Fundraising Events Aid RiverSculpture Festival
When sinuous dancers, rollicking bands, and laughing children all combine in a riverfront park teeming with exquisite sculpture, you end up with a cultural event that packs a powerful, profound punch. For three years now, Arlene Winkler and her husband, sculptor Robert Winkler, have teamed up to foster a larger-than-life love of sculptural culture through their brainchild, the annual RiverSculpture Festival. It’s a popular, free outdoor art exhibition held this year from September 27 through January 5, 2009, at Reynolds Village in Woodfin, N.C. (just north of the Asheville, N.C., city line).
Initially launched to great fanfare in 2006 in Asheville’s French Broad River Park, RiverSculpture has found its firmest feet and widest artist draw yet. The new Reynolds Village venue combines the best of all worlds to showcase the select RiverSculpture talent. During the Festival’s run, on-site music, dance and theatre performances will play off the abstract backdrop of the sculptures in the brand new 24-acre riverside park. Ongoing children’s programs (art or interpretive dance workshops and storytelling shows) and work-in-progress conceptual pieces like the “green” bamboo structure going up will ensure an ever-changing liveliness to the Festival.
RiverSculpture enjoys the sponsorship of the Asheville Area Arts Council, Reynolds Mountain, the Town of Woodfin, and the YMI Cultural Center, as well as generous corporate and private contributions but still depends heavily on the individual grassroots community support to survive. If you missed the fabulous September 18 benefit reception at Blue Spiral 1 gallery, don’t fret: there are still tickets available to a posh private benefit reading by a former Poet Laureate on September 24. There’s also a fundraiser book signing at the Asheville Barnes & Noble on September 25.
Every dime of individual financial support is incredibly helpful; having the whole community pull together and financially support the event and the artists is absolutely critical to its success, says Arlene. For more details and to purchase tickets to the September 24th event, contact Arlene Winkler at (828) 225-3766.
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