Riverside Arts Market - Jacksonville, FL

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RAM is Open
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<>March 6 to Dec.18
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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Riverside Arts Market, LLC is
 a subsidiary of Riverside
 Avondale Preservation, Inc.

A weekly arts & crafts market on the Riverwalk under the canopy of the Fuller Warren Bridge.

FRAM
The Farmers' Market at RAM

Now Open Every Saturday!

Although RAM closed for
the winter on Dec. 19th, RAM's Farmer's Market (FRAM) is still open every Saturday for the rest of January and February

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

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Since this is a great growing season for our farmers, you'll find fabulous home-grown produce every week, while supporting our local growers.

There are no artists' booths or entertainment -- just beautiful fruit and veggies. You can drive into the market and park right in front of the farmers' trucks!

RAM will reopen on March 6th, 2010.

A Look Back at RAM
for 2009

ATTENTION ARTISTS!
RAM is now accepting applications for 2010!

The FRINGE is coming!

Artists Directory

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New video celebrates RAM's first year.

Year-End Report for RAM RAM has had a spectacular first year. Since its Grand Opening on Saturday, April 4, 2009, the Riverside Arts Market has become one of Jacksonville's most popular free weekend family outings. RAM is a Jacksonville phenomenon and has had a major impact on the city: » It took 16 years of planning » For something that did not even exist a year ago, it has made a major change in Jacksonville. » Economic impact = several million dollars. (The market has had over $1 million in on-site sales, and add to this the salaries, purchase cost of artists' and vendor's raw materials, hotel rooms, sales tax, advertising, printing, stimulus of local businesses, etc., and the three-fold recycling of money in the local economy, RAM has had well over $4 million in local economic impact. » Over 700 different artists have exhibited at RAM. » Nearly a half million visitors have attended RAM. (38 weeks x 15,000 avg. per week. RAM is the largest drawing event in the city.) » The average price of item sold at RAM is $30 to $50, but some artists have sold work in the thousands of dollars » RAM has over 150 volunteers that have participated at RAM. 30 of those are semi-regular weekly participants. (38 weeks x 12 volunteers per week x 4 hour shifts per week = 1, 824 volunteer hours). Plus RAM’s steering committee “RAMROD” has put in well over 8,000 hours, pushing RAM volunteers into over 10,000 hours. » Over 250 different entertainers have performed at RAM. » Over 100 non-profit organizations have received free exposure at RAM. » RAM has become one of the top twenty community markets in the U.S. in its first year, and RAM was recognized in USA Today as Top 10 River City Destinations. » RAM is the largest weekly free outdoor arts and entertainment venue in Florida. » RAM has become one of the most spectacular public spaces in Jacksonville, if not Florida. RAM has a devoted following of weekly local visitors, and out-of-town visitors have begun choosing RAM as a destination for their vacations (not just a stop on the way to Disney). » In a harsh economic environment, RAM has provided: ° free entertainment for thousands of people, close to home. ° employment and income for hundreds, if not thousands, of people. ° low-cost storefronts for local entrepreneurs to start, grow, and promote their businesses. » Exposure at RAM has stimulated hundreds of business opportunities outside of RAM for its artists, vendors, entertainers, and staff members. » RAM has promoted environmental friendly public activities, including biking and walking to shop, shortened driving distances for shopping and entertainment, recycling, home-grown produce, etc. » RAM’s success has spun off a growing number of other local markets. » RAM has stimulated the arts; it has stimulated awareness of the importance to buy hand-made locally-produced products; it has promoted riverfront activities. » RAM has had dozens of newspaper and magazine articles, hundreds of blog and social media impressions, several national media attentions, and a documentary film. » RAM has over 1,000 free parking spaces available. Located beneath the sheltering expanse of the Fuller Warren Bridge structure, this huge weekend market has over one football field’s covered area and features the work of 160 artists, accompanied by musical entertainment, street performers, food vendors, and a fresh produce market. RAM also provides a dependable and highly affordable marketplace for artists to sell their artwork, in a delightful environment that serves as an inexpensive weekend storefront for their creative efforts.		Warning: is coming to RAM! click here for details. Huge Nighttime Party Celebrated the End of RAM's First Year on December 19th At the end of RAM on Dec. 19th, all of the artists' booths were cleared out and a giant nightime party was set up on the river-end of the market. The party saluted our wonderful artists and vendors, our incredible volunteers, our fabulous sponsors and government officials, and our thousands of weekly vistors to the market. Free wine and beer were provided by Bold City Brewery, North Florida Sales, and Riverside Liquors. Food was provided by RAM's food vendors. Entertainment included Juggler Bob ("The World's Strongest Juggler"), a movie highlighting RAM's first year, and live music by Greenhouse Lounge. This party also was a kick-off to the Riverside Avondale Festival of Lights. Everyone remarked how beautiful the Riverside Arts Market looked at night. A nighttime monthly movie series is tentatively scheduled for the spring and summer at RAM. Join us Saturday from 9:00a.m. to 12:00 noon for FRAM! Shop locally! Support your local market and keep your dollars in the community. Choose Home-Grown and Hand-Made Read these comments about RAM's Farmer's Market RAM Factoids for 2009: RAM sold/gave away over 2,000 pineapples in one day. RAM had a dog parade, a national break-dance championship, giant puppets, a man escaping from 2 straight jackets and chains while hanging upside down from an 18-foot tower, the Guinness Book of Records juggler, two state-champion magicians, two fire boats shooting water cannons in the river, a bag piper, a barbershop quartet, a body-painted man in a loin cloth playing a didgeridoo, an alligator exhibit, a dancing gorilla, a sitar concert, three full orchestras, zombies dancing on stage, several gravity defying acrobats, 31 clowns in one day, a human volcano, the entire cast of the musical “Hair”, a 7-foot-tall masked magician, 2 human statues, over 20 belly dancers, over 60 dancing children, 4 hula hoopers, a human pretzel, a Viking ship, an Improv troupe, 10 celebrity chefs feeding over 1,000 people free food, a 9-foot-tall stilt-walking beauty queen, 38 different free Children’s Creativity programs, 2 puppet shows, a bubble party, 4 balloon artists, a hip-hop popper, a lacrosse demonstration, H1N1 flu shots provided, an 80-year-old fire truck, a fencing demonstration, a hybrid car test drive, a free health-screening clinic, several live television broadcasts, a Halloween costume competition, a weekly bicycle valet, pedicab service, and a backpack collection drive. Wait till you see what we have in store for you next year! RAM will reopen on March 6th, 2010.

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Riverside Arts Market

Riverside Avenue at Interstate-95

Jacksonville, Florida

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Mailing Address: 2623 Herschel Street, Jacksonville, FL 32204
Phone: 904-554-6865

e-mail us at info@riversideartsmarket.com

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