If you want to attend a free fun family event, come to the Thousand Oaks Arts Festival on September 17 & 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Civic Arts Plaza and The Lakes at Thousand Oaks.

If you’re an art enthusiast, we have paintings, sculpture, jewelry, photography, and more. If you’re a child, we have murals to make, pizza boxes to decorate and symphonic instruments to play. If you want to see an artist create a unique design, we have art demonstrations.

Wyland, 2011 Honorary Chair and acclaimed wildlife artist and conservationist, will be at the Festival on Saturday, September 17 from Noon - 2 p.m. He will sign copies of his book and work with the children in the Children’s Art Experience from 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. Joining Wyland will be last year’s Honorary Chair Scott Medlock, one of America's foremost artists in the sports world.

Entertainers will perform on two stages throughout the weekend including:

Conejo Players Ballet Folklorico

Cindy Alonge Rock Nation

Sedalia Ragtime Orchestra Cabrillo Music Theatre

California Dance Theatre Moorpark College Jazz Band

Conejo Valley Shakespeare Society Ventura County Gilbert and Sullivan Repertoire Co.

Excerpts from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” will be onstage periodically throughout the day. And at 1:20 p.m. on Sunday, there will be a special “Happening” that you don’t want to miss!

The Grilled Cheese Truck and Lake Street Creamery gourmet trucks will be on site from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday; Frysmith and Sweet E’s Bake Shop on Sunday. Wine tasting will be open from 1-5 p.m., with wines provided by Wades Wines.

Raffle prizes include a signed framed lithograph from Wyland commemorating the 2008 Olympics, entitled “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” an original stainless steel sculpture from BiJian Fan, an original painting in production from Lynn Gertanbach, and the ever popular theatre and dinner tickets.

For more information and live performance schedules visit the Arts Festival website at www.toartsfestival.com . For more information on Wyland, visit www.wyland.com and for more information on Medlock, visit www.ScottMedlock.com