Lectures & Exhibits

Visit the Ohio Glass Museum and Glassblowing Studio for a new exhibit, "Earth, Hand, & Fire" featuring glass from the Dana Shouldis Collection, a 104-piece gift of Fenton Glass given to the museum from the estate of Mary Helen Hunt, and many glass items selected from the Ohio Glass Museum archives. 

Running concurrently with Flower Power: Flora in Fashion in the Decorative Art Center of Ohio's lower gallery, Botany in Buttons features hundreds of items from the Ann W. Rudolph Button Collection, a comprehensive collection of historic buttons and related artifacts within the Ohio State University Historic Costumes and Textiles Collection. Visitors can enjoy the floral designs of hundreds of buttons made of glass, metal, ceramic, bamboo, vegetable ivory (tagua nut) and other media.

Flower Power: Flora in Fashion explores the relationship humankind has with its natural environment – specifically, how we adorn our bodies with botanical elements from head to toe. From extravagant hats to sublime shoes, fashion designers have found inspiration in colorful floral motifs and botanical elements. Nature’s plant materials not only factor in the aesthetics of fashion and apparel, they literally are the very fabric used to make much of our clothing. Flower Power: Flora in Fashion will grow your appreciation for how the bark, leaves, grasses and seeds around us have been turned into textiles and clothing we use on a daily basis.

Join Gayle Strege, curator of the Ohio State University Historic Costume & Textiles Collection, at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio as she shares historic insights about the items in the Flower Power: Flora in Fashion exhibition and the relationship between human adornment and plant life as expressed through all levels of fashion from everyday dress to couture.

The Carroll Area Historical Society invites you to a meeting on Monday, February 6 at 6:30 p.m. about the Lock Tenders at Lockville. Learn about the lives of the people who opened and closed the locks for travelers on the Ohio-Erie in the 1800s, including the local Benadum family. Jack Campbell of the Fairfield County Park District will be speaking at this program. Jack gave a wonderful program on the locks in Carroll and the surrounding areas last year, so don't miss this one! Guests are always welcome and there is no charge to attend. The meeting will be held at 75 Center Street in Carroll.

Most people know what a gargoyle is, but may not have heard of Hunky Punks! Here is your opportunity to learn about them and make your own out of clay, either as a stand-alone statue or a design to hang on a wall or garden fence. Your piece will then be finished by Primitive Mud Pottery Studio; it will need to dry for several days and be fired in the kiln to vitrify the clay into durable ceramic. This will take 2-4 weeks and you will be notified by text or email when it is ready to pick up. Space is limited, so register early!

Join Cookie Lady Columbus and Ruby Joy Boutique for a cookie class on Friday, February 10! There's nothing better than decorating cookies and shopping with your friends! In this class, you will be decorating a set of five cookies that is Valentine's Day themed. This will be at a beginner/intermediate level, so all are welcome! At this class, you'll receive five sugar cookies to decorate with instruction, bags of icing in different colors and consistencies, a practice sheet for writing with icing, a box to take everything home in, and a gift from Cookie Lady Columbus! You will have everything you need to create adorable cookies.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, join the Ohio Glass Museum for a very hot date! Choose your glass colors and sculpt a hunka hunka burnin' love together with your partner! Enjoy light refreshments and browse through the gift shop after your 45 minute private lesson is complete. Please arrive a bit before 6 p.m. for the group demonstration and safety talk. Each couple will make one glass heart together during their private lesson. No experience necessary.

AR Workshop is mixing it up again with an all new specialty candle and scent mixology workshop! Sign up to create one-of-a-kind candle scents for your home, or give your candle away as the perfect hand-crafted gift. Workshop price begins at $25, but you may upgrade by adding additional candles. Pour two for $45, or three for $60. Each person attending must be making a candle. Sign up now on AR Workshop’s website!

AR Workshop is mixing it up again with an all new specialty candle and scent mixology workshop! Sign up to create one-of-a-kind candle scents for your home, or give your candle away as the perfect hand-crafted gift. Workshop price begins at $25, but you may upgrade by adding additional candles. Pour two for $45, or three for $60. Each person attending must be making a candle. Sign up now on AR Workshop's website!

It’s time for some self-love and to treat yourself to a Galentine’s Day playing with clay. Come alone or with your gal pals! You will make your very own unique treasure box, with step-by-step guidance by professional potter Teresa Speakman. Your creation can be heart-shaped, or you may prefer a round, square, or free-form organic shape lidded box to keep your treasures (stones, crystals, jewelry, love letters…) in.

On Saturday, February 18, join Lisa at Farmer's Country Store to make a sweet bunny and carrot made of fabric. Class cost is $20 to participate. Reservations can be made by calling the shop at  740-654-4853 or stopping by in person.

Join the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio to create button bugs! In this class, young hands will use their creative minds to design bugs using the classic clothing staple, the button. As kids create their own button bugs, adults can take advantage of the time and visit the Ann W. Rudolph Button Collection in the museum's lower gallery.

Paint Parties for Fun is hosting an Easter gnome paint and sip at Outerbelt Brewing! Create a cute and fun canvas that you can give as a gift, or use to spruce up your space in time for the spring season! Your ticket to this class includes your canvas, materials, and instruction from Paint Parties for Fun. Drinks and food will be available before, during, and after class.

Visit the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio to create a wearable piece of art in a silk scarf class that will heighten your sense of design and leave you with your own unique wardrobe piece. An experienced instructor will be on hand to guide you through the process and help you develop your own style. 

Visit the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio for a special flower arranging class taught by Elizabeth Fox Zawislak. A colorful assortment of fresh-grown American flowers is your canvas as you design a fresh flower arrangement inspired by a piece in Flower Power: Flora in Fashion​.

Intrinsic Luminescence features the work of three outstanding artists. Whether it’s the dreamlike, epic landscapes of Judith Brandon; the poetic figures of Stanka Kordic; or the architectural, sculptural glass forms of Michael Mikula, each of these artists employs techniques that create a sense of inner light. This luminescence emanates through layers of media, subject and abstraction, illuminating the masterful craftsmanship that is fundamental to each artist’s creation.

Days of Knights is a not-for-profit educational organization that hosts and organizes the annual living history timeline event of the same the name. The first Days of Knights took place in Frankfort, Kentucky in 2012 and has been held each year since. In 2019, the organization found a new home in Charles Alley Nature Park in Lancaster.