Live Music and Gourmet Coffee to be Featured at Artworks Event

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Estella Zavala or Jennea Moore, 225-6437 
Posted on: March 4, 2005

Live music by local artists and gourmet coffee will highlight the Folk and Joe Music Festival, a free family event sponsored by Artworks Academy from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mar. 6 at Gonzalo Espinosa Arte Contemporáneo Gallery, 299 S. Park Ave. 

Live music performances by local bands and singers will include: Noah Gabbard; Brandon Kosters, Norbert Garcia and Arthur Vint; Tammy West; Rebecca Horton; Namoli Brennet; and Orion. Gourmet coffee, cookies, brownies, and other baked goods will be sold, as well as handmade paintings and ceramics. Student artwork will also be on display and for sale. 

As a TUSD alternative education high school, Artworks Academy invites a diverse group of at-risk students with an interest in art. Students complete their high school education while learning the fine art of hand-made tile and mixed media artwork. Their art is then sold in the Artworks Gallery at the front of the school, inside the El Con Mall near Robinsons May. Students receive half of all profits earned from the sale of their artwork; the remaining profits go back into supporting the program. This high school is a collaborative effort between TUSD, the Tucson Pima Arts Council, the City of Tucson, and the El Con Mall.

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