This art is interactive!
How to operate:
1) Download Artivive app here, or through your app store (it’s free).
2) Once the app is downloaded, open it. Artivive may ask for permission to access your camera- hit allow.
3) Once you’ve allowed access to your camera, please point your phone to the artwork and watch!
Some additional tips…
Try to capture the full artwork in your camera frame when pointing your phone towards the art.
Artivive works best with minimal obstructions in front of the art.
Hamster Village
By Dawn Scaltreto
Dawn Evans Scaltreto is a professional fine artist, public artist and illustrator. She is a signature member and past President of the New England Watercolor Society and an award winning artist. A resident of Watertown, Massachusetts for 35 years, she is active in many local arts organizations including Watertown Art Association and the Mosesian Center for the Arts where she is a studio artist. She teaches watercolor, acrylic and oil painting at the Watertown, Waltham and Brighton Senior Centers, and many adult, youth and intergenerational arts programs and courses.
“I create art to make people feel safer and calmer in an increasingly scary world. Much of my artwork is public art geared toward children and families in healthcare situations. If my art makes them feel more confident and relaxed, then I have achieved my goal. When I work with and for children, I am reminded that I need to think like a child to make art that connects with them and is relevant to their experience without talking down to them.”