CRAFT LAKE CITY ANNOUNCES EVENT WITH SPONSOR SPILT INK FOR THE 7th ANNUAL CRAFT LAKE CITY DIY FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY HARMONS & KEN GARFF FIAT
SALT LAKE CITY, Friday, July 10th — Craft Lake City is excited to announce this year’s sponsored event with Spilt Ink for the 7th annual DIY Festival presented by Harmons and Ken Garff Fiat.
This August marks the third year that Spilt Ink has been a sponsor of the Craft Lake City DIY Festival. A full-service screenprinting company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Spilt Ink will be live-printing the designs of six selected 2015 artists on blank tote bags on both Friday and Saturday of this year’s DIY Festival. These hand printed totes will be available for free to festival attendees at the Spilt Ink sponsor booth.
The featured and invited artisans are: Andy Joy Chase, Dusk Raps, Evan Jed Memmott, Gheybin Comish, Laura Frisk and Natalee Cooper. Each of these artisans’ works will also be on display at the 7th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival.
Spilt Ink will solely print and hand out each artisan’s design on bags for artisans’ respective two-hour blocks, and attendees will have the lucky chance to collect a one-of-a-kind and limited hand printed tote for free.
The Craft Lake City DIY Festival artisan-printing schedule is as follows:
Friday, August 7th:
Gheybin Comish, 5:30-7:30 PM
Dusk Raps, 8:00-10:00 PM
Saturday, August 8th:
Andy Joy Chase,12:30-2:30 PM
Laura Frisk, 3:00-5:00 PM
Evan Jed Memmott, 5:30-7:30 PM
Natalee Cooper, 8:00-10:00 PM
Artists clockwise from top left: Dusk Raps, Laura Frisk, Andy Joy Chase, Evan Jed Memmot, Gheybin Comish, Natalee Cooper
The DIY Festival is a two-day festival held annually at the Gallivan Center, located at 239 S. Main Street, on Aug. 7 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Aug. 8 from noon to 10 p.m.
The 7th Annual Craft Lake City DIY Festival presented by Harmons and Ken Garff Fiat is sponsored by: 24tix.com, Adnews, Animal Jam, Catalyst, City Creek Center, City Weekly, Denik, Downtown Alliance, From Scratch, Gallivan Center, George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, Goal Zero, Graywhale Entertainment, GREENbike, KCPW 88.3 FM, KRCL 90.1 FM, KUER 90.1 FM, Pictureline, SLC Corporation, SLUG Magazine, Spilt Ink, STEM Action Center, Tattly, The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, The Mandate Press, Utah Design Arts, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Visit Salt Lake, X96, XMission, ZAP (Zoo, Arts and Parks), and Zurchers.
For more information or promotional materials, please contact Craft Lake City’s Executive Director, Angela H. Brown at angela@craftlakecity.com or 801.949.6341
About Craft Lake City: Craft Lake City is a 501-(C)(3) charitable organization. Our mission is to educate, promote and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science, technology and art. In an effort to keep the community active, educated and aware of local DIY culture, Craft Lake City hosts monthly workshops, gallery shows, fundraisers and an annual festival to promote regional spending with independent artisans, makers and businesses. The 2015 DIY Festival will be held at the Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main Street, on Fri., Aug.7 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Sat., Aug. 8 from noon to 10 p.m.