Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival 2007 Catalogs Now Available

Fairbanks - Hot off the press, the 2007 Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Catalog, with registration form, is now available. Pick up your copy at Date-Line Copies located at 3677 College Road, the UAF Music Department, or local art galleries and music stores. The catalog and registration form is also available online at www.fsaf.org.

The cover of the new catalog features a colorful array of wild sunflowers from the watercolor painting, entitled “June’s Sunflowers” by Cheryl Berrong. Cheryl, a local artist from Fairbanks, has been painting for many years, however this is her first published painting. This painting is also featured on this year’s poster. Signed posters are available for $10 each at The Artworks, New Horizon Gallery and The Alaska House Art Gallery.Born in Ft. Yukon and raised in mining camps in the 40-mile district, Chicken and Tok, Cheryl is a lifelong Alaskan. She began drawing and painting as a child and with the guidance and encouragement of her mother, also an artist, she explored various mediums.

Cheryl is a multi-media artist, but works primarily in watercolor. Her florals and landscapes express light and color. Her passion is to share the joy and adventure of her surroundings and creativity through her art. Cheryl lives 20 miles north of Fairbanks at Cleary Summit with her partner, Mike Goulding, two black cats, and several raucous ravens.

For class information, go to www.fsaf.org/classes.htm.

Festival dates this summer are Sunday, July 15 – Sunday, July 29.

Now in it's 28th year, this annual study-performance Festival is held on the beautiful University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. Every year about 900 registrants study and perform with more than 90 guest artists in the areas of Music, Dance, Shakespeare and Theatre, Opera and Musical Theatre, Storytelling, Percussion, World Music, Creative Writing, Healing Arts, Visual Arts and Ice Skating.

For questions on Festival classes, contact the Festival office at 907.474.8869 or email festival@alaska.net