2O North Gallery Art Walk Presents Crosby Award Winners
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Peggy Grant, Art Director
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Condessa Croninger, Associate Art Director
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20 North Gallery Exhibits Crosby Award Winners
Downtown Gallery previews artists from annual outdoor arts festival
Toledo, OH—June 3, 2009. On Thursday, June 18th, 20 North Gallery will exhibit works of past award winners of the long-standing Toledo Botanical Garden’s Crosby Festival of the Arts. The exhibition will continue through Saturday, June 20, 2009. This showing will take place as part of Arts Commission of Greater Toledo/Warehouse District Art Walk event.
In 1992, St. Clair Street was virtually abandoned--now it is a thriving arts/entertainment zone and "Arts Hotspot" in the downtown landscape. 20 North Gallery was the pioneer in this location--and was so successful at attracting people who had never been downtown before—that this section of downtown became the home of the new stadium, the new arena, restaurants, shops and other destination points in the Toledo community.
“The Art Walk events represent a major accomplishment for all those who have contributed to the success of downtown development over the past sixteen years,” states 20 North Gallery owner Eric Hillenbrand. “Celebrating a successful run of seventeen years for a downtown arts business is good news for all who believe in a vibrant and dynamic Downtown. The arts are recognized as an economic driver for urban revitalization.”
Exhibiting their work at 20 North Gallery for the June 18th Art Walk will be award-winning artists from past Crosby Festivals, including Kimberly Arden, Jackie Crissman and Chelsea Hall (jewelry), Arlene Geiger (fiber), Larry Golba (painting), Scott Hall (photography), Tom Marino (ceramics), Kelly Sheehan (glass) and Don Wherly (wood), among others. 20 North Gallery and the exhibiting artists will welcome friends and collectors from 6 – 9p.m. at 18 N. St. Clair Street. Light refreshments will be served and gallery visitors will have an opportunity to speak one-on-one with the artists. The event is free and open to the public.
The exhibit will offer a sampling of the high-quality, fine art that appears each year at Toledo Botanical Garden’s Crosby Festival of the Arts—the longest-running outdoor art festival in Ohio. This year’s Festival takes place Saturday, June 27, from 10a.m. – 7p.m. and Sunday, June 28, from 10a.m. – 4p.m., with a special Preview Party event on Friday, June 26, from 6p.m. – 10p.m. For more information about tickets to the Crosby Festival, please contact Toledo Botanical Garden at 419-536-5566.
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What: Art Walk Reception, featuring works by past Crosby Festival award-winning artists
Where: 20 North Gallery, 18 N. St. Clair, (Downtown) Toledo, Ohio 43604, 419-241-2400
When: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 6 - 9p.m.
Exhibit continues through June 20, 2009
Regular Gallery Hours
Tuesday - Friday: Noon – 4 p.m.
Saturday: 1 – 5 p.m.
For More Information Contact: Peggy Grant, Art Director, 419-241-2400
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