1 Stop Family Pop Up @ Lower West Side!

Hi! We enjoyed a beautiful Saturday at Chelsea Infirnity Block Party on 26^thstreet, between 9 and 10^thAvenue.

We shared a table with Home Cooking of the World. We set a diaper changing table, wearable Pregnant Belly sculpture. We explained and distributed flyer of Open Call in English and Spanish, a brochure about breastfeeding of Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and a flyer of StopGap Ramp Project NYC, that is other sister project of One Stop Family Pop Up. We hope many artists will submit to our project.

Infirnity Block Party

We are happy to announce that we will be part of Infirnity Block Party 

on Saturday July 13, 

26^thstreet, between 9 and 10^thAvenue, Chelsea, New York.

http://www.tgcchelsea.com/infirnity-block-party

We will set a free diaper changing table and information table for all families, and wearable belly sculpture for all youth and male.

Our collaborate organization, Home Cooking of the World will introduce and distribute Macha Healthy summer drink. Please come by the party!

The picture is the scene of the block party meeting where volunteer members helped to make signs for each section for the party two weeks ago.

Thanks for this opportunity we One Stop Family Pop Up and Infirnity could meet and keep the relationship via Citizen Committee New York City Grant Mixer Party.

The first tabling this 2019 season

We kicked the first tabling this 2019 season and Open Call for Artists at Neighborhood Bash Astoria.

It was a beautiful hot summer day. 

We shared a tent and tables with Home Cooking of the World.

This time we had a diaper-changing table, and explained our activity for supporting families, also other sister project, Ramp Project NYC. 

Bring your family and stay at Socrates Mini Market a while - we've got the accommodations!

We are very excited to announce that our One Stop Family Pop Up will be appearing at Socrates Park on September 29th!

Enjoy our free workshops and public art while shopping for fresh produce at Hellgate CSA Farm and sipping a cup of coffee at Drew the coffee.  

Date: September 29^thFrom 11:00am- 4:00pmGEL AND LIGHT
workshop: Enjoy playing with sunshine - creating Sun Catcher Sensory Gel Bag and bottle, symbiotic nature of Science and Art!
Guest artist: GINA VERDI  

Place: Socrates Park, LIC                     
32-01 Vernon Boulevard / Long Island City, NY 11106. 

(Park Hours: 9:00 a.m. – Sundown)

GINA VERDI is Educator in Astoria, Queens.

If you're interested in having us at a NYC event near you, contact us at 1stopfamilypopup@gmail.comOne Stop Family Pop Up is supported by Citizens Committee for NYC, and New York Foundation for the Arts.

Enjoy our free workshops and public art while enjoying outdoor event. Bring your family and stay a while - we've got the accommodations!

We are very excited to announce that our One Stop Family Pop Up will be part of Boogie On The Boulevard street event!

http://www.bronxmuseum.org/events/boogie-on-the-boulevard_8

August 26^th

From 2:00- 6:00pm

Place: Grand Concourse between 165 and 166^thstreet, The Bronx

“Absolutely Quick, Easy, and Delicious Japanese Cooking at Home!,” Food workshop and demonstration.

Making their own Japanese food ingredients by peeling cloves of garlics and soaking them in soy sauce. Demonstration of how to cook easy and delicious everyday Japanese food at home, using the same garlic infused soy sauce. 

Guest artist, Yukiyo Nagata, japanese-kitchen.net 

By cooking at home regularly, a family can afford healthier and more nutritious meals, and stretch the limited budget. My dream is to have a food van, which can prepare and offer many different cultures’ home style food at different places, particularly at economically disadvantaged area for free. By tasting unfamiliar food, we can physically experience different cultures (regardless within or outside the U.S.). 

America is getting more segregated by income, culture, religion, and race. The upward mobility in the United States is in decline. When this social system is pulling the citizens further apart and pitting the disenfranchised against each other in order to maintain the wealth of fortunate few, the rest of us have to band together and arm each other with knowledge to survive and prosper in the future. 

When many people can’t (or don’t) cross over to see “the other side”, the food van can bring “the other side” to them in order to satisfy the hunger of body and mind. 

“POKETTO”, participatory public art installation - "If you could find anything you wished in a pocket what would it be? Write it. Draw it. Leave It in a pocket. Read what others said.” 

BringPOCKETS from your precious old clothes! They could be added on the installation.

Guest artist, Hiromi Niizeki www.niizekihiromi.com

Hiromi asks people to stop for a short time and think about what is important to them and why. Participants may respond to the question by drawing, writing and/or creating small pieces of art work to leave in the pockets. 

Both workshops will be flanked by our One Stop accommodations: A private and hygenic lactation space, a diaper changing and potette area, stroller parking, and a play space. We also provide smaller chairs for children to participate in workshops.

If you are interested in having us at a NYC event near you, contact us at 1stopfamilypopup@gmail.com.

We appreciate BxArts Factory, Institute for Family Health/ Bronx Health REACH, and Bronx Museum of the Arts. One Stop Family Pop Up is supported by Citizens Committee for NYC, and New York Foundation for the Arts.

Thanks for your tax detectable donation here!

1 Stop Family Pop Up @ Lower West Side!

Hi! We enjoyed a beautiful Saturday at the Chelsea Block Party put on by Infirnity

on 26^thstreet, between 9 and 10^thAvenue. Thank you, Lisa!

Left is guest artist Yoko’s tent. Right is a lactation space and diaper changing table. A play yard is located between the tents.

Inside the lactation tent, there are chairs, stools, hand pumps, pumping bags, breast pads, a nursing Boppy pillow, ice and a cooler bag to store pumped milk, nipple cream, a nursing cover, and more! Women can feel welcome to nurse or pump in this private, sanitary, (quieter) location.

On the other side of the lactation space, there is a diaper changing table stocked with supplies (and clothes in case of accidents), as well as a potette for older children who are potty training.

The stroller parking area is pictured here.

This is our guest artist, Yoko! The man behind Yoko is her son, Daigo. In the workshop Yoko proposed and led, participants created reusable wraps made with cotton cloth and beeswax. These wraps are used as an eco-friendly alternative to zip lock bags, plastic wrap, or tinfoil to preserve and store food.

Participants picked a favorite cloth pattern.  Yoko then dipped it in melted beeswax.

After the wax cooled, participants shaved the wax to flatten the wraps. 

Daigo supported his mother, Yoko, explaining how participants could recreate the process at home.

Rica recruited passersbys to Yoko’s workshop, explaining what she was doing, how, and why.

Many families utilized the diaper-changing table, including moms, grandmothers, and fathers.

Can you see the outline of a mom breastfeeding inside the tent?

Another mom was changing a diaper outside; the two are kept separate for sanitary and privacy reasons, as we have men change diapers as well. A volunteer high school student was sitting outside to  monitor the tent and answer questions. 

Christine, who brought her four month old baby to the event, and a pregnant woman and her friend talk in front of the lactation tent.

Thanks to Yoko for the amazing workshop!

Guest artist: Yoko Fukuda

Make Your Own Reusable Beeswax Wrap

Yoko Fukuda was born in Japan. She is a mother artist whose life was inspired and improved by art. She lives with her husband, son and daughter in NY since 1995. Her project promotes using sustainable items for daily life, such as this eco-friendly beeswax wrap. 

Yoko’s contact: elephant.zousan @ gmail.com

If you're interested in having us at a NYC event near you, please contact us at 1stopfamilypopup@gmail.com.

One Stop Family Pop Up is supported by Citizens Committee for NYC, and New York Foundation for the Arts.

Open Call: Artists for an Artst's Tent!

we are pleased to announce this Open Call!
Artists for an Artist's Tent.

We are the One Stop Family Pop Up! Our aim is to help families access and enjoy outdoor events while raising children by providing two tents in public spaces: 1). An artist’s tent that invites community members to engage in interactive art workshops related to family, and 2). A lactation tent + a diaper changing station + priority rest & play area + an information table – accommodations that all families need but are not yet provided in our community. Our awareness initiatives celebrate maternal health and serve to improve access for pregnant women and parents.

Your proposal should have:

・Your name

・Your website/SNS account name

・An explanation of your interactive art workshop idea(s) in a one-two page proposal. Please describe your:

A: Workshop or interactive public art.

B: Art show

You may hold either A (workshop or interactive public art), B (an art show), or both A and B.

Tent dimensions are 10 x 10 feet. You will be supplied with a table, chairs and tarp wall if needed.

Proposals are due: May 31 at 11:59pm, 2018. Please email your proposals to 1stopfamilypopup@gmail.com.

One Stop Family Pop Ups will be held four times from about 1:00-4:00PM on Saturdays or Sundays during June – September, rain or shine. Planned locations include Astoria Park and Socrates Park, in Queens; a street festival in LES of Manhattan; and Boogie On The Boulevard, in the Bronx. As specific dates are still TBA, we will match you to an available date and location.

Each participating artist will be awarded $125 for their participation and $100 for material costs for a total of $225. Selected artists are able to access and shop for free materials at The Materials For The Arts during June-September. Each artist is responsible for the design and implementation of their agreed-upon project.

To aid you in brainstorming and proposing applicable concepts, please take a look at our previous activities at:

https://1stopfamily.blogspot.com/2018/01/one-stop-family-pop-up-for-2018.html

https://www.nyfa.org/ArtistDirectory/ShowProject/95f0d4e7-ab6f-47c4-8fb2-5aea97b16d32

Please feel free to email us with any questions at 1stopfamilypopup@gmail.com.

We look forward to hearing from you!

One Stop Family Pop Up

The project is supported by Citizens Committee for NYC, and New York Foundation for the Arts.

One Stop Family Pop Up for 2018

This image depicts our expanded plan for the One Stop Family Pop Up in 2018.  
We are planning to host the project at family-events in NYC Parks and public spaces.
The exhibit will have two walled tents, 10x10 feet each. 

A guest artist will be stationed at one tent. There, the parent artist will hold an art show and workshop that relates to family living.

The other tent will be a private lactation tent near a diaper changing station. There will be a priority seating area as well. 
People can use diapers, wipes,  hand sanitizer, manual breast pumps,  lactation pads, etc. as needed.

These are accommodations that all families need but are still not publicly provided in our community. When made available, they enable people to stay and enjoy events for a much longer period of time rather than rushing home to breastfeed, pump, or change a diaper. Our awareness initiatives celebrate maternal health and serve to improve access for pregnant women and parents.




We will also hold workshops so that people can make a lasting commitment to being family-friendly. For example, at a pin making workshop, participants may create slogans like, “Pregnant? Take my seat” or "I support breastfeeding" to wear on their shirts, hats, or bags to display their support in public on an ongoing basis.

We will give small business owners in the community our “Breastfeeding Welcome Here” and “Priority Seating” signs to put on their doors or in their windows.

 

Example 1

Performance/WS by a guest mother artist

images from Immigrant Artists at September Boogie On The Boulevard 2017, photo by David Centeno

DeborahWasserman held an interactive salad-making workshop entitled, “Your Body is a Temple”. Passerbys gazed at beautiful, natural, and clean greens at the table. The artists led people in making salads with fresh ingredients and sharing them with each other.

Example 2

Artwork/WS by a guest mother artist

images from Immigrant Artists at September Boogie On The Boulevard 2017, photo by David Centeno

YasuyoTanaka held a “Health Karuta(Cards)” workshop and introduced safe, natural plant colors onto paper, along with felt pens and crayons.
Participants drew a health catchword and its image on cards. A WS like this one helps us to share ideas about our health while playing together.

If you are interested in our project, please feel free to contact us!

BOOGIE at Boogie On The Boulevard !

The Second Art Show and Workshops at Boogie On The Boulevard's outdoor event, The Bronx

August 20th, 2017, 12-4pm

We set up a tent for our information table and pin making workshop. We displayed two big signs that explained our project/history and how to participate in the project.

With the Peek-a-boo, we explained how the world changed when we were pregnant, and asked participants to see the world as a pregnant woman to gain empathy.

Many young men and women, and even elderly men, tried the belly sculpture that weighed 20-lbs; the water bottles inside the sculpture simulated the average belly of a pregnant woman.  

Make Your Own Pin Workshop, 2 ¼” button.

After trying the interactive sculpture, participants wrote their commitment to support pregnant women and new parents in their own languages, and then created their own pins on-site.

At the pilot event we held, 50 people participated in the pin making workshop in four hours. Participants took their pins with them to display on their bags or person while in public to show their ongoing support for pregnant women and families.