Worcester

 Freestyle Weaving Studio Presents

The SAORI Bridges of Elm Park

  

Banner Hand-Woven by Entire 3rd Grade of Belmont Community School, Worcester 

                 

A Community Peace Installation of 66 Banners in Elm Park, Worcester, MA, USA

                                                   Wed.-Sun., AUGUST 25-29, 2010, Dawn to Dusk Daily                                                                             

Hand-Woven by Saori Weavers of Worcester & the World

Print our Special Event FLYER for your friends & refrigerator!

For full details on this project, check out our Call to Weavers   For the basics, see our Press Release

 

After the installation, each of the 66 Banners will be gifted to SPONSORS who make tax-deductible gifts to the SAORI Scholarship Fund, managed by Arts Worcester.

These scholarships will benefit low-income children and their families, mostly within walking distance of our inner-city studio.

The labor, materials, and cost of shipping of the banners to Worcester are all being donated by Saori Banner Weavers!

Banner Weavers - now this regularly updated list shows whether we have RECEIVED your banner! Check it out!)

FLASH! We Need Volunteers to MONITOR the installation in 4-person teams round-the-clock in 6-hour day shifts or 4-hour night shifts! For details and to VOLUNTEER, visit our Contact Us page!

Volunteer Monitors are already signing up! Check out our mighty Monitor Roster to see who has volunteered for what shifts! Organize your friends! Watch it fill up!!!

Blessed are the Banner-makers! We have commitments for all 66 Banners! Please contact us if you still want to donate one!

SAORI Weavers who wish to Weave & Donate a Banner TUITION-FREE AT SAORI WORCESTER, or get help with the banner you are already weaving,

read about our Special Banner-Makers' Open Studio

To SPONSOR a Banner, call Saori Worcester at 508-757-4646 or send us an email

 

DURING THE 5-DAY INSTALLATION: FUN EVENTS DAILY = MAKE FRIENDS!

Every day of the Installation (Wed. through Sun.), 6-8pm, weather permitting, we will have an informal Free Weaving and Acoustic Sing-Along Gathering on the lawn by the Red Bridge.

We'll have a big ukulele and a loom on hand - bring your own musical instruments, refreshments (NO alcohol), portable Saori loom, lawn chairs, etc.

                                                                                 

                                                               Vision of Wooden Bridge by Nancy Smith          Sponsored by Worcester Local First               Sample Iron Bridge Banner with Pond Reflection

of which SAORI Worcester is a proud Member

 Saori Bridges of Elm Park is an Art in the Park 2010-Related Event.

For info on Art in the Park & other Art-in-the-Park 2010-Related Events, visit: http://www.worcestermass.org/arts-culture-entertainment/worcester-cultural-commission/

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