Students
The Old Jail Art Center offers many opportunities specifically for K-12th Grade learners.
Explore our various programs to find one for your student!
Students
The Old Jail Art Center offers many opportunities specifically for K-12th Grade learners.
Explore our various programs to find one for your student!
Upcoming Events
Families
Tours, Programs and Events for Ages 2-92 to create and learn together.
Families
Tours, Programs and Events for Ages 2-92 to create and learn together.
Cultural Festivals
Bring the whole family for our FREE, montly Family Festivals including crafts, music, games and refreshments inspired by a culture represented in the Museum collections.
In 2024, learn and create together as we celebrate Lunar New Year, Ashanti Adinkra, Songkran, Inti Raymi, Mid-Autumn Moon, Day of the Dead, Navajo Weaving, and Natale!
Family Studio Zone
Head to the Stasney Center of Education at your next museum visit and create together as a family.
Kid-friendly studio activities connect to current exhibitions.
Take your creation home, or display it for other museum visitors to see!
tAke-Home Activity Trunk
FREE, take-home craft-kits designed for families with children ages 4-12.
Weekly activities combine visual art with STEM, motor-skill development, Social Studies, or Language Arts themes.
Available 24/7 at the trunk to the left of the museum front gates.
2024 OJAC Family Programs are generously sponsored by Betsy & Mike Parsons.
Adults
Art Classes, Weekend Workshops, Lectures and more!
Adults
Art Classes, Weekend Workshops, Lectures and more!
UPCOMING EVENTS
OJAC tiny-tours
3-5 min virtual tours of our permanent collection or current exhibitions led by museum staff.
Tours posted weekly at OJAC Facebook @ 3:30 pm
[Follow OJAC Vimeo to explore all tours]
FOCUS LECTURE SERIES
Quarterly, FREE Public Lectures on Art History, the OJAC collection, exhibitions and connected community topics.
Third-Thursday Studio
Art workshops exploring a variety of media, presented in a party-atmosphere! Bring your favorite bottle of wine or beverage, invite your friends, and enjoy step-by-step instruction with an experienced art educator. You'll leave with a one-of-a kind creation and a new found talent you'll want to explore! All supplies included.
$15 MEMBERS | $20 NON-MEMBERS
Teachers
The Old Jail Art Center Education Department is committed to helping teachers, in the classroom or at home, incorporate visual learning into their classrooms and integrate art into their curricula.
Teachers
The Old Jail Art Center Education Department is committed to helping teachers, in the classroom or at home, incorporate visual learning into their classrooms and integrate art into their curricula.
UPCOMING EVENTS
summer In-services
Each July, the Old Jail Art Center offers a variety of fun and informative professional development workshops to aid elementary and secondary teachers in using the Old Jail Art Center collections, programs and media and art and history, to enhance their curricula.
2024 Workshop themes include:
Cowboy Poetry
The Art of Reading: Visual and Language Arts Connections for Early Learners
Around the World through Art and Games!
Participants should visit the Region 14 Education Service Center PitStop Website for registration and credit information.
Education students and out-of-area teachers not wishing to receive Region-14-certified credit are also welcome to attend OJAC workshops!
