The 2010 Marblehead Festival of Arts will open Thurssday evening, July 1, with an Awards Ceremony on the upper grounds outside Abbot Hall. The public is invited to share in this celebration as we give recognition to the artists who created outstanding works in Crafts, Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, Printmaking, Sculpture, Photography, Student Art, and Senior Art. After the award presentations, Artist Receptions will be held at each exhibit location, where light refreshments will be served. At Abbot Hall, a chamber group from Symphony by the Sea will provide music-to-browse-art-by.