Date: June 1 & 2, 2013
Event: HOWL Festival
Cost: FREE
Summary: It's like they are making an art museum right before your eyes.
I had never heard of the HOWL Festival. Or maybe I had but hadn't really thought much about it. But as I was looking for something to do this weekend, this looked interesting. It is an arts festival encompassing music, dance, visual art, poetry, etc. Pretty much everything. It's probably easiest if you read about it at their website here: About HOWL.
While there was lots going on on various stages and locations in Tomkins Square Park, I most went for Art Around The Park which the festival website describes thusly: "A live action weekend-long event involving 140 artists of all ages turns an 8 foot high, 900 foot long blank "canvas" encircling the exterior of Tompkins Square Park into an explosion of color and creativity."
And let me tell you, it did NOT disappoint. AT ALL. It was amazing. Awesome. The creativity, the creation, the colors, the controlled chaos, and all the other things that don't begin with 'c'! Seriously, each artist used their canvas so differently and seeing each style, each bit of invention, some thought provoking, some very much not, all of them interesting in their own way. Loved them all. Some more than others, of course. And to be there to watch them being created -- not just to see the finished product but to *watch* them being created. It was wonderful. It really was.
And if you're in New York during HOWL, I highly recommend going on Saturday to see it all happening. And then if you've got time and if you're curious, head back on Sunday to see the finished product.
LOTS and LOTS (and lots) of pictures under the cut. :)
