Part
community yard sale, part arts event, the YART SALE will feature yard
sale vendors, artisan vendors, re-use workshops and a gallery showcase
focusing on art made from reclaimed and repurposed objects.
There
will be an entrance fee of $1 (Kids 12 & under get in free).
YART SALE IS ON! Workshops
and Upcycled Art Showcase Will Be Held Indoors; Vendors Outside... Come
on Down!
YART SALE WORKSHOPS
BIG NAZ0 PRESENTS A RECYCLED ROBOT CREATURE WORKSHOP
Ages:
7 & up Time: 10am - 2pm
(includes a supervised lunch break from 12-12:30. Vendors will be on
site selling food.
Bagged lunches also welcome.) Cost:
$20 per child*
*Space is
limited. Advance registration required. Call 401.490.9475 to sign
up.
"This is an interactive, hands on (and heads on!)
performance workshop
in which participants are exposed to a variety of mask and
puppet-creature movement techniques that encourage improvisation,
creative storytelling and collaboration with others."
Performers
and fabrication specialists from Providence's BIG
NAZ0 LAB will demonstrate how robot
creature-costumes are constructed and brought to life. Students will be
exposed to various 3-D fabrication techniques that
combine foam, cardboard, and a variety of materials to create unusual
and fantastic robot creature-heads.
Workshop will end with a robot runway walk showcasing the day's creations!
BIG NAZ0 is an
international touring group and creature-making studio
that combines visual spectacle, witty improvisation and live music to
create improvisational and audience-interactive invasions of theatres,
parades and festivals throughout the US and overseas.
UPCYCLED PAPER EARRINGS WORKSHOP
Participate in this amazing workshop, and learn how to turn a
magazine ad or a poster into a wearable work of art!
Ages:
12-Adult Time: 10am - 11am Cost: $10 per pair
Space is
limited. Advance registration recommended. Email us
or call 401.490.9475 to sign up.
MAGAZINE FLOWERS WORKSHOP
Learn how to make these colorful flowers out of the pages of
a discarded magazine!
Ages:
All ages Time: 10am-1pm.
Come by anytime during this time frame. Cost: $3 to make as many flowers as you would like!
CD SKETCHBOOK WORKSHOP
Learn how to turn an old cd case into a sketchbook, a songbook or
a journal, complete with a matching pencil, all designed by you!
Ages: 8-Adult Time: 12-1pm Cost: $5 per book
Space is limited. Advance
registration
recommended. Email us or call
401.490.9475 to sign up.
COMMUNITY MOSAIC
Have you or your child shed tears over a broken piece of pottery?
Give its remnants a new life by bringing them to Artists' Exchange to
be installed into a Community Mosaic!
Yart Sale attendees are
encouraged to participate in this public art installation.
Bring
something to add to a large scale mosaic or simply come and participate
in the project. The mosaic will be built into an outdoor wall of
Artists' Exchange, so your family can visit it anytime in the years to
come!
We welcome donations of the following items, which can be
dropped off before or on the day of the event: broken or chipped pottery
of any shape, leftover ceramic tiles, unwanted metal jewelry, metal
bottle caps, stones and shells. NO PLASTIC.
Celebrate re-use,
community and the rebirth of broken treasures.
Ages: All Ages Time: 9am-1pm. Come by anytime during
this time frame to participate! Cost:
FREE
VENDORS & DONATIONS STILL WANTED!
Thinking about doing some spring cleaning?
Please bring your unwanted secondhand items to Artists' Exchange (tax
deduction letter can be provided on request) or set up and sell your
items with us!
Email us for
a vendor application or call to arrange a drop off or pick-up of your
donation at 401.490.9475.
