Windy spring days are ahead, and Gallery Coordinator Paula Wilmot Kraus has just the thing to make the most of them - homemade kites! When my brothers and I were young we often just made our own kites. It’s simple! Materials: Sticks (straight and thin) A spool of string Scissors Adhesive tape Paper (newspaper, wrapping...
March 1 - May 17, 2020* *Please note that this exhibition has been extended through May 17. Rosewood Arts Centre, including Rosewood Gallery, is closed to the public until at least April 30 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. For more information on COVID-19 closure, please visit: https://www.playkettering.org/covid19/ The City of Kettering and Rosewood Gallery are pleased...
March 1 - May 17, 2020* *Please note that this exhibition has been extended through May 17. Rosewood Arts Centre, including Rosewood Gallery, is closed to the public until at least April 30 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. For more information on COVID-19 closure, please visit: https://www.playkettering.org/covid19/ Opening reception: Sunday, March 1, 2 - 4 p.m....
Happy Easter! Andrew Dailey, Cultural Arts Program Supervisor at Rosewood, put together this fun and easy holiday project. I love to draw and looked around my house for an interesting opportunity for a neat drawing project. I realized that I could draw on eggs and create unique objects. This is such a simple idea that...
Would you like to make a notebook for a diary or for sketches? Read on to find out how to create a handmade journal! Once you determine the size of the notebook, you want adjust your cover and pages to match the desired size. I used cover and paper that was 7” x 10 1/4'”...
Need a new way to get moving? Rosewood Arts Centre Facility Coordinator, Claire Dorothy Zook , previously performed professionally as a freelance dancer around the world, and is now a local dance instructor. She put together a fun dance activity to help you get active, and most importantly, have some fun! (Check out Claire's helpful...
Rosewood Gallery Coordinator, Paula Wilmot Kraus, provided this awesome DIY Camera Obscura project. This fun activity is part-art and part-science, just in time for International Pinhole Day on April 26! Camera obscura, which is Latin for dark chamber, is the basis for all modern cameras. You will need: Box: (cereal box works great) Tape: black electrical...
Art From Home! Need a way to keep the creativity flowing at home? Rosewood is here for you! Making art is more important than ever right now. Studies have shown that taking time to be creative has a host of benefits for both adults and children, including reducing stress and boosting mood. Scroll down to get...
Here's a fun art activity you can do at home, provided by our Cultural Arts Division Manager, Shayna V. McConville! Needing a break from screens and desiring a hands-on activity, I created a fun and easy artwork using materials found around the house. I picked up one of my favorite books, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and...
Tour Rosewood's Virtual Gallery! For the first time in its 26 year history, The View juried landscape exhibition is housed exclusively online with images and an exhibition video, accompanied by a downloadable exhibition catalogue with an essay by the exhibition juror, Cathy Mayhugh. Visit The View's homepage to enjoy the exhibition! Scroll down to find...
If you’re like most people, you might have spent more time indoors this winter, eagerly awaiting the arrival of spring. Since this is Ohio, we can’t really ever be sure if it has truly arrived, but it’s safe to say it’s near. As you and your family venture out more this time of year, take...
Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts Community Survey Drawing Rules Survey awards are open to all City of Kettering Residents who are invited and complete and submit a PRCA Community Survey via the postcard or e-mailed link sent to residents by Wright State University Applied Policy Research Institute. Each individual survey invitee has one chance to...
30th Annual Dayton-Area Works on Paper January 19 - February 21, 2020 Opening Reception: Sunday, January 19, 2 - 4 p.m Rosewood Gallery in Kettering, Ohio is pleased to announce the opening of the 30th annual Works on Paper exhibition. The exhibition runs from January 19 through February 21, 2020. There will be an opening...
• Polen Farm is not available Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. • Saturday rates apply on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day and New Year’s Eve.
• A Party Tent is available for use from April – October. • The Gazebo only may be rented for $600 for a 2-hour time block. Weekend Gazebo-only weddings must be completed prior to 3 p.m. The house may be used to get dressed and the grounds are available for photographs during the reserved time...
• Individuals who live or work in the City of Kettering and businesses located in Kettering receive a 20% discount on rental rates. • Organizations with 501 (c)(3) status receive a 15% discount on rental rates. • Short notice rentals will receive the following discounts: Rentals within 6 weeks will receive 50% off the weekend...
• A refundable deposit ($400 for weekends/$150 for weekdays and gazebo only) is required to hold the date for rentals. • The full deposit will be returned after the rental if all conditions have been met. • 50% of the full payment is due 8 months prior to the rental. The remaining 50% is due...
