile party attractions, photo party favors, more
Celebrate Youth Art Month and share your art with youth in our community. Setup on Friday, March 2nd starting at 4:00 pm. Security will be provided for both Friday and Saturday nights. It is requested that all vendors remain open until at least 3:00 pm. on festival days. We would like to see each vendor provide a youth-friendly atmosphere. This is an incredible opportunity to promote your organization and support your community. We expect a great turn out. The event will be covered by local radio and TV stations, community newspapers, magazines and announcements and The Gainesville Sun.
If you would like your organization to be mentioned on our web site, in our press releases and on our public service announcements you need to commit to participating now. If you would like to donate an item for our silent auction, please let us know.
Fees:
Art Vendor: $60/day or $100/weekend - You keep all proceeds made through your sales. Food Vendor: $100/day or $150/weekend - You keep all proceeds made through your sales. Community Organization:$35/day or $50/weekend - No sales, just sharing information. Non-Profit Organizations - A few spaces at no charge are available for non-profit organizations who set up a kid-friendly activity. Contact us for more information.
Vendor Application
Pay now through paypal:
Or mail check payable to Yopp!:
Yopp! inc.
6814 NW 43 Place
Gainesville, FL 32606
If you have any questions please email us or call 352.339.6674
Non-Profit Organizations
As a nonprofit organization, your participation in this event is totally free! Space is limited for nonprofit organizations. We do ask all nonprofits to provide a free children's activity. This is an incredible opportunity to promote your organization and support your community. We expect a great turn out. The event will be covered by tv20, local radio stations and The Gainesville Sun.
If you would like your organization to be mentioned on our web site, in our press releases and on our public service announcements you need to commit to participating now. If you would like to donate an item for our silent auction, please let us know.
Non-Profit Application
Youth Vendors
Calling all artists ages 4-17 who would like to sell their creations. Time slots are 2 hours long. Size is limited to a card table size area (you will need to provide the table). It's FREE to participate. Just complete the following to reserve your spot. Share and sell your art at our festival and you keep all proceeds!
Sign Up!
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