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Make Your Mark, Allentown! this Sunday

When you hear the sounds of Drummers with Attitude you’ll know that the festivities are under way on Sunday, as the Allentown Art Museum celebrates community, neighbors and families.

It’s Make Your Mark, Allentown!, an annual get together to engage in the arts and feature the power of movement and action during a day of free events in partnership with Upside Allentown.

There is something for everyone, no matter what age or interest. The fun begins at noon inside and outside of the Art Museum on North Fifth and Linden streets in downtown Allentown.

INSIDE THE MUSEUM

• Noon and 2 p.m., free guided tours of the exhibition “Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, 1843 to the Present.”

• Noon to 4 p.m., Crayola Classroom: Create your own pennant flags as we celebrate Who Shot Sports.

• Noon to 2 p.m., teen photography workshop with Jett Ulaner and Dante Holmes. Teens will learn from local photographer Jett Ulaner about the principles of photography.

On hand to assist is Lehigh Valley Steelhawks player Dante Holmes.

• 1 p.m., film, “Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai.” This documentary tells the story of Kenya’s grass roots Green Belt Movement.

OUTSIDE IN ARTS PARK

• Noon, Drummers with Attitude, Street Drumline Performance: Led and created by Kevin Travers, Drummers with Attitude is a diverse group of drummers and dancers that have performed for the Philadelphia 76ers, Soul, Flyers and Phantoms.

• Noon to 4 p.m., outdoor arts and crafts. Make fun sun prints and golf ball art.

• Noon to 12:30 p.m., LV Phantom’s mascot and street team. Come out and meet meLVin, the mascot of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

• Noon to 12:30 p.m. and 1 to 1:30 p.m., 2 to 2:30 p.m. and 3 to 3:30 p.m., yoga in Arts Park with West End Yoga. Family friendly yoga for all ages will begin with gentle stretching to help unwind the body before they begin the meditation to help clear the mind. Free.

• Noon to 4 p.m., Tootsee the Clown: Face painting and balloon artists.

• 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., IronPigs mascot FeFe

For more information, visit AllentownArtMuseum.org.