Learn about surrealism during Hannibal Arts Council Art Adventure on Tuesday

HANNIBAL, Mo. — The Hannibal Arts Council will continue Art Adventures, its popular creative project series, at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S. Main.

The February Art Adventure is designed for kindergarten through fifth-grade students.  Participation fees include all supplies, an instructor and step-by-step instructions.

Participants will learn about surrealism and its characteristic style. The project will encourage participants to use their imagination to create a surreal creature using their traced hand as the foundation for the hangable creation.  A variety of materials will be on hand to incorporate into the project to make it unique to each participant. The project will be led by art instructor and HAC Youth Program committee chair Beth Hinton.

Participation fees are $10 (HAC members $5). Scholarships for free participation are available. To register (paid or scholarship), go online to https://hannibalartscouncil.eventbrite.com, call 573-221-6545 or stop by 105 S. Main.

Funding assistance for HAC youth programs is provided by General Mills Hometown Grantmaking Program, George H. Riedel Private Foundation, Community Foundation of West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency. Program scholarships are available through the support of the Jesse David Cox Memorial Fund and HAC Program Scholarship Fund donors.

For more information on this and other Hannibal Arts Council programs, call 573-221-6545 or visit their website at hannibalarts.com.