Saturday & Sunday, August 6 & 7
Gardens of Santa Cruz City Hall
Corner of Church and Center Streets

FREE event

Welcome to Cabrillo Festival's "Crativity Tent for Kids"—two full days of free hands-on music and art workshops under a beautiful white canopy in the gardens of the Santa Cruz City Hall!

Stop by to be inspired on Saturday and Sunday, August 6th and 7th! On Saturday, August 6th, music and movement will be central in sessions with Pacific Sticks and Music Together. On Sunday August 7th professional artists will lead workshops in painting, drawing and assemblage, inspired by the Free Family Concert’s Selkie Boy oceanic motif. Also on Sunday, a special community mural project will expand the Creativity Tent’s activities, which always promise our younger generations hours and hours of fun, and moments of enduring inspiration.

The Creativity Tent is one of the exciting components of children's activities at the Festival; others include our innovative Free Family Concerts and free family performances on the Church Street Stage! All workshops are free; stay as long as you like and enjoy!

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Creativity Tent Schedule

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6

MORNING WORKSHOP (11:00am – 2:00pm)

Pacific Sticks Percussion Workshop—Ken Crawford

Bang, Tap, Shake and Strike! Young people will have an opportunity to explore the unimaginably wide world of percussion instruments and methods in this workshop with knowledgeable percussionist Ken Crawford.

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS (2:30 – 5:30pm)

Music Together Family Music Workshop
Sing, dance, play instruments and have fun making Music Together! All ages will have the chance to be playful and to engage with each other through music and dance. This is the ultimate in family music-making fun!

Didgeridoo Making—Kathy Pearson

Surrounded by inspiring samples of Australian Aboriginal art and music, children will decorate their own didgeridoos, using paint and oil pastels. Drawing ideas will be taken from examples of Aboriginal dream-time designs and young people will walk away with a beautiful playable instrument.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7

MORNING WORKSHOPS (11:00am – 1:00pm)

Ocean-Inspired Watercolor Painting—Claudia Stevens

Botanical illustrator Claudia Stevens will lead children in the creation of their own watercolor ocean scene. The fundamentals of line, shape, proportion, texture and color mixing will be incorporated into each imaginative painting.

Outrageous Party Hats—Susana Terrell

Maestra Marin Alsop and Cabrillo’s “festival within the Festival” share 20^th Anniversary Seasons this year! In celebration of the occasion, kids of all ages can go wild transforming a simple party hat into a one-of-a-kind wearable art piece.

Mural Magic—Elijah Pfotenhauer

Across Center Street from the Creativity Tent, local muralist Elijah Pfotenhauer will invite kids and their families learn hands-on how murals are made. This special day-long project will result in a collaborative, large-scale art piece celebrating our special region and community. (Final location for mural TBD.)

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS (2:30pm – 5:00pm)

Drawing and Painting Sea Creatures—Carmen Leon

The ocean and its inhabitants will be the source of inspiration for this workshop, which involves drawing with oil pastels, then painting lightly with watercolors, unveiling the delightful aspects of this mixed-media combination.

Ocean Abstraction—Claudia Stevens

Using complimentary, aquatic colors and repeated patterns, everyone will have fun learning about the magic of color mixing and a variety of materials will be used as references, including works by famous artists.

Edible Topiary—Art duJour
Christine Currie and Heather Young

Recycled materials become the foundation and raisins, pretzels, fruit and fresh local vegetables from Route One farms will become the “medium” for this edible art project. Nibbling is encouraged! All ages will enjoy creating, then eating the sculptured artistic representations of Topiary.
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More Mural Magic – Elijah Pfotenhauer

See Morning for description.