Yankton Area Arts hosts 2010 Summer Arts Festival, August 20-22

February 2, 2010

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Yankton Area Arts

Yankton Area Arts will host the 2010 Summer Arts Festival on August 20-22.  This event is one of Yankton’s primary celebrations of the arts.  The annual event will take place along the Missouri River at Riverside Park in conjunction with Riverboat Days. 

The Summer Arts Festival will showcase professional artists and fine craftsmen, from across the states.  Applications to become an art vendor are currently available at www.YanktonAreaArts.org or by contacting the office at 605.665.9754.  The application deadline is March 1, 2010.

The G.A.R. Hall Art Gallery and Yankton Area Arts are located at 508 Douglas.  The gallery is open to the public free of charge from 1 to 5 p.m. weekdays and from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.  For more information call 665-9745, email Pam@YanktonAreaArts.org or see www.YanktonAreaArts.org.

Yankton Art House Gallery Hosting Valentine's Day Poetry Competition

Jake Kidney, director of The Art House Gallery in Yankton, is putting together a poetry reading competition.  The prizes won't be large (1st prize is a free night at the Best Western Kelly Inn in Yankton), and he's interested in newbie writers, especially high school students and college students.

The event is on Valentines Day.  Entries are $5 a person and they're due by Feb 12.  Late entries will be accepted up until the reading starts, but their entry fee will be $10. 

He's not looking for slam stuff so much as sonnets and other love poems.  He'd like the event to be more of a celebration of Valentine's Day.

If you're interested in participating, email Jake or check the website.