On Saturday, June 5, from 12-5pm, families with children of all ages will descend on Audubon Street (between Whitney Avenue and Orange Street) for Audubon Arts on the Edge, an afternoon of free, family-oriented music and dance performances, hands-on arts-and-crafts activities, and interactive educational programs. For a detailed schedule of events please click here.

For the 15th consecutive year, the Audubon Arts District celebrates all that the neighborhood’s arts and educational institutions, galleries, and retailers have to offer the Greater New Haven community.

Featured performers include the ACES Educational Center for the Arts Jazz Ensemble, National Drill Squad and Drum Corps, ACES Educational Center for the Arts Swing Ensemble, Neighborhood Music School Suzuki Strings, Neighborhood in Motion — An Interactive Dance Experience, and Tusuykusun Peru.

Audience favorite Baba David Coleman will lead a drum-making workshop and drum circle, and children will have an opportunity to try an array of musical instruments at an instrument petting zoo.

As has been tradition, Audubon Street itself will morph into a concrete canvas on which artists of all ages will create a meandering chalk mural. Children will also be able to create art on a giant painting wall and make useable art from recycled materials.

Audubon Arts on the Edge is sponsored by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Suzio York Hill, and Audubon Arts & Retail District. Additional funding support comes from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism, Werth Family Foundation, Department of Cultural Affairs (Mayor’s Community Arts Grant Program) and The Ethel and Abe Lapides Foundation. Media sponsors are the New Haven Advocate and Star 99.9.

The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, publisher of The Arts Paper, is a regional nonprofit arts agency that provides leadership to and advocates for member artists and arts organizations and connects them to one another, to audiences, and to the Greater New Haven community.

We are always looking for volunteers to help out at the Edge. If your available at any time that day, starting at 9 am for set up, we would love to have you join us – it's a fun time for all! Please contact Bobbi Griffith at bgriffith@newhavenarts.org or call 772-2788 if you are interested in volunteering.

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