Musicians Tom Verlaine, Rob Schwimmer, Shahzad Ishmaily, Kenny Wollesen & The Himalayas; Artists Barnaby Furnas, Marc Dennis & Alexi Worth; Author Jonathan Lethem, Performance Artists including Sarah Small’s ‘Tableau Vivant Series’; and Steampunk Salon Saloon among the many artists, musicians, dancers, performers and writers participating…Family Programs, Street Performers Galore.

BROOKLYN, New York — (July 29, 2010) The DUMBO Arts Festival is pleased to announce a partial artists line-up for its new, expanded festivities, which will be held on September 24^th, 25^th and 26^th. The DUMBO Arts Festival will take over the waterfront community of DUMBO – its galleries, storefronts, performance venues, studios, and parks. More exciting names are expected to be announced over coming weeks.

The Festival will be an action and activity-packed extravaganza with something for everyone, including world-class visual and performance art, live music, street performers, music workshops, drum circles, dance, walking tours, as well as, for the first time ever, family programming.

Visual artists including Barnaby Furnas, Marc Dennis, Sean Capone, Jennifer Williams, Bernardo Siciliano, Ed Purver and Alexi Worth will display their work along with many other artists; musicians Tom Verlaine and Billy Ficca (of Television fame) will perform with Patrick Derivaz and The Himalayas will march their music around the streets as just a few of the many musical offerings and performances during the three-day festival; author Jonathan Lethem will be reading and signing Chronic City at this exclusive paperback launch party; Sarah Small’s ‘Tableau Vivant Series’, Steampunk Salon Saloon’s neo-Victorian Punk soiree, and Marc Dennis’ Cricket Cuisine are among the art and spectacle available to festival-goers. Children’s programming, including kite flying, The Acrobuffos, Yogi Beans, Jane’s Carousel, Marquis Studios’ workshop, storytelling as well as music workshops and performances for kids will also be a part of the DUMBO Arts Festival.

“We’re thrilled that so many internationally-renowned artists, curators, and institutions have agreed to participate in the newly-expanded DUMBO Arts Festival,” said Zannah Mass, Cultural Affairs Director, of Two Trees. “We have a truly outstanding line-up planned and we are excited about the vibrancy and expansion of this year’s celebration. Stay tuned for great surprises.”

Two Trees, a real estate firm known for its philanthropic work in the arts and Founding Sponsor of the DUMBO Arts Festival, will this year produce the Festival, and is selecting and partnering with arts organizations, curators, and artists to create the three-day arts extravaganza. Dalzell Productions has been retained by Two Trees to co-produce the Festival.

Following is a current list of participating artists and curatorial/programming partners. Please note that artist line-ups are subject to change, and are being augmented each week. Please check the DUMBO Arts Festival website at www.dumboartsfestival.com for the most up-to-date information.

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Founding sponsor: Two Trees. Festival sponsors: Avalon Fort Greene, West Elm. Festival supporters: 786 Iron Works Corp., All-Safe LLC, Brooklyn Brewery, Chicago Title Insurance Company, Dumbo Improvement District, Greschlers Inc., KG Konstantine Contracting Corp., LDI Color Toolbox, Roma Electric Corp., and Sovereign Bank.

ABOUT TWO TREES MANAGEMENT CO.

Two Trees is a major supporter of countless artists and arts organizations and has contributed to DUMBO (“Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”) and Downtown Brooklyn’s cultural fertilization through: decades of donated space for artists, arts organizations, artist residency programs, and photography/art galleries; over a decade of substantial support for DUMBO’s festivals and fairs.

Two Trees Management Co. owns most of the Brooklyn neighborhood of DUMBO as well as significant properties in the Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill area. The company’s holdings include 13 buildings and the second largest portfolio of commercial space on the Brooklyn waterfront, which spans 3 million square feet.

ABOUT DALZELL PRODUCTIONS

Dalzell Productions was the founding special event producer of Tribeca Film Festival from 2002 through 2009. Led by Karen Dalzell, who ran Dumbo’s Gale Gates in the mid-90′s and produced for the award winning avant-garde theatre company En Garde Arts, the DUMBO Arts Festival marks a homecoming and return to form. The company’s upcoming events include The Fragrance Foundation’s star-studded FiFi Awards, and notable work with the non-profits Just Food and Chashama. www.dalzellproductions.com