6/20/2024
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Pacific

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“#GoFish” may be the hottest hashtag this summer for families in the Mid-Columbia Gorge area because of a free art engagement program for kids at The Dalles Art Center (TDAC). The School of Fish program is the name of the summer program designed to reel in families that provides free take-home art kits packed with art supplies and instructions to make colorful paper salmon!

Participants are invited back to TDAC for a School of Fish party will hang their paper salmon and create a school of fish in the gardens of TDAC! Starting on Thursday, June 20, families can stop into TDAC Thursdays – Saturdays from 11 am – 5 pm to pick up a School of Fish art kit (while supplies last). In addition to School of Fish, TDAC is offering Kids Create! every Saturday drop-in art classes from 10 – Noon all summer. TDAC’s famous Summer Art Camp kicks off on June 25 with six weeks of Art Camp for kids. See details at https://www.thedallesartcenter.org/education/classes-for-kids.

School of Fish kits include resources to make it easy for families to keep learning about salmon and explore the surrounding area. Salmon are a vibrant part of the Mid-Columbia Gorge area’s cultural history and ecology, and School of Fish celebrates this history, cultural and remarkable ecosystem that exists in the area. The Wasco County Cultural Trust, whose mission is to encourage projects and activities in the arts, heritage and humanities that relate to the priorities of the Wasco County Cultural plan, provided a grant to support the School of Fish project. Volunteers and individual donors provided time and resources to create the kits.

“What I love most about School of Fish is that it gives families in our area a way to engage in creativity and art at home and to then come together, like a school of fish, to create a public art display that celebrates kids’ art!” said Pam Westland, TDAC Board President. “We hope to give away all the kits and are eager to welcome everyone and their paper salmon back for our party on Saturday, September 7th at TDAC! I cannot wait to see the fish ‘swimming’ in the gardens at TDAC. #GoFish!

Setting: In-Person
The Dalles Art Center
220 East 4th
The Dalles, OR 97058
UNITED STATES

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Ellen Potter
(phone: 541-296-4759)

• http://www.thedallesartcenter.org

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THE DALLES ART CENTER GIVES AWAY FREE "SCHOOL OF FISH" ART KITS FOR KIDS THIS SUMMER!