On Friday, Apr. 2, SUNY Fredonia’s Music Industry Club will host the first Life is Art festival. The festival, which hopes to promote interest in local art, will serve as a fundraiser to benefit the Music is Art foundation and Fredonia Central School’s art program.
The Life is Art festival will be held in Barker Commons of downtown Fredonia, starting at 5 p.m., and will continue all day Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
“The Music Industry Club has always been interested in promoting local culture and arts, and this event is another avenue for us to do that,” says Andrew Haynes, president of the club. “We all strongly believe in the merits of a strong art program in schools and we believe in the power of creative minds. We have faith that this festival will not only be fun and educational, but also profitable to the local community.”
Music is Art is a not for profit organization that was founded in 2004 by Goo Goo Dolls bassist and Buffalo native, Robby Takac. Their mission statement is to “help explore and reshape music’s cultural, social, and educational impact on our community.” The foundation holds drives to provide donations for instruments to local schools throughout the Western New York Community, and also holds an annual festival in Buffalo.
The Music Industry Club has received donations from sponsors including: Pepsi Co., Tops, Perry’s Ice Cream, Pizza Wings and Things, The White Inn, Upper Crust, Tractor Supply, Sub Board I, Besta Pizza and Pepperidge Farms. To help raise money, the festival will have pizza, hot dogs, desserts, and beverages for sale, which have been donated by the sponsors and the Music Industry Club. The festival will also feature a silent auction. Guests can purchase tickets, $1 each, at the main desk and drop their tickets into the respective baskets they wish. Prizes include an over night stay at The White Inn, two Buffalo Sabres tickets, and several different gift cards to local shops and restaurants.
The gazebo of the Barker Commons will also feature several of SUNY Fredonia’s local musicians throughout the event, along with local visual artists who will display their art work.
For more information about the festival, email Andrew Haynes, president of the Music Business Club.
