{"id":1282,"date":"2016-05-16T17:10:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T21:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2017-11-26T22:32:23","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T03:32:23","slug":"tiny-tall-ships-festival-somerville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2016\/05\/16\/tiny-tall-ships-festival-somerville\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Tiny Tall Ships Festival in Somerville"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Somerville Arts Council and Greg Cook, the fellow behind last year\u2019s \u201cPity Party,\u201d presented \u201cThe Tiny Tall Ships Festival\u201d in Somerville’s Union Square from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 14. The free community shindig was a celebration of everything tiny and nautical for people of all ages. Small ships, sea monsters and other floating sculptures bobbed in kiddie pools spread across Union Square. Children and grown-ups made their own tiny boats to race in temporary lagoons. Pirates and mermaids attended. Plus a tattoo contest, stories for children, sand castle building, crafts, and nautical\/pirate\/mermaid\/fishy tunes.<\/p>\n

\"Playing<\/a>
Playing in the lagoon made by Hilary Scott. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Visitors<\/a>
Visitors play with Fish McGill’s ships at The Tiny Tall Ships Festival, May 14, 2016. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Somerville<\/a>
Somerville Ukulele Club performs. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A boy checks out Mitch Ryerson’s solar-powered-wind-powered sailboat. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mermaids!<\/a>
Mermaids! Jessicalee on the right. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kerri<\/a>
Kerri McGill’s narwhal ring-toss. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"<\/a>
Jodie Smith of the USS Constitution Museum helps visitors engineer ships from tin foil. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Testing<\/a>
Testing out boats in chutes made by Hilary Scott. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Loreto<\/a>
Loreto Paz Ansaldo tells stories in Spanish and English. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Grant<\/a>
Grant Goodman and Lydia Thompson arrived just after their wedding. “WE came straight from the restaurant,” Lydia said. (Josh Reynolds)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The wedding rings of Lydia Thompson and Grant Goodman, who said they came to the festival immediately after getting married. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fiber<\/a>
Fiber artist Amanda Cook and oceanographer Amanda Babson (not pictured) presented a tapestry illustrating the effects of global warming. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"ARRR!!!,<\/a>
ARRR!!!, a group founded by Brown University students and alumni that is “dedicated to the singin’ of sea shanties in a style we call a capirate: unaccompanied and in pirate garb.” (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Alex<\/a>
Alex Salsberg drew pirate caricatures of visitors. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Tiny Tall Ships Festival in Somerville’s Union Square on May 14, 2016. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cathy<\/a>
Cathy and Dan Moynihan ready Dan’s sea monsters for the festival. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ktron<\/a>
Ktron shows off her One-Eyed Willie tattoo during the Tattoo Contest. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tattoo<\/a>
Tattoo Contest. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The winner of the Tattoo Contest. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Bharat Babies, a Somerville publisher of children’s books about India’s heritage, with founder Sailaja Joshi (left) and Amy Maranville, author of \u201cHanuman and the Orange Sun\u201d and other picture books. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Shark<\/a>
Shark attack at the temporary lagoon created by Hilary Scott. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sandcastle<\/a>
Sandcastle Matt (Kaliner) works in the sandbox. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sandcastle<\/a>
Sandcastle Matt (Kaliner) works in the sandbox. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Decorating<\/a>
Decorating Rachel Mello’s lazer-cut paper ships. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Decorating<\/a>
Decorating Rachel Mello’s lazer-cut paper ships. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mitch<\/a>
Mitch Ryerson fills the pool for his solar-powered-wind-powered sailboat. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Another<\/a>
Another mermaid. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A human lighthouse. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ktron's<\/a>
Ktron’s pirate and mermaid. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mermaid<\/a>
Mermaid Jessicalee arrives to The Tiny Tall Ships Festival. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Heather<\/a>
Heather Kapplow’s “Petitions to Poseidon” inviteed visitors to write notes in bottles to the ancient sea deity about their fears of living in a region made increasingly vulnerable to flooding by global warming. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Heather<\/a>
Heather Kapplow’s “Petitions to Poseidon” table. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Artist<\/a>
Artist Emily Arkin fills a pool. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Oceanographer<\/a>
Oceanographer Amanda Babson of Citizens Climate Lobby of Rhode Island talks about sea level rise caused by global warming. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Loreto<\/a>
Loreto Paz Ansaldo folds origami boats with visitors. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Darcy<\/a>
Darcy Chen sells her Plus octopuses. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A group photo of people who came to The Tiny Tall Ships Festival in costume. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cory<\/a>
Cory Curtin’s black ship. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sandbox<\/a>
Sandbox fun. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Below<\/a>
Below the Gaff, a pirate themed celtic folk rock band from western Massachusetts. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Pirates<\/a>
“Pirates of the Caribbean”‘s Captain Jack Sparrow and friend. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Filling<\/a>
Filling a pool full of sea monsters created by Emily Arkin and Alex Feinstein. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A pirate works with Jodie Smith of the USS Constitution Museum to make a ship. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bob<\/a>
Bob Smith wanders by the lagoon with his fishing rod. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Check<\/a>
Check out this tattoo on Amy Maranville, author of picture books published by Bharat Babies. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pop-up<\/a>
Pop-up cards by Lovepop. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Tiny Tall Ships Festival in Somerville’s Union Square on May 14, 2016. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Somerville<\/a>
Somerville Ukulele Club performs. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mango<\/a>
Mango Island sets up her sea monster. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cory<\/a>
Cory Curtin steers his black ship by remote control. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Unpacking<\/a>
Unpacking Randy Regier’s walnut-shell three-masters. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fish<\/a>
Fish McGill sets up his boats with sails decorated with pictures inspired by a Japanese folktale about a boy born from a peach who grows up to become a samurai and befriends a group of animals who team up to build a boat. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Alex<\/a>
Alex Feinstein arranges the sea monsters that she made with Emily Arkin. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tiny<\/a>
Tiny Tall Ships Festival organizers Greg Cook and Nina Eichner. (Kerri McGill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Somerville<\/a>
Somerville Arts Council Executive Director Greg Jenkins cleans up sand after the festival. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tiny<\/a>
Tiny Tall Ships Festival poster, an actual wood-cut by Kari Percival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Somerville Arts Council and Greg Cook, the fellow behind last year\u2019s \u201cPity Party,\u201d presented \u201cThe Tiny Tall Ships Festival\u201d in Somerville’s Union Square from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 14. The free community shindig was a celebration of everything tiny and nautical for people of all ages. Small ships, sea monsters and other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,119,103],"tags":[24,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1282"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1354,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282\/revisions\/1354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}