Event
Pico Block Party and Artisan Marketplace
1 Jun 2019
Event times
3-6 PM
Cost of entry
FREE
Address
- 1639 18th St
- Santa Monica
California - 90404
- United States
18th Street Arts Center’s Pico Block Party & Artisan Marketplace will celebrate local Santa Monica artists, artisans, chefs, and craftspersons through open studios, exhibitions, performances, and more!
About
PICO BLOCK PARTY & ARTISAN MARKETPLACE
18th Street Arts Center Campus
June 1, 2019 | 3-6 PM
FREE | RSVP HERE FOR FREE TICKETS
Pico Block Party is BACK! 18th Street Arts Center’s fourth major Pico Block Party community festival celebrates local Santa Monica artists and artisans. For the very first time, we will feature our brand-new, one-of-a-kind Artisan Marketplace, which will showcase the handmade goods of Santa Monica artists, artisans, chefs, and craftspersons!
The Pico Block Party series grew out of 18th Street Arts Center’s in-depth community outreach programs, including its bilingual neighborhood oral history project, CultureMapping90404.org. That project spurred the creation of a Neighborhood Advisory Council in 2018, who helped shape the content for this Pico Block Party.
Come sample the creativity in your own backyard, and support local artists in the process!
The free family-friendly artistic festival will feature art-making workshops with professional artists, performances, open studios with resident artists, exhibitions, food trucks, artisanal local goods, and other creative activities.
For questions or to request a free community group booth, email sbyank@18thstreet.org.
Art Workshops:
Make puppets and act out short plays with artist Molly Allis
Create homemade fabric prints using recycled plastic with artist Dahn Gim
Create relief prints made of food inspired by the culinary cultures of the Pico Neighborhood with Janeen Jackson and Taste of Pico
Learn how to compost with worms with Santa Monica’s Sustainability Works
Enjoy artistic activities from a variety of local community groups
Performances (on the main stage):
Experience Ballet Folklórico and other cultural dance traditions with Cabeza de Vaca Cultural Dance School
Holla for the original rhymes and beats of the Pico Youth and Family Center youth MCs
Learn Earthian Folk Dance with artist and performer DaEun Jung & Friends
Food and Vendors (more tba):
The Green Truck
Taco Cartel
The Big Cheese Truck
Oaxacan Ice Cream
Handmade artisanal goods from local artists
Neighborhood Organizations:
Pico Youth and Family Center
Dance Alive Center
Cabeza de Vaca Cultural Dance School
Committee for Racial Justice
Parent Connection Group
Untitled No. 1
The Broad Stage
And more…
Artist Open Studios:
David McDonald (Los Angeles)
THE WINTER OFFICE (Denmark)
Debra Disman (Los Angeles)
and more…
Also On View:
Marcus Kuiland-Nazario | MACHO STEREO
June 1 – July 26, 2018
Atrium Gallery (blue building)
Opening during Pico Block Party
Highways Performance Space and Gallery
Sponsors:
In-kind donations of deliciously healthy and nutritious snacks generously provided by GoGo SqueeZ and Bare Snacks.
Our corporate sponsor Kinecta has also been instrumental in underwriting the free arts workshops, and Dublab has generously provided in-kind support for sound equipment. Santa Monica Daily Press is our media sponsor.
Community Corps of Santa Monica is our partner in the Artisan Marketplace, underwriting the booth rental costs for low-income Santa Monica vendors.
Pico Block Party is made possible by the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division and the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
Culture Mapping 90404 is generously supported by the James Irvine Foundation’s Exploring Engagement Initiative and IMLS.
For more info: http://bit.ly/PicoBlockParty