Spring Celebration
Join us at the Millhopper Library on Saturday, May 22nd from 3:00-4:30 to view all the amazing creations from our Spring Session. Free and open to the public. There will be performances from our Ballet, Hip Hop and Theater classes at 3:30. (see a preview below)
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Family Arts Fest - March 27 10am-5pm
Weare excited to announce the first annual Where the Sidewalk Ends: Family Arts Festival for Youth Art Month to take place in the Thornebrook Shopping Village. All proceeds will go to Gainesville Creative Kids to create 
art programs for youth in our community. Admission to the public is free. The festival includes art vendors, music, food, art activities and family-friendly organizations. We look forward to spending an inspiring and creative fun-filled day with you to help promote Youth Art Month.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Family Arts Festival will have five areas of art style including Cubism/ Picasso, Impressionist/ Monet, Pop Art/ Andy Warhol, Primitivism/ Matisse and Surrealism/ Dali. In each area we will have a live reenactment of a famous piece of art from that style/artist. We are excited to collaborate with many local actors including the Eastside High School Theater department to bring these reenactments to life. In front of each reenactment will be a resident artist painting along with easals and material for you to paint what you see! Feel what it's like to be in an artist's studio as you have a live subject and experienced artists at your fingertips to inspire your creation. All creations will be entered into our contest (if you like). Winners will be announced at the end of the festival.
Youth Art Month (YAM) is a month of promoting art and art education in the United States. It is observed in March, with thousands of American schools participating, often with the involvement of local art museums and civic organizations. YAM was founded by the Crayon, Water Color & Craft Institute, Inc., in cooperation with the National Art Education Association, in 1961. Click here for more information.
Gainesville Kids SAY More! - March 21 2-5pm
Tobin Wagstaff of Studio Percussion will host Gainesville Kids SAY More: Sing! Art! Yoga! More! - a kids’ event to help spark creativity through music. Shana Banana teams up with Gainesville native Eve Vance Fleishman, a children’s music performer visiting from Nashville , TN. The two award-winning performers and educators will blend their unique styles for this fun-filled family event. Kids will enjoy an interactive concert, a songwriting session, and a yoga music class. Gainesville Creative Kids will be on hand to lead an art activity. The event will culminate in a grand finale jam session, where kids can sing and play along with percussion instruments.
Shana Banana® and Eve each tour nationally with their original children’s music. They are excited about this collaboration and opportunity to teach creative expression to local kids in the community. Autographed CDs will be available for purchase. Donations are also appreciated, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting 22-year-old Lauren Ault, a Gainesville brain tumor survivor.
$5.00 donation at the door for children, parents free
GCK Spring Session - April 13 - May 22
NEW Classes! Instuctors! Locations! We're so excited to be expanding. Join us for our fun-filled spring session - choose your exploration today - we are offering art, sculpture, theater, movies, stories, photography, cooking, ballet and hip hop! Click here for more information.
Lights! Camera! Actions! at the Library on February 22
Join us at the Tower Rd. Library on Monday, February 22 at 3:30 for a GCK experience. Script, shoot and edit a two minute film in 1 hour! Take turns shooting and acting in your film. For children ages 3- 10. Bring out your inner film maker. Costumes and set provided.
Santa at Satchels
Join us on Saturday, Dec 12 from 11am -2pm at Lightning Salvage (behind Satchel's Pizza).
Get your pictures with Santa, decorate gingerbread cookies, make homemade holiday cards and more. This is a fun, family event with live holiday players and music for
you to sing along to. We will have a holiday raffle and face painting also. Bring the whole family (and your dog too!) to celebrate the season. Suggested donations to benefit Peaceful Paths.
Make Your Own Story - September 15
Meet
us at the Tower Road Library at 10:30am for an hour long creative
story-writing session. Let your imagination flow and leave with your
very own book. Fun for all ages.
Make Your Own Story - September 22
Meet
us at the Downtown Library at 3:00pm for an hour long creative
story-writing session. Let your imagination flow and leave with your
very own book. Fun for all ages.
Dance Party! - October 10
Join
us for a girl's only dance party. Get a great workout and groove to
some pumpin' music. No Boyz, No Booze, No Judgement! Cost is $5
for all-you-can dance from 6-8pm
Thornebrook Art Festival Children's Activity Area - October 3 -4
We'll
be back making art, face-painting, dancing, blowing bubbles,
dressing-up, making puppet shows, telling stories and having all kinds
of fun. Stop by and play with us!
Family FUNdraiser - August
29
The
Gainesville Earth Scouts (and friends!) are organizing a fun,
kid-friendly event Aug. 29 at Westside Park as a way to raise some
funds to help the Slattons. Clint Slatton is a young
engineering
professor at UF with four children
and a fifth on the way who was recently diagnosed with Stage IV
metastatic melanoma, which means that his cancer has spread to his
liver, lungs, and bones. We will be holding a huge bake sale,
selling old-fashioned fresh-squeezed lemonade, and selling raffle
tickets (prizes include a package from Sun Country Gymnastics, a family
photo session with Three Monsters Photography, a professional massage,
classes with Gainesville Creative Kids, postpartum doula sessions with
A Nurturing Hand, personal training sessions with Gator Crossfit, and
handmade children's dress-up items; donors can choose which items to
buy tickets for). Gainesville Creative Kids will be hosting a
kids
area with face-painting, cookie-decorating, puppet-making and more.
Come out and
bring the kids!
BOLDGainesville - 2009
We
raised over $5000 to donate to local organizations that are
dedicated to providing safe choices for pregnant and birthing women. We
had amazing performances at The Thomas Center. Check out our
website
for more information.
The Tales of Christmas Holiday Performance - Enjoy your
favorite Holiday classics including
The Twelve Days of
Christmas, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and many more
....
Act
Reel Theatre Company's production of
The Tales of
Christmas
brings these stories to life and will entertain children and adults
alike. Bring the whole family out to this wonderful festive celebration
that will get you in the holiday spirit! Show runs
December
13th, 14th, 20th and 21st, 2008 at 2:00 and 4:00 pm. Tickets
$5 at the door.
Family-friendly performance for all ages.
Performance runs 50 minutes with no intermission. Free Christmas Cookie
with every donated school supply to benefit the children of St. Francis
House.
Holiday Performance and Fundraiser at GHFC! Performance of
The
Tales of Christmas
at 2pm (tickets $5 at the door), silent auction, face painting,
gingerbread-cookie decorating, holiday crafts and ... Pictures with
Santa! ... printed while you wait.
Saturday, December 13th,
2008 from 1:30pm
till 3:30pm
Gainesville Health and Fitness Women's Center.
Suggested
donations from $1 up, to benefit the children of St.
Francis House
Holiday Fun Family Event and Fundraiser at Satchel's with Live holiday
music, Christmas karaoke, Silent Auction, face painting,
gingerbread-cookie decorating, holiday crafts and ... Pictures with
Santa! ... printed while you wait.
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
from 10am
till 12 noon at
Lightnin'
Salvage (behind Satchel's Pizza).
Suggested
donations from $1 up, to benefit the children of St. Francis House.
Our final performance for our fall session is on
Thursday,
November 20th, 2008 at
Imagine
Learning Center.
Thornebrooke
Art Festival children's activity area on
Saturday
and Sunday, October 4th and 5th.
We had interactive puppet shows, imaginative outdoor activities and
storytellers circle. Create your own mask, puppet, recylcled sculpture
or magic wand. Play parachute games, explore big bubbles, decorate
cookies, sing and dance. Ongoing workshops and shows all day, plus a
baby-changing area and nursing station for moms.
Our end-of-session collaborative creation with a performance on
Thursday,
October 2nd, 2008 from 10am-12noon at The Wilhelmina Johnson
Center - 321 NW 10th St.
We are proud to have produced
BOLD (Birth on Labor Day) Gainesville
on September 1st, 2008.
