Kaleidoscope is more than a place learners come during the week. It is a growing community where people of different ages can learn something new, make something meaningful, explore the world around us, meet people who share their interests, or simply spend time together.

Some Kaleidoscope happenings are part of our regular Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday learning experiences. Others are workshops, creative evenings, nature experiences, social gatherings, family events, and opportunities for the wider community to join us.

Whether you are already part of Kaleidoscope or simply curious about what is happening here, this is a place to find something worth exploring.

Saturday, August 22, 2026 -  5:30–8:00 PM

Come spend an evening at Kaleidoscope turning an unexpected collection of art supplies, thrifted treasures, recycled materials, natural finds, fabric, buttons, beads, wire, cardboard, and wonderfully random odds and ends into your own one-of-a-kind creature.

Think mixed-media sculpture meets found-object art, with plenty of room for imagination. You might build a peculiar little desert beast with mismatched legs, a colorful bird with wildly impractical wings, a tiny monster with bottle-cap eyes, or an entirely new species no field guide has ever documented.

We'll have a big assortment of materials to dig through, combine, take apart, paint, wrap, layer, embellish, and reimagine. You can come with an idea already brewing or simply start rummaging through the materials and see what begins to emerge.

No artistic experience is needed, and there is no example everyone will be expected to copy. We'll be available to help with tools, construction, and ideas, but there is no “right” finished product. The fun is in slowing down, experimenting, talking, laughing, and seeing what happens when we give ourselves permission to create just for the sake of creating.

• Saturday, August 22, 2026 -  5:30–8:00 PM

• Teens & Adults
  $25 per participant

• All materials included

•  Limited to 12 participants

Advance registration required • Space is limited 

🧺 Bring a Little Something to the Table

We'll provide everything you need to create, but part of the fun of Whimsical Workshops is sharing the wonderfully random things that might inspire someone else.

If you'd like, bring along an art or craft supply, thrift-store treasure, fabric scrap, ribbon, yarn, buttons, beads, old jewelry, interesting paper, natural find, or that strange little thing you've been saving because surely it could become something someday.

Bring something to use yourself, add something to our shared creative stash, or arrive completely empty-handed—bringing supplies is always welcome and never required.