Time: June 11, 2011 at 10am to June 12, 2011 at 6pm
Location: Mueum of Indian Culture
Street: 2825 Fish Hatchery Road
City/Town: Allentown, Pa
Website or Map: http://artifest.intuitwebsite…
Phone: 6107972121
Event Type: fundraiser
Organized By: Pat Rivera and Tavia Minnich
Latest Activity: 6 minutes ago

Event Description

 

It is our pleasure to invite you to take part in Artifest 2011.  Artifest is a 2-day festival that celebrates the cultural diversity within the tri-state area and beyond, showcasing artists and performers from various ethnic groups and cultural backgrounds, including mouth-watering foods, and a children’s hands-on activities area. 

 

The second annual Artifest, sponsored by the Museum of Indian Culture, will take place June 11th and 12th, 2011, on Museum grounds in the beautiful Lehigh Parkway, Allentown, Pennsylvania. 

 

This year, the Museum of Indian Culture celebrated its 30th year anniversary.  To kick-off the celebration, the museum hosted its first ever multi-cultural event, Artifest 2010, featuring live performances and exhibits by Native Americans, African-Americans, Asian Indians, Australians, Colombians, Mexican, Moravians, Pennsylvania Dutch, and many more.  Visitors overwhelmingly agreed that Artifest 2010 was truly remarkable.   “One moment you are entwined in Shakespearean parody, then the next you find yourself on stage hula-hooping!”   

 

Artifest 2011 is currently inviting artisans and craftspeople from all cultures and ethnicities to participate.  If interested, please fill out an application through the website.

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The Location is Museum of Indian Culture. I hope you all might be interested. We did have civil war and medieval (SCA) reenactors at our event in 2010. The museum wants to expand this more and have demonstrators of various types.

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Patchwork Merchant Mercenaries had its humble beginnings as an idea of a few artisans and craftsmen who enjoy performing with live steel fighting. As well as a patchwork quilt tent canvas. Most had prior military experience hence the name.

 

Patchwork Merchant Mercenaries.

 

Vendertainers that brought many things to a show and are know for helping out where ever they can.

As well as being a place where the older hand made items could be found made by them and enjoyed by all.

We expanded over the years to become well known at what we do. Now we represent over 100 artisans and craftsman that are well known in their venues and some just starting out. Some of their works have been premiered in TV, stage and movies on a regular basis.

Specializing in Medieval, Goth , Stage Film, BDFSM and Practitioner.

Patchwork Merchant Mercenaries a Dept of, Ask For IT was started by artists and former military veterans, and sword fighters, representing over 100 artisans, one who made his living traveling from fair to festival vending medieval wares. The majority of his customers are re-enactors, SCAdians and the like, looking to build their kit with period clothing, feast gear, adornments, etc.

Likewise, it is typical for these history-lovers to peruse the tent (aka mobile store front) and, upon finding something that pleases the eye, ask "Is this period?"

A deceitful query!! This is not a yes or no question. One must have a damn good understanding of European history (at least) from the fall of Rome to the mid-1600's to properly answer. Taking into account, also, the culture in which the querent is dressed is vitally important. You see, though it may be well within medieval period, it would be strange to see a Viking wearing a Caftan...or is it?

After a festival's time of answering weighty questions such as these, I'd sleep like a log! Only a mad man could possibly remember the place and time for each piece of kitchen ware, weaponry, cloth, and chain within a span of 1,000 years!! Surely there must be an easier way, a place where he could post all this knowledge...

Traveling Within The World is meant to be such a place. A place for all of these artists to keep in touch and directly interact with their fellow geeks and re-enactment hobbyists, their clientele.

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