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Step into Spring at WheatonArts: A New Season of Creativity Begins April 5th

originally published: 03/15/2025

(MILLVILLE, NJ) -- Celebrate the start of Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center's creative season with the free kick-off event Wheaton Springs 2025 from 10:00am to 4:00pm on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The event offers visitors of all ages the chance to explore, experience, create, and celebrate across WheatonArts' 45-acre campus that inspires creativity. Admission to all exhibitions and artist studio demonstrations is free and open to the public, part of WheatonArts Family Days, presented by PNC Arts Alive!

Explore new exhibits in the Museum of American Glass and the Down Jersey Folklife Center.

* Transformations: The Wasserstein Collection of Contemporary Glass and redundancies curated by David Schnuckel in the Museum of American Glassand Communities and Cultures of Down Jersey in the Down Jersey Folklife Center will be on display April through December.

* Join them for a guided tour “Highlights of Our 2025 Special Exhibitions” in the Museum of American Glass.

* Explore the variety of stories, legends, beliefs, and practices of South Jersey residents during the Down Jersey Folklife Center Exhibition opening.




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Experience a collection of artist demonstrations throughout the campus!

* Watch the Glass Studio team demonstrate techniques unique to their interests and specialties in hot glass.

* Observe flameworkers Bill Futer and Jason Gordon create marbles and glass eggs.

* Meet in the Paper Studio with paper artist Cherelle Oriolo to try out writing with glass pens.

* Visit the Event Center to watch demonstrations by their visiting artists.

* Watch Senior Potter Terry Plasket decorate pots with wax and stencils and join Craft Studio Manager Phyllis Seidner-Vesely for a kiln tour.

 




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Create a series of hands-on projects for all ages and skill levels!

* Join them for spring themed Family Arts Activities and create Paper Roll Birds, Crawling Caterpillars, and Twirling Lady Bugs.

* Create a fused glass magnet, pendant, or suncatcher in the Education Studio using small pre-cut pieces of glass to be fired for you and ready to pick up or shipped for a fee a week later.

Celebrate with food, shopping, and a walk around the Nature Trail!

* Stop by the General Store for a food tasting! Try delicious dips, pickles, and fruit shrubs.

* Grab a bite to eat from one of the food truck vendors on campus.

* Watch Domenick Maggio in the Gallery of Fine Craft as he creates his gnomes!

* Walk the Nature Trail on campus and witness the first signs of spring at WheatonArts.

* Hunt for clues as you walk around WheatonArts with their Wheaton Springs Scavenger Hunt.

The Wheaton Springs opening season event is free and open to the public from 10:00am to 4:00pm on Saturday, April 5, 2025.




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WheatonArts is open April through December from 11:00am to 4:00pm Thursday through Sunday. Special event hours may vary. Admission tickets can be purchased online or at the gate. Closed Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.

WheatonArts strives to ensure the accessibility of its exhibitions, events, and programs to all persons with disabilities. Please provide two weeks' notice of additional needs. Patrons with hearing and speech disabilities may contact WheatonArts through the New Jersey Relay Service (TRS) 800-852-7899 or by dialing 711.

Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New Jersey Cultural Trust. WheatonArts receives general operating support from the New Jersey Historical Commission, Division of Cultural Affairs in the New Jersey Department of State, and is supported in part by the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism.

With a history spanning over five decades, WheatonArts is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to engage artists and audiences in an evolving exploration of creativity. It has earned regional, national, and international recognition for its unique collections and programs. The Museum of American Glass (accredited by the American Alliance of Museums) houses one of the most comprehensive collections of American glass in the country – from the first glass bottles made in America to celebrated works by Dale Chihuly, Paul Stankard, and other contemporary glass artists. From April through December, visitors experience the art of glassmaking, pottery, and flameworking in the Artists Studios. The Museum of American Glass and Down Jersey Folklife Center presents special exhibitions bridging historical and cultural traditions through modern times. WheatonArts also offers multicultural programs, classes, workshops, performances, and popular weekend festivals. The award-winning Museum Stores offer traditional and contemporary art and craft in all mediums, and its one-mile looping Nature Trail showcases the serenity of the region.

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