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On Thursday April 3rd the DC Advocates for the Arts will be conducting our 8th annual arts advocacy day. We are a volunteer, grassroots organization dedicated to supporting art and artists in dc. As part of our advocacy day activities, we are conducting a flash mob to raise the profile of arts in the city.

From 12:40 to 12:45 pm we will gather as many people as we can on Freedom Plaza. Freedom Plaza is a broad plaza that stretches between E st. and Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th and 14th St.’s Northwest – two blocks from the Metro Center metro stop.

We ask that participants wear something white or red (the district flag colors) but all are invited to participate. There will be a brief orientation at 12:30 outside the Metro Center metro stop on the corner of 12th and G st.’s NW.

At 12:40 we will proceed onto the plaza. One team member will be carrying a red bandana over their head.

When the bandana drops, we are all to freeze, looking out from the middle of the plaza. You are asked to look out to represent arts work as a viewer of society.

The Plaza is a large rectangle. You will have to decide for yourself which edge of the plaza you are closest to. We ask you to turn and face out toward that edge of the plaza so that we can get the effect of the freeze looking out. In addition to passersby, there are many buildings overlooking the plaza. The effect should be powerful.

We will freeze (in whatever position) looking out – for five minutes. The person with the bandana will be frozen in a position where they can see their watch. After five minutes, they will move, and we ask that you visually take note of other participants, and slide into motion as you see the rest of the participants begin to move.

We are grateful to the documentation team for their efforts, and look forward to an impact-full video being produced out of the event.

That said: if it rains, we won’t be doing this on Thursday April 3rd.

If there is some question about whether or not the event is occurring, you can check either the facebook DC Advocates for the Arts group page, or visit our website:

www.dcadvocatesforthearts.org.

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