Refund Policy Our commitment is to make your experience successful. If you would like a refund, please contact us to discuss your experience. Refund requests must be made within two weeks of a registered program’s end date. For a full refund, requests must be made at least three days prior to the start of the...
The City of Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department (PRCA) has a rich history serving the community dating back to 1954, when the city council established the first Parks and Recreation Board. Upon the formation of the Parks and Recreation Board, the first Parks and Recreation Master Plan was developed in 1964 to guide...
Accredited Agency: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021 The City of Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts is accredited through the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA) and the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) based on an external review of the agency’s overall quality of operation, management and service to...
Suburbanscapes Programs Suburbanscapes Kick-off and Rosewood’s Birthday Party! Thursday, May 7, 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Rosewood Arts Centre 5:45 – 6 pm | Introduction and Remarks Welcome by Mary Beth Thaman, Director of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Remarks by Mayor Don Patterson, City of Kettering Remarks by Richard Dilgard, Rosewood Elementary Principal, 1963...
Surburbanscapes: Art Beyond the Metropolis was a new program initiative to commemorate the 30thanniversary of Rosewood Arts Centre and the 60th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Kettering. We celebrated our city’s legacy in a yearlong program series that included interactive artistic events, workshops and activities that dug deeper into our legacy as a suburb...
Kettering Youth Council Kettering Youth Council is a group of 6th through 12th graders who are committed to making a difference in their community, thereby improving the quality of life for youth in Kettering. This peer-led group plans social and community service opportunities for youth in Kettering. Members include youth from all public and private...
Explore Kettering PRCA as a PAC Member The Program Advisory Committee (PAC) is a focus group that engages members in a strategic and systematic review of our facilities, patrons services and programs. As an extension of the Kettering Park Board, PAC consists of 10 - 24 Kettering residents of all demographics. Those who serve on...
The Kettering Arts Council is a 15 member citizen advisory committee comprised of local artists, art educators, community leaders, and those who truly appreciate the arts. The Kettering Arts Council, in partnership and collaboration with the community, strives to provide access to the arts for all ages, encourage a passion for the arts, and promote...
Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts Advisory Board Established in 1954, the PRCA Advisory Board (Park Board) was created to advise and support the parks, recreation and cultural arts programs. The Board also acts as an advisor to the Director of the department and a recommending body to City Council on matters concerning the Parks,...
January 16 – February 24 Reception: Thursday, January 19, 6 – 8 pm. Works on Paper is a juried exhibition for artists living within a 40-mile radius of Dayton, Ohio. This year, 91 artists from Dayton and the surrounding areas submitted 237 pieces, from which the juror, Elizabeth Carney, Assistant Curator at the Akron Art Museum, chose 40...
November 28 – December 30, 2016 Reception: Saturday, December 3, 11am-3pm, in conjunction with A Rosewood Holiday Arts Festival. Art Ed began in 2011 at Rosewood Gallery as a way to celebrate our local art educators. The 49 participants in this year’s exhibition are current or retired art teachers in Dayton and the surrounding areas. Participating artists:...
October 17 – November 18, 2016 Reception: Thursday, October 20, 6 – 8pm Stephen Goettsch, Twilight’s Gentle Embrace, bronze and Brazilian rosewood bayberry and ziricote inlay on sycamore woven lid basket. Sculptor Stephen Goettsch of Hamilton will exhibit a collection of hand-woven baskets in an exhibition entitled Beyond Tradition: The Art of Nantucket Baskets. Goettsch incorporates various...
October 17 – November 18, 2016 Reception: Thursday, October 20, 6 – 8pm Photographer Terry Glass of Tipp City is exhibiting a series of photographs entitled Route 66: An Artistic Journey. Inspired by The Mother Road, a book by Michael Wallis, Glass made this body of work during two separate trips to the iconic former highway in...
July 18 – August 19, 2016 Reception: Thursday, July 21, 6 – 8pm Painter Jeremy Long, who lives and works in Dayton, will exhibit a collection of oil paintings in an exhibition entitled New Paintings. Long’s highly detailed environments, to which he refers as “spatial worlds,” he says, “can also be thought of as advocating thoughtfulness over excitement,...
July 18 – August 19, 2016 Reception: Thursday, July 21, 6 – 8pm Sculptor Stefan Chinov of Kettering will exhibit a series of sculptures entitled Double Reflection. Regarding his art-making process, Chinov simply states, “[Form strives] to embody the dynamic that is its subject matter.” Chinov holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas...
22nd Annual The View Juried Landscape Exhibition May 31 – July 8, 2016 Reception: Thursday, June 2, 6 – 8pm The View is a juried exhibition for artists living in Ohio and working in all media. This year, 86 artists submitted 241 pieces, from which the juror, Katherine Ryckman Siegwarth, Kettering Exhibition Coordinator and Curatorial Associate at The Dayton...
April 18 – May 20, 2016 Reception: Thursday, April 21, 6 – 8pm Sculptor Jason Tanner Young of Athens, Ohio will exhibit mixed media sculptures in make/shift. Young’s loosely narrative works, he says, “[ … ] Operate as markers. They tell a loose story, but function more as a description of an environment, an attitude or perception. [...
April 18 – May 20, 2016 Reception: Thursday, April 21, 6 – 8pm Painter Bridgette Bogle, who lives and works in Dayton, is exhibiting a series of mixed media paintings entitled Piecemeal. “This body of work was born out of my need to gather my failed pieces, examine them closely and find a way to reuse and...
March 7 – April 8, 2016 Reception: Thursday, March 10, 6 – 8pm Sculptor Nathaniel Foley of Findlay, Ohio exhibits a collection of his aviation-inspired sculptures. These pieces, he says, make reference to the dichotomy of uses of flight: for travel and for warfare. “This fragile relationship of forms exposes the delicate balance between grace and imminent...
March 7 – April 8, 2016 Reception: Thursday, March 10, 6 – 8pm Painter and sculptor John Dickinson, who lives and works in Dayton, is exhibiting a series of mixed media paintings entitled The Humming Persists. Dickinson’s work uses layers to investigate a notion of art as filter, or vent. “As visual motifs, [the paintings] both reveal...
