11th Annual ArtWalk Livermore October 13, 2012

ArtWalk is a different sort of festival, as the streets are kept open and displays are set-up throughout the downtown in and around parks, sidewalks, galleries, wine bars, restaurants and shops. This allows visitors and the local community to experience all that this wine country downtown has to offer with art as the theme for the day. There is a lot of free parking, and because the roads are not closed, you can easily gain access to the event.

Explore the works of over 150 artists ranging from contemporary to classical, abstract to realism, pottery to mixed media, with subject matter from floral to figurative and much more.

Enjoy the Art Banner Auction, where you can view up close the hand-painted banners that will have been displayed as public art during the month of September, and enjoy a glass of fine local wine from our wine, beer and beverage bar at the Livermore Valley Plaza.

Special art destination offerings will include a blacksmithing demonstration at Blacksmith Square, exhibitions at Figurehead Art Gallery and the Bankhead Theater, open studios at Firehouse Art Studios, Bothwell's Downtown Art Studios and Art Glass Studios, and more.

Music will be heard throughout ArtWalk. First, a special Valley SingOut mini-music festival at the Livermore Valley Plaza enlivens the Plaza and surrounds. See www.valleysingout.com for the lineup and background on these fine musicians. And, independent events produced by Panama Red Coffee, Artistic Edge and the Disabled Vets Painting Group are peppered throughout the downtown area.

Maps for the event will be available online in late September.

Our 2012 website galleries will be updated by mid-September, but you can still view last year's art at www.artwalklivermore.org

Official Website: http://www.artwalklivermore.org