Parents, come join your little artists in this exciting play date workshop joining food and art! Inspired by a collaboration with the William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum's Project EAT and the Canton Museum of Art's permanent collection exhibit Food for Thought. You and your child will be immersed in multisensory art making activities for toddlers and adults to enjoy together. Have fun learning about food and art while playing and creating with edible art materials.
Engineer fantastical abstract sculptures using a little bit of ingenuity and a lot of creativity. Combine science, engineering and even a little bit of math to create these awesome sculptures. Inspired by the exhibit The Matrix Series: Glass Art of Brent Kee Young. *Cost includes all supplies
Learn to create abstract optical illusions with math, rulers and eye for engineering and design to create Op Art spheres. Inspired by the father of the 1960s Op Art movement - Victor Vasarely. Also, while your here tour the gallery exhibit, Organized Ambiguity: Recent Grids of David Kuntzman. *Cost includes all supplies
Discover the art of Anamorphic illusions which are visible from certain angles that will boggle the minds of your friends and family! Using ordinary materials you have at home, draw a hole to fall into and other cool tricks. Inspired by the optical art and exhibit, Organized Ambiguity: Recent Grids of David Kuntzman. *Cost includes all supplies
Science and art collide at the museum oozing with fun! Experiment and learn how to make your own unique recipe of slime using a variety of your favorite materials to create glitter, neon, metallic slime and more! *Cost includes all supplies
Families and students join together to learn about printmaking techniques using ink and brayer. Each guest will work together and also create their own print inspired by Pop Artist, Andy Warhol's Flowers prints. Did you know the museum owns two Flowers original prints by Warhol; see them on display while you're here! *Adults are free with child *Cost includes all supplies
Visit the galleries to see the amazing dolls on display in Marty Young's exhibit Eclectic Threads. Then design and create your own eclectic and joyful friends to take home with wooden beads, pipe cleaners, fabric and more. *Cost includes all supplies
Just in time for Valentine's day! Create colorful, creative clay creations inspired by famous artists who use hearts in their artwork: Jim Dine, Romero Britto, and Chris Uphues. Using modeling clay, Model Magic, and air-dry clay, explore hand building techniques such as pinch, coil, sculpting, and adding attachments. Take home your creations the same day. *Cost includes all supplies
Become a duct tape designer in this fun workshop. Measure, cut and fold different duct tape colors and patterns to create crazy flower pencil toppers, bow ties, bow rings, and more! *Cost includes all supplies
Create your own fun and functional ceramic mug while learning about the fantastic flavors of coffee and all it has to offer! A professional barista from Canton's own Carpe Diem Coffee Shop will guide you through a taste testing of different coffees. While sipping on your favorite flavors learn how to make a personalized drinking mug of your very own using stoneware clay and basic hand building techniques. All levels of experience are welcome. (Students will need to make arrangements to pick up fired pieces two weeks after workshop.) *Cost includes all supplies
