DIRECTIONS/HOTELS

Special discount hotel rates are available at the following hotels for the 29th Annual Downtown Festival & Art Show:

Paramount Plaza Hotel
(352) 377-4000    1-877-992-9229
2900 SW 13th Street
Located on Biven's Arm Lake on 441
Rate: $75.00 - Rate good until sold out
1 mile from Downtown Gainesville
Free shuttle service
www.ParamountPlaza.com

Americas Best Value Inn
(352) 372-1880    1-888-502-8722
1900 SW 13th Street on 441
www.abvifl.com
(Ask for reservation under Linda Piper)
Rate: $48.00
All ground floors - 1 mile from Downtown Gainesville

Red Roof Inn
(352) 336-3311 or 1-800-redroof
3500 SW 42nd Street
I-75 (exit 384) off Archer Road
www.redfoof.com
Rate: $49.00 – rate good until two weeks prior
Pet friendly
5 miles from Downtown Gainesville

Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown
(352) 240-9300
101 S.E. 1st Avenue
I-75 (exit 387) off Newberry Road, Head East to Downtown Gainesville
www.hamptoninnandsuitesgainesville.com
Rate: $109.00 – rate good until Oct. 15
Complimentary hot breakfast
Located in the heart of the festival

Fairfield By Marriott
(352) 332-8292
6901 NW 4th Blvd.
I-75 (exit 387) West on Newberry Road
www.marriott.com/gnvfi
Rate: $74.00
Free deluxe continental breakfast
6 miles from Downtown Gainesville

Sleep Inn & Suites
(352) 376-4145
I-75 (exit 384) off Archer Road
www.sleepinn.com/hotel/fl883
Rate: $79.00 – rate good until two weeks prior
Free deluxe continental breakfast
5 miles from Downtown Gainesville

Gainesville Hotel & Conference Ctr
(352) 332-7500
7417 W. Newberry Road
I-75 (exit 387) West on Newberry Road
www.gainesvillehotelconferencecenter.com
Rate: $45.00
2 complimentary breakfast buffets & 2 free drink coupons
6 miles from Downtown Gainesville

When making reservations, remember to ask for the Downtown Festival
& Art Show special rate!

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Mailing address: Station 30
PO Box 490
Gainesville, FL 32602

The 29th Annual Downtown Festival & Art Show is proud to present this year’s poster artist, Hugo Cruz.  The featured artwork, “The Clock Tower,” showcases his use of infrared photography to reveal new perspectives of the familiar world around us.  As Hugo attests, “I fell in love with infrared photography primarily because of its ability to expose the ethereal and invisible universe of the infrared spectrum.  It is equivalent to having a new sense … an enhanced vision that manifests the hidden beauty of common subjects that we may have taken for granted.”  His unconventional artistry presents a vivid, new take on Gainesville’s downtown Clock Tower, an iconic structure that is rich in history and grace.

Hugo Cruz, a Gainesville resident, graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts.  After graduating, he had a successful career as a graphic artist, designer and publisher, but his passion was always creating unique art in different mediums.  As a self-taught artist with an avid affinity to learn new techniques, he recently decided to dedicate himself to art full time.  Cruz’s current focus is in three distinct and captivating mediums: infrared photography, metal art and acrylic painting.