CREATE! A Community Art Making Event

This year we have collaborated with artists to build one large interactive sluice for the Park!

Activity: Take part in helping us paint the sluice panels by participating in this paint by numbers project led by Brooke Ripley.

About the Artist: Brooke Ripley is an environmentalist artist and activist whose work centralizes around native biodiversity. She received her BFA in Fine Arts, with minors in Art History and Social Practice from the Columbus College of Art and Design. She is currently an MFA Candidate at Ohio University, where she has received a Visual Arts Management Certificate and is currently enrolled in the Museum Studies Certificate Program.

This year we have collaborated with artists to build one large interactive sluice for the Park!

Activity: Connect with artist Anja Muskopf on the construction of the sluice and how she built the pieces.

About the Artist: Anja Muskopf is a scout from Troop 7332 and a senior at Worthington Christian Schools. As both a Patrol Leader in her troop and captain of her bowling team, she aims to take part in leadership and service. She spends much of her time outdoors, is focused in her studies, and has a love of the arts. Pursuing a future in design and engineering, she has both designed and built a marine-themed interactive art display to be featured at the Boardman Arts Park with the help of collaborating artists. The sluice features painted side panels, sea glass-decorated water boxes, and carved wooden spinners. The purpose of the project is not only to allow adults and kids alike to uniquely experience the element of water, but also to connect people in collaboration and working together.

This year we have collaborated with artists to build one large interactive sluice for the Park!

Activity: Assist Kris Kolb in adding a beautiful sea glass bottom to the sluice to highlight the water feature.

About the Artist: Being born in the Glass Capital of the World (Toledo, Ohio) may have had something to do with Kris Hyland Kolb’s love of glass. She has made art with blown glass, leaded glass, slumped glass, and etched glass and has been collecting beach glass for most of her life. After retiring from 35 years of teaching art for the Marion City Schools, where she taught jewelry, photography, and graphic design at Marion Harding High School, she signed up for a jewelry course at Ohio Wesleyan University with professor Cynthia Cetlin. It was here where she was encouraged to start creating something with her sea glass collection. Now, several years later, she sells her jewelry from New England to Key West, from the US Virgin Islands to Canada, from the Midwest to the West Coast. Sea glass is nature’s way of recycling our trash into beautifully colored and textured gems, so she thinks of herself as a recycling artist.

Fire Activity

What to Expect: See fire juggled, tossed, spinned and twirled in the air! Be able to talk with the artist to  learn how he does it.

About the Artist: Don Ewell

Fire Activity

What to Expect: See artist Larry Davis use charcoal to draw caricatures of his surroundings. Learn his techniques and tips to start a caricature yourself.

About the Artist: At a young age of 9 years old, Larry Davis moved from the hustle and bustle of Chicago to rural Ohio - a culture shock for a young impressionable kid. That’s when his artistic abilities became a torch in his hands. He drew on anything he could get his hands on. He would look at comics and draw the cartoon caricatures that interested him and even those that didn’t. 

He can only say his gift is of God, for he has had no professional training, just a lot

of self discipling and practice. He learned to work with different mediums and styles throughout

high school. His last few years of

high school was independent study and was graded on whatever he created. He was pleased to

have been the designer of his school’s Watkins Warrior’s Logo, that lasted for several decades.

Markers are a huge part of his life as he uses them in his personal creations and commissions. Caricatures are one of his main loves to do currently.

 You can visit his facebook art page to learn more.

www.facebook.com/LarrysArt

Earth Activity

What to Expect: Louise will be demonstrating her craft on the pottery wheel with a handful of opportunities for visitors to give the wheel a try!

About the Artist: Louise H. Chell has been creating pottery for 20 years.  She creates Nature Inspired Functional Pottery through her business Yellow Creek Pottery.

Fire Activity

What to Expect: LIGHTING A FIRE INSIDE OF YOU BEGINS WITH A SPARK.

Be the spark of change.

This inspirational sculpture combines wood and venetian glass tile to create a unique match with a burning flame. The art piece is a reminder of how we can be agents of change by igniting dreams to inspire those around us.

About the Artist: Born in Puerto Rico,
Jeremy Rosario Maldonado began art studies at the Escuela Central de Artes Visuales. He holds a BFA in advertising and design from the Columbus College of Art and Design. He currently works as a vp, associate creative director at FCB Health in New York City.

Experienced creative problem solver with a demonstrated history in the advertising, design, branding, illustration and fine art industries.

Award-winning creative leader trusted by global brands to bring their stories to life through work that understands and connects with people.

His mission is to use creative thinking to help brands engage emotionally with their audiences and gain market share in innovative ways. Creativity Moves Us Forward.

All Elements Activity

What to Expect: There are many variations in methods and materials related to carving/sculpture with wood as the primary medium. The carvers who meet at Source Point will present three variations of woodcarving and 1 exhibit of stonecarving. The woodcarving demonstrations will involve “mallet and chisel” woodcarving/sculpture of a Native American human bust, examples of a variety of intarsia pieces, Relief carvings, and examples of fun caricature carvings in wood.

About the Artists: Chuck Laurence has always been interested in woodworking and carving. He and his youngest son would watch Norm Abram’s New Yankee Workshop and Roy Underhill’s Woodright Shop. One day his son asked him to build a workbench that Norm had built, and the rest is history.  That was over 30 years ago, and his son still uses the workbench.  Since then, he has built numerous pieces of furniture and household items. For many years he was a Boy Scout leader and attended Summer Camp with the boys. In many instances, the boys working on the Woodcarving merit badge would borrow his Exacto knives and we would discuss how to carve their project.   Since there is no more room in his home for furniture, his woodworking interests have moved towards Intarsia (creating pictures by inlaying different colored woods), scroll sawing, and wood carving. 

Keith Radick studied fine arts at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio prior to spending a career in the environmental field. Upon retirement, he returned to his artistic roots finally selecting sculpture as his discipline and wood as his favored medium. His current studies have taken him all over the eastern United States and Mexico, working with some of the best known wood artists in the world.

Antoinette Miller has ventured into several different artistic mediums such as

photography, ceramics, sewing, drawing, painting in acrylic, stained glass and watercolors.

Woodcarving is a new artistic venture and love for her. She first saw three carved Santa’s hanging

on a Christmas Tree at SourcePoint in Delaware. Lo and behold a small card was attached and

it was an invitation to join a class. Well, she was hooked! Carving has introduced her to many wonderful people, and she truly enjoys classes working side-by-side with them to learn this art.

Other interests are sailing, walking, handbells, singing (Delaware Chorus), acting (Arena Fair),

bicycling, swimming … "I am having a 'full' life!"

Local Powell-based artisan, Darice Allard, has been honing her woodcarving skills since 2015 when her aging parents relocated to Powell and Darice became part of her father’s woodcarving community. She was fortunate to have the opportunity to learn from her father – the master himself – and from his accomplished circle of friends at many events when their diverse talents and works of art were featured. Darice’s family, her accomplished nursing career and caring for her parents left little time for her to pursue her newly found passion, but since retiring Darice has happily discovered her creative talents in woodcarving and other mediums that reflect her interests and distinctive artist flair. Darice joyfully shares her art with you in hopes that it can bring you as much pleasure as she experienced while creating it.

What to Expect: Little Brown Jug Square Dancers will be demonstrating a variety of basic and mainstream steps done in Western Square Dance style. If you want to try for fun, the dancers invite you on stage to join in.

Pick up a free lesson pass from any of the dancers or on their information table.

About the Artists: Little Brown Square Dancers dance at the Delaware Eagles Lodge and will be offering beginner lessons on Tuesdays starting Sept. 17 from 7- 9:, the first 2 lessons are free, thereafter they are $5.  Families, couples, and singles of all ages are welcome.  For more information visit lbjsquares.com.

What to Expect: AnaJaye' Diggs will be demonstrating Zumba and Hip Hop at 1pm,  encouraging others to join in!

About the Artist: AnaJaye' Diggs aka “The AJ Dance Diggs” has been fitness and dance for over 15 years. She learned roller skating and movement as a pre-teen. In her teens, she began actively volunteering in her school and community. She was very active in musical theater, vocal ensemble and dance in High School. While obtaining her Bachelor of Arts from Otterbein University; she began teaching hip hop, dance and fitness around the Columbus area. She is skilled in Zumba, Zumba Step, Water Aerobics, Bootcamp and Hip Hop. Currently she teaches fitness and dance at various locations in Ohio. She is driven and a passionate fitness professional.

What to Expect: Laura Wolery & Sara Mercer will be demonstrating Hula Dance,  encouraging others to join in!

About the Artist: Laura Wolery & Sara Mercer's troupe is Tropical Enchantment and they are an authentic Polynesian, Hawaiian, and Tahitian dance group. They use authentic costuming and music.

Water/Fire Activity

What to Expect: A live blacksmithing demonstration, in which Zack will be forging metal coins with the fire/water symbol! You get to pick the coin out of a near by treasure chest and pick the symbol you want forged as a keepsake from the event.

About the Artist: Zack Herberholz, of ZH Fabrications is a designer whose work incorporates a variety of disciplines including forging, fabrication, woodworking, leatherwork, and engraving. He enjoys combining dissimilar materials to create interesting pieces.

To learn more about Zack’s work visit his website www.zhfabrications.com or follow him on

Instagram @zhfabrications

What to Expect: Tracy will be discussing, selling and signing her children's books.

About the Artist: Tracy Blom is an award-winning author of over thirty published books featured in bookstores, museums, zoos, airports, and major retailers across the United States.
She has ghostwritten for various organizations, creating everything from daily blogs to environmental comic books. Her work has received STEM accreditation, Teacher’s Pick Awards, Reader’s Favorite Awards, and appeared in magazines and blogs internationally and domestically.
She is part of The Authors on the Air Global Radio Network, an international digital media company featuring talk radio, podcasts, vodcasts, live streaming interviews, book reviews, and promotions available on social media and multiple websites, audio, and video platforms in 153 countries. Her show, Books, Kids & Creations, features people worldwide who inspire and uplift future generations with their work.

To read more about her work, visit her website www.theblomdotcom.com

Water Activity

What to Expect: Artist Kris Hyland Kolb will be creating invisible art throughout Boardman Arts Park that will be revealed the day of CREATE! The plan is to have children participate in a bingo-like scavenger hunt on that day. What’s invisible art? Come to CREATE! and find out!

About the Artist: Kris Kolb  has made art with blown glass, leaded glass, slumped glass, and etched glass and has been collecting beach glass for most of her life. After retiring from 35 years of teaching art for the Marion City Schools, where she taught jewelry, photography, and graphic design at Marion Harding High School, she signed up for a jewelry course at Ohio Wesleyan University with professor Cynthia Cetlin. It was here where she was encouraged to start creating something with her sea glass collection. Now, several years later, she sells her jewelry from New England to Key West, from the US Virgin Islands to Canada, from the Midwest to the West Coast. Sea glass is nature’s way of recycling our trash into beautifully colored and textured gems, so she thinks of herself as a recycling artist.

Wind Activity

What to Expect: Participants will be invited to think about something they wish for- not a “thing” like a toy, money, video game - but rather an emotional wish like to not be lonely, a happy family, to not be bullied. . . something that can’t be bought with money. Participant will be given paper, template, pencil, and scissors.  They will be asked to trace the bird template and cut the bird out of paper.  Next, they will write their wish on the side of the bird and glue the two bird bodies together so the wish is on the inside of the bird. They may use markers, crayons, and colored pencils to decorate the bird.  A string will be attached to the bird so that it is ready to hang. When the bird is hung, the child can watch the breeze blowing the bird and envision the wishes coming true.

About the Artist: A Columbus native, now living in Marion, Carol Wallenfelsz has had a creative spirit her whole life, starting at a young age with photography and later moving into hand-building and sculpting with clay.  Currently she works with acrylic paints, alcohol ink, and colored pencil.

Carol approaches her art as play – experimenting and exploring – with the belief that the bigger the mess you make, the more fun you have!  She finds inspiration in all the colors and shapes seen in everyday life and is particularly drawn to tribal and indigenous art.  Her favorite artists include Norval Morrisseau and George Tooker. Last year she traveled to Sunyani, Ghana to teach art to 64 young boys living in a boys’ home and will be returning there again this fall.

Carol is the Arts and Education Specialist at SourcePoint in Delaware and is a member of the Dublin Area Art League, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Ohio Art League, Worthington Art League, and Mid-Ohio Fine Art Society. To see more of Carol’s work, visit www.jackwindstudio.com or on Instagram at jackwindstudio.

Wind Activity

What to Expect: In celebration of the wind, participants will be use watercolors and marker to decorate a Japanese wind sock to take home and enjoy.

About the Artist: Mary Weiler Williams received her BS and MA from OSU. After retiring from a 30 year career of teaching art for Marion City Schools, Williams continued sharing her love of art by teaching at the Arts Castle, Sourcepoint, and OWU-Owjl. She has been named Central Ohio Art Teacher of the year and Delaware Arts Festival Artist of the Year. Her Art quilts have won awards at Delaware Artist Guild and Senior Showcase Art shows . You can find both Mary and her art at Gallery 22 here in Delaware.

Wind Activity

What to Expect: Create strands of beads to hang on sparkling wind chimes for the Park!

About the Artists: Led by Patricia Quinn. Her earliest memories involved being amazed by the beauty of art and nature. She has always been moved by the incredible diversity of individuals creativity. Seeing how one idea can be expressed in a multitude of ways never fails to astound her.  Most importantly, she has the joy of seeing God's hand at work in the people and beauty she is surrounded by in everyday life.

In pursuing her passion, she has earned degrees in Fine Art and Psychology. She is currently working in a senior care facility helping residents express themselves through art.

Thank you Willow Brook for sponsoring this craft!

📣 Help us gather a beads for the craft! You can donate any beads, old jewelry, bells, etc. to the Park by dropping off at The Plant Library!

Wind Activity

What to Expect: Join us for a fun filled activity where children can create their own masterpieces by blowing colorful bubbles onto paper. Watch in amazement as the bubbles pop and form unique swirling patterns of vibrant color. This hands on activity is perfect for unleashing creativity and enjoying the magical world of bubbles. Bring your imagination and get ready for a bubbly adventure.

About the Artist: Kelli Wildman is an enthusiastic artist with a deep passion for all forms of art, photography, and vibrant colors. A dedicated mom and grandmother, Kelli enjoys a fulfilling family life with her kids, grandkids, husband, two dogs, and three cats. Creating art is not just a hobby but a way of life for Kelli, who finds joy and inspiration in every artistic endeavor. Additionally, Kelli loves plants, cooking, and flowers, adding to the beauty and creativity of her daily life.

Earth Activity: Choose a design for your pot and a seed to plant, and bring home a new green friend to watch grow at home!

Thank you to Debbie Collom with the Delaware Antique Mall for the Dixie Belle paint transfers, and  North Central Ohio Pollinator Pathway & Patty Shipley of Leaves for Wildlife for the pollinator garden seeds!

Earth Activity: Have you ever wanted to paint a car? Now is your chance! Our Executive Director's car is the canvas. Stop by and paint something that represents the Earth element!

Earth Activity: Have your face be the canvas and get a fun Earth design of your choosing.

About the Artist: Lauren Clevenger, a South Carolina mom, but originally from Delaware Ohio, just doing something fun while supporting non profits! Mom of 2 and step-mom of 3.  Love face painting and seeing lots of colorful faces and joy. Come visit me!