Name: Exploring Art, ages: 18 months – younger 3’s (Session 2: OCT)
Start: 2019-10-01T09:15:00-05:00
End: 2019-10-22T10:00:00-05:00
Location: Octagon Center for the Arts

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About Us

The Octagon Center for the Arts is a non-profit community art center in the heart of downtown Ames, Iowa. A cornerstone of the cultural scene in Ames since 1966, the Octagon serves more than 30,000 people each year through art classes and outreach, rotating exhibits, a retail gallery shop, and the annual Octagon Art Festival.

The Octagon Center for the Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization funded in part through memberships, donations, and grants, including the City of Ames Commission on the Arts (COTA) and the Iowa Arts Council.

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Octagon Center for the Arts

413 & 427 Douglas Avenue

Ames, IA 50010

Phone: 515-232-5331

Email: info@octagonarts.org

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Hours

We encourage online shopping! Contact us with questions.

Octagon Shop and Community Gallery

Monday-Wednesday 10:00am-5:30pm

Thursday 10:00am-7:00pm

Friday 10:00am-5:30pm

Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm

Sunday CLOSED (except during the holidays)

Watercolor Workshop (ages 16+), June 17-20

Drawing Workshop (ages 16+), June 24

Maker Night — Glass Light Catchers/Indoor Wind Chimes, June 27

Art Camp: Puppets & Masks, July 8-11

Art Camp: Paint, Rattle, and Roll, July 8-10

Wheelthrowing: Beginner Bowls (ages 16 +), July 8 – July 22

Handbuilding with Clay (ages 16+), July 11 – July 25

Hard and Soft: Contrasts in Nature Expressed Through Clay ELIZABETH SHRIVER

Art Camp: Mixed Media Faces, July 15-18

Art Camp — Painting: Myths and Dreamscapes, July 15-18

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Hours

The gallery is always free. All are welcome.