Festival of the Arts will reveal its 2018 poster artist at a meet-and-greet and poster reveal event Thursday, Jan. 25, at 9 a.m. at Grand Rapids City Hall, 300 Monroe Ave. NW.

The 2018 Festival Co-Chairs Melissa Bush and Jessi Nix Gould said the event is open to public with friends and volunteers of Festival encouraged to stop by and meet this year’s artist and check out the 2018 poster.

Always held the first full weekend of June, this year’s event will run June 1, 2 and 3 in downtown Grand Rapids. This year marks the 49th annual Festival of the Arts, making it one of the longest running festivals in the state of Michigan.

Posters from previous years are all on display at City Hall and will be available for photos and video at the event.

 Visit http://festivalgr.org/ for more information.