Creativity Blooms At Artfest

The final ArtFest of the century will be a time to savor a Spokane tradition.

This summer’s edition, which begins at noon today and extends through 5 p.m. Sunday, will feature the key ingredients of the ArtFest experience: a stroll through the familiar grounds of Cheney Cowles Museum, sunshine dappling through the maple leaves, live music and art everywhere.

As always, ArtFest will feature artists whose work has been selected by a jury from applications from throughout the West. Live musicians will play everything from classical brass to reggae to country western. Food vendors will sell items such as huckleberry lemonade and crab quesadillas.

ArtFest will run today from noon to 8:30 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the grounds of the Cheney Cowles Museum, 2316 W. First. Admission is free.

Admission to the museum and the Campbell House during ArtFest will be half-price: $2 for adults, $1.50 for seniors, $1.25 for students with an ID and children 6 to 16, and $5 for families. Children 5 and under are admitted free.

Each year, this festival appears to offer an irresistible mix of entertainment.

Following is a schedule of the ArtFest entertainment and demonstrations:

ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS Today

1-2 p.m., Marnie Winn, puppet making

2:30-3:30 p.m., Dale Walters, Polaroid transfers

4-5 p.m., Pauline Haas, pastels

5:30-6:30 p.m., Alan Higinbotham, potter’s wheel

Saturday

10:30-11:30 a.m., Joyce Kohler, basketweaving

noon-2 p.m., Donald Clegg, watercolor

2:30-3:30 p.m., John Benn, potter’s wheel

4-6 p.m., Ken Spiering, watercolor

Sunday

11 a.m.-noon, Ric Gendron, acrylic painting

12:30-1:30 p.m., Terry Gieber, potter’s wheel

2-3 p.m., Harold Balazs, enamel

3:30-4:30 p.m., Dianna Chelf, scherenschnitte

BEER GARDEN CONCERTS Tonight

5:30 p.m., O’Neil & McLarin, alternative folk-rock

7 p.m., Raggs & Bush Doktor, reggae

Saturday

5:30-8 p.m., Wylie & The Wild West, yodelin’ and swingin’ country Western

MUSIC Today

Noon, Spokane British Brass Band, classical English brass

1:30 p.m., Lindell Reason, Detroit-style blues

2:45 p.m., Tiana Gregg, folk-rock originals

4 p.m., Nothin’ Serious, jazz, blues and originals

5:30 p.m., O’Neil & McLarin, alternative folk-rock

7 p.m., Raggs & Bush Doktor, reggae

Saturday

10 a.m., Kids’ Concert: Urban Coyote Bush Band, Australian and Celtic folk

11:15 a.m., Arnie Carruthers, fine jazz standards

12:30 p.m., Dan Maher, public radio “Inland Folk’s” own balladeer

1:45 p.m., Dax Johnson, experimental classical piano with painter Marcus Bausch

3 p.m., LaRae Wiley, alternative rock and blues

4:15 p.m., Paul Brasch, acoustic Delta blues

6-8 p.m., Wylie & The Wild West, yodelin’ and swingin’ country Western

Sunday

11 a.m., Jim Morrison, eclectic guitar and original songs

noon, Staley & Thomsen, acoustic style from the weed patch

1:30 p.m., Celtic Nots, rousing not-so-Celtic fun

2:45 p.m., Too Slim Unplugged, Spokane’s infamous bluesman

4 p.m., Miss Lee Lee featuring Holy Temple Church of God & Christ Choir, hot gospel sounds.