ART FESTIVALS They’re Back!
PAINT THE TOWN RED — IN-PERSON OUTDOOR ART FAIRS AND EVENTS HAVE RETURNED By Diane Krieger Spivak | Photos provided by Starved Rock Country Festival of the Arts
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fter a year of canceled events and more time at home than ever, it’s time to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. What better way than with an art festival? There are a number of great ones this year, among them a newcomer to the lineup — the Starved Rock Country Festival of the Arts. It was meant to make its debut in 2020 but canceled due to the pandemic. Now the festival is scheduled for Sept. 24-26 in downtown Ottawa. Several events will take place
at Washington Square Park and spread throughout downtown to the Jordan Block, Art & Sculpture Gardens, with several streets blocked off. “We’re doing three days of arts and music and community,” says Shanna Dugan, arts fund administrator for the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation’s Arts of Starved Rock Country Fund, which is putting on the event. The event is funded, in part, with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. “Community is the big one for me,” says Dugan. “We’ll have live music
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