Celebrate the start of WheatonArts' creative season with this free kick-off event highlighting its many daily offerings and hands-on programming. Experience various artist demonstrations throughout the campus, including glassmaking, pottery, paper art, broom-making, large-scale murals, and more.

Explore thought-provoking exhibits in the Museum of American Glass and Down Jersey Folklife Center, showcasing glass collections and the complexities and values of traditional arts through modern-day times.  Discover a series of hands-on projects to create, including pine-needle basket making, coffee filter butterflies, and glass-fused magnets in the Education Studio. Enjoy a bite to eat from a selection of food vendors and listen to live music by the Ceremonial Brass Band and soft jazz with Gil Thompson & Chris Angelino.

Wheaton Springs offers every visitor the chance to explore, experience, and create across a campus that inspires and heals the senses. Admission to all WheatonArts exhibits and artist studio demonstrations are free and open to the public.