Everyday Futures Fest Block Party 2024

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An afternoon of fun for all ages! The Everyday Futures Fest Block Party will take place on 7th and Catharine St in South Philly. Our whole block, Da Vinci Art Alliance, and Palumbo Park will feature temporary installations, music, dance, and storytelling performances, sustainable vendors, interactive workshops, and more! With more than 40 local cultural partners, community groups, and creators confirmed, there’s something for everyone at The Block Party!

List of Performers:

• 12:45pm Maria Mirenzi
• 1:30pm Mister John’s Music
• 2pm Ants on a Log
• 3pm Soul Elevator

Food Vendors:

• Las Bugambilias
• Pecel Ndeso Indonesian Food
• Zulma’s Pupusas

The Block Party includes:

• The Rounds
• South Philadelphia Community Fridge
• Old Pine Community Center
• The Wardrobe / Clothing Drive
• Office of State Representative Ben Waxman
• Catholic Social Services
• South Philly Yarn and Craft LLC
• Nesting House
• Cheap Print Workshop with Joy Lai, Felisa Adderley, Sofie Seymour
• Biodata Sonification – Plant Music – Electricity for Progress
• Claymobile
• PlayArts Kids Programing
• Sidewalk Symbiosis
• Magic Gardens
• Kathryn Pannepacker Fellow Project in partnership with Broad Street Ministry
• BYO Printmaking Collaborative
• Photo workshop with Stephanie Van Riet
• Julie Woodard/ Juicebox Workshop
• Lucia Alber/Tacony LAB Community Arts Center
• Nicole Rodrigues/ Lost Mirage
• Ash Garner / THECOLORG
• paperthinktank
• Craft Coven
• Fleisher Art Memorial
• Partners and Son
• Ants on a Log
• Rutabaga Toy Library
• Em Vieser (perennially)
• Yannick Lowery
• Philly Community Wireless
• Iffy Books
• Ants on a Log
• Paper Think Tank
• Philly Community Wireless
• Hjscollages
• Crvft Daddy Designs
• New + Wesley Images
• Meg McTernan / Cosmic Haha
• Lia Huntington / Brick & Wire
• Pejo-Goshni
• Gloria Klaiman
• Searth (Marcy Fiorentino)
• Ugly Squid
• Shay Rutkowski
• Maria Mirenzi of PlayArts
• Yoliday – Moonlight Arte (soaps/candles)
• Yuli – ArtenisiA
• Tania – Tenangos Philly
• Moonlight Arte
• ArtesinA
• Eleanor Levie – Sustainabili-tea quilt – an interactive making of a trash-stash art quilt in which all can make a quilt block to be incorporated into the final composition
• Buddy Muhler Star Party
• Trash Academy

Exhibitions and Installations will include:

DVAA Gallery 1: A Shared Table: An Exploration of Natural Dyes with the Dye Club

DVAA Gallery 2: Addressing the Future: A NextFab x DVAA Fellowship Exhibition

DVAA third floor: Flood Zone: A Silent Auction of Sustainable Art. Bid to help keep us afloat!

$5 donations encouraged, all money raised will go directly towards paying the artists providing workshops and experiences and towards purchasing supplies for the Everyday Futures Fest.