NORWICH – The Artists’ Palette, partnered with Millennia Entertainment and Art-Is-On, will hold a Community of Arts Festival from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Norwich branch of Morrisville State College, 20 Conkey Ave.

Artists’ Palette owner Jill Kraft said she first began planning for the event – promoted as a celebration of the community and the arts – in July, and called it an opportunity for local residents to enjoy some family-oriented holiday fun.

The event will feature performances by the Norwich Theater Company – singing holiday music from its most recent presentation, “Because It’s Christmas” – the Donna Frech Dancers, the Oasis Belly Dancers and a demonstration by the Latin Dance Club.

According to Kraft, Santa Claus will “arrive in style” at 2 p.m. for some free cookies and photographs with those children attending, and author Cathy Holden Robinson of Oxford will be selling and signing copies of her latest release, “The House of Roses,” from 2 to 4 p.m.