Family Day: Crafting Sweet Treats

Family Day: Crafting Sweet Treats Join us on Saturday, June 1st in the Quick Center for the Arts, Walsh Gallery for a Family Day inspired by the exhibition Peter Anton: Just Desserts! Sculptor Peter Anton creates over-sized, hyper-realistic sculptures of candies, donuts, ice cream bars, and other mouth-watering treats. In this Family Day, kids ages 4-10 get to let their imaginations run wild as they build their own unique desserts out of clay, and decorate special dessert boxes to hold…

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June 1, 2024 @ 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm

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200 Barlow Rd
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States

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Free

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Family Day: Crafting Sweet Treats
Join us on Saturday, June 1st in the Quick Center for the Arts, Walsh Gallery for a Family Day inspired by the exhibition Peter Anton: Just Desserts!
Sculptor Peter Anton creates over-sized, hyper-realistic sculptures of candies, donuts, ice cream bars, and other mouth-watering treats. In this Family Day, kids ages 4-10 get to let their imaginations run wild as they build their own unique desserts out of clay, and decorate special dessert boxes to hold them!
Each session will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. and again at 2:30 p.m.

Peter Anton, Dark Bar Chaos, 2021, mixed media. ©2023 Peter Anton

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