BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:111@somervilleartscouncil.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20140403T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20140403T210000 DTSTAMP:20250224T211810Z URL:https://somervilleartscouncil.org/events/hatch/ SUMMARY:Hatch DESCRIPTION:Calling artists to decorate eggs in hopes of influencing state legislators to fund the arts\n\n\nThe Somerville Arts Council and the Nave Gallery present: HATCH! \n\nAbout: The Hatch project is part of statewide campaign led by MASSCreative to increase public support for the arts\, cu ltural and creative sector. Communities across the Commonwealth are workin g throughout the spring budget season to urge legislators to make arts a p riority. \;\n \;\nOur project: Hatch! Somerville artists will crea te dozens of &ldquo\;art eggs\,&rdquo\; which will be delivered to state l egislators in mid April. \; We envision that artists will transform pa per mâ\;ché\; eggs\, slightly bigger than your average chicken eggs\, into vibrant works of art using a variety of mediums. Once decorate d\, the eggs will be placed in nests\, nestled among messages from Somervi llians. Each message will start with: &ldquo\;$ for the Arts = [blank].&rd quo\; We&rsquo\;ll deliver the eggs to Governor Deval Patrick and state se nators and representatives who comprise the Joint Committee on Ways and Me ans. The idea being &ndash\; if legislators take care of their eggs (I.e.\ , fund the arts)\, creativity will hatch! \;\n \;\nGoal: We hope H atch! will influence legislators to fund the arts more fully. The project also will garner press for Somerville&rsquo\;s arts community and promote: Somerville Open Studios\; the ArtBeat festival (Hatch is this year&rsquo\ ;s theme!)\; and the individual artists who decorate the eggs.\n \;\nH ow to get involved: \; Come to one of our workshops! We will have a va riety of materials available but if you have particular materials you&rsqu o\;d like to work with\, please bring them\; we also recommend that you co me armed with ideas to decorate your egg. If possible\, please RSVP to Hea ther Balchunas and let her know which workshop you&rsquo\;ll be attending. There is also the possibility to decorate an egg on your own time\, in yo ur studio. Contact Heather to work out logistics with her.\nHeather&rsquo\ ;s email: hbalchunas@somervillema.gov\n\n\n \;\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://somervilleartscouncil.org/wp-content/upl oads/2014/03/Lich_egg_2.jpg CATEGORIES:ArtsUnion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20140309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR