When:
Saturday, July 23rd
4-7pm
Where:
S. 1st Street and Parque De Los Pabladores
Last year we celebrated the reopening of the institutions on our block with the S. 1st Block Party and this year we’re doing it BIGGER! Come be a part of our community on Saturday, July 23rd 4-7pm as we transform S. 1st Street and Parque De Los Pobladores.
We’re so excited to collaborate with The San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles (SJMQT), Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA), and Veggielution.
This year we are also joined by Local Color, Chopsticks Alley Art, Womanhood, Content Magazine, Camino Brewery, ThaiThai Food Truck and so many more San José artists!
This year’s theme “We Are Seeds” is the foundation for an array of hands-on art activities, learning opportunities, and musical performances to celebrate San José pride.
Featured Activities & Performances:
ICA San José:
Artist Cybille Leinani Irissou leads Soul Space, a collage workshop using art to overcome interpersonal barriers and express our identities.
MACLA:
Sin Amores of the Chulita Vinyl Club spins some fresh beats on stage at Parque De Los Pobladores
Learn how to make pinatas with Patty Botello
SJMQT:
The Seed Stitch Mending Station shares in the process of hand-sewn repair, bring any clothing or related articles that could use some freshening up!
Chopsticks Alley Art:
Hands-on drawing activity and education of Asian fruits and vegetables
Local Color:
Plant art dyeing workshop
“Seeds of thought” submissions, asking for recommendations of local artists, ideas for murals, and locations in San Jose in need of more color.
Veggielution:
Seed bomb and seed collage activities
In the park they will have a bubbles activity and upcycle tshirt dog toys
Amy Hibbs:
Amy Hibbs’ Transformation Station, where negative thoughts are collected, shredded and recycled into fertilizer!
San José Public Library:
Early Education storytime
Local emerging musicians:
Onbar, Esther Young, Natasha Sandworms
