Grinnell Area Arts Council

06/13/2026

😈 Come join us for the Creatures of Grinnell kickoff! Food, art, creatures and a creature/puppet parade at 10:30!

06/13/2026

🎨 MONDAY IS KIDS ART DAY AT THE GRINNELL ARTS CENTER! 🎨

Looking for the perfect way to kick off the week? Bring your creatives to the Grinnell Arts Center this Monday, June 15! We have two awesome programs lined up:

👉 10:30 AM | Messy Mondays (Preschoolers & their grown-ups) $5 per child
Want all the fun of sensory art without the dreaded cleanup? We’ve got you covered. Come make a beautiful mess together, and leave the scrubbing to us! 🧼✨

👉 1:00 PM | Art Around the World (Grades K-5) $15 per child
Take a creative trip to Mexico! This week, we’re diving into the history of alebrijes—vibrant, fantastical folk art. Kids will learn the history behind these incredible sculptures and craft their very own brightly colored, chimera-like creatures! 🦎🦅

📍 Where: Grinnell Arts Center (926 Broad St)
📅 When: Monday, June 15
Drop a comment below if you're planning to come, or tag a friend who needs a fun Monday activity! 👇



(Dante is the movie Coco is an alebrijes!)

06/11/2026

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06/11/2026

🎶 Music in the Park and the Grinnell Community Band plan to be in Central Park as scheduled tonight!

🪊 See you at 7:00! (Wear your galoshes?!)

06/11/2026

Tomorrow night!

🐕 Make a pottery bowl for your fur baby with Bethany! Coming up Friday, June 12, at 6:30-8:30 pm.

🐈 Grab a pal and spend a creative and fun evening connecting and getting a little messy! In the end, you'll have a cute, sturdy bowl for your furry friends.

✅ Sign up here: https://grinnellarts.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F37993

06/11/2026

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Thank you to the City of Grinnell for their sponsorship of this project!

A dragon has settled into the prairie at Drake Community Library! This friendly creature is one of 15 creations dreamed up by local kids and brought to life through Creatures of Grinnell, a city-wide public art scavenger hunt led by the Grinnell Area Arts Council.
Ready for an adventure? Join us for the Creatures of Grinnell Kickoff Picnic Breakfast Saturday at 10 am on the GAAC's lawn to pick up a map and see if you can track down all the creatures hiding around town.
More info about the project: https://www.grinnellarts.org/creatures

06/10/2026

👿 Are you a fan of Creatures?!

👺 We are, too, and we're having a little Creature Parade on Saturday, June 13, at around 10:30 am during the Creatures of Grinnell kickoff at the Grinnell Arts Center, 926 Broad Street!

👻 Dress up as your favorite Creature, bring your favorite puppet, or make (or borrow!) a puppet or a fancy mask at our art table! Then parade around the block, show off your Creatures, and spot some Creatures of Grinnell in the wild!

😃 See you Saturday!



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06/10/2026

🍪 Do you love cookies? So do Frog and Toad! Do you love to bake cookies? Or even just buy them?

🐸 We want to serve cookies at the intermission of the musical, A Year with Frog and Toad, to help raise funds (musicals are expensive to produce), and you can help!

✅ Sign up to provide cookies for the show! Here's the signup; bring us your favorites! We will be so grateful! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D45AEA72CAAFCC07-64362491-frog #/

Pictured: Alexis Steel (left), Frog, and Zach Bey (right), Toad, singing about cookies!!