Mandy Greer, Joshua Lindenmayer, and Gretchen Bennett at Seattle Art Museum Family Day

This weekend Mandy Greer is having one more crochet meet-up, and hopefully I'll be going to help out with my pretty new crochet needles (I've been inspired, you might say)! Also, as if that's not exciting enough Gretchen Bennett will be there with young art star Joshua Lindenmayer giving temporary tattoos - I can attest to the beauty of her tattoo work, having had my own pink buffalo done earlier this year!

An excerpt from Mandy's Mater Matrix Mother and Medium blog:

SAM Family Programs have been a huge supporter of my project from hosting me at their Teen Art Attack evening to twice hosting me at family programs out at the Olympic Sculpture Park. I am so glad to go to this final event with them. The two programs out at the Sculpture Park were particularly wonderful, as I got to work, share my project, as well as spend time with my own child who often gets the shaft when I get so busy on large projects.

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(image linked from and courtesy of Mandy's site)

Here's the lineup:

SAM Family Programs: Don’t Miss the Summer Fun!
FAMILY DAY: BUST A MOVE
Presented by TARGET
Saturday, June 27, 10 am–3 pm
SAM Downtown

Make your move through outrageous obstacle courses designed for making art in new ways, like the artists in
Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949–78. Create collages, recycled art, stencils and see-through paintings. Design temporary tattoos with Joshua Lindenmayer and Gretchen Bennett. Crochet with Mandy Greer. See live painting demos with ArtWorks and Pratt Fine Arts Center.

LIVE PERFORMANCES
* Madcap toymaker Rick Hartman
* Hilarious Zambini Bros. puppet show
* Electrifying tapdancing by Northwest Tap Connection
* Feats by the School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts
* Plus facepainting, storytelling and more!

Community Partnerships: Visit the Barnes & Noble Pacific Place store June 26–28 and a portion of your purchases will benefit SAM.