Imagine! Make! Play! Thrive! Join 352Creates March 24-25
Promoting health and community through creativity
You’re invited to join in two days of participatory art-making on Friday and Saturday, March 24-25, throughout the 352 area code in Gainesville and North Central Florida.
Communitywide “pop-up”-style art activities will help promote health and community engagement in unexpected ways and locations presented by 352Creates.
Create in place on Friday, March 24
Get together with your co-workers, students and friends to enjoy a hands-on creative project. You don’t have to be an artist to have fun making art! Activities can be as simple as creating “coffee-cup mandalas” — see below for instructions. In the process, you’ll have fun, make personal connections, reduce stress and increase your well-being. Here at UF Health, see if you can spend a few minutes with colleagues being creative — for your health!
Create in community on Saturday, March 25
Join the 352 community at Depot Park in Gainesville (200 SE Depot Ave.) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to engage in a variety of hands-on art-making, performances and other experiences. The events are free and open to the public. Individuals and groups are encouraged to host creative activities.
Create a coffee-cup mandala
Take a five-minute creativity break! Simply draw a circle, using an upside-down coffee cup as your guide for example, and color it in with a design and colors of your choice. This activity can help you reduce stress and express yourself with pencils, crayons, colored markers — whatever you fancy. It’s about enjoying the playful process of making something. Share your design on social media tagged #352Creates!
