Youth A.C.T.

Join the organic revolution with this amusing short from FreeRange Studios.

All art work form the Urban Art Competition will be on display in an exhibit at the First Parish in Malden, MA. This event will take place on October 5, 2008 at 2 PM. All the pieces are hung, and a meditation session will be held for guests before inviting them in view the art pieces. Guests will be asked to bring a recyclable item for admission to the exhibit. All admission pieces will be used to create an environmental art piece later. Our event is also on Facebook so feel free to invite anyone to attend.

Urban Art Exhibit

Ann Cooper is a “renegade lunch lady” whose goal is to revolutionize the way kids are eating in our schools by promoting healthy eating and serving fresh, regional, organic sources for meals. Her website, Lunch Lessons, is her mission to change the way our kids eat.

Workshops will begin on Wednesday, September 17 and run for about four weeks. The workshops will most likely take place at the First Parish in Malden, but may take place at Malden High School as an alternative. More information will be posted once details are worked out. We have about 10 artists so far for the mural project as well as those from the Urban Art Competition who are interested as well.

Title: Harvest Moon Festival
Location: Malden, MA
Date: 2008-09-20

Youth A.C.T. will be in Malden, MA for the Harvest Moon Festival where we will have a table with information and activities focusing on healthy eating. We will also have a “Youth A.C.T.” banner made out of recyclable materials plus a timeline of our youth farm and the results of it.

The first place winners from our Urban Art Competition will be in Lincoln Commons tomorrow (August 17, 2008) in Malden from 2PM - 5PM to help contribute to our backdrop/mural for the upcoming “This Is Art” show. Please feel free to stop by and bring friends to watch these talented artists share their creativity with the community.

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It’s been tough getting the farm up and running since we started so late due to researching to be as green and organic as possible. Finally the soil has been prepared, and we have just recently planted some squash and bean seeds. We are already starting to see some growth, and everything should be ready for harvesting come early fall.

James Fox, one of the judges from our Urban Art Competition, will be starting the formal muraling classes on July 15th and will be running Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10 am to 2 pm. These workshops will be held at the First Parish Church in Malden. We are looking for artists to participate in this mural project especially ones from the urban art competition. We know you’re interested, and we’ll be in contact with you shortly. If anyone else would like to join in, please feel free to contact us.

We also have found a volunteer artist/curator who is willing to create our Urban Art Exhibit. Once again, we cannot thank the participants enough for coming out to the competition and sharing your talents with us. Your works will be on display in a gallery at the First Parish Church for at least two months.

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Thanks to everyone who made the Urban Art Competition a HUGE success in Lincoln Commons. Thanks to ALL the registrants and participants for coming out and sharing your talents and artwork with the community. Thanks to the judges for their time, to all the volunteers who helped set up and run the event, and thanks to the Malden Observer and Malden Access Television for providing local coverage.

There is an exhibit running at the New England Institute of Art from June 19th through August 1st. This exhibit features artwork from Rekloos some of whose artists participated in our Urban Art Competition.