Jun 10 2023
A Taste Of Riverworks

A Taste Of Riverworks

Presented by Riverworks Art Center at Riverworks Performance Center

*11:00am-2:00pm, The public is invited to visit with Plein Air painters working 20+ accomplished painters at 20+ iconic and beautiful Ag Reserve and Poolesville area sites (wineries, breweries, farms and orchards, historic barns, and buildings). You can visit these sites and painters  for free on your own-self-guided tour, or take a tour by bus and leave the driving to Riverworks.   Purchase tickets for the bus tours (including a box lunch) here.  Details on the artists and sites are listed on Riverworks' Facebook and Instagram pages.

*2:00-4:00pm, Free live music outdoors, gallery shows inside and beverages for purchase at Locals Farm Market Restaurant, 19929 Fisher Ave, Poolesville, MD.  

 * 4:00-6:00 pm there will be a "Wet Paint Auction" of the artwork produced during the day, at the Outdoor Festival, W. Willard Road across the road from Locals. The painters will receive 75% of the final sale price and 25% will go to support Riverworks Art Center.

* 4:00-7:00pm, the Festival heats up with more Live music and Performances on an outdoor stage in the half-acre park-like setting  There will be food, wine and beer, ice cream, children and adult art activities, and a second silent auction to benefit Hope Garden Children's Ballet Theater, the non-profit that brings community dance and theater performances to Poolesville through Essence Studios.  D.C.-based Roots Afropop band Elikeh will perform between 6:00 and 7:00pm, finishing the day off right with a Dance Party.

Admission Info

The Festival of Live music and other performance, visiting the Plein Air painters, silent art auction participation, and dance party are FREE.   Tickets for the bus tours of the painters and sites, box lunch included are $45.

Phone: (301) 690-9337

Email: contact@riverworksart.org

Dates & Times

2023/06/10 - 2023/06/10

Location Info

Riverworks Performance Center

17617 West Willard Road, Poolesville, MD 20837