- December 4, 2025
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Ava Petroski, 9, was proud of her artwork, titled "Happiness Lies Right Here," displayed in the art gallery.
Claire O'Malley, 11, made a pink butterfly out of coffee filters at the make-and-take projects.
Natalia Nova, Sandee Vargas, the class instructor, Debbie Raczek and Jennifer Gossen showed of their card-making skills.
Catherine Pafford, 8, made a pink dog in the children's art class.
Elizabeth Pafford, 10, made dog with a pink bow in her art class.
Sue Leonard and Joanne MacPherson helped make God's Eyes at the make-and-take projects.
Jalen Graham, 7, made a dog named Max in his art class.
Mother and daughter Jennifer and Baye Matteson, 9, painted with spices.
The Bullard family taught people how to make tambourines and kazoos at the make-and-take-projects.
Matthew Scott, 3, shyly showed off his artwork with his dad, Marcus Scott.
Kristy, Alyssa, 6, and Johnthen Biamonte, 8, were having fun learning to paint with spices.
Teacher Nicole Talbott taught the class on how to mix the spices into paint.
Sutton, 5, and Scarlett Davis, 3, held up the pictures they were working on during the event.
Tiffany Lyn Meadows and Brittany Vega were all smiles while relaxing and coloring pictures.
Victoria Laney practiced the art of card making on Saturday night.
The second-annual Take pArt, A Festival of Arts was hosted Saturday, June 29 at St. Luke's United Methodist Church. The festival let guests dive into their creative sides with a room full of make-and-take projects like decorating cigar boxes, making musical instruments and making coffee filter butterflies. Participants could take classes on bookmark-making, painting with spices, and there was even a class for kids to paint a picture of a puppy. A number of local artists, young and old, were featured in a gallery displayed right when guests walked inside.