Golden’s Clear Creek History Park Celebrates

the Fine Arts Festival with Free Admission

Visitors will meet the Artisans of Yesteryear at Arts Festival on August 21 and 22

Golden, Colo. — Feb, 2010 — Golden’s outdoor living history museum will once again welcome visitors to the Fine Arts Festival with free admission to the Clear Creek History Park during the weekend of August 21 and 22, 2010.  Art aficionados and families will have the opportunity to see both 1800s artisans and modern-day artists at the same time in historic downtown Golden.  They’ll browse beautiful, contemporary artwork at the Festival, and then step back in time from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  at the Clear Creek History Park to see how the artisans of yesteryear crafted their wares. 

Adults and children are invited to see what’s cooking in the cabin on a wood stove and take home a pioneer recipe.  Or listen to the clang of a hammer on hot iron and guess what the blacksmith is shaping on his anvil.  Everyone in the family will find something of interest at Clear Creek History Park with its 1800s cabin, one-room school house, barn and chickens.  Admission to the Park during the Golden Fine Arts Festival is free and sponsored by the SCFD.  The park is located at the corner of 11th and Arapahoe streets, adjacent to the Festival.

There is no admission fee to come enjoy the festival, which as always, includes free horse-drawn carriage rides through historic downtown Golden, free live musical entertainment, artists’ demonstrations, and a hands-on Kids Art Zone that is always a hit with younger art patrons and will again be operated by ArtReach this year.

In addition, many other coinciding art-filled events and activities will be offered throughout the weekend at galleries and merchants in downtown Golden, just a block from the Golden Fine Arts Festival, including:

• Movies and Music in the Park, a concert at 7 p.m. and movie playing at dusk Friday, Aug. 20, sponsored by the City of Golden and GREAT (Golden Resource for Education, Arts and Theater) in Parfet Park;
• The Golden Farmers Market will coincide with the Arts Festival from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21.