Don’t Miss the Downtown Burbank Arts Festival
More than 200 award-winning artists from around the country and 20,000 patrons will be congregating at the annual Downtown Burbank Arts Festival on Saturday and Sunday, April 14 and 15, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM both days. The Downtown Burbank Arts Festival is free and open to the public.
Now in its 15th year, the Downtown Burbank Arts Festival uniquely blends groundbreaking digital and special effects animators with traditional handmade art forms for a one-of-a-kind street festival experience. The four-block show will unite art-for-sale with numerous participatory events such as a teen art challenge, book signings by Disney animators, a Doodle Run, and Sketch Fever drawing sessions at the Creative Talent Network (CTN) Road Trip, which is adding a majority of animators, visual effects, and video game artists to the festival (from Angeleno Avenue to Orange Grove Avenue on San Fernando Boulevard).
Traditional handmade art forms will fill the remaining two blocks of the festival from Orange Grove Avenue to Magnolia Boulevard. This area, curated by West Coast Artists, will include surreal, fantasy, and retro-futuristic styles appealing to millennial audiences, with an emphasis on “green” artwork incorporating ‘found’ and repurposed materials in their work. Also to be discovered will be acrylic, collage, etchings, mixed-media, oils, pencil, watercolors, photography, decorative pottery, raku ware, sculpture in a variety of media, weavings, and artisanal jewelry.
Art activities on these blocks will feature live music, chalk artists illustrating city sidewalks, a paint-your-own-scarf event, and the opportunity to explore Downtown Burbank’s new street murals.
FESTIVAL EVENTS
TEEN CTN ART CHALLENGE
The theme of this year’s CTN Road Trip at the Downtown Burbank Arts Festival is TEEN CTN, which includes an art challenge to “Illustrate Your Favorite Song,” along with the opportunity to win an iPad (open to aspiring animators, illustrators, and media arts students aged 13 to 18) Teens can submit their entries via Instagram using #TEENCTN2018. For more info, stop by the Teen CTN Booth or check out @creativetalentnetwork on Instagram. For prizes and details, please visit http://
BOOK SIGNINGS
Walt Disney Animation artists and authors Benson Shum “Holly’s Day at the Pool” and Andy Harkness “Bug Zoo” will be reading from their books at the CTN Road Tip on San Fernando Boulevard between Angeleno Avenue and mid-block to Orange Grove.
- Saturday, April 14
- 1:00pm – Benson Shum “Holly’s Day at the Pool” Reading & Signing
- Sunday, April 15
- 1:00pm – Andy Harkness “Bug Zoo” Reading & Signing
- 3:00pm – Benson Shum “Holly’s Day at the Pool” Reading & Signing
DOODLE RUN
Participants are invited to collect mini works of art by top animators and creating a doodle masterpiece! Special prizes will be offered, with the Doodle Map created by Blizzard Entertainment designer Chris DeBoda. Maps will be available at the CTN booth located between Olive Avenue and Angeleno Avenue. Free.
SKETCHFEVER
For anyone interested in trying their hand at sketching models in costume, this is their chance! There will be two areas reserved for figure drawing and everyone is welcome. At the CTN Road Trip (on San Fernando Boulevard between Angeleno Avenue and mid-block to Orange Grove.) Free.
PAINT YOUR OWN SCARF
CreateAlive will present an interactive paint-your-own-scarf event throughout the weekend, located on San Fernando Boulevard near Magnolia Boulevard. The public is invited to hand-paint their own designs on 100% silk panels that can be used as scarves, table runners, and home decoration. $32 to $39 depending on panel size. A satisfying experience for all ages and abilities!
MURAL SCAVENGER HUNT AT BURBANK TOWN CENTER
Post a photo on Instagram or Facebook, of you and your friends in front of the murals on the 3rd level of Burbank Town Center, #BTCArtFest and tag @BurbankTownCenter for a chance to win a $500 gift card to a Burbank Town Center store of your choice. A winner will be selected on Monday, April 16 and notified via direct message. Offer subject to change without notice. Valid April 14 & 15, 2018 only.
CHALK ARTISTS
Experience art in action as professional chalk artists create masterpieces throughout the weekend in front of Burbank Town Center on Magnolia Boulevard. Saturday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Sunday 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
EXPLORE DOWNTOWN MURALS
Festival attendees are welcome to check out recently completed large-scale murals on streets and in Downtown businesses, taking pictures of their favorite murals and posting them using hashtag #DTNBUR.
VERDUGO WEST BREWING COMPANY BEER GARDEN
Relax and enjoy the art crowd from the Beer Garden on the patio at Market City Caffe while enjoying a variety of beers from Verdugo West Brewing Co., brewed in Burbank. Choose from Wax Wing Blond Lager, Trustworthy IPA, Brass Jar Red Ale, and Gigil Rice Pilsner. $6 for a 12 oz. pour! Snacks and full menu available.
URBAN PRESS WINERY’S VINO AND SPIRITS GARDEN
Everything you need is just a sip away at Urban Press Winery’s Vino & Spirits Garden! Enjoy award-winning wine selections or indulge in a cocktail crafted from one of Urban Press Winery’s new premium spirits as you travel through the world of art and creativity. $6 Wine / $7 Cocktails.