Bethesda Fine Arts Festival This Weekend

Downtown Bethesda celebrates a weekend of Art on May 13 & 14, 2006 as the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District announces the 3rd annual Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, a two-day event highlighting 130 contemporary artists who will sell their original fine art and fine craft at the event.

The festival is scheduled for Saturday, May 13 from 10am-6pm and Sunday, May 14, 2006 from 10am-5pm. Last year around 30,000 people attended the festival and this year (weather permitting) an increase in attendance and sales is expected.

National artists from nearly 25 states and Canada will showcase painting, drawing, furniture, jewelry, photography, ceramics and mixed media. The event will also feature live entertainment, a children’s activity area and downtown Bethesda restaurants including Hard Times Café, Mamma Lucia, Ben & Jerry’s and more. Participating artists were selected and juried by members of the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District Advisory Committee.

Admission to the Bethesda Fine Arts Festival is free. The festival will be held in downtown Bethesda’s Woodmont Triangle along Norfolk and Auburn Avenues, located six blocks from the Bethesda Metro Station. Free parking is available adjacent to the event in the parking garage located on Auburn Avenue.

The Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, produced by the Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District,is directed by Catriona Fraser, a fourteen year veteran of fine arts festivals, an international awards-winning photographer and co-owner of the Fraser Gallery, located in downtown Bethesda.

Comcast, MIX 107.3 FM, Whole Foods, Stonyfield Farm, The Gazette, Bethesda Magazine and Washington Woman are serving as the 2006 event sponsors.

Exhibiting Artists:
Gaurav & Anju Agarwal, Suwanee, GA
Fred Albright, Lancaster, PA
Amos Amit, Los Angeles, CA
Lisa Aronzon, Broadway, VA
Dwight Baird, Champlain, NY
Robert Barab, Hampton, VA
Dave Bazzel, Morgantown, PA
Joel Beckwith, Jamaica, VT
George Biersdorf, Cooksville, MD
Jim E. Biond, Jacksonville, FL
Eric Black, Charlottesville, VA
Edward Bordett, Fincastle, VA
Alex Brand, Corning, NY
Stephen Brehm, Leola, PA
Robert Bridenbaugh, Fair Haven, MI
Dave Bruner, Sarasota, FL
Michael Bryant, Atlanta, GA
Helen Burkett, Sarasota, FL
Marshall Burns, Woodbury, NJ
Brian Butters, Washington, D.C.
Walter Cade III, Jamaica, NY
F. Lennox Campello, Potomac, MD
Kimmy Cantrell, College Park, GA
Lisa Cimino, Baltimore, MD
Fiona Clark & Vincent DeLisle, Jefferson, ME
Karen Clark, Baltimore, MD
Bob Coleman, Montgomery Village, MD
Will Connor, Washington, D.C.
Norry Coscia, Langhorne, PA
Beth Crowder, West Union, WV
Carolyn Currie, New Milford, CT
Rick Dean, Charleston, SC
Karen Deans, Bethesda, MD
Tracy Deming, Butler, TN
Sharon Donovan, Ann Arbor, MI
Katherine Drew Dilworth, Brookeville, MD
Marsha Drummond, Devon, PA
Tony Elliott, Cockeysville, MD
Leslie Emery, Madison, WI
Joseph Craig English, Washington Grove, MD
Dede Faller, Washington, D.C.
Penny Feder, Jamaica, NY
Lynn Ferris, Berkeley Springs, WV
Matthew Fine, Norfolk, VA
Foust, Richmond, VA
Bjorn & Tatiana Fruchtman, Centreville, VA
Lou Gagnon, Gainesville, VA
Ming Gao, Philadelphia, PA
Geri Geremia, Boynton Beach, FL
Marcia Germain, Midlothian, VA
Paul Germain, Midlothian, VA
Courtney Gillen, Washington, D.C.
Sheila Giolitti, Norfolk, VA
Debra Lynn Gold, Atlanta, GA
Irwin Goldman, N. Bergen, NJ
David Gordon, Greenfield Center, NY
Judy Goskey, Burton, OH
Eve Greiner, Blue Bell, PA
Giffen Douglas Grosvenor, Stowe, VT
Anjali Gulati, Silver Spring, MD
Hilary Hachey, Baltimore, MD
Marsha Heatwole, Lexington, VA
Victoria Horner, Charlottesville, VA
Cassandra Jackson, Brooklyn, NY
Brendan Kager, Bethesda, MD
Gopal Kapoor, Greenville, NC
Flo Kemp, Setauket, NY
David Kiley, Medina, OH
Nancy Klotzle, Croton on Hudson, NY
Michelle Krespi, Oakland, CA
Kathy Lapso, N. Royalton, OH
Michele LeVett, Durham, NC
Steven Levine, Dayton, NJ
Jim Livermore, Barrington, NH
Robin Markowitz, Rockville, MD
Lee Angelo Marraccini, Charlottesville, VA
Syl Mathis, Falls Church, VA
Kerin McBride, McLean, VA
Christopher McCall, Doylestown, PA
Marti Mocahbee, Staunton, VA
Richard Moran, West Barstable, MA
Brenda Morrison, Quincy, MA
Debra Murray, Voorhees, NJ
Mary Ann Neilson, Westport, CT
Phillip Nolley, Staunton, VA
David Oleski, West Chester, PA
Carlos Page, Hoboken, NJ
Robert Patierno, Dallastown, PA
Fae Penland Gertsch, Reston, VA
Becky Peretz, Pittsburgh, PA
Diem Pham, Forest Hills, NY
Harold Pickern, Hannibal, MO
Ernest Porcelli, Brooklyn, NY
DeAnn Prosia, Monroe, CT
Ron Prybycien, Doylestown, PA
Ken Rahaim, Fairfax Station, VA
Bruce Reinfeld, Philadelphia, PA
James Gary Richmond, Titusville, FL
Evy Rogers & Joe Jacobs, Sewickley, PA
Martin Rothenberg, Shirley, NY
Jay Royal Chadwick, Malvern, PA
Gary San Pietro, Elkins Park, PA
Grant Silverstein, Mansfield, PA
Phil Skoczen, St. Petersburg, FL
Sherry Smith, Woodbridge, VA
Michael Soloman, Maplewood, NJ
David Souza, Gilbertsville, PA
Robert Stadnycki, Harrisburg, PA
Jill Stern, Frederick, MD
Nancy Strailey, Columbia, SC
Joyce Stratton, New Bern, NC
Cheryl Summers, Poland, OH
Steven Edward Summerville, Bumpass, VA
Sherry Terao, Silver Spring, MD
Richard Toft, Accomac, VA
Karen Trimble, Baltimore, MD
Allan Tuttle, Hallowell, ME
Barbara & Rick Umbel, Pawleys Island, SC
Alan Vaughn, Atlanta, GA
Joryel Vera, Altamont, NY
Susan Wertheimer David, Columbia, MD
Meg West, Crozet, VA
Judith Wrend, Morrisville, VT
Kim Young, Richmond, VA
Bernard Zalon, New York, NY
Stacy Zink, Washington, D.C.

For more information, please visit www.bethesda.org or call 301/215-6660. See ya there!