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Hands-on Handmade is an interactive way to engage attendees and vendors through demonstrations and activities. Hands-on Handmade is supported in part by a Seed Award from The Sprout Fund.
Featured artists/organizations in Hands-on Handmade:
Pizza Relay
Teams will suit up in upcycled costumes and race to assemble a giant plush pizza. This activity is about creative play with recycled materials and collaboration. Led by
Nicole Kurtz
Psychic T-shirt E.S.P.
Participants will pick a rock from a basket and focus on what kind of t-shirt they want to have painted, and then it will be painted right before their eyes! The simple act of picking up a rock and concentrating on a hopeful thought promotes positive and creative thinking, and gives participants a new perception of fun--all while sparking imagination and being engaged with a sense of chance, spontaneity and possibility. Led by
Gabe Felice
A Craft Happening
This will be a collective participation growing installation piece made from paper tubes and colorful painters tape. This installation has been done before by Assemble gallery and results in a complex sculptural piece that grows throughout the day. Nina is encouraging people bring their own tubes too (insides of paper towel rolls & toilet paper rolls) but a large collection of recycled pieces will be there ready to be made! Led by
Nina Barbuto
Six featured patterns on 36"x48" screens will be ready to be printed on site to create handmade gift wrap. Designs will be layered two at a time to create magnificently textured and patterned gift-worthy motifs on paper. Stop back throughout the day for different pattern combinations on the gift wrap. All of the gift wrap created will be custom made. All patterns are being custom made by six different local artists.
Evolve will lead a special performance piece on site during the event. Shhh ... the content and times are a secret, so you have to be at Handmade to experience this live performance art!
Two talented groups of creative youth are teaming up to collaborate on the creation of a "performance piece spectacular," featuring screen printing, pillows made on site that visitors can take away, and plenty of bootylicious crafting!
Drawing from the Society's current featured paperworks artist Amanda Gross, the Society for Contemporary Craft will lead a paper basket weaving craft, which involves upcycling of their catalogue books as art material.
The Sprout Fund enriches the Pittsburgh region’s vitality by engaging citizens, amplifying voices, supporting creativity and innovation, and cultivating connected communities. Founded in 2001, Sprout facilitates community-led solutions to regional challenges and supports efforts to create a thriving, progressive, and culturally diverse region. With strong working relationships to many community organizations and regional stakeholders, The Sprout Fund is one of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s leading agencies on issues related to civic engagement, talent attraction and retention, public art, and catalytic small-scale funding.
Interested in sponsoring a demonstrator or artist? Contact Tricia Brancolini-Foley at sponsor@handmadearcade.com.
