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Saturday August 21, 2010 ~ 11AM - 7PM at Old Central Community House, 1251 Bryden Road, Columbus OH 43205 (Next to Kwanzaa Playground). Click here to download the flyer.

The Festival includes Live Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Youth Studio, Traditional African Ceremonies, Vendor Marketplace, Community Art Projects. …and more! Click here for the AVAF 2009 entertainment schedule.  Be sure to check back for the new 2010 entertainment schedule.

In conjunction with the Festival we will also open the new exhibit "CONNECTIONS" featuring work by Larry Winston Collins, Associate Professor at Miami University-Oxford.  The exhibit opening reception will occur on Sunday August 22, 2010 from 4:00 pm – 7:00pm at the William H. Thomas Gallery, 1270 Bryden Road in Columbus, OH.  Learn more about Larry Winston Collins by visiting http://arts.muohio.edu/node/511

YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE AFRICAN VILLAGE ARTS FESTIVAL 2010!
Make a selection to download registration forms:  Vendor (Art & Merchandise), Entertainer/Performance Artist, or Volunteer. Click here to download the flyer.

YOU CAN SUPPORT THE AFRICAN VILLAGE ARTS FESTIVAL 2010!                           Like so many others, our grant funding has been slashed.  We need your help to make the Festival happen and continue to grow again this year.  Make a donation.  Purchase an ad.  Be an event sponsor.  Make a selection to download registration forms: Make a donation, purchase an ad or become an event sponsor.  Click here to check out last year's printed program.

SPREAD THE NEWS!  Cover our event in your publication or share the news with your press contacts.  Make a selection to download one of three press releases with images: General Press Release, Call for Artists, Call for Performers, Press Kit Images.

Email festival@galleryinthehood.org with questions or comments.

Click on the Festival Mask below for pictures from AVAF 2007 
Click on the budding artist below for pictures from AVAF 2008 (including the Youth Studio!) 
It takes a VILLAGE!  AVAF is a success because the community supports our efforts year-round.  Thank you to CityYear's Young Heroes pictured below for their dedication in keeping the Kwanzaa Playground and Festival lot clean and beautiful.