Urban Arts Productions produced the event, and turned the street from El Museo del Barrio to the Metropolitan Museum of Art into one big canvas with De La Vega doing chalk drawings and inviting kids and adults to create their own street art. Each of the nine participating museums coordinated its own musical entertainment and hands-on activities to keep festival-goers occupied while waiting in lengthy entrance lines. The National Academy of Design had live models posing for people to sketch and the Museum of the City of New York had tile painting and calligraphy stations. Performer Silly Billy entertained the younger crowd with interactive storytelling and balloon-making, and juggler Josh Weiner showed off his fire-twirling skills.
--Jill Musguire
![For the Museum Mile Festival, the National Academy of Design set up a sketching station with live models posing on Fifth Avenue.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2011/11/e2185sho_02_0611_museummile_1_320.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
![Performer Josh Weiner displayed his fire juggling skills for the crowd.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2011/11/e2185sho_02_0611_museummile_2_320.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
![The Museum of the City of New York featured calligraphy and tile painting stations to entertain guests.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2011/11/e2185sho_02_0611_museummile_3_320.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
![Silly Billy entertained the younger crowd with interactive storytelling and balloon-making.](https://img.bizbash.com/files/base/bizbash/bzb/image/2011/11/e2185sho_02_0611_museummile_4_320.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)