Yuma Art Center is planning music festival, celebrating local artists with several competitions

Eager to showcase the community’s outstanding music scene

YUMA, Arizona (KYMA, KECY) – The city of Yuma won’t let a global pandemic slow down its rock ‘n’ roll enthusiasm; it also won’t stop the Yuma Art Center from welcoming local artists by offering project / commission based opportunities.

From Friday September 10th through Saturday January 11th, the Yumarocks Music Festival will jam for two days at the Historic Yuma Theater. Local artists from across Yuma County recently invited musicians to submit songs for auditions.

The selectors chose eight groups to form the concert series. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact Marvin Sevilla, Event Operations Manager at [email protected].

The Tribute of the Muses Award is now in its 21st. As part of the festivities on Friday, October 8th, the winners will present the tribute winner with a commissioned work that was also made by a local craftsman.

Eligibility and requirements

• The participant must be 18 years or older.
• Participant must be a resident of Yuma County.
• Work of art has to be an original idea.
• The artwork must include a professional frame or base presentation if required.

Event organizers ask interested attendees to remember: A 1.5 “x 3” plaque will be affixed to the base or frame of the selected piece. Click here for the full application; The closing date for entries is Friday, August 27th.

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The Yuma Art Center also calls on all visual artists to help make the community a little less “trashy”. The city’s Downtown Trash Enclosure Art Project is seeking artisans to design, create, and install murals that “will further enhance the historic North End of the community.”

A local leading industrial contractor, Degree Mechanical, LLC, made this program possible through an initial generous donation to the Main Street Fountain Project. The city of Yuma decided to allocate these funds to the downtown arts-based enterprise.

The closing date for entries is Friday, September 3rd. Click here for the full application. City planners expect the project to be installed from October through December.