43nd Annual

Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts

June 23, 24, 25 2006

10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, Friday & Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, Sunday

Click Here for Exhibitor/Artists Information
SPLASH! Mystery of the Studio
List of Exhibits
Schedule of Events
Craft Faire Booths
Music Highlights
Festival Lodging
Shuttle Map and Schedule
Festival Flyer (PDF)
Sponsors
Acknowledgements

Background Information:

About the Festival of the Arts:
The Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts is a program division of the Lakewood Center for the Arts, a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization.

The Festival of the Arts takes place at the Lakewood Center for the Arts and George Rogers Park, both on State Street in downtown Lake Oswego, Oregon USA.

In the park, you will find a juried Craft Faire of 120 booths featuring fine arts crafts, a delightful variety of foods at the Food Court, a wine and beer garden, and a variety of musical entertainment on the Park Entertainment Stage. The park also features Family Day Activities, and ongoing demonstrations by the artisans of their craft.

At the Lakewood Center for the Arts, several different art exhibits are featured. The largest exhibit is the Visual Arts Open Show with over 1,100 pieces of art submitted by artists from all over the region. In addition, the Festival also presents a Special Juried Exhibit of fine artwork as well as a series of hands-on arts activities. The Festival also partners with the Lake Oswego School District to present a high quality K-12 exhibit and the Lake Oswego Foundation for the Arts to provide the Lake Oswego Arts Chronicle, a juried visual art exhibit.

History:

The Festival was originally started by the Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce and moved under the umbrella of the Lakewood Center for the Arts 20 years ago, as an annual activity of the Center. It is sustained by valuable partnerships with the City of Lake Oswego, Clackamas County Tourism and Development Council, the Chamber of Commerce, the Lake Oswego Rotary Club, the School District, small and large businesses, the "Friends of the Festival," plus more than 500 volunteers who work throughout the year and the weekend to make the Festival the success it is.

The Festival, a sub division of the Lakewood Center for the Arts, a non-profit arts center, is committed to arts education, performance and exhibition. Contributions to the Festival are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Our tax ID number is 93-0700108.

This is a weekend to experience,
to be educated and to enjoy!

 

The 2006 Festival Welcomes

"SPLASH! Mystery of the Studio - The Intrigue of the Brush," will be the cornerstone exhibit for the 2006 Festival. From the more classical figurative and landscape painting techniques, to the surreal, photo realistic and whimsical, this year's exhibition features concept work from the Pacific Northwest artist organization known as Splash. Twenty regional and internationally published Splash members representing the National Watercolor Society, the Northwest Watercolor Society, the Watercolor Society of Oregon, the Colored Pencil Society of America, as well as the Portland Art Museum's Rental Sales Gallery, will lead you through an interactive studio tour of sky-reaching creativity-introducing you to their world - where limits are set only by the imagination. Workshops, critiques, storyboard displays, technique-play and product demonstrations are scheduled throughout the three-day Festival.