Creative Discovery Museum debuts Folk and Traditional Arts Festival

Peruvian dance will be showcased at 3:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 25-26, as part of the inaugural Folk and Traditional Arts Festival at Creative Discovery Museum.

By Staff Report June 23, 2016 2 min read

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Folk and Traditional Arts Festival debuts at Creative Discovery Museum

A bear carved from cedar by chainsaw sculptor Steve Pearson.

A Chattanooga Modular Modelers model railroad.

Lee Adler will demonstrate chair caning and rush work at the Folk and Traditional Arts Festival.

The India Association of Chattanooga will be featured during the Folk and Traditional Arts Festival. Here, Sangeetha Chandran and other dancers perform Ganeshaya Dheemahi, a traditional dance from Kerala in southern India, during a celebration of the Indian holiday Diwali.

If you go

› What: Folk and Traditional Arts Festival.› When: Noon-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 25-26 (museum hours are 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.).› Where: Creative Discovery Museum, 321 Chestnut St.› Admission: $13.95 adults and children 2 and older.› Phone: 423-756-2738.› Website: www.cdmfun.org.

No passports are needed for a cultural journey Creative Discovery Museum is undertaking this weekend.

The inaugural Folk and Traditional Arts Festival, set for Saturday and Sunday, June 25-26, “will celebrate a sample of the different cultural art forms practiced in our city and surrounding areas,” says arts manager Liza Blair.

Local and regional talents will be featured in the two-day showcase of art and music. Guests also will see how art brings all cultures together despite their differences.

Many of the performances will allow children to interact with the artists and encourage audience participation.