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2015 Rise Up Festival Video

Warm greetings, friends of Rise!

We here at Rise Community Development want to share this wonderful video shot and produced exclusively to highlight the amazing artists, musicians, sponsors, and YOU – our supporters – that contributed to making the 2015 Rise Up Festival a huge success.

If you couldn’t make it out this year Rise hopes this teaser showcasing all the fantastic elements that come together to revitalize and lift our communities convinces you to visit next year’s Rise Up Festival for tasty local eats, an inclusive representation of the St. Louis arts and music scene, family-friendly fun, and to find out what Rise is all about.

(Hint: It’s about making St. Louis an even better place to work, play, and live!)

 

 

Lon Brauer – Best Of Show Winner at the 2015 Rise Up Festival

Rise is pleased to announce Lon Brauer as the winner of Best Of Show at the 2015 Rise Up Festival Fine Arts and Crafts Show!

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“Lon Brauer is an artist, photographer, and painter living and working in Granite City, IL under the roof of Lon Brauer Studios.

As a painter, Lon is an impressionist utilizing the plasticity of paint and materials to create exciting images within a representational context.  His work includes both figurative and Plein Air landscape subjects. Lon’s paintings have been exhibited in numerous galleries throughout the country and currently with top end art fairs where he has garnered numerous prestigious awards.” — (www.lonbrauer.com)

The primary criteria and selection process for the Best Of Show Award were as follows:

ORIGINALITY: Is the design of the artwork consistent in its originality and uniqueness? Does the artist approach his/her subject matter in a fresh and creative way? Is there a WOW! Factor associated with the work?

EXECUTION: Does the artwork reveal excellence in skill, talent and accomplishment in the execution of the work? Does it advance the state of the art, as opposed to repeating or replicating something that’s been done before?

PRESENTATION: Is the presentation of the artwork and booth visually appealing, well organized and professional? Does the entire body of work show consistency of thought and process?

Each of the above received equal weighting in the scoring process. Scores are based on each artist’s entire presented body of work rather than an individual piece.

As the recipient of Best Of Show, Lon will be exempt from the 2016 jury process and automatically invited back to the 2016 Rise Up Festival. Congratulations and thanks to the jurors and to Lon Brauer!

 

 

Rise Up Festival on ABC30

Here’s a preview of the promotion for the Rise Up Festival, airing on ABC30’s the Allman Report starting July 29th. See you at the festival on August 21st!

The Rise Up Festival is looking for a few good fundraisers!

Rise is looking for 25 people to help us raise money for the rise Up Festival on August, 21, 2015 using MobileCause. Its easy. Sign up, set up your page with your goal and share it on Facebook and Twitter once a week until the festival. Thanks for helping Rise in “lifting our communities”!

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