Celebrate the Fall Harvest Season During ArtWeek 2016

ArtWeek, an award-winning creative festival, will host more than 180 events this season, including many celebrating the fall harvest season.

ArtWeek will run from September 30 - October 9 in more than 50 neighborhoods and towns across Eastern Massachusetts.

This season's ArtWeek lineup features many family friendly fall themed events, including:

African Drumming and Apple Picking

Lead Partner: Old Frog Pond Farm and Studio

Price: FREE

Location: Old Frog Pond Farm and Studio, 38 Eldridge Road, Harvard, MA

Sunday, October 2 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Make the trip to Old Frog Pond Farm for an amazing afternoon of rhythm and community. And for some great apple picking! Moussa Traore was born and raised in Mali and is considered one of the world's top djembe players. He is a dear friend of The Farm and we are excited and honored to have him return for this much anticipated afternoon of family fun! Community is so important to us. It's why we do what we do. The small farm movement is growing and we are honored to be a part of it. We offer many reasons to visit, whether it's to buy or pick fresh, organic food; learn about our nutrient dense soil practices; enjoy a bird or nature walk; take an art class or spend the afternoon listening to African drummers. Our farm is for sharing and we hope to see you during ArtWeek.

Art at The Farm

Lead Partner: Wright-Locke Farm

Community Partner: POW! Pots on Wheels

Price: $5

Location: Wright-Locke Farm, 82 Ridge Street, Winchester

Sunday, October 2 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Come to Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester on Sunday, October 2, 2016, for an afternoon of plant-based art: botanical drawing, tie-dye and pottery! Enjoy a walk on our trails or say hello to our goats and chickens. Open to artists of all ages. $5 per person. We will be doing art projects that focus on the organic fruits and vegetables grown at Wright-Locke Farm, taking advantage of our 20 acres of open space: learning to make botanical drawings of farm-grown produce; tie-dying shirts using plant-based dyes, and trying out pottery with our friends from POW! Pots on Wheels.

Harvest Festival and Crafts at Fruitlands

Lead Partner: Fruitlands Museum

Community Partner: The Trustees

Price: $14

Location: Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard

Saturday, October 8 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM

Enjoy the abundance of the New England landscape in this celebration of the autumn harvest! Learn about Native American gardening and how local Native peoples prepared for the winter long ago. See examples of livestock raised at local farms and find fresh food sources near you. Taste local fruits and vegetables and quench your thirst with switchel - a refreshing tonic used by farmers of old.

Special for ArtWeek, make seasonal crafts for your hearth or front door such as dream catchers, pin wheels, autumn leaf sun catchers, and sun prints.

Homestead Hayfest

Lead Partner: Historic Newton

Price: FREE

Location: The Jackson Homestead and Museum, 527 Washington Street, Newton

Sunday, October 2 from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Come celebrate the harvest season at the Homestead Hayfest, a hands-on family festival. The Hayfest celebrates 19th century family life by inviting everyone to sample food and crafts, games, and leisure pastimes from the past at The Jackson Homestead and Museum in Newton and is sponsored by Hammond Residential Real Estate.

As a part of ArtWeek, families can try their hand at 19th century crafts including cloth dyeing with vegetable dyes and candle dipping!

This event is held rain or shine. Some activities take place outdoors in a grassy yard.

Old Frog Pond Farm and Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit & Raspberry Picking

Lead Partner: Old Frog Pond Farm and Studio

Price: $7 per person or $20 per family

Location: Old Frog Pond Farm and Studio, 38 Eldridge Road, Harvard, MA

Saturday, October 1 from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 9 from 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Take a guided tour of Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio's Outdoor Sculpture Walk, Around the Pond and Through the Woods with artist and farmer, Linda Hoffman. This year's exhibit includes over twenty-five sculptures along wooded trails and around the pond. Featured works include an aerial sculpture by Barbara Andrus, a wind sculpture by Michio Ihara, Ancient Camel by Bob Shannahan, Floating Hearts by Linda Hoffman and Gabrielle White, Paul Matisse's Olympic Bell, Yin Peet's Egg, Joseph Wheelwright's stone and bronze work among others. Organic raspberry picking and vegetables available at The Farm stand.

Primped Out Pumpkins

Lead Partner: Western Avenue Studios

Community Partner: Miracle Providers Northeast

Price: FREE

Location: 122 Western Avenue & 160 Western Avenue, Lowell

Saturday, October 2 from Noon - 5:00 p.m.

During ARToberfest weekend, Western Avenue Studios artists will transform simple pumpkins into dramatic works of art! From fanciful fairy tale pumpkins to fretfully frightful abstractions, you will be amazed at how a building full of artists use their creativity in an effort to win the coveted "People's Preferred Pumpkin" prize. Visitors are urged to wander the building to view the pumpkins displayed outside of participating artists' studios and cast their votes for their favorite creation. Participating visitors will also be entered into a raffle for a $50 Western Avenue Studios gift certificate.

Be sure to visit ARToberfest, Saturday October 1 and Sunday October 2 from 12:00 - 5:00PM. Visit over 100 artist studios and lofts to meet the artists, browse, learn, shop, and be inspired! Be sure to also enjoy harvest-inspired treats from delicious food trucks and Mill City Grows Autumn Market, and sip craft beers at Navigation Brewery.

Pumpkins AGLOW Behind-the-Scenes Tour

Lead Partner: Edaville USA

Price: $37 for ages 4 and over

$32 for ages 2, 3 and Seniors

Location: Edaville USA, 5 Pine Street, Carver

Every Thursday through Sunday during ArtWeek from 6:00 to 6:30PM

Special for ArtWeek, sign up and go behind-the-scenes at the park to learn about how our Edaville Team Members design the pumpkins from start to finish. In addition, guests can learn about how we preserve the pumpkins so they have to last the entire month! Admission includes access to all adventures, including 90 rides & attractions. Edaville USA home of 3 Adventures in 1, Thomas Land, Edaville Proper & Dino Land (seasonal) announces its annual Pumpkins Aglow event from October 1 through October 30. Pumpkins AGLOW features magical gardens of endless jack-o-lanterns amongst 20 animatronic dinosaurs throughout Edaville's Dino Land. Make sure to wear your Halloween Costume, guests can trick or treat at every ride. Edaville is a safe and fun environment to celebrate Halloween with the whole family. Tours will last 30 minutes and a sign-up sheets will be available on site. *Check back for additional tour times!

For more information, visit www.artweekboston.org.

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Presented by Highland Street Foundation and produced by Citi Performing Arts Center, ArtWeek is an award-winning innovative festival featuring more than 150 unique and creative experiences that are hands-on, interactive or offer behind-the-scenes access to artists or the creative process. Celebrated twice per year, ArtWeek was born in Boston in 2013 and has since expanded to serve communities across Eastern Massachusetts. To learn more about the festival and its growth, watch this highlight reel.

Designed to drive neighborhood economic impact and build awareness of the area's creative economy, ArtWeek works with hundreds of community partners throughout Eastern Massachusetts and is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. ArtWeek also has a network of generous media partners each year that have contributed almost $2 million in advertising and promotional support since its launch including from WCVB, Greater Media, Intersection, Overdrive, and CMT Group for the 2016/17 season. It also has a great network of Community Collaborators, including City Awake, Harvard Business School Art Society, Hubway, HUBweek, Kendall Square Association, New England Foundation for the Arts, New England Museum Association, and Women's iLAB. ArtWeek has received recognitions from the Boston Globe, BostInno, the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, and Americans for the Arts. For more information, visit artweekboston.org.

About Highland Street Foundation - Since its establishment in 1989, Highland Street Foundation has donated more than $165 million to many worthy non-profit organizations. It is committed to addressing the needs and concerns of children and families primarily in Massachusetts and California specifically in the areas of education, housing, mentoring, health care, environment and the arts. To learn more about Highland Street Foundation, visit www.highlandstreet.org.

About Citi Performing Arts Center - Citi Performing Arts Center, which includes the Wang and Shubert Theatres, is one of the nation's foremost nonprofit performing arts institutions. As New England's largest cultural venue, it honors all aspects of the performing arts offering theatre, opera, classical and popular music, comedy, dance, and Broadway musicals. Its education/public programming initiatives present the City Spotlights Leadership Program and ArtWeek Boston.

As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization located in Boston's historic Theatre District, Citi Performing Arts Center offers a diverse mix of educational workshops and community activities; collaborates with artists and local performing arts organizations; and, acts as a champion for the arts in the Greater Boston community by aggressively helping to make the arts an integral part of the community's collective, daily experience. For more information, visit www.citicenter.org.

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