Creative Arts Council Programs

Visit the Creative Arts Council’s Balentine Gallery at the Arts, Commerce & Visitors Centre, 211 West Water Street, Bluffton, Indiana 46714. (260)-824-5222 or wellscocreativearts.com Find event & membership information, view exhibits, purchase tickets, take classes, or volunteer. No admission charge to view gallery exhibits.

HOURS—Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; prior to Kehoe Concerts 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; and by arrangement with the CAC office.
IN THE BALENTINE GALLERY
100TH STREET FAIR HERITAGE QUILTS EXHIBIT—through Sept. 28th. Arts Sales, Oct. 1-12, extended hours to 6 p.m. weekdays, closed Sundays. Open house on Saturday, Oct. 2, 5:30 to 8 p.m.
SCHOOL OF BALLET.
Registration is happening now! Classes begin the week of Sept. 27.
SLIPPER FITTING—Tuesday, Sept. 7, 5:30 p.m.
TUTU BASH—Friday, Oct. 8, get acquainted event for students planned by Dee Yonker. Someone wins a TV and more.
EVENTS
CULINARY CLASS WITH CHEF HECTOR MINON—Monday, Sept. 27, Dinner in Copenhagen, $25, with registration needed. Evening incudes demo, meal and recipes.
TRAVEL CINEMAS—Beginning in September 30, with Cuba. Others in the series to include Indiana, Wales and Burma/Cambodia. $20 adults and $12 for series.
ARTS & CRAFTS MOVEMENT—Tuesday, Sept. 14, 6:30 p.m., discussion with FWMA Director Charles A. Shepard III, free event.
PLEIN AIR PAINT OUT—Saturday, Oct. 2, with don Skinner. Open to artists for outdoor setting to work on painting, drawing or other art forms.
MYSTERY DINNER THEATER—Saturday, Oct. 16, hosted by the Wells Community Theater at the Arts Commerce & Visitors Centre. Dinner and show, $30, catered by Lighted Gardens. Bower North productions presenting “Lost in Tinseltown.”
FESTIVAL OF TREES—Time to register for project designers. Showcase Dec. 4-6, call for guidelines.
CLASSES
TEEN/ADULT CLASSES—Guitar, piano, music theory & song writing with John-Thomas Roseberry.
‘FARM MOOSIC’—Course for toddlers and their adults with Cindy Lemmen, Sept. 13 to Nov. 8, $64 includes CD and instrument.
STAINED GLASS CLASS—Layered collage workshop with Karen West, Sept. 13 & 15, $30.
10TH ANNUAL SUMMER OUTDOOR ART SHOWCASE—Display of decorated Street Fair benches on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 17 & 18 with winner awards announced at noon.
OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP—Saturday, Oct. 9, with Joe Harbert (autumn leaves), $70 per person, materials included ($7 for palette).
LOCKER HOOKING WORKSHOP—Thursday, Oct. 21, with Carol Malone, learn technique for making rugs and bags, $12.
Ongoing Activities:
CAC board of directors—Monday Sept. 20, 5:15 p.m.
PHOTOGRAPHERS FORUM—Thursday, Oct. 28, 6:30 p.m., free event. Beginners welcome. Monthly topic.
READERS CIRCLE—Tuesday, Sept. 14, with Suzanne Miller discussing works of Allen Ginsberg with a special focus on the poem “How!” Brown bag lunch meetings, noon to 1:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday each month at CAC. Free event.
CULINARY ARTISTS—Friday, Sept. 10 to Hawkins Family Farm near Manchester for oven-fired pizza and music. Thursday, Oct. 7, to Historic Kimmell House B & B, leave CAC at noon.
ARTISTS IN ACTION— Thursdays or Fridays at 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., work space by arrangement with CAC office, free event.