We got to hang out in the pool area in the morning since we didn't have a party until the afternoon this day. Toward noon we got our act together and headed over to the 8th Street Shopping area, a cool warehouse with several creative shops and chic restaurants. My friends Steve and Tova Bormes run Rugs & Relics, a very cool art gallery and they were the contact that got us the gig here. We ate at Sonaas, a great Mediteranean Restaurant. Hummos!
We set our tents up in an angle next to the main stage and had a very busy day as all of the people came out for the Downtown Block Party happening that day. A lady who spent time at our tents with her daughter emailed us later and did better at expaining the spirit of our event.
"I've seriously never seen anything like Fallout. I've been to plenty of art or kid tents/areas but none of them have been like Fallout. Rosi drew pictures with pastels, crayons, & markers & had them displayed; she made a sculpture that we left on the table & every time we passed the table, others had added to it; painted a square on the community mural; drew on the parking lot with sidewalk chalk; she had her face painted, played with bubbles, playdoh, hula-hoops and danced all in the Fallout area. She was in HEAVEN! We left the area twice - for food and a bathroom break.
What I loved about it was that it was such a free, open area - no rules, limits, or boundaries. When we've gone to other places, each child is handed one piece of paper, or one little ball of clay, or told how they should do something. Here it was total creative freedom.
I have to say my favorite thing about last night was seeing such an incredibly diverse crowd participating in the art activities together. Of course the kids were all over the Fallout area, but I saw a tatoo artist friend sitting at the sculpture table making a clay figure along with unknown toddlers, teens working on the mural along with a biker and a little kid, and three senior men (70's) making hearts with sidewalk chalk & putting their names in them - Joe + Sharon, etc.
Speaking just about people I know personally, I saw bikers, extreme right religious conservatives, potheads, hippies, low income, high income, you name it - all together in one small parking lot smiling, dancing, and enjoying a beautiful evening. Too bad all of life can't be like last night's block party."
What I loved about it was that it was such a free, open area - no rules, limits, or boundaries. When we've gone to other places, each child is handed one piece of paper, or one little ball of clay, or told how they should do something. Here it was total creative freedom.
I have to say my favorite thing about last night was seeing such an incredibly diverse crowd participating in the art activities together. Of course the kids were all over the Fallout area, but I saw a tatoo artist friend sitting at the sculpture table making a clay figure along with unknown toddlers, teens working on the mural along with a biker and a little kid, and three senior men (70's) making hearts with sidewalk chalk & putting their names in them - Joe + Sharon, etc.
Speaking just about people I know personally, I saw bikers, extreme right religious conservatives, potheads, hippies, low income, high income, you name it - all together in one small parking lot smiling, dancing, and enjoying a beautiful evening. Too bad all of life can't be like last night's block party."
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