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To honor and recognize the fifth annual Riverfront Art Festival.
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WHEREAS, the Riverfront Art Festival is produced by the By Hand Artisan Guild, a local nonprofit arts organization with the mission of promoting the appreciation, understanding, and awareness of handmade fine art and craft, and supporting contemporary American working artists through educational and marketing opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the festival has grown to feature the work of nearly one-hundred fifty artists after featuring fewer than seventy in the inaugural Riverfront Art Festival in 2006; and
WHEREAS, while it attracts and features artists from across the nation, the festival is also showcase for Columbus talent, as twenty-four of this year's artists are based in central Ohio; and
WHEREAS, all of the work for sale must be handmade by the artists, who must be present at the festival; and
WHEREAS, the fifth annual Riverfront Art Festival will be held Friday, September 17th, through Sunday, September 19th, in partnership with WaterFire Columbus, which will present performances from Opera Columbus on Friday evening and the Ladies of Langford on Saturday; and
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council hereby honors and recognizes the fifth annual Riverfront Art Festival.