Former PenArt Artist-in-Residence Heather Nuber makes brightly colored jewelry and sculpture from unusual materials like paracord, rope, fabric, and found objects. See her work in the gallery for inspiration, then head to the classroom to make your own creation.

What’s in your kitchen? How about your garden? Discover the bold colors and shapes in Favianna Rodriguez’s food-based series, Favi’s Cocina, before making a kitchen collage of your own.

Ay-O, known as the “rainbow artist”, used rainbow stripes to outline or fill the subjects of his silkscreen prints. Create your own painting using all the colors of the rainbow.

Gear up for February by screen printing valentines! Use our pre-made screens or design your own by cutting an adhesive stencil or using block-out markers. Enjoy music, lively conversation, warm eats, and hot chocolate (with optional Peppermint Schnapps) while you’re here, and leave with valentines to send to the special people in your life.

Have you ever seen a color so bright it reflected onto adjacent surfaces? Adam Frezza and Terri Chiao made wall sculptures from colorful wooden slats that took advantage of this phenomenon. Slot together your own sculptures with colors that bounce off the wall.

Anila Quayyum Agha uses a single light bulb suspended in a pierced metal cube to fill a room with patterned shadows. Using cardstock, make a cut paper cube and light it with an LED – perfect for your bedroom or the tree!

Let us help you find the right work of art for that special place in your home or special someone on your holiday list. Enjoy complementary hot chocolate while you shop the over 200 works of art in the BIG little Art Show. We will wrap your purchases for free so they are ready to go under the tree!

It’s Tiny House Nation, elf edition—together, your family will build a pint-size cardboard gingerbread house that can be carried home on a paper plate.

Only for families with children ages 3- to 17-years-old. Adults wishing to come without the kids should participate in our Gingerbread Bash on Wednesday, November 8.

Join us for a casual conversation in the gallery. This session, we’ll break into small groups and use gallery games to explore the art in the second annual BIG little Art Show. Free and open to the public.

Kick off the holiday season at the Gingerbread Bash. Grab a group of friends or coworkers and come to PenArt for a lively night of creative fun. Enjoy sloppy joes, chips, and hot apple cider, hard or soft, while you build a cardboard gingerbread house together. Take it home or leave it on display for a chance to be voted best in show!

Be among the first to see the second annual BIG little Art Show! Celebrate the opening with local artists, take in the art while enjoying a complementary drink, and vote for your favorite work!

Get ready for Halloween—start with a molded paper mask and let your imagination fly. Drop in any time, 9am - noon. FREE for families with children ages 3- to 17-years-old.

Join us for a casual conversation in the gallery. Hear more about the art in our current exhibition, Backstory: The Artist’s Process, ask questions, share your thoughts, and discover answers together in this lively discussion of works on view. Free and open to the public.

Get inspiration from Carolyn Swiszcz’s mixed media collages of her neighborhood donut shop before building a picture of one of your favorite places in Door County. Use painted papers, wallpaper and fabric samples, custom cut stamps, and trace monotype techniques to depict a Door County icon.

Join an informal gallery tour and conversation with Mynn Lanphier! Chat about the work on view and take a peak at PenArt’s campus. Meet Mynn at 3 pm in the Guenzel Gallery. No registration required.

Join an informal gallery tour and conversation with Mynn Lanphier! Chat about the work on view and take a peak at PenArt’s campus. Meet Mynn at 3 pm in the Guenzel Gallery. No registration required.

Join an informal gallery tour and conversation with Mynn Lanphier! Chat about the work on view and take a peak at PenArt’s campus. Meet Mynn at 3 pm in the Guenzel Gallery. No registration required.

Today across the United States, creative people are helping weave the social and civic fabric of our communities. Join a dynamic discussion with four artists whose creative work takes them beyond the page and the studio into the participatory, cooperative, trust-building work of civic life. Learn how these artists and others are finding new strategies for bridging divisions, fostering meaningful connections, and cultivating democratically minded communities.

Photo: The Fargo Project

Join an informal gallery tour and conversation with Mynn Lanphier! Chat about the work on view and take a peak at PenArt’s campus. Meet Mynn at 3 pm in the Guenzel Gallery. No registration required.

Join us at the opening reception for Backstory: The Artist’s Process. An artist talk with Wendi Turchan-Martin will begin at 4 pm.

View the results of the morning’s Quick Paint in Fish Creek and bid to purchase a painting via live auction. Free to the public.

We’re throwing open the doors on our campus. View fresh works in the gallery, tour the campus, grab lunch at the food truck, and take home a piece of Door County on canvas. All works for sale.

Kids can join in the excitement of the Quick Paint too! Stop by PenArt to pick up your grab-n-go art kit and share your results in our children’s gallery. Free. First come - First serve.

Watch the 2023 invited artists complete a painting from start to finish during the fast-paced Quick Paint along the streets and shoreline of Fish Creek. Free to the public.

Enjoy an exclusive evening with food, beverage and live music; small group viewings of the Festival works; and the opportunity to purchase paintings via silent auction before the public opening on Saturday. Palette Pass Exclusive.