After a great eight weeks of fully registered Summer Camps we bid farewell to our terrific leaders who are off back to various colleges, universities and schools for September. We thank them and wish them luck with their next year of studies.

Cranbrook Arts is very thankful to the Summer Employment Program which enables us to run these summer camps.

Summer Camps may be over but we have lots to offer in the coming months, some workshops are still in the planning stages and other workshops up and ready to go.

All Shyre’s childrens’ and teen classes will run again – Art After School, Teen Art Masters and Home Schoolers Art Classes.  An eight session Introduction to drawing is in development and will be advertised soon.

John de Jong is coming back with a weekend acrylic workshop. Clay Time Studio has a full slate of classes until December.  All classes are or will be advertised on our website at Cranbrookarts.com where you can register.

Lots of pottery classes are ready and they book up so quickly so we advise people to register right away if they want a spot. Some begin as early as September 15.

The ‘I Quilt Exhibit by the Cranbrook Quilters’ Guild comes to an end the weekend of August 27 and Cranbrook’s many talented potters open their ‘Clay Vessels’ show September 2.

The public is invited to the Opening Reception Saturday, September 10 from 4 to 8 p.m. Some wonderful pottery will be available for purchase at this event.

“I am so proud of what these potters have to show after such a short period of time since our pottery studio opened in the fall of ‘21,” said Karen Diebert, Clay Time Studio Coordinator.

The feature artist in our 1013 Baker St. shop window for the month of September is Marilyn Oliver.

Cranbrook Arts is joining Peak Fest in Rotary Park for the weekend of September 2 and 3.

Our fall programming information will be available and in support of our ‘Side with Us’ campaign, the public is invited to paint their own Festival Chair, for a donation.

We supply the chairs, paints and brushes. You get to keep your chair or donate back to us for a future fund raiser.

As many know, the inside of our 1401 building may be beautiful but the exterior is in need of renewal, hence our ‘Side with Us’ campaign to raise funds for new siding. All donations to this campaign are most welcome.

Pictured are a few of the completed display Festival Chairs. If we can paint them, so can you! Bring your creative ideas and for a donation we will provide you with the space and paint. You bring your creativity. What a fun thing to do while listening to the music of Peak Fest in Rotary Park. Look for our yellow tent.

Photos submitted

Cranbrook and District Arts Council 

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