Sep 15th 2018

Join us during Ravenswood ArtWalk and be your own maker! We’ll have a full day of free workshops, crafts and fun for the whole family! Take a self-guided tour of our 40,000 sq. ft. facility, step into our art studios and create fearlessly all day. It’s your chance to get messy and preview our new fall classes.

Workshops are for all ages unless otherwise specified. Children must always be accompanied by their adult.

Mural Making and Sensory Play (Ages 1 – 4 years)
10am – 12pm
Kids Rooms A & B, 1st Floor
Join us for a morning of mural making and sensory play. We’ll have age-appropriate activities for our youngest community members.

Ceramic Leaves Craft
12-4pm
Kids Room A, 1st Floor
Cut out, design and decorate fall leaves using terra cotta clay. Clay leaves can be turned into small bowls, ornaments and more. All clay will be fired at Lillstreet and can be picked up in 2 weeks.

Bird Feeders Workshop
12-4pm
Kid Room B, 1st Floor
Make and decorate your very own take-home bird feeder rolled with seeds for birds to fill up on before winter comes.

Rainbow Roll Tote Bags
10:30am-12pm
Textiles A, 3rd Floor
Learn to screen print on fabric and hand pull a split-fountain print (also known as a rainbow roll!). You’ll leave with your very own hand printed, multi-color tote bag. Ages 10+

Free Wheelin’
2-3pm & 3-4pm
Wheel C, 1st Floor
You can now get your hands dirty in one of two one-hour introductions to throwing clay on the wheel. Throw as much as you like! Space is limited. Ages 14+

Copper Band Rings
2-4pm
Metals D, 3rd floor
Learn to texture, file and form a ring using copper sheet. You’ll leave with a handmade ring created by you! One ring per person. Limit 6 people at a time. Ages 10+

Strike a Pose!
12 – 4pm
Digital B, 3rd Floor
Glam it up and ham it up in our photography lightihg studio! We’ll have our professional lighting equipment set up to make you feel like the model you truly are.

Screen Printed Notecards & Posters
2-4pm
Printmaking Room, 3rd Floor
Make and take your very own screen printed notecard or poster! We’ll print onto cardstock using provided silkscreen designs. Ages 10+

OPEN STUDIO SALES
Lillstreet Studio Artist Open Studio and Sales
During Ravenswood ArtWalk
2nd & 3rd Floor Studios

Lillstreet is home to nearly 50 independent artists working in private and group studios. During Ravenswood ArtWalk, take a self-guided tour of Lillstreet and visit our 2nd and 3rd floor studios. Meet these artists, shop their collections in studio, and step inside the inspiring spaces of professional artists at work:

Lisa Harris
Marian Castro-Palanyk
Roger Mandel
Susan Messer McBride
Nicole Paulina
Corinne Peterson
Edith Robertson
Shelley Rosenstein
Catherine Schwalbe
Catherine Tweedie
Polly Yates
Mary Zehnder
Rebecca Zemans

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