Free Family Day at The Hudgens

Written by The Hudgens Center for the Arts

The Hudgens Center for the Arts will be open to the public for a free Family Day on Saturday, August 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Visitors can beat the heat and enjoy not just the current fine art exhibits, but also participate in both a make & take project and a collaborative art project in the lobby.

Participants will help create a large transparent window scene of a koi pond, meant to complement the existing koi pond in the sculpture garden as well as the current fine art exhibit featuring works by Japanese-American Tom Nakashima.

There will also be a fun make & take art project for kids to create their own koi fish collage from colorful scraps of magazine, using the same basic techniques used by Nakashima in creating the large scale works of art in the exhibit.

Both art projects will take place between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., so be sure to come early in order to enjoy those activities. Participation is free and open to the public.

Family Day also includes a self-directed scavenger hunt in the garden, access to the children's Art Zone, and free entry to all the current exhibits, including Works by Tom Nakashima, the Augusta State Faculty Invitational exhibit, and In the Forest: Selected Works from The Hudgens Center's Young Artists.

The Hudgens Center for the Arts is located at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Bldg. 300, in Duluth, in the Gwinnett Center complex. Visitors should take the Satellite Boulevard entrance.

For more information about art exhibits, events and classes at The Hudgens, please visit the website atwww.thehudgens.org or call 770-623-6002.