Wednesday, October 26, 2011

PAST: FESTIVAL: The Smithsonian Folklife Festival on The National Mall continues WED, July 4th - SUN, July 8th, Free


Wednesday, July 4th - Sunday, July 8th
Free
Festival Closes on Sunday! For the full festival schedule click here
**Before heading over there you can check out the festival map!**


The AIDS Memorial Quilt returns to The Mall! 
Note: They're looking for more volunteers. If you can volunteer, just show up at the volunteer booth and tell them you are able to help out.

This year's Festival features programs on:

Creativity and Crisis: Unfolding The AIDS Memorial Quilt.
This is the first Festival program to focus exclusively on community craft and performance that were directly developed in response to crisis and grief. With The AIDS Memorial Quilt as the anchor and through craft demonstrations, dance and musical performances, interactive discussions, and other activities, this program commemorates the innovative and resourceful ways through which communities have endeavored to educate people and to cope with one of the most complex pandemics in modern history.


Campus and Community
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of land-grant universities and the USDA


Citified: Arts and Creativity East of the Anacostia River
Throughout the Festival, program participants and Anacostia Community Museum staff will celebrate the creativity and cultural expression found in schools, churches, community organizations, businesses and other venues in east-of-the-river neighborhoods. Visitors can meet master artists and enjoy performances by line dancers, African dancers and drummers, church choirs, hip-hop artists, comedians, go-go bands and storytellers. The program will feature tattoo art demonstrations, quilt-making with members of a multi-generational quilting guild and craft activities. 

Lots of great art and murals from Albus Cavus and others!


Saturday, July 7th
11:00am - BK i am art Adams and Public Art
3:00pm - BK i am art Adams and Public Art


Sunday, July 8th
11:00am - BK i am art Adams and Public Art
1:30pm - BK i am art Adams and Public Art
* The schedule is subject to change 

You can start at the mural installation, located on the grassy area at 14th St & Jefferson Dr, SW.
Metro: Smithsonian, or take the S2 or S4 bus south along 16th St to the last stop in front of the museums.

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