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Summer Art Explorers: Thiebaud's Sweet Treats!

Grades K-5 (In Person)- Registration required.
2026-06-04 14:00:00 2026-06-04 15:00:00 America/Chicago Summer Art Explorers: Thiebaud's Sweet Treats! Join Ms. Carrie to explore art this summer. We'll learn about an artist/medium, but we'll mainly MAKE ART! This session, let's make a clay sweet treat like Wayne Theibaud. Registration required. Main Library - Sally Lee Fox & Eagle Rooms

Thursday, June 04
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-06-04 14:00:00 2026-06-04 15:00:00 America/Chicago Summer Art Explorers: Thiebaud's Sweet Treats! Join Ms. Carrie to explore art this summer. We'll learn about an artist/medium, but we'll mainly MAKE ART! This session, let's make a clay sweet treat like Wayne Theibaud. Registration required. Main Library - Sally Lee Fox & Eagle Rooms

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Sally Lee Fox & Eagle Rooms

Join Ms. Carrie to explore art this summer. We'll learn about an artist/medium, but we'll mainly MAKE ART! This session, let's make a clay sweet treat like Wayne Theibaud. Registration required.

**Please register each child separately. Best for Grades K-5.** 

Wayne Thiebaud was an American artist who was famous for his bright, colorful paintings of all things YUMMY... cake, lollipops, hot dogs, ice cream cones and more. Join us to learn about this artist- who lived to be 101 years old- and create a mini tie-dye lollipop with clay and watercolors. 

For a list of possible book titles that we may use in this program, click here. 

If you register but later are unable to attend the event, please call 847-429-4685 to cancel as soon as possible. This allows a student on the waitlist to join the event.  We will be taking attendance at the programs, and staff members reserve the right to move a registrant to the waitlist if they are found to be consistently absent from programs. 

Is the program full? Be sure to register your child for the waiting list.  We do our best to accomodate interested participants. 

AGE GROUP: | Elementary School |

EVENT TYPE: | Activity |

TAGS: | KidSpace |

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