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We need appx. 100 volunteers each year to make this event successful. Please contact Sara Johnson, Culture & Engagement Manager at sjohnson@the-square.org if you are interested in volunteering during the event.
Examples of volunteer needs include: setup/teardown, root beer float station, health/safety, parking attendants, groundskeeping, art activity booths, water bottle wagon for other volunteers, pottery wheel demonstrations, indoor welcome desk, gift shop assistants, and more! We have volunteer tasks for helpers ages 14+.
- FREE arts festival open to the public at Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art
- art activities for all ages
- Food trucks
- Music and dance performances throughout the day
- artist demonstrations
- artist alley vendor market
- free root beer floats (while supplies last)
- museum exhibitions
- raku pottery demonstrations
- pottery sale
- t-shirt and sticker sale
- a full day of art and fun!
FOOD VENDORS:
- Fire Pizza
- Odd Fellows & Rebekahs (hotdogs & more)
- Almost Paradise Mini Pancakes & Boba Tea (& more)
- Free root beer floats donated by Pepsi of Great Falls and Meadow Gold Dairy
PERFORMERS:
11:00am - Cale Younce ♫
11:45am - Great Falls High Theatre Dept. 🎭
12:00pm - Lee Houle ♫
1:00pm - Badger Creek band ♫
1:45pm - CMR High School Theatre Dept. 🎭
2:00pm - Ryan Johnson ♫
3:00pm - Aithne's Belly Dancing Studio 💃🏻
Emcees - Natalie & Cameron Nicolson
ARTIST VENDORS:
- Full list coming soon!
- S. Carlyle Smith Artwork
- Colleen Johnson and Jimmie Henry: pottery
- Sara K. Johnson Studio: printmaking
- Justin & Erin Quirk, Taylor Lunn, & Carrie Lunn: pottery
- Amber Dresen, "Dresen Things": handmade pyrography
- Umoh Essiet: basketry and jewelry
- Sol Catchery: suncatchers and more
- Hannah Nicholas, "Pigeon Pottery and More": pottery
- Kqyn Kuka: jewelry
- Jake Duty: pottery
- Samantha Houston: Magpie & the Honeybees Facepainting
- The Spacement: screenprinted t-shirts & apparel
- Shawn Fossen: pottery
- Matt Holbrook: pottery
- Staci Weigum, "Old Seams New" and Anthony Zeigler, "Trikote": repurposed and sewn goods, bags and backpacks
- Selena Colburn: Dance lessons/classes information
- Kaitlyn Howeth, "Coyote Bones Leather": Leather goods
- Ebbie Hansen: Paintings
- Rachael Toy: Sewn items, aprons, and totes
- Loren Hendrickson: loom-woven rag rugs
- John Lee: photographs
- AND MORE!
ART DEMONSTRATIONS:
- Raku Pottery
- Wheel throwing
- Great Falls Spinners & Weavers Guild
- Woodcarvers’ Guild
- AND MORE!