Three Rivers Arts Festival is underway

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Students from Miller African-Centered Academy, drum and dance a West African routine to officially kick off the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019. The students in third, fourth, and fifth grade, drummed and danced for nearly 15 minutes as a crowd gathered for the opening ceremony.

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Guests make their way in and out of Point State Park, during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

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Art lines the walkways around the Gateway Center, during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

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Keysha Koy, of Lancaster, displays her glass art during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

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Keysha Koy, of Lancaster, displays her glass art during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

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After recording the second message of the event, Molly Locke (left), and her mom Karyn, of East Liverpool, Ohio, take a photo of the Pittsburgh Time Capsule installation, which allows guests to record a 60 second interview about why they love Pittsburgh, to be opened and shown in 2120, during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

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Toby Atticus Fraley, 41, of Bridgeville, stands beside his Pittsburgh Time Capsule installation, which allows guests to record a 60 second interview about why they love Pittsburgh, to be opened and shown in 2120, during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

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Artist Jonathan Lenato, 37, of Kenya, stands in front of his statues of four giraffes that he created through the artists group Ocean Soles Africa, which uses flip flops that were collected from the trash, during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019. Lenato and the team of artists from Ocean Soles Africa also created an elephant, sea turtle, and rhino sculpture, that are on display.

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Students from Miller African-Centered Academy, drum and dance a West African routine to officially kick off the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019. The students in third, fourth, and fifth grade, drummed and danced for nearly 15 minutes as a crowd gathered for the opening ceremony.

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Historically inspired paintings of the Steel City, by Pittsburgh artist Vince Ornato, are seen during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

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Statues of four giraffes that he created through the artists group Ocean Soles Africa, which uses flip flops that were collected from the trash, during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019. Lenato and the team of artists from Ocean Soles Africa also created an elephant, sea turtle, and rhino sculpture, that are on display. The tallest giraffe took more than 2,000 flip flops to create.

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Guests enjoy the vendors that surround the lawn of Point State Park during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

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Festival goers browse art near the Wyndham Lawn, during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

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Guests enjoy the vendors that surround the lawn of Point State Park during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review

Statues of four giraffes that he created through the artists group Ocean Soles Africa, which uses flip flops that were collected from the trash, during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019. Lenato and the team of artists from Ocean Soles Africa also created an elephant, sea turtle, and rhino sculpture, that are on display. The tallest giraffe took more than 2,000 flip flops to create.

Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review

Students from Miller African-Centered Academy, drum and dance a West African routine to officially kick off the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019. The students in third, fourth, and fifth grade, drummed and danced for nearly 15 minutes as a crowd gathered for the opening ceremony.

Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review

Students from Miller African-Centered Academy, drum and dance a West African routine to officially kick off the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019. The students in third, fourth, and fifth grade, drummed and danced for nearly 15 minutes as a crowd gathered for the opening ceremony.

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Reflected in a mirror, Teresa Morbitzer, of Columbus, Ohio, sets up her Vintage Vamp Jewlery booth, where she reclaims and redesigns vintage jewelry, during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

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Art and food vendors line the sidewalks of Point State Park during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

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during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review

Statues that were created through the artists group Ocean Soles Africa, which uses flip flops that were collected from the trash, during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.

Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review

Students from Miller African-Centered Academy, drum and dance a West African routine to officially kick off the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019. The students in third, fourth, and fifth grade, drummed and danced for nearly 15 minutes as a crowd gathered for the opening ceremony.

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Guests enjoy the warm weather near the Dollar Bank Main Stage, during the opening of the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh, on Friday, June 7, 2019.