If you're in the Jacksonville area this Saturday, or any upcoming Saturday!, then come out to the Riverside Arts Market. It's a fabulous festival of art and entertainment and food and just plain fun.
Two weekends ago, our Riverside Children's Arts Center was at the Market hosting the Children's Creativity Corner booth. Ken Anoff, who teaches a hand-drumming class for us on Wednesday evenings, spent the day helping children (and some adventurous adults) engage their energy and creativity and channel it together. If you've never been part of a drum circle, then I encourage you to find one in your local area (Jacksonville has a drum circle that meets most Friday evenings at Riverside Park in Five Points near the duck pond). The unity of energy and spirit that flow within the circle, and outward to the wider community, is something that has to be experienced to be understood. There is something so elemental about drumming that even in a brief time together, groups of children, from toddlers to teens, created unity within the rhythm. It was wonderful to hear, and fabulous to be part of.
We'll be back at the Children's Creativity Corner booth on May 30 with a new artist-in-residence. Come spend the day as we open ourselves to the creativity that lies within each of us!
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