The “FunkTASKtiks” band is set to perform at Updike Farmstead’s Community Day on June 6, 2015.
Updike Farmstead’s Community Day will feature artwork by the Trenton Community A-TEAM. Visitors will also have the opportunity to create their own art pieces.
Updike Farmstead is set to hold a Community Day event from 12 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 6. The event will take place at the farm, 354 Quaker Road, Princeton.
Community Day will feature art and music for the whole family to enjoy. The public is invited to observe members of the Trenton Community A-TEAM “plein-air” painting on the six acre Farmstead, and enjoy a variety of music, from folk to funk, performed by the FunkTASKtiks. In addition, supplies will be available for those inspired to create their own masterpieces.
All programs are included with $4 museum admission ($2 with a donation of art supplies or non-perishable food items for TASK).
For questions, contact Eve Mandel, Director of Programs and Visitor Services, at (609) 921-6748 ext. 102 or eve@princetonhistory.org.
The Trenton Area Soup Kitchen was founded in the early 1980’s by a small group of individuals from local churches and service organizations. Their goal was to feed the truly needy people of Trenton five days a week. TASK feeds those who are hungry in the Trenton area and offers programs to encourage self-sufficiency and improve the quality of life of its patrons.
The Trenton Community A-TEAM, formerly the A-TEAM Artists of Trenton, is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that meets at the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK). The artists and program coordinator meet once per week to create artwork in all different media. The work of the A-TEAM artists is shown at TASK and at exhibitions throughout Mercer County.
The “FunkTASKtiks” band grew out of the TASK Performing Arts Program, entitled “The SHARE Project.” The program allows patrons to come together and play and sing with a variety of 5 instruments: keyboard, bass, drums,
