42nd Annual 5th Ave Arts Festival

Arts and community form the very foundation of the 5^th Avenue Arts Festival (April 22-24), a longstanding tradition in Gainesville. This year, the event celebrated its 42^nd annual exhibition and marked its return to in-person celebration in recent years. The multi-day event welcomed crowds of locals to the newly-built Santa Fe College Charles L. Blount Center downtown, whose outdoor space blossomed with tents, stalls, and stages for artists and businesses.  

As an official exhibitor at the festival, the SPARC352 spent the weekend engaging festival goers in arts-based activities and conversations around what events could best serve the local Gainesville community.  SPARC352 also sponsored two performances during the festival including African dance with the Makare Dancers and Nan Nkama on Saturday, as well as African dance, music, and storytelling with Mossa Kan on Sunday.