Discover ROYGBIV

On Friday nights, Ali DeProdocini gives young parents a break — or at least a break in the day to go have dinner. At ROYGBIV on Main Street in Lakeville, the all-ages community art space had more than enough supplies (and pizza) for children to paint, craft, design, and glitter (is that a verb?) their own kites and test their aerodynamic creations. This is ROYGBIV’s “Drop & Dine” weekly Friday night program, just one of the regularly scheduled events that DeProdocini, a Salisbury native and young mother of three herself, has cooked up since opening the space last month. 

Envisioned as a creative community-based center for young children and adults alike, ROYGBIV creates space outside school for socializing, arts education, and tactile play. Sign your kids up for a class in abstract impressionism (is it ever too early to start?) or let them enjoy the free storytime program on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. with Rita Delgado, better known to the children as “Miss Rita.” DeProdocini has also been introducing adult evening programs, including an adult friendship bracelet-making class — a way for young working adults in the area to get together casually without the pressure of hosting in their homes.

Ali DeProdocini of ROYGBIV. Photo by Alexander Wilburn
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