Summer activities for adults and kids at the Urban Art Retreat and across the street in the Peace Park (2101 S. Spaulding Ave.). The theme for the summer is PAINTING OUR STORIES! We will tell and paint our stories over the summer. We will talk, write, paint, and draw our stories this summer. We will even drum our stories! We will gather round the fire pit in the peace park and tell our stories to each other with Robert leading us with his story. We will gather to listen to Victoria's drumming and then tell our stories using the African drums she shows us and performs on. We will tell our stories using paint on rocks and paint on paper and paint on the unknown objects that Dianna leads us to. Sunny will get us to write a poem about ourselves! We will tell stories using the written word that Janelle offers us the opportunity to share. We will take home the small books we begin. We will plant and mark our stories with master gardener, Rita and go home with a plant. Cat will get us going while we tell our stories by drawing in chalk on the sidewalk. We will leave our stories to be washed away by the rain. The art from the summer will hang in the gallery for a September/October art show! We culminate in Sept. 20 event – Social Justice Stage event. Each week there will be something new to do. We will draw, paint, write, garden, dig, build, talk, and do all kinds of things to discover ourselves!