21 years and going strong.
The Dowagiac Dogwood Fine Arts Festival has become well known for it's unique blend of performers each season over the past 21 years. Below is a list of who has performed at the festival.
1993Patti Rich and Friends, Jazz Group Author Kurt Vonnegut |
1994Author Joyce Carol Oates Author John Updike Storyteller Diane Ferlatte Poet Ron Weber |
1995Sculptor Tuck Langland Author William Styron Music of Ken Medema Storyteller Dan Keding Music of The Frank Mantooth Jazz Orchestra featuring Louis Bellson |
1996Artist Marlee Brown Storyteller Sheila Adams Author Alice Walker Music of Jim Pickley Jazz Trio and Friends |
1997Sculptor Richard Hunt Music of Lucas Mason "Spoon River Anthology" Storyteller Donald Davis Author Norman Mailer |
1998Artist Winifred Godfrey Sax Fest with Don Sinta, Phil Barham and Lake Michigan Sax Quartet Author Amy Tan Storyteller David Novak The Chicago Human Rhythm Project and Ted Levy |
1999Sculptor Tuck Langland Music of The DeVos String Quartet Author Ken Kesey Storyteller Laura Pershin The Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago |
2000Sculptor Preston Jackson Storyteller Diane Ferlatte Author Pat Conroy Music of Shirley Jones The Joel Hall Dancers |
2001Glass Artist Jerry Catania Storyteller John O'Byrne and The Royal American Folk Theatre Author Tim O'Brien Music of Charles Neville and Band Dancing Wheels |
2002Dance Chicago Human Rhythm Project Sculptor Rosetta Virginia Mecklenburg, Senior Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum Storytellers Martin and Jean Gal Author Russell Banks The Ink Spots Chanticleer Rick Bragg (Fall author) |
2003Author Jim Harrison Hubbard Street 2 Dance Performance Watercolorist Judi Barrowman Storyteller Jim May Johannes, Nouveau Flamenco guitarist and ensemble Sherman Alexi (Fall author) |
2004Fine Arts Photographer Algimantas Kezys Author Michael Collins Storyteller Donald Davis Author Margaret Atwood Music of The Manhattan Rhythm Kings US Poet Laureate Billy Collins (Fall author) |
2005Choreography of Frank Hatchett and the Encore Dance Company Sculptor Nina Akamu Author Michael Collins Storyteller Dan Keding Author Sara Paretsky HIP--The Hohner Institute of Percussion Jeffery Eugenides (Fall author) |
2006Author Michael Cunningham Kalamazoo Ballet Sculptor Fritz Olsen Artist Dale Threlkeld Author Michael Collins Storyteller Antonio Rocha Bering Strait Richard Russo (Fall author) |
2007U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser INSYNC Dance Theatre Sculptor Bob Guelich Watercolorist Peggy Macnamara Storyteller Bil Lepp The South Bend Symphony Orchestra |
2008Artist Jeanine Coupe Ryding Storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy Author Ivan Doig Musician Arlo Guthrie |
2009Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Roger McGuinn and John Sebastian Novelist and Memoirist Ann Patchett Storyteller Willy Claflin Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers Sculptor John Mishler |
2010Herman's Hermit's featuring Peter Noone Author Dennis Lehane Sculptor Tuck Langland Celebrity Chef "Big Daddy" Aaron McCargo Jr. Chicago Tap Theatre Storyteller Doug Elliot Comedian Jason Cooper |
2011Novelist Jonathan Franzen Felix Cavaliere's Rascals Chef John Besh Storyteller Bill Harley Curator Charles R. Loving Sculptor Bob Guelich |