Join us Sunday, August 22nd at 11am in Absecon Lighthouse Park for a joint event: 48 Blocks AC & the Live Well AC Farmers Market!
See ACAF’s latest art installations & enjoy live music, performances, demonstrations and more!
Update: This event is rain or shine! Biking tour has been cancelled.
EVENT SCHEDULE
Absecon Lighthouse events:
7 AM: Sunrise artist circle
Artists are welcome to arrive and utilize the lighthouse property for inspiration for a sunrise painting session. Bring your own materials and start your day getting creative in this scenic arts circle!
9-1: Live Well AC Market
Absecon Lighthouse, New Jersey’s tallest and the country’s third tallest masonry light,
will host “Live Well AC Farmers Market” in collaboration with SeaGoddess Healing Arts, LLC.
Enjoy live music from Kind Magma Music and shop from 30 different food, arts, and craft vendors and featuring a farm stand by Absecon Lighthouse Community Garden!
Vendor line up:
Bianca del Mare
Artist/Mindfully Active
Herb Jelly Arts
The Nakey Cakey
Emily Saige and Theorem
New Spin Designs
RecordsNRadios
Anthony the Crochet Cat
KLM Creations
Holographic Hippie
Wreaths
Sunray Scrunchies
Magilla Gorilla Sweet Treats
livsmithdesigns
Philadelphia Audio Works
Sea Me Glow
Third Eye Spiritual Supply
Read by Christine & The Sage Lady
SimoneSquared
Arbonne Health & Wellness
Tony Boloney's
Muddy Stuff Body Works, LLC
Stefany Mayz & Charlie's Angels Education & Rescue Org.
Foolish Shells
Little Bundle Cookies
Pickle Girl Pickles
Art of Kuzma
SeaGoddess Healing Arts
48 Blocks AC events:
We’re kicking off our 48 Blocks AC event with a two hour biking tour of our murals around the Atlantic City inlet and Orange Loop! Tours will be starting at the lighthouse.
11-12: This Little Light of Mine: A Murphy Write-In
In this free, generative writing workshop, participants will write together in response to an inspiring piece of writing and a series of guided writing prompts that invite them to reflect on what has sustained and motivated them in darker times. Participants will also have the chance to share what they write. Open to all ages and experience levels. Facilitated by Emari DiGiorgio.
12:30-3: Live painting by Maria Biebel
Maria will be painting a group caricature of artists and attendees of the event on a large canvas - be a part of a live painting!
11-1: T-shirt Transformation with Loryn Simonsen
Loryn will be guiding t-shirt transformation with a variety of shirts that will be provided, or feel free to bring your own! Learn how to cut, crop, and fringe your shirts!
1-3: Trash Parade
Join Tina Notaro in an interactive parade for the community good! Costumed parade goers and musicians will be marching in tune while cleaning up their route as they go!
1-3: Raymond Tyler presents: Deep Dope Soul, the 120 Minute Festival (v 2)
Spend 2 Hours with The Deep Dope Soul Family as we curate a 2 hour block of music and art inspired to inspire...and make you dance.
All day: Positivity Rock painting with the Mental Health Association
Join Bernadette Trendler and the Mental Health Assoc. To spread positivity and wellness! Each attendee will be provided supplies to paint a positive message of their choosing such as “Hope” “Faith” “Wellness” on a rock with the colors and design of their choice. Paints, paint brushes, and rocks will all be provided to complete this activity. Rock paintings will be completed at our table and remain with them to dry and be later dispersed throughout the city.
All day: T shirt design with Kenneth Lazan Faulk Jr.
The highly popular T shirt creation station from 8/7 will make its return on 8/22! We will have a variety of shirts provided to be decorated, or feel free to bring clothing of your own!
All day: Old Coots & Company
Giving Advice...it may not be the best advice, but it's free!
(the booth is exactly what the name implies!)
All day: Live body painting and collage making with Heather Deegan Hires and Ruben Garcia
Another crowd favorite from 8/7 will be returning on 8/22 - become part of a living canvas!
All day: Atlantic Avenue slideshow with Christina Walley:
Local resident Christina Walley will be presenting a slideshow of how the COVID - 19 shutdown effected local businesses across the city in an effort to acknowledge and support these businesses going forward.
Rainworks workshop and “Water Table” Demonstration
"Water Table" is an in-ground art installation conceived and designed by artists Nancy Agati and Rebecca Schultz. The installation is made up of natural, permeable materials that have been locally sourced. These materials absorb water more efficiently than the surrounding pavement, which viewers will observe when it rains, and can be used in communities that experience coastal flooding. The image in “Water Table” is based on a map of Atlantic City, referencing the impacts of sea level rise on the region.
The Atlantic City Arts Foundation was selected by the NJ Coastal Resiliency Art Program to serve as one of four community based organizations to host and produce the project. This program was funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the New Jersey Coastal Management Program, Department of Environmental Protection. It was produced in partnership with the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Nancy and Rebecca will be doing demonstrations with Water Table as well as a workshop on the surrounding sidewalks with Rainworks, a special paint that is only visible when it is wet, throughout the day.