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Crowd pleasers
Art in the Park marks 33 years
of entertaining crowds of all ages
The president of Art in the Park
learned the ropes of organizing the
event at a very early age.
Raychel Rork says she can
remember not being tall enough to
reach the exhibit tables at her first
years “helping” her mother, Dianne
Quinn, the founder of Art in the Park.
Now, after 33 years, the system the
pair has developed ensures the event
runs smoothly for the artists, volun-
teers and visitors every year.
Quinn originally organized the
event in 1979 as a gathering of local
artists in Kellogg Park for some fun
and an exchange of ideas. They
exhibited their work in the park and
Quinn says she thinks there were
about 10 or 15 of themback then.
This year, like last, there will be
more than 400 artists arriving in
Plymouth to set up their work in the
white tents that line all the major
downtown streets in the city and fill
Kellogg Park, a tribute to the success
andpopularity of the event.
Quinn and Rork spend months
choosing only the very best artwork
for the annual festival and with the
reputation Art in the Park has
earned as one of the best art fairs in
the state, can be very selective. The
pair take every detail of the festival
into account and after the past
three decades, there is very little
they haven't seen or any problem
they haven't handled with their
usual aplomb.
Quinn said last year that she
couldn't believe she had been
doing this for 32 years and that
she was as enthusiastic about
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Festival,
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Diane Quinn and Raychel Rork