The Arts Village has pulled together a smaller version of Art in the Park on a shoestring budget of $700.
The village team were devastated to have to cancel their annual Art in the Park event — which has been run in February for 22 years — last month due to bad weather.
"It was so hard on our team as we had been working on this since August," says The Arts Village manager Mary-Beth Acres. "We had a real mixed reaction from the community as some of them would have been there rain or shine. Unfortunately, the worst thing about it was, it ended up being sunny!"
But their team and some stallholders have been "doing miracles" and using the remaining $700 left in the kitty have pulled together a Pop-Up Arts Festival at the village this weekend instead.
The event will have all the music, food, stalls and entertainment that were destined for the original day including 40 stall holders but in a smaller time frame. Acres says the Pop-Up Arts Festival will still have all the amazing live bands. Stallholders include wood work, artwork, clothing, jewellery, glasswork and much more. There is a free kids drop-in art activity making a two dimensional aquarium and other activities for kids.
