MISSION
The mission of Downtown Lee’s Summit Main Street is to promote and strengthen its economically strong and diverse Downtown Core through a master plan of:

• community education and awareness;
• cooperative utilization of business resources;
• continuity in design and historical preservation; and
• continued growth of the economic base.

eMail: info@summitartfest.org

Mailing address: 18 SW 3rd St, Lee’s Summit, Mo 64063

About the Summit Art Artists

Summit Art artists are featured along with other juried local and regional artists. Watercolor, Oil, Graphite, Acrylic, Potery, Sculpture, Photography, Pastels, Fiber, Mixed Media, and more will be on display.

About the Summit Art Festival

There are many exciting new changes happening this year … we have a new name and new location.  You have known us in the last 5 years as the Longview Art & World Music Festival.  We are proud to announce that as of 2013 we are now known as Summit Art Festival.

Summit Art’s signature event is the annual Summit Art Festival. The event is hosted in collaboration with partner Downtown Lee’s Summit, and it is presented by Saint Luke’s East, Lee’s Summit. The event will be held October 4, 5, and 6 in the downtown Lee’s Summit, Missouri. This is a high quality fine art event held in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, named as Missouri’s 2010 Creative Community by the Missouri Arts Council. The event parking is free to the artists and the public.

Event management, Summit Art, with Downtown Lee’s Summit, plus regional media and businesses, provide an unprecedented level of support, including advertising, for this event. The festival will have over 90 artists displaying fine art to view and purchase. Recognized national, regional, and local artisans represent most art mediums. The mix of fine art, non-amplified music, and a food/beverage court will complement the atmosphere of the exciting weekend fine art festivities.

Beyond the extraordinary artist booths, this event offers two pavilions: one for Summit Art artists and another for art from Lee’s Summit R-7 School District students in grades 7-12. Also planned are chalk art, face painting, and historic hayride tours. The pavilions and chalk art are not a part of the event jury process.

• Summit Art pavilion will feature artists from the Summit Art organization, presenting a group show of their work for sale.
• Lee’s Summit R-7 School District pavilion will feature a display of artwork in diverse media from students in grades 7-12.
• Chalk Art.  On Saturday morning, middle school and high school students from Lee’s Summit R-7 School District will create chalk art on selected sidewalks. their artwork will be judged for awards.
• Face Painting will be offered by the Lee’s Summit R07 School District National Art Honor Society. Donations will go to a scholarship for a senior art student.

Our sponsors help provide the Longview Art & World Music festival artists, performances and activities free to the community.

The Summit Art management and artists of the Longview Art & World Music Festival are deeply grateful for the consideration and investment in support of the arts by all those who are supporting us this year. All gifts to Summit Art are tax deductible under rules of 501(c)(3) IRS statutes. Recognition for donations follow these donation levels

Our mission statement, transforming lives and enriching our community through the visual arts, guides us as we pursue our actions and activities.

We are proud members of the Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce, and the Cultural Arts Coalition of Eastern Jackson County. We have been cited as a factor supporting the city of Lee’s Summit, MO, earning the 2010 Creative Community Award from the Missouri Arts Council.

We are a juried group of more than 80 regional and local artists. These members all travel within a 50-mile radius to participate in our meetings and activities. We are proud to say that we are one of the most active art organizations in the Metropolitan Kansas City area.

In addition to mentoring and promoting artists, we strive to increase business participation and community involvement in the arts through exhibits and public art. We are pleased to award annual scholarships to deserving Lee’s Summit R-7 senior art students whom attend Lee’s Summit High School, Lee’s Summit West High School, Lee’s Summit North High School, who pursue an art major in college.

Summit Art welcomes all artists, art students, and the public to become artist or “Friends of Summit Art” members. Together, we expect and anticipate a bright future with a focus on encouraging an appreciation for the value of art in everyone’s daily lives.

For more information e-mail us at info@longviewartmusicfest.com or visit www.summitart.org.