{"id":76618,"date":"2016-05-25T12:57:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T17:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=76618"},"modified":"2016-05-25T12:57:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T17:57:37","slug":"party-at-the-wass-may-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2016\/05\/25\/party-at-the-wass-may-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Party at the Wass May 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Hope Wallace<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Duck<\/a>
Duck sales for Town Creek Live duck derby are now live at the Wassenberg Art Center and Main Street Van Wert. Prize for the winning duck begins at $1,000. (Photo submitted.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Join us for our Winds of Change Exhibit closing party on May 27, 6\u20139 p.m. with Radoslav Lorkovic, international blues musician who will be performing on our baby grand. Admission is free, there will be munchies and cash bar. Shop the artwork based on the power of wind. We will also be hosting a presentation and question and answer sessions on Thursday, May 26 at 6 p.m. hosted by Dan Litchfield of Iberdrola Renewables.<\/p>\n

We have expanded our Summer Youth Art Program to 8 weeks for 2016! Eight weeks of great art projects designed specifically for ages 6-18 by our program coordinator Megan Thomas and instructor, Maria Coward. Classes meet Wednesday (ages 6-9 years) and Thursday (ages 10-18) mornings from 10 a.m. to noon. All materials supplied. Cost for a 4-week session is $30 members and $35 regular price. Interested parties may call the art center or sign up online at: http:\/\/www.wassenbergartcenter.org\/announcements\/summer-art-program<\/a><\/p>\n

Duck sales are now live for the second annual Town Creek Live (Formerly Eats on the Streets). Adopt your duck now for a chance to win $1000 and other<\/p>\n

\"Ceramic<\/a>
Ceramic Art Milk Carton fundraiser launched at Wassenberg Art Center to help fund youth programming. (Photo submitted.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

prizes! Mark your calendars for July 9, 3 p.m. \u2013 midnight. We will have 11 gourmet food trucks, more ducks and not one, but two bands this year! Fire-performers Pyroscope will be here and have been instructed to get crazy. Sam Dell of Bryan will be joining us earlier in the day inside the gallery for live entertainment and we are welcoming the pipes of Aubrey Gebert, one of Van Wert\u2019s youngest up and coming musicians! Dan Smythe Band (6-piece) of Fort Wayne begins at 5 p.m. and will be followed by the Holbrook Brother\u2019s Band of Montpelier. This is an outrageous combo Van Wert\u2019s own Real Human Robot will return to keep things lively. Ducks will go on sale shortly and this year\u2019s recipient of our donation will be The Recking Crew! Ducks will be $5 each or $25 for a 6-piece quack pack. Buy a quack-pack and get some free flair, a \u201cMy duck is faster than yours\u201d button!<\/p>\n

The selections have been made for our 60th<\/sup> Annual June Art Exhibit and will be announced shortly!\u00a0 We have a great show and since we are turning 60 years old this year we are planning a great birthday party and in addition to great artwork will be featuring returning musicians T.O.E.S! (The One Eyed Show) Come jam, eat, dance and buy art with us on June 11, 6 p.m. Free entry, great food, cash bar.<\/p>\n

Art Classes:<\/strong>\u2028Watercolor techniques: Tuesday 10 a.m. \u2013 noon. Ongoing. $35 members\/$40 regular price. Instructor: Pat Rayman. Materials required.<\/p>\n

Evening Pottery: Wednesday 6 \u2013 8 p.m. Ongoing, six-week sessions. Instructor: Megan Thomas. $70 members\/$75 regular. Some materials required, included 25# clay.<\/p>\n

ArtNight: Free. Thursdays 6 \u2013 9 p.m. Ongoing. Cash bar.<\/p>\n

For more information on exhibits or to sign up for classes and events visit: wassenbergartcenter.org<\/a>. The Wassenberg Art Center is located at 214 S. Washington St. (former Van Wert Armory). We can also be reached by telephone at: 419.238.6837, email:\u00a0info@wassenbergartcenter.org<\/a>\u00a0and our website is: wassenbergartcenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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By Hope Wallace Join us for our Winds of Change Exhibit closing party on May 27, 6\u20139 p.m. with Radoslav Lorkovic, international blues musician who will be performing on our baby grand. Admission is free, there will be munchies and cash bar. Shop the artwork based on the power of wind. We will also be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wassenberg"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 06:44:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}