Brooklyn ARTery to Hold Classes at Farmers Market Sunday

Visit the Cortelyou Road Farmer’s Market this Sunday, July 22.

Classes are one hour each, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 

Do something fun and different this weekend! Learn the basics of book-binding,  cartooning, printmaking, mixing awesome mocktails, animal balloons or work on a community mosaic mural!!!

Jump into any or all of the following activities; fun for the whole family!!!

TENT #1 at Library Entrance @ Argyle Rd.: FREE CLASSES

9:00-10:00- Balloon Animals! Be the life of the party! Learn how to make animals with balloon artiste extraordinaire Jocelyn Lucas-Rosenberg.

10:15-11:15- Cartooning: Comics can be anything! Marguerite Dabaie will show examples from Superheroes, to comic strips, to graphic novels, to manga, to "alternative" comics. Use supplies that comic artists typically use and create your own comics! This is a great workshop for the comic-curious. Age 8 and up

11:30-12:30- Vegetable Print Cards: Sometimes the simplest techniques create the most beautiful results. Printing the exquisite natural patterns from farm fresh vegetables and fruits makes one-of-a-kind hand-designed cards.  All ages can participate!

Tent #2- Rugby, near Corner Cortelyou. Classes $10pp (covers material costs)

9:00-10:00: Mosaic Mural: Public Art Project: Work with Juan Carlos Pinto and the Brooklyn Recycling Project and collaborate on a mosaic mural on the wall beside John’s Bakery on Cortelyou Road! Meet at the Rugby Rd. Brooklyn ARTery tent to sign up, learn the basics of mosaic art while creating a permanent public art work in the neighborhood!

The Brooklyn Recycle Project is a collective that builds community through art. They create public works of art through the appropriation of discarded materials. Their goal is to promote community involvement through the integration of art in public spaces, while addressing the issue of waste.  80,000 years ago in Kenya, 50,000 ago in Australia, 40,000 in France and Spain, the early humans were creating "public art".  It has become a legacy, a testament and an account of the time. BRP works in the same vein, paying tribute to our time and people. 

10:15-11:15- Bookbinding 101- With Aliza Simons and Woody Leslie

Learn how to make your own book!  You'll be learning basic bookbinding techniques to craft your own books. Take home your future journal, scrap book or flip book. 

11:30-12:30- Origami Bird Mobiles- Learn the ancient Japanese art of origami, (in Japanese, Ori means paper, and kami (gami) means folding), and discover the secret to building balanced mobiles. Sarah Shears will guide you through the creation of a beautiful origami bird mobile. This handmade gift and decoration will surely captivate everyone from babies to adults.   

12:45-1:45: Herbs and Fruit infused Summer Mocktails: Master party mixologists Jackie Fields and Saundra Thomas will show you how to concoct delicious ice cold mocktails muddled with farm fresh herbs and fruits including basil, rosemary, cucumber, mint and mixed berries…  These are refreshing drinks everyone can enjoy, whether you don’t like alcohol, are pregnant, or are a kid! And for you foodies… these mocktails beat wine in Food and Wine magazine’s food pairing game