Art Adventures
Art Adventures are guided art activities that children and their caregivers can create together, take with them, and replicate at home.
These activities take place in the Adventures in Art exhibit:
- Tue – Sat: 9 AM to noon and 1 to 3 PM
- Sun & Mon: 9 AM to noon
Cardboard Carnival
Imagine your very own carnival world using cardboard! Join us as we explore building, designing, and constructing with cardboard during this month.
November 22, 2025 - January 5, 2026:
Creative Quilting
January 6 - January 26:
Puppet Palooza
Discover the joy of creativity and storytelling as you craft your own unique, vibrant puppets using paper bags, tinfoil, and more!
January 27 - February 23:
Let's Play with Clay!
Get ready to get messy and have fun! Come squish, roll, and build with clay! You’ll get to make cool things with your hands.
February 24 - April 6:
Become a Word-Worm!
Get crafty and make your own squiggly friend, then explore letters, repurpose, and collage words to create art as we celebrate Read Across America Day!
Jamie Thome – Visiting Artist (Evanston Hive)
Lesson Plans:
- Clay, Coffee, and Creativity Lesson: Use your senses to explore the different properties of natural materials as you paint with coffee, mud, and clay!
- Red Fish, Blue Fish Lesson: Explore colors and shapes while learning the art of Japanese Gyotaku painting.
- Tangible Tech Lesson: Have you ever thought of where this stuff ends up when it breaks or you don’t want it anymore? Reuse pieces of technology to create upcycled art.
- Papermaking Lesson: What can we do with all our paper scraps? Let’s turn them into new paper using the papermaking pour method!
- Frosty Fabric Lesson: Jack Frost nipping at your nose? Design some cold-weather clothes. Be inspired by the variety and textures of colors of fabrics to create art.