In this podcast episode, CCAF Executive Director Terry Adams takes time out to thank everyone who made the 2008 festival a huge success and looks forward to the year-round education and outreach activities that drive this non-profit organization the other 362 days of the year.

Photo courtesy of mandymooo.

You’ve previewed works from the Juried Visual Artists who were selected in thirteen media categories as well as members of the 2008 Emerging Artist Program. You’ve listened to the Performing Artists who will appear on the Janus Main Stage and Bank of the West Stage throughout the three-day event. You also know that when it’s time to take a break, Culinary Avenue is waiting for you with a tantalizing selection of unique and tasty culinary delights.

But what are the hours of the festival? Where will you park? How much does it cost to get in (Hint: FREE!!!)?

In this podcast episode Tony Smith, CCAF Operations and Communications Director, offers up a rapid-fire list of the little things you’ll need to know before heading out to the Cherry Creek Arts Festival.

Although the three-day event is a traditional Colorado summer activity, Tara Brickell, the CCAF’s Associate Director, describes other activities of the non-profit organization all twelve months of the year, far outside the city limits.

Brickell makes sure all visual artists attending the festival - 230 this year - feel at home during the weekend, even if they’ve come from faraway countries. Through the CCAF Education and Outreach program, she also brings the spirit of the festival to area residents long after the annual event has taken place.

Terry Adams, Executive Director of the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, previews the 2008 performing arts lineup, including Flexion, this year’s Festival Feature. Flexion will perform three times each day on Fillmore Plaza.

Listen in to hear more about what’s scheduled!

In this podcast episode, Carol Hiller, the festival’s Culinary Manager, fills us in on the culinary vendors who will be sharing their masterpieces at CCAF for the first time, and which old favorites will be back in 2008 to delight you once again.

In this podcast episode, CCAF Operations and Communications Director Tony Smith discusses the festival’s embrace of new media to promote the artists that will be displaying their wares at the 2008 event.

In addition to the podcasts series, now in its second year, the festival is also reaching out to art lovers via non-traditional channels such as YouTube, Facebook, and Yelp.

Volunteers are the backbone of the Cherry Creek Arts Festival. A team of almost 1,000 volunteers are needed to produce the festival each year. Leading this army of art lovers is Carol Hiller, the festival’s Volunteer Manager.

In this podcast episode, Hiller outlines a typical volunteer’s schedule and lets us in on the free gifts that each volunteer will receive. Hint: It’s not just a tee shirt!

For more information about the Cherry Creek Arts Festival volunteer program, please click here.

The artist is Suhas Bhujbal from San Francisco, CA. The CCAF commemorative poster continues to be the most collected and highly anticipated CCAF merchandise and enables patrons to enjoy fine art.

Additional information for the artist is available at: www.suhasbhujbal.com

To view a full-size version of this poster, click the image to the left.

Suhas Bhujbal’s Artist Statement:

Suhas’s work begins with cityscapes. With thickly encrusted paint as well as transparent glazes, Suhas subtracts the architectural forms in his own, very unique way. His palette conveys various emotions from a happy sunny day to a calm, quiet, lonely evening depending upon the need of each individual piece. Small countryside towns from India and even North America attract him more than big, modern cities. His unique sense of selecting the spots, dramatic colors and surprisingly different compositions make his paintings distinctive. Perfect balance of what’s tangible and intangible is the magic key of Suhas‘s paintings.

The selection process for the annual CCAF commemorative poster starts once all artists have been juried for the show. All juried artists’ submitted work is eligible to be selected for the poster. Each artist submits 4 images of work for the jury, which means the poster selection pool is over 900 images.

The following video features the 2008 CCAF commemorative poster artwork, an interview with Suhas Bhujbal, and other example works.

2008 CCAF commemorative posters will be available for purchase June 9. All are invited to the annual poster signing party, which takes place Tuesday, June 10, at the CCAF Official Framer and host of the event, FASTFRAME of Cherry Creek, at 2659 E. 2nd Avenue, Denver, from 5pm - 8pm.

The poster artist will be present to sign and number limited edition posters. The evening is energized with the exciting buzz of kicking off the month of the Arts Festival and is complete with passed hors d’oeuvres and complimentary cocktails.

Limited edition posters (signed and numbered by the artist) are $45, and open edition posters are $30.

Downloadable images of the 2008 poster are available at CCAF’s website at:
http://www.cherryarts.org/users/photo_gallery.asp

View 1991—2007 CCAF commemorative posters at:
http://www.cherryarts.org/users/shopping.asp?TNav=nav0