
CRE8IV: transformational ART
CRE8IV (pronounced "Creative") is a community-building, arts-infused event. Over the course of the festival in 2019, eight lead artists worked with teams of artists to create nine large-scale murals in Rockford's central city. Each day the festival also included a free-to-attend Block pARTy at one of the mural locations.
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The festival was produced by RACVB and made possible by a matching grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce, Office of Tourism and in partnership of Painters District Council No. 30, Local 607. In order to fully match the grant and hire all eight artists, RACVB worked to secure match funding through sponsorship of the festival and each mural.