The ArtWell Festival returns to Oxford Mills, Hope Street on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Join us for a day of Imagining Community Wellness Through Creativity!
All are welcome to this biennial community event. We are excited to host local residents, neighborhood visitors, kids and families, community partners and businesses, media, artists and educators. Guests are kindly encouraged to register for free tickets or at the suggested donation. Registering in advance will help us determine supplies for Festival activities.
Festival Activities
ArtWell Activity Stations and Collaborative Art Experiences
Eclectic Family Friendly Music and Percussion featuring Anssumane Sillá, West African Drum and Dance Ensemble, and Bethlehem the Vocussionist
Poetry and Spoken Word Artists including Youth Poet Laureate Wes Matthews and Yolanda Wisher
Open Mic and Youth Art Exhibit 'Arc of Promise'
Face Painting, Photo Booth, Drum Circles
Food Vendors and More!
Music & Performances By
Wes Matthews, Philadelphia Youth Poet Laureate + Yolanda Wisher and The Afroeaters + Anssumane and Friends + Bethlehem the Vocussionist + Lindo Jones + Enoch the Poet + Noor Jaber + Rock to the Future + Your Favorite Jawns + Kadidja Cisse + Femi Olatunji (DJ) + Lyrispect (emcee)
Meet Our Partners
Limitless Voices (Youth Leadership Council) + Interfaith Philadelphia + PCCY + CultureWorks + UrbEd + Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture + The Clay Studio + OURchive + Philadelphia Photo Arts Center + Building Bridges Mentoring + Nana Catherine's Apothecary + Threshold Wellness + What Is: Mindfulness + Gryphon Cafe + Franny Lou's Porch + StreetSide
Festival Sponsors
Oxford Mills + Penn Treaty Special Services District + This is it TV + 95.7 Ben FM + PECO + American Heritage Federal Credit Union
Our Supporters
Cathleen Cohen + Angela Steel + Will Sachse + Jeanmarie Lee + Brad Murtha + Adab Ibrahim + Carolyn Spann Tyson + Edward Spann + Sara Richman + Adrienne Wallace Chew + Claudine Thomas + Normadene Murphy + Tina DiCroce
Become A Sponsor!
The ArtWell Festival offers individuals and companies the opportunity to support an organization that is working to foster thriving, just and peaceful communities. Your generous support goes directly toward programs of ArtWell, reaching 1,000 youth annually in communities throughout Greater Philadelphia. Sponsor Levels →
About ArtWell
Founded in 2000, ArtWell is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing educational, arts-based programs for underserved communities and youth facing discrimination, poverty, violence, and the everyday challenges of growing up. To learn more, visit theArtWell.org