Vanka Block Party 2023

Great times with great people.

Listen to this montage created by Saturday Light Brigade from our Block Party:

 

  • Tour guest looks up at Vanka's Murals on at the ceiling of Saint Nicholas
  • Mother and child making buttons with LIGHT Education Initiative staff
  • Box of pastels
  • Couple sitting in pew at Vanka Murals
  • Father and daughter drawing under scaffolding outside
  • Graffiti artists and their Block Party collaborative mural
  • David Conrad sitting with Saturday Light Brigade for an interview
  • Volunteer teaching family how to make their own books
  • Mary Mack spinning records outside
  • Sprezzatura catering in the basement
  • Jennifer Baron playing records in the church
  • Hands putting a record onto a turntable
  • Educators showing a child how to fold a zine
  • Vanka block party group photo inside church photographed by Pittsburgh photographer, Kitoko Chargois
  • Volunteers showing off Vanka merchandise
  • Two men looking up at the ceiling
  • Doug and Nicole holding up examples of button designs
  • Two women looking up at the ceiling smiling
  • Volunteers smiling at the registration table outside
  • DJ Sister Sludge spinning records outside
  • Family of four enjoying food under the tent
  • spotlight on the Murals behind altar
  • A couple of people smile under the tent
  • Adult and child drawing a block of the grid mural
  • Mother and daughter hugging under the tent
  • Vecenie Distributing table in basement
  • Vanka block party attendees engaging in activity photographed by Pittsburgh photographer, Kitoko Chargois
  • Two people at Vanka Block party photographed by Pittsburgh photographer, Kitoko Chargois
  • Vanka block party table posing for photo by Kitoko Chargois
  • Three podcasters sit at a table wearing headphones while recording oral history at the Vanka Block Party.
  • A yellow school bus driver opens the door to welcome people aboard at the Vanka Block Party.
  • Two women smile at the camera at the registration table outside of Saint Nicholas at the Vanka Blok Party.
  • Vanka educators sit at a table in an outdoor tent assisting a small child who is crafting while wearing a raincoat. There are more tables and people crafting in the background.
  • Guests holding a small child point toward stain glass windows at Vanka's Murals "Justice" and "Injustice" at the Vanka Block Party
  • A DJ changes Croatian records on a turntable at the Vanka Block Party
  • A group of people gathered around a table engaging in arts and crafts activities at the Vanka Block Party.
  • A woman sits at a table sketching a small section of a grid that represents the full image of Vanka's mural "Justice." Behind her, the partially painted and labeled grid stands vertically, revealing a work in progress.
  • A guest at Vanka Block Party point to the Mural "Mary, Queen of Croatia" painted above the altar at Saint Nicholas Church.
  • In the bustling church basement of Saint Nicholas, a woman stands behind a table selling raffle tickets at The Vanka Block Party, engaging with a visitor.
  • A docent gestures towards Vanka's Pietà mural, describing its details to a tour guest during the Vanka Block Party
  • A Vanka educator stands in front of a grid mural, assisting a diverse group of Block Party attendees of all ages.
  • Vanka block party candid shot photographed by Pittsburgh photographer, Kitoko Chargois
  • A Vanka educator sits at a table making art with children at the Vanka Block Party.
  • A docent greets guests at the back of Saint Nicholas during the Vanka Block Party. Behind them the church pews are full of visitors and the murals appear.
  • Vanka block party group mural activity photographed by Pittsburgh photographer, Kitoko Chargois
  • A man stands in Saint Nicholas Church looking at Vanka's Murals at the Vanka Block Party.
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