Each month we’re bringing you a new activity that you can do any time any place and is great for getting little kids involved in their community.
Here’s how it works:
1. Check out the cause and supply list below. If it looks like something you’d like to do, let them know here and the lovely folks at HandsOn will send you instructions on how to do the month’s DIY project.
2. Volunteer at home with your kids, during nap time, or get a group together and volunteer as a team (learn how to create and manage a team right here).
3. Drop it off and feel good about making Richmond a little brighter while doing something really fun.
How you can get involved this month:
Create at least 4 Lanterns for InLight Richmond
Purpose:
1708 Gallery is a non-profit arts organization founded by artists in 1978. Our mission is to present exceptional new art. 1708 Gallery is committed to providing opportunities for artistic innovation for emerging and established artists and to expanding the understanding and appreciation of new art for the public.
1708’s annual signature event, InLight Richmond, is a public exhibition of light-based art and performances. Each year, InLight Richmond invites artists to respond to a particular neighborhood in our diverse city, attracting audiences to unique areas of Richmond. InLight 2014 will kick off with the Community Lantern Parade and will feature performances, sculpture, large-format projections, and interactive projects that will illuminate pathways, walls, sidewalks, green spaces, trees, benches, building facades, and more, in and around the park. DIY Volunteers will ensure that this event is light-filled and magical by crafting lanterns that will be used in the Community Lantern Parade.
Supply List:
• 4 clean two-liter plastic soda bottle
• a utility knife
• scissors
• colored tissue paper
• school glue/Mod Podge
• paint brush
• hole punch
• string
• 4 battery votive or LED candles
• tape
(volunteers are responsible for purchasing supplies)
Sign up here
We can’t wait to see your creations on parade at InLight Richmond!
