Farmers' Markets, Festivals, Food Trucks...

just a few of my favorite ways to activate spaces. Public programming can add value to spaces and create places for people to interact with one another. One of my favorite placemaking events to visit is the I'Mardonnari - Italian Street Painting Festival in Santa Barbara which happens on Memorial Day Weekend each year. The festival activates the plaza in front of Mission Santa Barbara and transforms an expanse of asphalt into a beautiful mosaic.