‘Time Transformed’ fund raiser kicks off the 18th annual Warwick Summer Arts Festival
WARWICK — A town’s growth and merit are often measured by how it has transformed through time into an economically, culturally and recreationally robust community.
Whether induced or spontaneous, the transformation that has led the development and expansion of the arts in Warwick cannot be attributed to one singular initiative or any one era.
The Warwick Summer Arts Festival’s (WSAF) repurposed clock fund-raising project, Time Transformed, produces art recognizing the transformation of the Town of Warwick through the years.
Artists skilled in a multitude of mediums accepted the challenge of transforming an object of their choice into a unique, functioning clock representing the transformation theme of this year’s arts festival.
Heidi Lanino Bilezikian and Janet Howard-Fatta, Warwick- based artists, managed the call for artists, the distribution of the clock mechanics, the storefront display and the silent-auction of the completed clocks.
Fund raiser Information:• March 26-April 23: General admission tickets available at Eventbrite.com; $25 per person + fee.
• April 16-23: In-person advance ticket sales; $25 per person; Warwick Center for the Performing Arts, 63 Wheeler Ave., and Newhard’s The Home Source, 39 Main St., Warwick.
• April 16-26: art clocks on display in Newhard’s.
• April 27: artistic time-pieces displayed and auctioned at the WSAF Time Transformed fundraiser from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at Warwick Center for the Performing Arts.
• On Friday, April 27, guests at the fund raiser will be treated to an evening of hors d’oeuvres, musical and performance entertainment. A cash bar will be available.
Time Transformed Art Clocks will be on display throughout the event and up for bid in silent auction fashion, raising revenue for the entertainment and infrastructure of the 2018 WSAF.
• In addition to the Time Transformed fund raiser, there will be a Rock & Bowl fund raiser on May 18 at Pin Street Alley on Route 94 in Warwick.
The Warwick Summer Arts Festival is a nonprofit organization that promotes arts, artists, art education and art appreciation in order to create a vibrant art community.
The Warwick Summer Arts Festival brings great music to the region as well as commissions and original work.
For more information, email warwicksummerarts@gmail.com or visit www.warwicksummerarts.com.