MacDowell at Children in the Arts Festival
MacDowell was thrilled to take part in Children in the Arts Festival, a beloved community event bringing together families from across the Monadnock region. This year's theme, Greatest Hits, was in honor of the festival's 30th anniversary. "Generations have enjoyed handcrafts dancing, live music, puppetry, the noontime parade, and other inspiring activities for the imagination. Our local school students, visiting performers, artists, and members of the community have filled downtown Peterborough with color and energy, laughter and magic, every third Saturday in May for decades."
At our booth in Putnam Park, families and children enjoyed coloring pages featuring iconic MacDowell buildings in addition to an image of our founders, Edward and Marian. Three lucky raffle winners went home with a book bundle featuring works for young readers written by MacDowell Fellows.
Image courtesy of Children in the Arts Festival
This is what our raffle winners are reading!
Bundle #1: Young Readers
Alexander von Humboldt: Explorer, Naturalist & Environmental Pioneer by Danica Novgorodoff, Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao, Our Lake by Angie Kang, The Airport Book by Lisa Brown, and Angélica and La Güira by Angie Cruz.
Bundle #2: Middle-Grade/YA
The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich, A Step from Heaven by An Na, and Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow.
Bundle #3: YA
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds (illustrations by Danica Novgorodoff), The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han, Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi, and The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma.
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About the Children in the Arts Festival
On the third Saturday of May, since 1993, the Children and the Arts Festival fills downtown Peterborough. Children of all ages revel in shows from local talent to top entertainers. Hands-on art opportunities and face painting are busy all day, except for the one hour when all eyes turn to our Giant Puppet Parade, when they feast on the creations of students, families, classrooms, and community members as they descend into downtown.