Fact Sheet/FAQ

Dates:                          
July 16, 17 & 18, 2010
 
Hours:              
Friday: 12-10pm / Saturday: 12-10pm / Sunday: 12-8pm
 
Location:                      
Mount Royal Avenue & Cathedral Street / Charles Street
Bolton Hill neighborhood & Station North Arts & Entertainment District
 
A good landmark to help with directions is the Lyric Opera House,
140 West Mt. Royal Avenue, 21201.  www.lyricoperahouse.com
 
Year:                           
29th annual festival
 
Attendance:                  
350,000+ people
 
Admission:                   
Free and open to the public, Artscape is held outdoors in tents, and inside the neighborhood’s premier exhibition spaces and performing arts venues. The event is handicapped accessible. 
 
Description:                  
America’s largest free arts festival, Artscape features 150+artists, fashion designers and craftspeople, including DIY/new wave crafters; visual art exhibits on and off site, such as outdoor sculpture, art cars, photography and the Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize; incredible live concerts on four outdoor stages; a full schedule of performing arts including dance, opera, theater, fashion, film, experimental music and performances by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; family events such as hands-on projects, demonstrations, jazz vocal and combo competitions, children’s entertainers and multiple street theater locations; and a delicious, international menu of food and beverages available throughout the site.

Funding:
Artscape is produced by The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, Inc., a 501(c)3, non-profit.  Funding for the festival is provided by the generous support of our exhibitors and concessionaires (41%), sponsors (31%) and grantors (28%).  Artscape also depends on the support of the City of Baltimore, hundreds of volunteers and in-kind donations to keep the festival FREE and open to the public.

Donations:
Artscape welcomes and appreciates your donations.  The festival thanks the city of Baltimore, and its generous concessionaires, corporate sponsors, grantors and Artscape lovers like you, who ensure that this event remains free and open to the public.

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Produced by:                
Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, Inc.
on behalf of Baltimore Festival of the Arts, Inc.
7 East Redwood Street, Suite 500
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-752-8632
www.promotionandarts.com

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

New this year, the Guest Services Tent is the place to stop for merchandise, advance tickets to free indoor performances, accessibility information and more.  The air-conditioned tent is located in front of the Lyric on Mount Royal Avenue. 

Festival-goers may reserve seats the day of the show for dance, opera and theater performances.  Passes can be picked up at the Guests Services Tent.  Limit four free tickets per guest.

Events
*Dance at Artscape 
*Theater & Opera
*Billie Holiday Tribute Concert
*Chick Webb Jazz Combo Competition, presented by MECU

Plan your visit to Baltimore by calling 1-877-BALTIMORE or visiting www.baltimore.org

Official Contributing Artscape Hotels:

Festival Boundaries
• Northern boundary – North Avenue
• Southern boundary – Biddle Street
• Eastern boundary – St. Paul Street
• Western boundary – Howard Street/Dolphin Street

Street Closures
Thursday, July 8 at 7am through Tuesday, July 20 at 4pm

• B/S 100 block of Dolphin Street between Mt. Royal and Howard streets
(used for festival office/trailer compound)

Monday, July 12 at 7am through Tuesday, July 20 at 4pm
• Unit block of West Mt. Royal Ave. and 1100 – 1600 blocks of Mt. Royal Avenue, closed from North Avenue to Charles Street, east and west bound

• B/S 1300 block of Cathedral Street, closed from Preston Street to Mt. Royal

• B/S 100 block of West Preston Street, closed between Cathedral and Howard Street

• B/S 100 block of West Oliver Street, closed between Maryland Avenue and Mt. Royal Avenue Please post: Local traffic only for access to post office & The Fitzgerald

• S/S Unit block East & West of Lafayette Street, from St. Paul Street to Maryland Avenue – curb lane closed for staging; office trailer

Wednesday, July 14 at 10am through Monday, July 19 at 6am
• B/S curb lane 100 block of West Preston Street - from Maryland Avenue to Cathedral Street - (Artscape Festival Parking - only Artscape parking permits OK)

• N/S Lanvale Street, between Rutter Street and Mt. Royal Avenue, curb lane closed for spot-a-pot installation

 
Thursday, July 15 at 10am through Monday, July 19 at 6am
• Impact begins on Charles Street.  Plan Ahead!
 
• B/S 1200 - 1700 blocks of North Charles Street from Biddle Street to Lafayette Street closed Please bag all meters.  I-83 ramp will also close at this time.
 
• B/S Unit block of East Mt. Royal Avenue, closed from Charles Street to St. Paul Street
 
• B/S Unit blocks West Lanvale Street, closed from Maryland Avenue to Charles Street
 
• B/S Unit blocks East Lanvale Street, closed from Charles Street to Lovegrove
Please post:  Parking lot access only at St. Paul and Lanvale streets.
 
• B/S unit block Mosher Street, from Mt. Royal Avenue to Malster Street
(Artscape Festival Parking - only Artscape parking permits OK)
 
• B/S unit block McMechen Street, from Mt. Royal Avenue to Malster Street
(Artscape Festival Parking - only Artscape parking permits OK)
 
• B/S 1500 block Malster Street
(Artscape Festival Parking - only Artscape parking permits OK)
 
• B/S 1300-1400 block Dickson Street
(Artscape Festival Parking - only Artscape parking permits OK)

• Make Lovegrove Street two-way from Preston to Mount Royal

SPECIAL: PENN DRIVE TRAFFIC CHUTE

Once Charles Street closes, a traffic chute will be created, using cones and barricades, when the festival is not open to vendors setting up/breaking down, or the public.  This will allow vehicles from Penn Drive to access the I-83 Ramp although they will not be allowed to turn right onto Charles Street.

The chute will be open:
• Thursday, July 15 at 12am through Friday, July 16 at 8am
• Friday, July 16 at 11pm through Saturday, July 17 at 10:30am
• Saturday, July 17 at 11pm through Sunday, July 18 at 10:30am

Friday, July 16 at 9am through Monday, July 19 at 6am
• B/S 1300-1800 blocks of Maryland Avenue, closed from North Avenue to Preston Street (including Maryland Avenue ramp off I-83). Please post “Local Traffic Only & Parking for the Fitzgerald Garage” at North Avenue (local traffic can not proceed past Lafayatte; garage traffic can  proceed)

• Maryland Avenue temporarily becomes two-way from Oliver Street to North Avenue.  Northbound traffic will need assistance (STEOs and/or temporary sign) – RIGHT TURN ONLY at North Avenue

• Intersection of Mt. Royal Avenue and Maryland Avenue – closed until Monday at 6am

W/S Angle parking on Maryland Avenue bridge - from Lanvale Street to Oliver Street – Please post “Angle Parking Only” on the Maryland Avenue Bridge west side
(Artscape Festival Parking - only Artscape parking permits OK)

• S/S Unit Blk E. Lafayette St (curb lane) Road Closed Local Traffic Only for W/B
Lafayette St. at St. Paul St.

• Change Unit Blk. And 100 Blk W. Lafayette St. 2-way for vehicles to get in and  
out of city yards and Potts & Callahan

• B/S 100 block of West Preston Street closed, from Maryland Avenue to Cathedral Street.  Please note: vehicle access for 1311 Cathedral Street for garage patrons all hours of the festival.  Please post “Meyerhoff Garage Access only” signs.  The garage will be open to festival-goers, exhibitors, etc.

Angle parking on Biddle Street behind the Meyerhoff for festival exhibitors and performers (Artscape Festival Parking - only Artscape parking permits OK)

• 2-way traffic on 1200 block of Biddle Street behind the Meyerhoff for Symphony Center; garage access only

Sunday, July 18 (9am-12pm)
• Greek Church traffic directed off I-83 South to St. Paul; right on Preston; wrong way on Maryland Ave. into church parking lot