August 14th | Summer Family Day

Sunday, August 14th | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

2021 event photos courtesy Samantha Demangate & George Rose.

Event Schedule - Doors Open at 11 A.M.

11 A.M. - 1 P.M. - Create a Nature-Inspired Portal with Kerrie Smith

Get inspired and create your own portal collage with exhibiting artist Kerrie Smith in the Michele Kuelbs Tower Gallery.

11 A.M. - 3 P.M. - Rock Painting with Kathy Badrak

Drop in for rock painting with artist Kathy Badrak in our third floor classroom - take a rock home for your collection and leave a rock to beautify the Wildling's Tower planter!

1 - 3 P.M. - Parties and Paint by Kate

Meet a fairy and get your own eco-glitter tattoo with Parties and Paint by Kate in the Wildling Museum lobby.

Mark your calendars! Join us for our second annual free Summer Family Day on Sunday, August 14, 2022, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Wildling Museum. Visitors are invited to bring the whole family and enjoy free museum admission during event hours, a fairy visit and eco glitter tattoos by Parties and Paint by Kate from 1 - 3 p.m., art activities for all ages, and more.

Among the art activities on hand will be drop-in rock painting with teaching artist Kathy Badrak. Attendees will be able to take a rock home and also leave one at the Wildling to beautify the surrounding sidewalks and share their art with Solvang visitors.

“We are thrilled to open our doors for our second annual Summer Family Day at the Wildling Museum,” said Executive Director Stacey Otte-Demangate. “We feel it is important to invite the community to visit with art and activities that all ages can enjoy.”

Guests will also have the chance to explore current museum exhibitions Fire & Ice: Our Changing Landscape, Recent Acquisitions, Prints from the Permanent Collection, and experience the ongoing Portals & Pathways installation by artist Kerrie Smith in the Michele Kuelbs Tower Gallery.

Questions? Email info@wildlingmuseum.org or call (805) 688-1082.

Grateful thanks to our sponsors, The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation.

Special thanks to in-kind donors, Valley Rock for providing rocks for our art activity!