Spring Has Sprung...And The Flamingos Are Returning To Parma!

Yes, spring has sprung, although an unseasonably cold one, but it has arrived. The Parma Flock of Flamingos are packing and preparing for their return flight to Parma for the summer. Flamingo Fever! generated so much fun for Parma in 2013, it's coming back, bigger and better. Last year, some of the fan faves were: Be Polish Eat Pierogi, Hang Ten, Dr. P. Flamingo, WereMingo, Parma Metal, Stan's Bowling Night, Flamingo Ex Machina, Flamingo Carousel, Skylanders Whirlwind, Proud as a Peacock, Don Drapebird, Bird of Beauty, O'Flamingo, Phantastic Phoenicopteridae, and, of course, Cleveland Browns and Chief Flamingo.

Flamingo Fever! is a public art exhibition sponsored by Old World Parma, a Polish Village CDC. It provides an opportunity to apply talent and creativity to a pink plastic flamingo lawn ornament. The completed flamingos will be placed on display at various local businesses over the summer. The fun festivities culminate with a banquet/auction in the fall. Proceeds benefit community development in Polish Village. More fun and surprises are planned for this year.

Artists and craftspeople, professional and amateur, put on your thinking caps, be creative, and lets make the newest flock outshine the last. For those who wish to participate, completed applications, a rendering of the design, and an artist statement must be received by May 1, 2014. This years event will be by juried selection. Those chosen will submit their completed sculptures by the deadline of June 15, 2014. The table top sculptures will be on display at local businesses throughout the summer.

For more information, or to download your application head to PolishVillageParma.com, or contact Kathy Mabin by phone at (440) 843-6474, or by email at kathrynmabin@att.net, or Terri Snider at sniderta@mcosm.net. Join us in the fun! 

Kathryn Mabin

Board Secretary of Parma Area Fine Arts Council, Inc, or PAFAC, and Artist/Jewlery Designer, Owner Aire of Oppulence.

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Volume 6, Issue 4, Posted 7:34 AM, 04.01.2014