Art in the Park

2019: Celebrating 50 years of Art in Martinez

The Martinez Arts Association (MAA) presented the 50th annual Art in the Park festival on Sunday,August 18th, at Susana Park in Martinez, from 10 AM - 5 PM. Over 60 artists were exhibitors at this free community event. The festival featured fine arts and crafts created by local artists, along with live music, food trucks and beverages including wine and beer. Again this year we welcomed Five Suns Brewing as our beer vendor, and we were very appreciative to the Girl Scouts who put on the children's activity. Committee Chair Vernon Sanders served as the MC for the day. Harriet Burt made a cameo appearance.

As always, we had a great music line-up:
Thomas Martin
UnConcord
The Landbirds
Paper Kayak
Tamsen Donner Band

We had a great silent auction that raised money to support the arts in Martinez schools. Local artists created and donated items for the silent auction, including paintings, gift certificates, and other original art.

Art in the Park is the MAA’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Founded in 1968 as a nonprofit organization, the MAA organizes and participates in many community events throughout the year. Our goal is to encourage art culture and education for local youth. Fundraising proceeds provide scholarships to graduating seniors as well as art grants for elementary through high school teachers.

Thank you to our two volunteer photographers: John Grubka and James Mullins.

The photos below are courtesy of John Grubka (photos by James Mullins are further down the page, labeled accordingly.)

2019 Sponsors...THANK YOU!!!

The photos below are by James Mullins, from 2019 Art in the Park!

Art in the Park 2018

Our 49th year of this festival happened on
Sunday, August 19, 2018.
Getting even better every year!
Sixty artists participated in this free community event along with live music, food trucks and beverages including wine and beer. The bands were great! Thomas Martin, UnConcord, Last Minute Band, New Frantics and the Tamsen Donner Band.

A big thank you to Roy Jeans for being our MC this year. Harriet Burt was honored for her many previous years of service.

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

Photos from 2018 Art in the Park

Art in the Park, August 20, 2017
Our 48th Annual Art in the Park was a great success!

We had a fantastic day, with over 50 artists, great live music, delicious food truck eats and a warm sense of community.

Music! We rocked all day with the high-energy Tamsen Donner Band, The Last Minute Band, UnConcord, Thomas Martin, and The Landbirds.

We thank Harriet Burt for being our MC, and many thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers and sponsors who make this event possible!

This is our premier fundraising event of the year, benefiting local graduating high school seniors with scholarships. The silent auction this year brought back our Fabulous Art Flock!

A big thank you to our sponsors!

Gold Level

Silver Level

Art in the Park 2016
47th Annual Art in the Park - 8/21/16

The Martinez Arts Association (MAA) had its 47th annual Art in the Park on Sunday, August 21st, at Susana Park in Martinez, Over 50 artists were at this free event. Visitors enjoyed fine arts and crafts created by local artists, music, food, beverages and a sense of community.

The event featured wines from Viano Vineyards and beer from Epidemic Ales along with a selection of food truck vendors. There was a great line-up of music again this year:

Our MC this year was Harriett Burt.
10a: National Anthem - Cindy Cruciani - lead singer of Tone Pony.
10:15a-11:00: Thomas Martin
11:15 - noon: Chris Kuria
12:15 - 1:15 : Killbillies
1:45-3:00 : The New Frantics
3:30 - 5:00: Caroompas Room

This year’s silent auction raised money to support the arts in local schools. This year the theme was Recycled Yard Art, featuring unique, whimsical items created and donated by participating artists.

There was plenty of free parking in downtown Martinez with a golf cart shuttle from the Farmer’s Market at the Starbucks plaza.

Photos from 2016 below