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CRE8IV Mural Festival: Block pARTy Events

May 15, 2019 @ 11:00 am - May 19, 2019 @ 2:00 pm

The CRE8IV: transformational ART Festival is a community-building, arts-infused event. Over the course of the festival, eight lead artists will work with teams of artists to create eight large-scale murals in Rockford’s central city. Each day the festival includes a free-to-attend Block pARTy at one of the mural locations.

SCHEDULE FOR BLOCK pARTy EVENTS (All events are free to attend and open to all)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, Parking Lot 5 (corner of S. Church St. and W. State St., Symbols Clothing)
• 11 a.m. Festival Kick-Off presentation and release of color powder canons
• 11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Community lunch with local food trucks, live DJ, and mural painting by Yulia Avgustinovich.

THURSDAY, MAY 16, Lot 4 (324 E. State Street, lot next to Bath & Body Fusion)
• 4 – 7 p.m. Family Fest Night including live ”bubble” DJ, Once Upon a Dream princess characters, dancing, face painting, caricatures, cotton candy, food trucks, and beverages sold at
the CRE8IV Airstream. Meet the Artist with Corey Barksdale. Rockford Art Museum activity on East State St. (between Madison and First Streets).
• First night of Dinner on the Docks at Prairie Street Brewhouse, so stop before or after dinner!

FRIDAY, MAY 17: Parking Lot 10 (508 East State Street, Lucette Holistic Salon | Boutique)
• 4 – 8 p.m. The pARTy continues with mural painting, cotton candy, henna tattoos and hair braids by Lucette Salon.
• 4 – 6 p.m. Meet the Mural Artists with Chris Silva and Molly Z.
• 6 – 8 p.m. Rockford singer/songwriter Kelly Steward performs
• First night of the season for Rockford City Market, stop by before/after/during!

SATURDAY, MAY 18: Lower Jefferson Street & Water Street
• 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Downtown trolley art tour. Hop on and off at Riverfront Museum Park (Rockford Art Museum) or Rockford Art Deli.
• 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Discounted tickets to Rockford Art Museum, enjoy special CRE8IV activities.
• 6 – 10 p.m. The pARTy continues with live music, tattoo demonstrations, magician, live painting, food vendors and fire pits. Magical performances will have you in awe as Living World performers join us from California. Audiences from all cultures are struck by the innovative way their performances connect them to the language of art. Meet the Artists with Lisa and Libbie Frost.
• Dusk: Fireworks celebration.

SUNDAY, MAY 19: Wired Café Alley (414 E. State Street)
• 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Downtown trolley art tour. Hop on and off at Riverfront Museum Park (Rockford Art Museum) or Rockford Art Deli.
• 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Discounted admission to Rockford Art Museum, enjoy special CRE8IV activities.
• 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Active painting of alley mural by artist Jenny M. Mathews

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Start:
May 15, 2019 @ 11:00 am
End:
May 19, 2019 @ 2:00 pm
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