ART UNDER THE WATER TOWER – SISTER CITY FRENCH MARKET – COMBINE TO CREATE NEW EVENT

Press Release

May 28, 2024

Local area artists will gather June 28 and 29 for a special “Art Under the Water Tower”
in Crowell Park. The event is sponsored by the Albion Arts Commission and Salem United
Church of Christ. Support comes from an Albion Community Foundation grant.

The free art event will feature over 20 area artists and crafters. In addition food trucks
will be on site to provide something for everyone. The Albion Sister City will combine its annual
French Market with this art event. Free parking will be available at Christ Apostolic Church next door to the event.

Crowell Park is located on North Superior Street under the city water tower.
According to Albion Arts Commission Chair Mary Slater the event features the “perfect
venue” for the participants. “The park is a little used jewel just north of downtown. It is a lovely
setting for talented area artists and craft persons to sell their works, “she said.

Included in the available art will be paintings, etchings, pottery, crochet, photography and
jewelry. Also participating will be local authors with their books. In addition Dennis Reid will be
sketching caricatures. Greeting cards and fabric art will be available.

Friday there will be a children’s craft table sponsored by Kids ‘N’ Stuff Childrens
Museum and the Albion District Library. On Saturday Albion resident and former art teacher
Terri Nelson will provide hands-on children’s crafts.

The Albion Sister City Committee will hold a bake sale and sell photography as
fundraisers. In addition the group will have two baskets daily to raffle off at the art event. The
committee works to exchange residents from the sister cities of Albion and Noisy-le-Roi.
For more information about the event contact Slater at mary_slater@hotmail.com.