Kimball Art Center Invites Community to Celebrate Autumn and Art

September 24, 2019

ARToberFest to be held October 12^th from 1-5PM

 

(Park City, UT) — Cool mornings, colorful leaves, and pumpkin-spice flavored everything can only mean one thing — autumn has arrived. To celebrate the season, Kimball Art Center is hosting a fall-inspired, family friendly, art-making event.

ARToberFest will be held on Saturday October 12^th, from 1-5pm at Kimball Art Center, located at 1401 Kearns Blvd in Park City. The event includes a number of activities, like a paint your own pumpkin patch, leaf printmaking projects, fall-themed suncatchers, a kid-friendly version of “spin the bottle,” ceramics demonstrations, interactive gallery tours, and live music from the Ecker Hill String Band.

“ARToberFest is a time for our community to celebrate art and the fall,” said Jory Macomber, executive director of the Kimball Art Center. “We are grateful to Zions Bank for sponsoring the event, and for our local partners like Park City Nursery who will provide the autumn-inspired décor.”

While the event is free and open to the public, there’s a nominal fee for some of the activities. “Kids will enjoy picking out their own pumpkins and painting them and personalizing their own suncatcher. We’ll also have some unique games and exciting prizes. These activities range from $2 to $4 each,” added Jory. “The music, exhibition tours, Kimball Clay Studio demonstrations, and a printmaking project to create a one-of-a-kind fall art piece all is free.”

The guided gallery tours explore Kimball Art Center’s current exhibition: The imperfections that render us visible, which showcases the work of Utah artist Jim Jacobs, a recipient of the 2019 Visual Arts Fellowship from the Utah Division of Arts and Museums. Tours begin at 2PM and 4PM during the ARToberFestfestivities.