An overview of the Shoreline Arts Festival – June 28 & 29

Shoreline Arts Festival - Shoreline Center: 18560 1st Ave NE

The Festival provides two extraordinary days of music, dance, theatre, literary arts, visual arts, and food, plus the Shoreline Philippine Festival. This creative community event, sponsored by the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council, is FREE and will be held at the Shoreline Center, 18560 1st Ave NE. Visit the website for applications, deadlines, or additional information or call the Arts Council at 206-417-4645

Just a taste of what you can do at the Shoreline Arts Festival:

Juried Art & Photography Exhibition

The Juried Art Exhibit is one of the highlights of the Arts Festival. It features over 300 artworks from regional artists in 2D, 3D, and photography. We award over $2000 in cash prizes and merchandise prizes. Winners are announced at 11:00 am on Saturday in the Shoreline Room. Each year, the Arts Council has also purchased work for our Portable Works Collection, which has grown to over 50 pieces, and they are shown at many public buildings in our community. 

There's still time to submit your art! The Arts Council is seeking artists for the 24th annual Shoreline Arts Festival to be held June 28 & 29, 2014. Juried categories include 2-D art, sculpture, artisan crafts and photography. Artwork may be in any theme. Fine the Prospectus/Registration Form online.

2013 Youth Art

Youth Art Exhibition

Young minds = Creativity! Be amazed by the talents in the Shoreline Arts Festival Youth Art Exhibit. Students in Pre-K through 12th grade submit their favorite 2-D and 3-D art works. Make sure to vote for your favorite piece for the People's Choice award. Awards are given in four different age groups, and art for the Shoreline School District 2014-15 calendar is also selected from this exhibit of over 300 artworks. Come surround yourself in the fabulous creativity of our youth!

Artist Marketplace

Pursue paintings, ceramics, jewelry, and pretty much every other kind of art as you saunter through the sunshine and decide which of the masterpieces on offer will grace your mantelpiece. Enrich your home with hand-made art, support local artists, and show the world where you stand as a curator of great taste.

Hands-On Art for Children & Adults

Try your hand at a Festival favorite with one or all of our Hands-On Art stations! This art is for kids and adults alike. We've got all the supplies for the making. All you need to bring is your imagination. The famous Fish Prints are back for a sea of colorful aquatic productions. The Magical Mosaics also make a repeat performance and await your creativity to bring them to life piece by piece. Get active and try something new with the Sun Prints, Clay Station and Splatter Painting too! Come create with us! 

Steamroller prints

Steamroller Prints

The Shoreline Community College Art Club will be joining forces with the Shoreline Arts Festival to host a Steamroller Printmaking Extravaganza. Steamroller Printmaking is always a crowd pleaser, and we think you'll be delighted by what these students can do. They will be making huge individual woodcuts and then running them under the "press" of a steamroller! Find out more by signing up for our eNewsletter.

3 Stages of Live Music/Dance

Sit back, relax, and let us entertain you with an array of musical and dance performances spanning a wide range of styles, or if you’re adventurous take the Festival into your own hands during our Open Mic hour. The world is your oyster. Check out the full line up here.

Missoula Children’s Theater 

This year's play is Pinocchio. Join our little wooden puppet boy, that comes to life with the help of the Blue Fairy. Pinocchio's adventures take him to Pleasure Isle with Candlewick and his Crew, and is swindled by Fox and Cat. After escaping the evil puppetmaster Stromboli, Pinocchio finds himself in more trouble - swallowed by a monstrous whale. Find out how Pinocchio overcomes his troubles and becomes a real, live boy. Audition Information here. 

Tickets here. (This is the only ticketed event at the festival, tickets are $8)

Cultural Rooms

Explore the four cultural rooms that offer many fun hands-on activities and displays. Experience different cultures, sample foods, see art, listen to music, learn to dance. This year's highlights include: 

• Explore Korean! (Korean Cultural Room) presented by the Korean American Historical Society
• Philippine Cultural Room hosted by Filipiniana Arts and Culture
• Arab Cultural Room hosted by Arab Center of Washington
• Chinese Cultural Room hosted by Chinese Artist Group

Food Court

Get lunch, dinner, or just a sweet treat at this year’s Arts Festival Food Court. Conveniently located by the Showmobile Outdoor Stage the food court is the perfect place to sit back and enjoy the festival atmosphere.

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to nurture all of the arts in the community through programs and events, arts education, advocacy, and support for artists and arts organizations.