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Greenbelt Recreation's Artful Afternoon Includes Free Show By Beech Tree Puppets

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The Greenbelt Recreation Department Arts Program welcomes visitors of all ages to an Artful Afternoon on Sunday, February 5, 1-4pm. Reservations are not required. Artful Afternoons take place at the Greenbelt Community Center located at 15 Crescent Road in Greenbelt, Maryland. Times vary for individual activities.

At 3:00pm, enjoy a free performance of The Hollow Stump by Greenbelt’s own Beech Tree Puppets. Seven very different animals seek shelter from the winter cold and snow. Adapted from the popular folktale The Mitten, this story celebrates community as the animals learn to share one space. Performed with felted rod puppets, the show also includes live acoustic music by creators Ingrid and Ole Hass.

Come early to make a mixed media wreath with artist Karla Lawrence in a free craft workshop from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Materials will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring natural items, keepsakes and other embellishments that they would like to incorporate.

From 1:00 – 4:00 pm, enjoy a variety of additional activities at your leisure. See the new art gallery exhibit featuring paintings by Mike McConnell. Each composition invites the viewer on a journey of discovery through a dense and vibrant landscape inspired by the artist’s travels in California. His bright palette and flattened rendering style reflect both the influence of modern art and also his long career as an accomplished illustrator.

Meet the Community Center’s Artists in Residence at an open house and sale, 1:00 – 4:00pm. Find beautiful and affordable paintings, prints, ceramics, fiber arts, funky jewelry, assemblages and more.

See the Greenbelt Museum’s current exhibit The Knowing Hands that Carve This Stone: The New Deal Art of Lenore Thomas Straus. Straus is best known locally as the creator of the iconic Mother and Child statue in Greenbelt’s Roosevelt Center and the impressive bas reliefs on the façade of the Greenbelt Community Center.

For more information about City of Greenbelt art programs, visit www.greenbeltmd.gov/arts or call 301-397-2208. Arts programs are sponsored in part by the Maryland State Arts Council.