All Day Interactive Art Activities

Footprint Factory
An interactive project with artist Emcee C.M. Participants pick which wood block prints they would like “mashed” together. Then, they sit in the shoeshine stand chair and press down the woodblock prints with their feet. Participants take prints home as a keepsake of the collaborative creative process.

Mashup Clothing Project
In an age of hip hop and the art of the remix, why settle for mass produced clothing? Lee Tusman/VoodooArtist will run a workshop on creating customized mashup remixed clothing. Simple sewing and collaging techniques will be taught so that anyone (kids and adults) can create and take home their own one-of-a-kind wearable art of shirts, skirts and more.

Other Activities
There will be numerous artistic activities for children, including sand art, face painting and balloon animals. There will also be activities relating to this year’s “Mix & Mash” theme, including: Mix & Mash Word Blocks, Masala Spice Mixup and Composite Creature Drawings. The Open Air Circus, including jugglers and unicyclists, will perform throughout the day.

1pm & 3pm — Tufts Traveling Treasure Trunk in Statue Park
Founded in 1987, this troupe is a student-run, community service group that tours around the greater Boston area and raises money for charities. Trunk writes its own plays, directs its own shows, and makes its own costumes. Trunk will perform two whimsical pieces for children, at 1pm and 3pm, in Statue Park.

Elsewhere in the Square
-The SCULympics! Performed by the Subversive Choppers Urban League, this bizarre display of bicycle athleticism and artistry will amuse and astound.
-Footprint Factory. An interactive project with artist Emcee C.M. Participants pick an image, sit in the shoeshine stand chair and press down the woodblock print with their feet. Participants take prints home as a keepsake of the collaborative creative process.
-Plus: Somerville Community Knitting leads a knitting circle; “Mobility,” a mobile made with found Somerville objects; Laurinda Bedingfield’s Art-O-Bot, a roaming robot that dispenses art; and demos by Lee Tusman, mix & mash T-shirt tailor.