The Fruity Pop Workshop

The Fruity Pop Workshop was a pop-up educational experience at farmers’ markets, community centers, and other public spaces in low-resource neighborhoods. Free to the public, the project was geared toward children aged 4–11 and aimed to help them form healthier relationships with food through visual art and creative practices. Working collaboratively, a teaching artist and food educator showed children how to make a “Fruity Pop”—a low-cost alternative to sugary sodas and fruit juices and how to turn the leftover fruit scraps into art-making tools or works of art. This program was based on the work of artist Tattfoo Tan.