Tempe Town Lake
Tempe Town Lake
Creative Path Art Walk at Tempe Town Lake
Join artists and musicians to help honor and celebrate the new art installations surrounding Tempe Town Lake in downtown Tempe on March 31st from 5-8 p.m. The following information was provided on Tempe Town Lake’s web site about the event:
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Tempe Town Lake isn't just naturally beautiful -- there is a lot of gorgeous art located around Town Lake. Ranging from the Words over Water plaques to the Tree of Life, Tempe Town Lake celebrates artistry.
To acknowledge that art, and to celebrate new installations along Town Lake's newest multi-purpose pathway, the City of Tempe is hosting the Creative Path Arts Walk on Tuesday, March 31, 5-8 p.m. The FREE event will be at Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA) west walkway. Grammy award nominee William Eaton will perform a free concert at the main amphitheater on the path.
This event happens in the middle of Tempe's Arts and Entertainment Week, bookended by the Tempe Festival of the Arts (March 27-29) and Tempe Music Festival (April 3-4).Garage Bands performing at Tempe Music Festival will perform at the Priest Road turnabout and selected artists from the Tempe Festival of the Arts will have booths. Food vendors will be available. For more information call (480) 350-8625.
Participating artists include:
Laurie Lundquist: Rio Salado Rest Stop, Marina Water Muse, Sidewalk and Bike Path Enhancements
Rebecca Ross: River Then, River Now
Alberto Rios: Words over Water
Marilyn Zwak: Tree of Life
Karla Elling: Words Over Water
Virginia Rae Senior: Creative Edge Shade structures with River Rock Medallions
Tom Strich: Leonardo DaVinci's Window, Window of Dialectic Views, Brunelleschi's Window and Fibonacci's Window, and Entrance Landmarks
Rueben Valenzuela: Creative Edge
BJ Katz: Meltdown Glass Art and Design
Several artists from the Tempe Festival of the Arts
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009