Get Creative on the Greenway with FIGMENT Boston

Exercise your creativity this weekend with FIGMENT Boston’s interactive art projects, dance performances and music stations set up on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

Now in its fourth year, FIGMENT Boston is an annual “participatory art festival that brings together the community and inspires all ages in the creation and celebration of art and a culture where everything is possible,” according to the FIGMENT Boston website. 

The free event—which features everything from digital tap shoes to light shows to make-your-own-art projects—runs Saturday, July 27 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday, July 28 from 12-6 p.m. with stations set up all along the Greenway.

Below is a sampling of the various activities, with descriptions from boston.figmentproject.org:

• Duct Tape Serenity—Learn how to make roses, spinning tops and other small items out of duct tape
• Give Thanks Grove—Reflect on the things you are thankful for and inspire others by adding your thoughts to a set of pyramid structures
• Hoop Jam—The Boston Hoop Troop will bring hoops to share for a massive hoop jam on Sunday at Dewey Square
• Kissing Booth—Find a partner and step up to the booth to “discover the hot make-out soundtrack you never knew your life was missing”
• The Meanwhile Project Boston—Create a live comic book strip and become one of the main characters of the story
• Modular Graffiti—Learn the art of graffiti by painting or drawing on a wall made of interchangeable wooden blocks
• The Observation Deck—A functional Newtonian Reflector telescope with a 3D guide to the stars surrounding it
• The Phone Car—An artcar designed and built to look like a red desk phone
• Requests—DJ Silence will spin tunes based on your mood rather than choice of song
• Super Sprites—A set of water fountains with changing patterns of color, light and movement shaped by the activity of people nearby
• Video Bleep—A 360 degree surround-sound video immersive, interactive music and dance experience
• WRAP—An interactive installation where participants "collectively define space by weaving strips of fabric into the existing landscape"

See the full list at boston.figmentproject.org.