Neighborhood motown and blues at kaboom-churchill park - join us!We'll be rockin' out at Kaboom (Churchill Park) with beats all day long, plus fun activities for the family. Come get your groove on with neighbors and friends for this big band barbeque boomin' bash!
1-4 pm Sat/July 12 Kaboom-Churchill Park Free!
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Sophie and Cecelia may not agree on everything, but when it comes to the important things like what to eat for dinner (macaroni 'n' cheese!) or what to do on a Thursday night, they're totally together . . . at Fairview Park!
The sisters, age 9 and 6, love coming to the park -- Cecilia's favorite place around town -- for art and the joy of, as Sophie says, "Being allowed to make whatever you want!" This week, they enjoyed helping out by growing a colorful garden of pinwheels on the fence along Kentucky Gardens, but what else do they want to try their hands at? Cecilia would love if we brought sewing to the park, and Sophie's wishlist includes painting a mural . . . . . . and it turns out, she's in luck! Building Bridges Arts Collaborative and St. Paul’s Community Church have come together to create a mural for Fairview Park on the theme of Migration. Last week, community residents spoke about their backgrounds and their connections to the neighborhood . . . and beyond. From Youngstown, Euclid and Garfield Heights to Tennessee, Nebraska and Kenya, residents hail from near and far, bringing a mix of tastes and traditions with them. One resident who moved here from Omaha, where she was one of small number of the Omaha Tribe remaining, says she's noticed a lot has changed in the neighborhood over the last five years, especially in Fairview Park. "It used to be that the park was rough. There used to be a lot of fights, but now it's a space where people act and children play" . . . including five sons of her own, the youngest of whom enjoys climbing trees and using the fountains as a ride-through "bike wash." To learn more about the Migration Mural, and add your own input to the conversation, visit this survey! A reminder that we have a whole passel of fun things going on in Fairview Park tomorrow night. We'll be back at our fence decorating with Nicole McGee from Upcycle Parts Shop; we'll be able to visit Kentucky Gardens all night from 7-9 pm; we'll be able to give input on an awesome new mural that will decorate the brick wall on the park's south end; and, of course, we'll be able to enjoy some tasty ice cream.
Please take a moment to learn more about the Building Bridges mural, whose theme will be migration, and fill out a survey about what you'd like to see painted! Thurs/June 26 7-9 pm Fairview Park, W. 38 and Franklin FREE! This afternoon, crafters in Herman Park warded off heavy clouds and bad juju this afternoon with an assortment of bright and colorful paper masks, helping us stay dry and look good while doing it! Artist Wendy Mahon, originally from Trinidad, has worked in the field of festival arts for years. As a visiting artist and long-time participant in the Cleveland Museum of Art's Parade the Circle, she has helped create the workshops that bring the colorful event to life. Today's workshop was geared at a younger set of merry-makers -- scroll through the gallery below to see what they've created, and visit our calendar to see when you can next catch Wendy at a CleveLAND4Art event: we'll be seeing plenty more of her this summer! Be-masked spirits get ready to ride off and take flight!
Join us in Herman Park from 1-2 pm today for mask-making with Wendy Mahon!
Wed25 IAYAN: "I love going to the park to make art! I love the crafts, and I love how many different people come together!"
Even though Thursday started out with fierce showers, the weather couldn't have been any more perfect by evening . . . just right for creating a colorful garden of blooming flowers. We were joined at the border of Fairview Park and Kentucky Gardens by artist Nicole McGee, whose project Upcycle Saint Clair, and the coming-soon Upcycle Parts Shop, are dedicated to helping Clevelanders get creative with reused craft materials. The garden was open to visitors from 7-9 pm, and we all got some great growing done! Come again this week, Thursday 6/26 from 7-9 pm for a repeat performance! This afternoon in Herman Park with George Woideck, we found that clay was natural way for everyone to express their creativity, and lend a helping hand! Our participants were eager to show each other what they learned, and listened carefully to their peers as they tried new techniques. We even had two friendly neighborhood chickens venture across the pavement to get in on the fun, giving us an answer to that age-old question: to make art, of course! Fences, flowers and of course, ice cream!This week we'll have the chance to turn flowers crafted by Nicole McGee (of Plenty Underfoot and Upcycle Saint Clair from fanciful to FENCEiful, with a community-based art project that will transform the current barrier between Fairview Park and Kentucky Gardens into a bumper crop of ever-blooming flowers made from recycled bric-a-brac. Join us in the park from 7-9 pm on Thursday, when we will need plenty of hands on deck to help make and install the artwork. We'll have ice-cream on hand to cool down our hard-working green thumbs, and Kentucky Gardens will be open the entire time for visitors. And the best part about our fenciful creation? All the blossoms with none of the watering!
7-9 pm Thurs/June 26 Fairview Park Free! Get ready for dinos and helicopters, my oh my!This week in Herman Park, we'll be with tile and ceramic artist and mosaic master George Woideck making clay dinosaurs and helicopters that really fly! Check out George's work at www.tileandclayart.com. Please join us Wednesday from 1-2 pm, and visit us back here later to see photos of what we made!
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