PORT ANGELES — Nor’wester Rotary is adding a new feature to this July’s Arts in Action celebration: commercial vendors.
In addition to a sand sculpture contest on Hollywood Beach and the arts and crafts booths featuring handmade goods on City Pier, the event will provide space in the neighboring Red Lion Hotel parking lot for vendors selling products they didn’t make and services — such as solar panels or energy-efficient consultation — as well as information booths, said Kurt Anderson, past president of Nor’wester Rotary.
Arts in Action is scheduled Friday, July 22, through Sunday, July 24, with hours from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. July 22, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. July 23 and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 24.
Commercial vendor booth sizes range from 10-by-15 feet for $300, 15-by-20 feet for $400, 500 square feet for $600 and 20-by-35 feet for $900.
Not-for-profits are invited at reduced rates, Anderson said.
All vendor space is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. No electrical service will be offered.
The Red Lion will offer wine and beer service on its patio nearby, Anderson said.
The commercial vendor booths will be at the main entrance to Arts in Action and close to the sand sculptures created for the ninth annual Windermere Sand Sculpture Classic.
“The Wonderful World of Sports” is the theme for this year’s contest, which will feature eight world master sculptors, seven from the U.S. and Canada and one from Latvia.
Each will transform a semitruck-load of sand into works of art on the beach next to the City Pier during the contest.
Also, Charlie Beaulieu, one of the top 10 sand sculptors in the world, will create a tribute to Olympic National Park and the Elwha dams removal project.
The $351.4 million Elwha River Restoration Project includes the $26.9 million decommissioning and removal, piece by piece, of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams by Barnard Construction Co. Inc. of Bozeman, Mont., a job that will begin Sept. 17.
For more information or a vendor packet, contact Anderson at 360-808-4884 or broker@olypen.com or Steve Zenovic at 360-417-0501 or steve@zenovic.net.
