Downtown Festival & Art Show  

Gainesville’s 31st Annual Downtown Festival & Art Show, November 3-4, 2012 is an outdoor festival showcasing the art and creativity of 250 artists from around Florida and the U.S.  

Website: http://www.gvlculturalaffairs.org/website/programs_events/DFAS/downtown_art_fest_volunteer.html (last year's website)

Contact: Linda Piper, Festival Coordinator, (352) 393-8536, piperlr@cityofgainesville.org 

What they do: The Downtown Festival & Art Show is held each fall along the streets leading from the Hippodrome State Theatre to City Hall. This year it will be Saturday November 12 and Sunday November 13, 2011. The festival is open to the public and free to attend. Each year more than 100,000 people attend the festival. In addition to the multitude of paintings (watercolors, acrylics, oils), ceramics, sculpture, photography, and jewelry, there is live, continuous entertainment by dance companies, solo musicians, and local bands. There are activities for children at the “Imagination Station,” delicious food and refreshments, and a Community Information Area that showcases nonprofit organizations in the area.

What YOU can do to help: Volunteers are needed (individuals, organizations, or businesses) in the following areas:

Information Booth (selling T-shirts and posters, helping visitors and artists, checking in artists and volunteers, assisting volunteers and artists with information and directions)

Booth sitting (greeting and relieving artists for breaks)

Children’s Imagination Station (painting, mask design, sidewalk chalk drawing, puppets, button making, sculpting)

Artist Check-in

Judge’s Helper 

To volunteer, fill out the volunteer application and sign up for a shift (most are 4 or 5-hour shifts except Judge’s Helper) and indicate whether you would like to volunteer on Saturday or Sunday. Once you complete the application, mail, fax, or e-mail to:

Linda Piper 

Downtown Festival & Art Show 

P.O. Box 490 

Gainesville, FL 32602 

Fax # (352) 334-2249 

E-mail: piperlr@cityofgainesville.org

***Volunteers get a commemorative T-shirt for volunteering at the festival.