Arts Alive 2025 in Falmouth MA

Arts Alive 2025 will feature an Art Tent with activities throughout the weekend, including Story Telling/Story Book Reading, workshops on Poetry and Drumming, Origami, Creativity, and More. Plus, there will be a variety of art supplies to provide lots of unstructured creative activities for children and adults of all ages.

The Art Tent is located near the intersection of Shore Street Ext and Main Street, on the right-hand side of the Falmouth Library Lawn as you face the Library from Main Street.

Saturday, June 14

10 AM: Falmouth Public Library’s Children’s Librarian, Amanda Bock will read aloud from some of the library’s newest books and share suggestions for summer reading.

11 AM: Mindful Poetry Play. Morgaihne Huntress will lead the group in a brief meditation and offer a prompt. Then, attendees will each write a poem, engaging in the creative audience process as a group as they share, listen and respond. 

Morgaihne is also presenting her one-woman show, “Love, Peace, and Gratitude,” featuring her original music and poetry at 10 AM on Saturday in the Music Tent.

12 Noon: Origami with Kirsten Karplus. Kirsten will teach how to make simple Origami (folded paper) shapes.

1 PM: Writer Martha Ross will read children’s books and encourage responses from the children. Her selections will include “My Magical Choices,” (ages 2-6); “Kindness Wins,” (ages 5-8); and the Cat with the Crooked Tail,” (ages 4-8), a book with dance movements for the kids.

2 PM: Writer Martha Ross will read children’s books and encourage responses from the children. Her selections will include “My Magical Choices,” (ages 2-6); “Kindness Wins,” (ages 5-8); and the Cat with the Crooked Tail,” (ages 4-8), a book with dance movements for the kids.

3 PM: Victoria Santos of the Falmouth Theatre Guild will read stories for kids with theatrical energy and enthusiasm. Victoria directs the Falmouth Theatre Guild’s performance on Saturday from 12:30 to 1:30 PM in the Performance Tent.

Sunday, June 15

11 AM: Susan Bauer, author of three Turtle Sisters books, will read from her books. Based on observations spanning many years, she weaves the daily dramas of pond life into stories for ages four and up.

Susan has also written a book for adults: Swimming With the Turtles of Wonderland: How Moments of Enchantment Reconnect Us To the Natural World.

 “I dove into Cape Cod ponds looking for a distraction from aging and found instead an entirely new relationship with the natural world.  For eighteen years I swam with pond turtles in all seasons and weathers to gather the skills and insights needed to see them as individuals like myself striving for a full life. Although moments of wonder pushed me from seeing nature as ‘things’ I can use to beings I can relate to, the old assumptions that we are isolated from and superior to nature got in the way.  Only after unlearning a big part of what I believed, could I see myself as part of Earth’s single, great community.  Entering a much larger world, I eventually founded the Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage (OLAUG) to promote this transformation in others.”

12 Noon: Poetry with Marie Younger Blackburn. Marie will read some of her original poetry and teach people how to write their own poetry. Her son Chase will accompany her on the drums.

1 PM: Origami with Kirsten Karplus. Kirsten will teach how to make simple Origami (folded paper) shapes

2 PM: Creative Process with Francie Desmone. Intentional Creativity is a way to create a simple drawing with the idea of receiving a message from your subconscious.  It’s great for riddling small and large challenges. During the pandemic shutdown Francie became a certified coach in this joyful activity adding it to her kit as a healer and artist.

3 PM: Artist Chloe Rapoza will show how to make paper and fabric collage pictures of faces and more.