KJ OPEN HOUSE

September 6 | 10am-4pm | Free!

Join us for a day of community and art at our Fall Open House on Saturday, September 6! Tour our campus and classrooms, learn about our fall class offerings for ages 2-adult, meet our faculty, participate in interactive art activities, watch live demonstrations, view our latest exhibition, and more.

All performances, activities, and demos are completely free to attend!

OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE:

Carriage House

11:00am: ALEJANDRO’S OLDE TYME MAGIK SHOWE

Presented by Andrew Pinard

A wonderful stand-up show with an emphasis on audience participation, visual magic, and physical comedy guaranteed to enchant and amuse the whole family.

12:30-1:30pm: Bellydancing Demo with Dawn Higgins

2:00 pm: Live Performance by Mr. Aaron

Mr. Aaron is a multi-instrumentalist performer and composer making music and videos for kids and their grown-ups, ages 0-10. He’s a proud father of three amazing girls, and a longtime professional musician with a career playing in bands, musical theatre, and more.

Front field

10am-4pm: Wheel Throwing Demos with KJ Ceramics Director Wren Morrocco and KJ Ceramics Faculty Marcia O’Brien

10am-4pm: Air-dry clay playstation (all ages!)

10am-12pm: Kid-friendly Community Collage with Ari Murphy

10am-2pm: Face painting with Ryan (all ages!)

12pm-2pm: Make Clothespin Puppets with Natalie Lessard

2pm-4pm: Make Friendship bracelets with Olivia Ramirez

1:30pm-4pm: Our friends from Frozen Flamingo will be here selling tasty frozen treats!

Mansion

10am-4pm: Old Friends, New Works on view in our gallery

10am-4pm: Watercolor & Drawing Demos with Marie Gervacio

10am-4pm: Embroidery Demos with Bob Dorr

12pm-2pm: Printing in the Darkroom Demo with Gary Samson

Printmaking Studio

10am-4pm: Making in the Printshop: Create Cyanotype and Block Print Postcards with Andrew Heath (all supplies provided!)

Painting Studio

10am-12pm: Live Painting demos with Marcus Greene and Eileen Greene

12pm-2pm: Live Painting demos with Joseph Blajda and Hannah Cole Dahar 

Drawing Studio

10am-12pm: Drawing Demo with Matt Garofalo

12-2pm: Portrait Sketching Demo with Marty Kelley

Lower Field

10am-2pm: Botanical Watercolor Painting Demo with Olivia Ramirez

2-4pm: Live Bellydancing demos with Dawn Higgins

You don’t want to miss this free family fun event! Rain or shine, we look forward to meeting you!