Since its modest beginnings in 1958, the Allentown Art Festival has become not only Buffalo's urban
The annual Allentown Art festival in Buffalo, NY has earned an important place in the city's cultural and social life and hold's a national reputation for excellence.
With over 300 artists and crafters showcasing their art on city streets each year, the Allentown Art Festival is especially remarkable, having persevered and prospered for over 50 years largely due to the members of the Allentown Village Society, Inc., whose active number of unpaid volunteers has seldom grown beyond 30. Their labors have borne fruit beyond the annual Allentown Art Festival weekend and beyond the boundaries of the Allentown neighborhood of Buffalo through the organization's support and monetary grants provided to local students, art educators, arts and cultural institutions.
Once, a small art show was a catalyst for the vibrant rebirth of the unique part of the city of Buffalo called "Allentown". The neighborhood and surrounding areas now flourish, as does this re-imagined "Rustbelt" city on the Great Lakes.
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