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GLT Datebook: First Friday Offers Hands On Art

First Friday
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Downtown Bloomington Association

The artists' studios and galleries of downtown Bloomington are working together to help you be more creative in the new year.

  • First Friday on Friday, Jan. 6th from 5 to 8 PM, presents Hands on Art, featuring opportunities for participants to make a variety of art -- from jewelry, to collage to art cards and more.
  • Artists will have their studios and galleries open with art making stations complete with the materials needed to create some art.  This is an event for the whole family. 
  • Many of the activities are free.
  • The Art Vortex studio is offering a make Your Own Artist Trading Card.
  • The Joann Goetzinger gallery offers a communal drawing opportunity, plus a chance to make earrings.
  • The Eaton Gallery offers a chance to perform -- sing a song, recite a poem, play the piano. 
Reporter, content producer and former All Things Considered host, Laura Kennedy is a native of the Midwest who occasionally affects an English accent just for the heck of it. Related to two U.S. presidents, Kennedy appalled her family by going into show business.