HOLDREGE – Holdrege native Ryan Quincy will be part of the first Iron Horse Festival in downtown Holdrege on Saturday, Sept. 14.
Quincy, who graduated from Holdrege High School in 1991, is an animation professional and has worked in the industry for 26 years. He’s best known for his work as an animation producer/director on the long-running animated series “South Park,” for which he won two Emmy Awards in 2008 and 2009 and was nominated in 2010 and 2011, all for Outstanding Animated Program.
Quincy went on to create IFC’s animated series “Out There.” He also created and executive produced Disney XD’s “Future Worm!” He’s developed projects for Disney, Netflix, Nickelodeon and Fox. He was most recently co-executive producer and animation director for (HBO) MAX’s adult animated series, “Ten Year Old Tom.” Currently, Quincy is a Supervising Producer at Warner Bros. Animation.
Quincy is one of more than 40 artists who will attend the event. Artisans will give presentations on everything from dance, poetry, songwriting, weaving, culinary arts, tattoos and more during the festival.
The free artisan expo portion of the event be in downtown Holdrege at various locations from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Quincy will display his art in the lobby of the Holdrege Sun Theater & Event Venue, will give a presentation called “From Holdrege to Hollywood” at the theater at 2:30 p.m. and will show an episode of “Out There” at 3:15 p.m.
State Poet Matt Mason is also scheduled to attend. He will lead a poetry reading and discussion at 1 p.m. on the Phelps County Courthouse lawn and a poetry slam at the same location at 2:45 p.m.
Other artists scheduled to attend include:
Artistic Innovations, Bakopoly, Black Sheep Products, Bomba, Broken Horse Design, Cat’s Meow, Cheyenne Riggleman Studio, Chelsey Neville Fine Art, Creative Hand, Darcy Bahensky, Dogwood Road Pottery, Enchanted Adornments, Foxarts Ceramics, Full Moon Impressions, Golden Sheep Shop, Hal Snyder, Hogan’s Art, The Horse Canyon Jewelry, Inspirations in Oil by Brandy Edgren, JC’s Bakery, January Aldinger, Jeremy Hanssen, Jillian Bailey, Ken Caples, Luke Mills, Morninglark Crochet, Mosie’s Watercolors, MomenTum Dance Academy, Museum of Nebraska Art, Nebraska Prairie Museum, Paint Paradise on the Go, Phelps County 4-H, Sculptures by Sally, SG Studios/Kebz Creations, Steve Mawson Lathe Woodworking, Tattoos by Lackey, Todd Rundstrom Photography, Tri-County Porcelain Painters, UNK Glass Students and Victoria Harper/WeeHarperCreations.
For full details on each of these artists, visit https://www.ironhorseartsdistrict.org/iron-horse-festival-info.
Several area food and snack vendors will attend including Braxton’s Smokehouse, Knuckle Sandwich Grill, MK’s Ice Cream, P & D Foods & More, Ra Ca’s, and Rowdy Rott BBQ.
Also, as part of the artisan expo, the Holdrege Bronze Sculpture Tour will host free bus tours of area bronze sculptures. The tours will be offered at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and will begin with a 22-minute film featuring sculptor George Lundeen at the Holdrege Sun Theater and Event Venue. Reserve tours in advance to ensure a seat by visiting the Iron Horse Arts District website at www.ironhorseartsdistrict.org/festival-info (in the schedule).
The entire schedule of demonstrations during the event (culinary, painting, songwriting, poetry, etc.) can also be found on the website.
The free artisan expo concludes at 4 p.m. but the fun continues at 6 p.m. with a live country music concert featuring Logan Mize, Luke Mills, Savanna Chestnut, the Kyle Sayler Band and Hockett. It will take place in front of the Iron Horse Station on West Avenue. Tickets are available at ironhorseartsdistrict.org.
The Nebraska Arts Council certified the Iron Horse Arts District in downtown Holdrege in January 2024 as an official state creative arts district. Since then, one new mural has been painted and another will soon be painted. The district has hosted several pop-up art shows and will continue to plan events and activities to create a vibrant and attractive destination for residents and visitors to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit and roots of the community.
For more information, visit ironhorseartsdistrict.org.
