🎨 We are excited for the fourth annual CREATE! A Community Art Making Event this year on September 14th!

And this year's theme is ANIMALS! 🐶🐱🐼🐻🦊🐵🦁🐧🐢🐠🦋🐛

This is a Free Community Event, please let us know you are coming - RSVP today. This helps us plan.

Unleash your creativity and participate in the fun with:

Creating Art for the Park!

🐛 Create a caterpillar using recycled tires! Eight tires will be installed in the Park to create the interactive structure. All are invited to join in and paint the tires for a fun and colorful new piece for the Imagination Space. Activity led by artist Dina Zaman.

🌈 Decorate tags that are meant to be hung on the Park's new Rainbow Bridge, designed to honor our pets. Activity led by artist Kris Kolb. ➕Bonus activities in this booth area including a reading of I'll Be Your Friend Forever every half hour, oil painting demo featuring a dog, and animal sidewalk chalk drawings in the style of David Zinn!

🐼 Put buttons on our new Panda structure to make a new beautiful art piece for the Park! Activity led by artist Patricia Quinn

🦋 Each child will have the joy of painting a unique piece of our butterfly mural's wings; splashing it with their own colors, patterns, and personality. Led by artist Kelli Wildman.

Art Demonstrations Throughout the Day!

🎭 Join Curtain Players for a delightful retelling of The Bremen Town Musicians
🤣 Get Silly and Enjoy an Interactive Improv Comedy Show for Kids
💛 Give the Pottery Wheel a try with Yellow Creek Pottery
🌳 See Wood Carving in action from talent carvers from Source Point
🌺 Learn Hula Dancing from Tropical Enchantment
📚 Engage with talent children's books author Tracy Blom

Hands-On Art Crafts to Take Home!

🌿 Design and take home your own painting of an endangered species. Led by artist Brooke Ripley
🔺 Create animal design art with geometric shapes. Led by artist Benny Shoults
🐸 Paint a rock in the image of your favorite animal. Led by artist Mary Weiler Williams
🐢 Turn seashells into a one-of-a-kind turtle magnet to take home. Led by artist Carole Schuler
🐝 Learn the importance of and create a felt bumblebee to take home. Led by North Central Ohio Pollinator Pathway
🐶 Meet pups and create paper cat toys and no-sew blankets with the Humane Society of Delaware County
🖌 Get your face painted with a fun animal design. Led by artist Lauren Clevenger

We are able to host free events like these with the continuous support of our community and local donors!

❤️ If you feel inclined to donate, you can add it to your RSVP form. Donations for this event go towards Park development, maintenance and programming.

Thank you and we hope to see you at the Park!

About Boardman Arts Park

The Arts Park began in 2017 as a volunteer organized effort to reclaim an unused green space and now has transformed into an outdoor art exhibit and event venue bringing the arts, community and new visitors into the City of Delaware.

The 2.2 acre green space is filled with unique art pieces, walking paths, and benches. Annual events are held including the Delaware County Beer & Wine Festival, CREATE! Event and Ghost Walk; as well as art and yoga classes, concerts and socials. The Park is a 501c3 non profit organization.

2025 CREATE! A Community Art Making Event

This year's theme - Animals!