ArtHONK!
ArtHONK! formerly known as Elm Street Interactive Area
Saturday, October 11 1-5pm
We’re closing Elm Street to cars and turning it into a dynamic arena for interactive art making and activism. Please join in — work with our amazing HONK! artists to create something for yourself or for the Sunday Parade. Learn about some urgent issues with the grass roots volunteers and organizers working on community issues. Help amplify messages for positive change and activist causes with art!
ArtHONK! intro
The ArtHONK! has the same mission as Honk! – take over the streets and advocate for issues that will the community. Instead of music, ArtHONK! uses art to advocate for causes.
ArtHONK! includes installations and hands-on activities for all those passing by. It is a chance for local artists and activist and community groups to share with the general public their ideas, concerns, images, words, creations, and strategies for a better world. This year Elm Street artists will offer opportunities to engage in projects about equity and voting rights, climate change and ecological crisis, and the war on Gaza, by making banners, flags, cardboard parading costumes, and chalk art, or participating in an installation about Palestinian identity.
We are honored to have the following artists and activist groups participate in this year’s ArtHonk! : Cambridge Wildlife Arts, Climate Crisis Cabaret, Extinction Rebellion, If Not Now- Boston, MIRA Coalition, Pemberton Farms, Somverville Community Fridge, The Puppeteers Cooperative, The Welcome Project, Vanessa Zanin, and Zoe Stark.
The Puppeteers Cooperative
The Puppeteers Cooperative works in community puppet workshops, pageants, and parades, and also runs a giant puppet lending library, all in the service of helping people to make giant street spectacles from simple everyday materials.
Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion is an international non-violent movement focused on raising the alarm about the climate and ecological crisis, pressuring governments to act, and inspiring people to get involved. At Elm Street XR’s theme will be “Join the Critter Rebellion!” The group’s interactive activities will include endangered species mask making and coloring pages, as well as an open invitation to the community to help create posters for the Critter Rebellion and to join Extinction Rebellion’s contingent in the Sunday Honk! Parade.
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Zoë Stark
Zoë Stark is a teacher and writer who makes art with kids. At ArtHONK! 2025, we will be making a mural, using color and line to express how HONK music sounds. Music reaches all of us in different ways. We will collaborate on a community piece that blends the joy of making art with the fun of listening to music. Participants of all ages are welcome, especially children!