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Join Fairfield First Fridays, August 1st for a night of Dancing Through the Decades!!
Join Fairfield First Fridays Art Walk on Friday, August 1st, from 6 to 10 pm in Central Park to Dance Through The Decades! There will be a DJ, (Allentastic) spinning your favorite summer hits, from the 60’s to present day. Come dance the night away with your friends and community!
In addition to Dancing Through the Decades, you can walk through and enjoy the car cruise with Collector Cars Unlimited having many of their beautiful vehicles around the square for the evening!
There will be great music, fantastic food, local art and craft vendors, lawn games, our large foam block play area for the younger children and more! Grab your lawn chairs, and your friends and come spend a hot summer night in Central Park with us (it is supposed to be great weather for the evening)!
There will be many galleries, venues, restaurants, and shops open for the evening, a few are listed below:
Americus Gallery-100 W. Burlington Ave. -Americus Gallery will be showing Christopher Kufner's original oil paintings, featuring Italian/French Landscapes, and Figurative works. Also, showing original oil paintings by Kim Kufner, original graphite works of art by Dale Divoky featuring his koi fish designs, Original watercolor and ink paintings by Genevra Bell, Art Glass Vases by David Lotton, Leaping Koi sculptures by Dale Divoky, Kristin Ford’s Jewelry with Meaning, many of which are one of a kind, and Custom dichroic glass jewelry by Pedro Lujano. Also, beautiful New Crystals for your home available for purchase from our recent buying trip! Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Thursday 11 – 5, ArtWalk Friday 11 - 8 (normally Friday is 11 - 5), Saturday 11 – 3.
Carnegie Historical Museum 112 S. Court St. Heritage Farms of Jefferson County. Open 6-8pm. The Carnegie Historical Museum will be highlighting one Heritage Farm per month. Heritage Farms are those which have been in the same family for 150 years of more. Jefferson County has fourteen farms which have received this recognition. The museum has established a special exhibit case so that each family, in rotation, will have the opportunity to share their story and display their special artifacts. Each Heritage Farm will have their display for a one-month time period and the following month’s First Friday will feature the next honored farm family.
Cedar Rose Spa-405 N. C. St. Open 5-8. Holistic Night of Wellness- Offering chair massages and selling organic skin and hair products. Featuring artist- Sasha Luse. Stop in to this new location!
Cindy's Art Supply Store and Henderson's Gallery -53 W. Broadway Ave. open from 1 - 5, and again from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Many of the artists in the Square One Arts collective have changed out their art, so there's lots of new pieces to view. Always a great place to stop in, grab your supplies and see all of the new pieces!
Fairfield Art Association (Inside the Civic Center)- Fairfield Art Association Friday August 1, 6-8 PM in FA&CC-MAIN GALLERY "Recent Printmaking Class Shares Their Work" 5 artists: Wendy Read, Demerie Faitler, Rolf Erickson, Anna Shchadina, Suzan Kessel and instructor John Schirmer. Linoleum prints plus other print medias the students created in the past: mono print and lithograph. Plans to be announced for next class. HALLWAY GALLERY- Guy Harvey final viewing of Fairfield Photos of the past. LEG UP ART INSTALLATION - Vote for your favorite tonight in Main Gallery.
ICON Gallery- 58 N. Main St Continuing the Hudson Gallery: Tantra Art from Udaipur. First Friday hours: 6:30 to 10:00.
Scissoring Co. Barbering Shoppe-108 W. Broadway Ave Ste. #207- Grand Opening! Open from 5-9pm, Retro candy bar, bubbly beverages, snacks from local eateries, products by Free Range Wingo, local artists featured and a raffle! Stop in to welcome this new business and help them celebrate their grand opening!!
Wanderer’s Haul- 206 S. Main St.- Open from 2:00pm to 10:00pm and have a Magic the Gathering Commander play day for the new set release Edge of Eternities.
Willow & Bright-58 S. Main St. August 1st and 2nd is IA Tax Free Weekend. Shop without being taxed! Open late for Art Walk 5-8:00.
Saturday Activities:
The Farmers Market will be celebrating 50 years!!!
For more information: email Fairfieldartwalk@gmail.com .
Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk has grown to become Fairfield’s signature cultural event. Each month, the Art Walk celebrates creativity, culture and community and supports the arts in all forms, bringing diverse groups together to express their creativity and passion for the arts. Whether you enjoy touring art galleries, tasting incredible foods, watching wonderful performances, every 1st Friday fills the air with magic and fun for all.