FLOW: The Arts along the Rivanna River
Presents
Flo(w)ralia:
A Spring Celebration of Nature Awakening on the River
Sunday, May 1st, 2022
(Rain Date Saturday, May 14th)
From 11:00 to 3:30
With the
Paint Me a River Plein Air Event
going throughout the day
Along the Rivanna trail
at
The Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Darden+Towe+Park/@38.0422139,-78.4532267,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xbe8b7cceaa752287!8m2!3d38.0422139!4d-78.451038
Our 2022 jurors are Trish Crowe and Sarah Sargent
Plein Air paintings will be on view at the Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center for the remainder of May,
where works may be purchased to support both the artists and the Center.
FLOW is a celebration of nature, art, music, song and dance inspired by the Rivanna River.
Our rivers flow on, marking time, witnesses to all visitors to their banks - the bathers, laundresses and fishermen, the merchants, traders and explorers; the courtships, vows, and broken hearts; the baptismal candidates, poets and painters; the injustices and tragedies. The river moves forward throughout our human history, with constancy: cleansing, inspiring and promising possibility.
FLO(w)RALIA is a modern interpretation of the ancient Roman festival, Floralia, honoring Flora, Goddess of Springtime.
Wear Flowers in your hair and join us at 11:00 to wander the river banks and encounter art amidst nature.
FLOW Musical Performances along the banks at the Lewis & Clark – Periodically from 11:00 –3:30
Artists include - Terri Allard - Americana ballad, Jim Gagnon - Rhythms and Sounds from the Earth, Eli Cook - Blues,
John d'Earth - Jazz, Vernon Fischer - Rock to Bach, Robert Jospe w/ Rick Olivares on guitar - Jazz, Gina Sobel - Flute/Sax, Morgan McLeod - Beemz, Annabeth McNamara - Fairy Folk,
Matty Metcalfe - Traditional & Cajun, Kate Tamarkin - Classical Harp, Whit Whitten - African Drumming,
FLOW Dance Performance Groups along the banks – Periodically from 11:00 – 3:30
Dorisse Aha, Some’ Louis, Anne Megibow, Sadia Shaheed, Lillie Williams, T-Dancer14.
FLOW Site Specific Installation Artists – starts at 11:00, continues throughout the day
Bill Atwood, Renee Balfour, Travis Childers, Mikaela Deighan, Sonja Weber Gilkey, Megan Hillary,
Jum Jirapan, Alan Box Levine, Some' Louis, Kelly Lonergan, Dan Mahon, Ed Miller, Judith Pratt, Amdane Sanda, Aggie Zed,
Beatrix Ost & Michelle Gagliano,
Paint Me a River Plein Air Painters along the Banks – starts at 11:00, ends at 3:30
(with $2000 in awards and subsequent exhibition at the Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center)
Open to all plein air painters. Past and present participants include Jenny Abrams, Morganne Ashlie, Ray Berry, Laura Bollettino, Gwen Cates, Meghan Cooper, Richard Crozier, Gray Dodson, Steve Doherty, Margaret Embree, Giselle Gautreau, Elizabeth Geiger, Lee Halstead, Jenny Mikulski, Sarah Blech, Kerney Rhoden, Linda Staiger, Amy Varner, Susan Viemeister, Nancy Wallace, Meg West, Priscilla Whitlock, Laura Edwards Wooten, Carol Ziemer
(Contact Deborah at [email protected] to get on the list!)
And...
Simultaneously occurring on May 1st, on the City side of the Rivanna
The Rivanna Conservation Alliance & The Rivanna River Company are also presenting
The Rivanna RiverFest
At the Rivanna River Company
1518 East High Street
Celebrating the Rivanna River with music, family-friendly activities, live music, food trucks, and more.
From 11:00 to 4:00
*Most of the above photographs are courtesy of Gary Michael Keyes, Ariana Micklowitz or are captured by visitors.