Family Art Day To Be Held September 4 at Lake Park

Sunday | September 4 | 10 am – 2 pm
Jaycee Pavilion | Lake Park

River Arts Alliance (RAA) will host Family Art Day 2022 at the Jaycee Pavilion in Lake Park, Winona, on Sunday, September 4. Presented in partnership with the City of Winona Parks and Recreation Department, the event is free and open to the public and will run from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

Family Art Day provides an opportunity for children of all ages and their families to try out a variety of hands-on arts activities at stations led by local artists. RAA welcomes all families to this event, including Black, Indigenous, and families of color, and people of various abilities, and seeks to provide an inclusive environment.

This year, activities offered and participating artists will include:

Beaded Bracelets with Jennifer Weaver

Cartooning with Mary Singer

Doodle Explorers with Lisa Douglas

Drum Circle with Lance Ngari

Fish Prints with Patrick Grace

Hatmaking with Bill Crozier & Carolyn Veeder

Modelling Clay with Michelle Cochran

Mural Painting with Julia Crozier

Oil Pastels with Jamie Schwaba

Pottery with Anne Scott Plummer, Tanya Corcoran, & Brianne Daniels

Storytelling with Jerome Christenson

Watercolor Painting with Linda Klabo

Wikki Stix with Heather Casper of Minnesota Marine Art Museum.

Family Art Day was first held in 2008 and became an annual event, but will return this year for the first time since 2019 after a two-year, pandemic-caused hiatus. RAA Arts Administrator Johanna Rupprecht said, “Family Art Day has been a popular and beloved annual opportunity for many families in our community. We at RAA are so excited to be able to bring back the event this year and are looking forward to a great day full of creativity and fun.”

RAA thanks the following businesses for their donations in support of Family Art Day 2022: Dahl Automotive, Dick Blick Art Materials, Hoff Celebration of Life Center, Merchants Bank, and WNB Financial. RAA is also grateful to be the recipient of an ARP grant from Winona County to support this event, and of operating support from the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeast Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.