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Here’s Bowen Arts Tour all set for Year Two EVENT THIS SATURDAY & SUNDAY ALEX KURIAL Editor
TOUR TIME Here’s Bowen Arts Tour organizers (L-R) Liz Nankin, Kathy Clarke, Heather Doherty, Marie Neys & Paul Zysman are excited for a second round of the weekend arts festival. / Submitted photo
The Here’s Bowen Arts Tour is returning for a second year, with even more artists, performances and hub stations to explore. The tour is taking place this Saturday and Sunday, May 24-25, at 23 different locations across Bowen. There’s 135 artists participating with works that span the visual, musical and literary arts. The tour runs from 11 am to 4 pm each day, with numerous special demonstrations and performances taking place throughout the weekend. “It brought together the community to revisit some of the locations that they hadn’t gone to before, or to connect with artists and see their new works,” says Marie Neys, local artist and tour co-founder, on the inaugural event last year. The high turnout for the tour’s first go – both in terms of artists and visitors to the different hubs and island as a whole – made the prospect of it being an annual event a certainty. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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