Our 2008 event will be held
Saturday, May 17th
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(note the earlier start time!)
City Square Park
Uptown Marion, Iowa

Park! Ride!
Use our shuttle bus service!
See our “Directions” page!

Fifty artists – selected from among 351 applicants and hailing from across the country – will offer a variety of exceptional original art, including jewelry, sculpture, painting, pastels, glass, ceramics, metal, wood, fiber, printmaking, mixed media, and photography.

Thirty-five of our fifty exhibiting artists
are different from those offered by our 2007 event,
with 22 new exhibitors never before seen at the
Marion Arts Festival!

 

Live music! Specialty food vendors!
Friends of all ages are also invited to participate in other festival offerings,
which include perennial favorites
“Art in the Depot” and our
5K Race and Fun Walk.


New this year!
“My Kid Could Do That”
A collaboration with the
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art!
It starts with a May 3rd
CRMA Family Fun Day!
Click here for details!

Demonstrating artists!

Scott Takes and the staff of Underground Art Studios will demonstrate their singular airbrush techniques to customize motorcycles on-site throughout the day!

Also featured will be demonstrating artist
Nancy Lindsay, painting En Plein Air!




Major sponsors of the 2008 Marion Arts Festival

Click here for our schedule of events!


Be one of the 15,000 people who join us in the park!
It’s always a sunny day at the Marion Arts Festival!

Come and see! Come and be seen!