Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
Bucktown Bazaar is Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at the Holstein Park Field House, 2200 N. Oakley. Learn more at graziaproductions.com
Mariottini: "The two things that are important to me are community and the arts. Bucktown Bazaar is a perfect combination of both those things."
"I am committed to the community
.I ran the Bucktown Arts Fest for 20 years.
I feel I helped build this neighborhood because I gave people an event to go to that
they now look forward to and it included art.
So it was perfect because it included both those things."
"So this show in the Holstein Park Field House is continuation
of those values that are important to me.
I always have a free thing there for the kids to do.
Has the arts community in this neighborhood (Bucktown) changed?
There is no arts community in this neighborhood.
The artists in the show are coming from all over.
They are coming Lake Geneva, Skokie, Pilsen. They are coming from all over."
Did it used to be much more centered here in Bucktown?
"When I first started with the Arts Fest it was.
But it has not been like that for a long time. It's different now.
Now I am bringing the artists to the community,
instead of giving the artists in the community a platform."
Bucktown Bazaar is Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at the Holstein Park Field House, 2200 N. Oakley. Learn more at graziaproductions.com