Thanks to all who helped launch the First Annual Arts on the Green Market & Festival!!!  It was a wild success and we look forward to next year.

​​~ The Chelsea Arts Collective

ART AUCTION 

The Chelsea Arts Collective (CAC), in collaboration with First Branch Community Collaborative, is set to host a day full of art and music, with their first annual Arts on the Green Market & Festival, Saturday, August 25th (10am-5pm), on the North Common in historic Chelsea Village. This one-day community event will be free and open to the public, and will feature thirty New England art vendors, musical performances, and culinary treats from Green Mountain Pizza Co., Sweet Doe Dairy Gelato, Chicken Wiggle Farm, and Cornerstone Catering.  Art activities for children and families will take place throughout the day, along with a silent auction of regional works to help raise funding for sustainable and ongoing community arts programming in the First Branch region. The festival schedule will include music by: singer-songwriters, Jason Baker and Doug Perkins; Arabalon drumming ensemble; the all-female trio, HEN of the Woods;  and Jazz Tweed Duo.  

In the spirit of Chelsea's Old Home Day, which was traditionally held in the month of August, the Arts on the Green Market & Festival aims to inspire a new tradition that is both interactive and inclusive. The festival will be followed by a Town Hall concert (7pm-9pm), featuring music by David Rosane & The Zookeepers. Taco’s Taco food truck will be on-site with dinnertime offerings (3pm-8pm).

For more information about the Arts on the Green Market & Festival, please visit the festival website: https://www.chelseavt-arts.com/about-the-festival.html
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​Some of the organizations invited to collaborate in the festival include: The Chelsea Fish & Game, The Chelsea Historical Society, SafeArt, area-schools, and the Senior Center.    If your local organization would like to be involved, please   contact us!

We are still currently seeking funding partners to provide handicap accessible bathroom facilities for the event, festival sponsorship  and supplies for the children’s art activity tent.

MUSICAL LINEUP

​Jason Baker, Solo Musician (Burlington, VT)
Jason Baker is a songwriter/performer from Burlington Vermont. A longtime musician, he stopped writing and performing original music more than 25 years ago. Beginning in early 2017, Jason began writing songs, and found that he has much to say. Jason describes the solo material on his new debut album "America Dreams" as "Original Folk Roots Americana".
jbakervt.com

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Arabalon  ​(Concord, NH)
A West African-style drumming ensemble.  " We play the drums of the traditional West African ensemble:  The solos and accompaniments are played on hand-drums called Jembe drums, and the melody is played on the three bass drums known as Kenkeni, Sangban and Dununba drums. Traditionally, the rhythms and songs are associated with specific events or activities within a community and the lives of its members. Our African teachers have freely shared their music with us and we, in turn, are honored and thrilled to share this music with you.  "
www.arabalon.com

HEN of the Woods   (Chelsea, VT) 
A trio featuring a variety of covers and originals with three-part harmonies and smiling faces. Heidi Chapman (vocals, guitar and piano); Ellen Haun (vocals, bass and piano); Nancy Taube (vocals, piano, guitar and bouzouki)
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Jazz Tweed  Duo -  Nancy Taube & David Indenbaum
David Indenbaum on vocals and upright bass, and Nancy Taube on vocals, guitar and piano, Jazz Tweed weaves together two eccentric musicians with eclectic jazz traditions.
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​Doug Perkins (Washington, VT) 
Doug Perkins of Washington, Vermont is a virtuosic acoustic guitar player, whose high octane chops have enlivened many of Vermont’s most popular bands, over his several decades as a working musician in the state. His powerful and subtly expressive technique and composing in diverse genres including jazz, bluegrass and classical, was recently recognized for its excellence when his first solo effort Music for Flat-top Guitar (2012 Thunder Ridge Records) was designated “Best Instrumental Album” by the Barre-Montpelier Times Argus. Doug is an unparalleled master of the steel string guitar and has brought the instrument into a new relationship with modern styles of music.
www.thunderridgerecords.com/doug_perkins/

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