Contact:
Lisa Lawton
Kids Create! Eugene Coordinator
541-743-8762 Lisa@EugeneCascadesCoast.org

Mary Duke
Create! Eugene Coordinator
541-953-6604 info@createeugene.com

Kids Create! Eugene - Event Schedule Released

- Saturday, August 16 | 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. -

Eugene, Ore. - Sing, paint, draw, dance--create! Kids and families are invited to engage in the arts at a new event in conjunction with the month-long Create! Eugene festival.

Kids Create! Eugene will be held Saturday, August 16, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Hilton Eugene & Conference Center outdoor plaza and the Hult Center for the Performing Arts Studio. The event is FREE and open to all ages and skill levels.

Artists and youth arts organizations will lead mini art workshops and youth performing arts groups will take the stage every half hour throughout the duration of the event.

The Kids Create! Eugene Schedule is as follows:

Art & Interactive Activities
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Make mosaics with tile, glass, shells and more
with Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Learn Japanese anime drawing and make frameable art
with Imagination International, Inc./Copic Markers

Create an art robot
with the Science Factory Children's Museum

Take a mini drawing workshop
Lessons every half hour with Young Rembrandts

Explore the art of writing
with Wordcrafters in Eugene

Learn some dance moves
with All That! Dance Company

Sketch the Hult Center
and other landmarks with plein air drawing lessons with artist Ellen Gabehart

Sing in harmony
with The Hummingbirds Girls Choir

Draw the sights and sounds of musicians
with Grrrlz Rock

Make a mixed media pinwheel
with The Artist's Palette Studio

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Watch live performance and learn about dancing and drumming
with West African Cultural Arts Institute

Live Performances in Hult Center Studio

11:30 a.m.
Upstart Crow Studios School of the Performing Arts performs Dr. Suess' Cat in the Hat

Noon
All That! Dance Company

12:30 p.m.
The Hummingbirds Girls Choir

1 p.m.
Grrrlz Rock

1:30 p.m.
Ballet Fantastique

2 p.m.
Girl Circus

For more information, visit www.CreateEugene.org/kids-create or contact Kids Create! Eugene at (541) 953-6604 or (541) 206-2259 or via email at info@createeugene.com.

Create! Eugene is a project of the Arts & Business Alliance of Eugene.