Art Monkeys will unite during a Creative Hub-Bub on Friday, a Pro-D day event at Studio 2880 presented by the Prince George & District Community Arts Council.
Children between six and 11 years old are invited to start off a day of artistic fun by spending an hour doing a live radio show with CFIS 93.1FM, the community radio station.
Everyone knows that kids can be quite candid.
"Hopefully parents will be at their work listening to their darling, lovely children on the radio," Sean Farrell, executive director of the arts council, said.
The Community Arts Council is developing a new concept as they move into the downtown facility most likely in 2021.
"We're looking for the new facility to be a creative hub for the community," Farrell said. "Understanding that we've always had that concept here at Studio 2880, with a whole collective of arts and cultural groups working side by side, so we thought how neat would it be to let kids start experiencing what a whole creative hub setting should be. So we've collected some of our guilds and tenants here at Studio 2880 and everyone is pitching in to provide a super neat day for the kids."
After the on-air experience, the children will then have an opportunity to paint with artist-in-residence Donna Morrison, then during their lunch time they can play with Lego and then they get to make some fibre arts and play with clay with Joanne Mikkelsen.
Farrell said they are working on their feasibility study for the new downtown building, located where the downtown farmers' market is held at 1310 Third Ave.
"So the new creative hub will have lots more than we even have here at Studio 2880," Farrell said. "Ideally there will be glass blowing, metal works and different kinds of art therapy rooms and music studios and I think if we see the interest in the success from this kind of creative hub experience during Pro-D days it helps us understand that yes, we are going in the right direction with the new facility."
The City of Prince George and the Community Arts Council are putting together a Downtown Art Strategy project, which is a 10-year plan in which to develop and enhance arts and culture in the downtown core, Farrell added.
The arts council's move into downtown is part of that project.
The Creative Hub-Bubs are $60 per child and are also accessible events since the community arts council held a 6x6 artwork sale in the summer, with all proceeds going into a fund so that if an economically marginalized child wants to attend a Hub-Bub there would be no financial barrier for them. To access one of these 20 subsidized spots available throughout the year, call the arts council office at 250-563-2880.
