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!

Enjoy our free workshops and public art while shopping for fresh produce at GrowNYC's Greenmarkets. 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 appearing at GrowNYC's Brooklyn Greenmarkets on August 8^th and 11^th!

August 8^th

From 10:00am- 2:00pm

Scrapbooking workshop - Enjoy creating a beautiful custom-made scrapbook. Bring your precious photographs and background decor, or add your favorite photos later. 

Guest artist, Ayaka Kobayashi

Place: Bartel-Pritchard Square Wednesday Greenmarket

Prospect Park West at 15th Street, Brooklyn [map]
(Green Market Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)

Ayaka Kobayashi
 is the Founder of be.COLORful – NYC Scrapbooking – 

August 11^th

From 11:00am-3:00pm  The event was cancelled from heavy storm weather

“POKETTO”, a 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.”
Bring POCKETS from your precious old clothes to add to the installation.

Guest artist, Hiromi Niizeki

Place: Brooklyn Borough Hall Saturday Greenmarket

On plaza at Court St and Montague St, Brooklyn [map]

(Market Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

  

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. 

Niizeki Hiromi: Niizeki has exhibited her work both domestically and internationally at many prominent art institutions which include The National Museum of Art in Johannesburg, South Africa; Palo Alto Junior Museum, Palo Alto, CA; Memorial Art Gallery, The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; Highways Performance and Arts, Los Angeles, CA; Cave, Brooklyn, NY; and La Foret Museum, Tokyo, Japan. Her mixed media installations, sculptural objects, and assemblages embody her interest in exploring the use of various types of existing and handmade papers. Her work is widely known and exists among a number of high profile collections. She has received critical acclaim by art critics such as Holland Cotter of The New York Times, Stuart Ferguson of the Wall Street Journal, and Jane Ingram Allen for Sculpture Magazine. She has participated in a number of Arts Residencies which include Clock Tower Gallery/PS1 Contemporary Art Center, N.Y. and Governors Island Studio Program at the Children's Museum of the Arts, New York. Niizeki resides and works in Astoria, Queens, since 1988.  www.niizekihiromi.com

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 GrowNYC's collaboration. 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.

Join the community event this weekend in LWS!

We are very excited to announce that our One Stop Family Pop Up will appear this weekend at a community event hosted by Infirnity:

Infirnity Community Block Party

July 14th, 12-6pm  Rain or Shine 

26th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues 

The event will have food, music, inflatables, games, arts/crafts etc. 

 

Please drop by if you will be in the area and enjoy a community event made family friendly by our accommodations! (Our two tents will finish at 5pm.)

We would love to introduce our first guest mother artist, Yoko.

She will present a "Make Your Own Reusable Beeswax Wrap" workshop.

Living with sustainable material

Reusable beeswax wraps provide an eco-friendly alternative to plastic wrap.

Making beeswax fabric wrap at home is a rewarding project, and a great way to use up scraps of old cotton fabric.

We can use recycled baby dress shirts and crib bed sheets to give them new life.

The wraps adhere to a cup, a bowl or can be used to wrap up a sandwich and left over food.

You can use a baby dress, shirts, etc. that represent your special memories. If you don't want to throw them away, this is a great way to give them new life!

Let’s end plastic pollution! We hope to see you there.

If you're interested in having us at a NYC event near you, 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.

 

Shopping at Materials For The Arts

Alongside our accommodations, we also host a workshop for families at each event.  We are excited to announce that we have now selected our guest artists from our open call!

We arranged a trip to the Materials For The Arts  for three of our guest artists last week.

The materials they picked up will be used in their One Stop Family Pop Up workshops, free to the public.

 

We were very excited to receive these supplies at no cost!

Thanks to all of the donors and Materials For The Arts for supporting artists’ projects around NYC!

Gina Verdi, One Stop Family Pop Up guest artist: "I was focusing on flexible, shiny, and transparent items. I also got practical items: a box, some clothesline, some big envelopes with clear windows, etc for setup/directions."

"Here are the phone cases I got at MFTA. They are flexible plastic. My plan is to have people cut off the edges of the cases to make a flat piece and use them in the sensory gel bags. "

 We hope you get to join one of our workshops soon!

1 Stop Family Pop Up @ Ditmars Park!

We had beautiful weather and a great turnout of over 200 people for our event.
Many thanks to Friends of Ditmars Park for having us!

We offered a lactation space, diaper changing station and potette, stroller parking, play area, priority rest area, and interactive art related to pregnancy/families!


Moms enjoyed our private space and quiet time inside the lactation tent.

 Thank you Mike Moreno of The Friends of Ditmars Park!IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT...

Join our debut this weekend in Ditmars Park, Astoria!

We are very excited to announce that our One Stop Family Pop Up will debut this weekend at the Friends of Ditmars Park Astoria Day Festival!

June 9th, 10am-2pm

Ditmars Park

Steinway Street, between Ditmars Blvd and 23rd Ave.

 

Please drop by if you will be in the area.

Enjoy a community event made family friendly by our accommodations!

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 Friends Of Ditmars Park, Citizens Committee for NYC, and New York Foundation for the Arts.