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Contact: Cindy Deppe, media relations, 641-269-4834

May 20, 2008

SUMMER FUN AT GRINNELL’S FAULCONER GALLERY

GRINNELL, IA--Grinnell College’s Faulconer Gallery is offering seven weeks of free summer arts programming for area children and families. The Faulconer Arts Outreach in the Parks will offer children a choice of activities at each session held in city parks.

"Faulconer Outreach in the Parks is a family program that rotates each week to another park, with supervised arts activities at each session," said Tilly Woodward, curator of academic and community outreach. "This is a drop-in program, so no registration is required, and parents are welcome to participate with their children."

"The art sessions are intended to encourage students to explore, think through new concepts and techniques, and to develop their creative process," Woodward said. "People of all ages are welcome. Activities will include painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, textiles, puppets, ceramics, jewelry, wood cutouts, truck glittering, and more." Woodward modeled the Grinnell program after a successful city of Pella arts program that was recognized by the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs in 2007.

The Faulconer Arts Outreach program schedule includes:

June 24, 10:30 a.m. -- noon, Arbor Lake shelter house
June 26, 10:30 a.m. -- noon, Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, north side
July 1, 10:30 a.m. -- noon, Merrill Park, west shelter
July 3, 5:30 -- 7:00 p.m., Central Park
July 8, 10:30 a.m.-- noon, Ahrens Park, Shelter #1
July 10, 10:30 a.m. -- noon, Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, north side
July15, 10:30 a.m.-- noon, Jaycee Park
July 17, 10:30 a.m. -- noon, Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, north side
July 22, 10:30 a.m. -- noon, Lions Park
July 24, 10:30 a.m. -- noon, Van Horn Park
July 29, 10:30 a.m. -- noon, Jim Miller Park
July 31, 10:30 a.m. -- noon, Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, north side

In August, Faulconer Gallery will offer a series of puppetry and performance workshops, featuring the internationally known Eulenspiegel Puppets. Registration is required for these free events, August 7-9.

The Faulconer Arts Outreach summer programs are funded in part by the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust and made possible by partnerships with Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell Area Arts Council, City of Grinnell Recreation Department, and Stewart Library. For more information about the summer arts programs, contact Tilly Woodward, 641-269-4663 or woodward@grinnell.edu.
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