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Leonardo da Vinci's Horse, Inc.
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" of the Horse, I shall say nothing,
because I know the times... "
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Leonardo da Vinci's Horse
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 Fact Sheet
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Location: October 5, 2002 – 5th and Hamilton Streets
October 6, 2002 – Cedar Beach Park in Allentown
Time: 11a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ticket Price: Event was free to the public. Some specific activities required advance registration or tickets.
Attractions:
- Kinetic Sculpture Race, competition and parade, emphasized art and engineering.
- Mini-Electric Vehicle race, internationally standardized model electric vehicle competition, incorporated artistic design, technology and energy conservation.
- Display of selected Leonardo da Vinci’s mechanical invention models and copies of some of his manuscripts.
- KIDS I Bike Safety program, offered by CAT (Coalition for Appropriate Transportation), a non-profit educational charity working for better walking, biking and transit through grass roots community based programs.
- Children’s Village for interdisciplinary art-science experiences.
- Music & performing arts with performances by Renaissance period costumed actors and musical instruments – Modern music and street performance humorists.
- Activities relating architecture and physics through several methods of measuring the height of one downtown building
- Optics & art activities through examination of light, color as it relates to art, and principles employed in optoelectronics communication technologies.
- Mechanics and robotics activities and displays.
- Lectures & book signing from Newbery Award winning children’s author Jean Fritz and acclaimed illustrator Hudson Talbott who wrote "Leonardo’s Horse".
- Professional development seminar by Michael Gelb, author of NYT bestseller, "How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci", dedicated to Charles C. Dent.
- Lecture prior to event by Dr. Romano Nanni, Director of the Leonardo Museum and Library in Vinci, Italy.
- Street painting with experienced artist facilitating.
- Flight Forum with birds of prey presentation and water rocket launching
- Tour of the Blake Shuttle, a simulated space station.
- Hosting of a student and teacher from Vinci, Italy.
- Display of Second Annual Allentown-Vinci Student Projects.
- Writing contest for grades 3-12 administered by the Lehigh Valley Writers Academy
- Renaissance banners project sponsored by Binney and Smith
- Bocci games hosted by Tempo Italiano
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