Arts Fest 2022

Appel Farm Arts & Music Center announces ArtsFest
2022, which will be held at Appel Farm on Saturday, May 21, 2022 from 10am – 3:30pm. This event is free and open to the public. ArtsFest is a celebration of the center’s many exciting art-making and arts education activities
that have happened live and online this past year, and a chance for Appel Farm’s many partners and members of the community to come together to experience fun, hands-on arts workshops, performances, exhibits and more! Participating partners include Creativity CoLaboratory Charter School, Families to College, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the Gloucester and Salem County Teen Arts Festival, and the NJ Teen Arts Festival through the NJ State Council on the Arts/Department of State. Major funders for this event include The Pascale Sykes Foundation, the Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission, and the Salem County Cultural and Heritage Commission. Event sponsors include Volkswagen of
Salem County and The New Dodge’s Market. Family-friendly activities like improv games, pixel art self-portraits, plastic egg maraca making, chalk and bubbles, and The Art of Henna will be ongoing through the day and happen across
the campus for all to enjoy as they please. There will be free performances from local students and a college table fair for those interested in learning more about arts pursuits in higher education. Attendees can also enjoy a student art exhibit highlighting the talents of area students who participated in the state-wide Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, on view all day in the dining hall. There will be lunch and snack items for sale onsite from 11am – 3pm for those that want to wander and munch, and a chance for all attendees to win door prize giveaways.