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Wednesday, July 9

Art Beat July18+19

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When:
Friday, Jul 18, 2014 6:00p -
Saturday, Jul 19, 2014 10:00p
Where:
Davis Square
1 Davis Square
Somerville, MA 02145
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Art, Date Idea, Festivals & Fairs, Music
Event website:
http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/artbeat/2014
During the heat of summer (held on the third weekend in July), artists and festival goers converge on Davis Square, transforming it into one of the area's largest and most innovative arts festivals. Each year we develop a theme that serves as a launching point for artists and the community to express themselves.

This year's theme: Hatch! Description of all the fun are rolling out now.

ArtBeat is one of the area's largest and most innovative arts festivals, with over a dozen bands, dance troupes, 75 craft vendors, food and hatch-themed activities.

Full schedule of performances: http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/artbeat/2014/schedule

We like to think of Somerville as a giant incubator, one in which ideas, dreams and art percolate and ultimately, hatch. And so, this year's ArtBeat theme is "hatch," a celebration of our city's creative endeavors. "Hatch" evokes many things: chirping chicks breaking out of their shells, emerging creative projects and scientific break-throughs, and indie businesses busting onto the scene.

Let's also consider "hatch" as a noun, as an opening or compartment in a ship, car or building—places where things can be stashed away from the public eye. TV fans might recall the mysterious "hatch" on Lost, a buried steel entryway to the subterranean Dharma Initiative Station. We look forward to your creative interpretations of this year's ArtBeat theme. Dancers might explore emerging from a confined space; tech-savvy artists might share newly hatched innovations in robotics; an artist collective might showcase work that has been created collectively, within an incubator; pet lovers might organize a photography exhibit of newly hatched critters or stage a puppy parade. It's time to bust out of our shells and let our ideas... hatch.

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