Park District of Oak Park

OP Art Spinners
2022-08-13 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
“Fidget spinners” became wildly popular because of their reputation as a concentration aid or a means of releasing stress and anxiety. Op Art (short for Optical Art) is a movement that rose to popularity in the 1960s as a means of keeping the eyes busy. In this class, participants will create their own handheld “fidget spinners” as kinetic art — discs, gears, and designs that rotate around a center axis. When patterns and colors on multiple layers spin together, they can fool the eye and create colorful illusions. Take one for a spin!

August Creative Cooking (Morning)
2022-08-13 09:00 - 12:00
Creative Cooking offers life skills and art work all wrapped into one awesome class! They are designed for students to explore their creativity in the kitchen! A different theme and recipe (or two!) will be introduced in each workshop. While the food cooks, bakes, or simmers, our little chefs with enjoy additional art and/or games during those times. Each child will go home with their recipes to share with the entire family.

Public Skate
2022-08-12 18:15 - 20:15, 2022-08-07 13:45 - 15:45, 2022-08-06 18:00 - 20:30, 2022-08-05 18:15 - 20:15, 2022-07-31 13:45 - 15:45, 2022-07-30 18:00 - 20:30, 2022-07-29 18:15 - 20:15
Skate rental is available at $3

Try-It: Ceramics 8/12
2022-08-12 18:00 - 20:00
Want to experiment with clay? Join us for an introduction, discovery, and exploration to wheel and hand-building techniques. No take-home projects in this class. As it is purely an exploration workshop.

Suminagashi
2022-08-12 16:00 - 18:00
Suminagashi is the ancient meditative Japanese practice of gently floating pigments on the surface of water with a brush and then capturing the mono print image on an absorbent paper. This exciting workshop will present historical background; introduce the time-honored technique and several possibilities.

Noon Skate
2022-08-12 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-08-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-08-08 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-08-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-08-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-08-01 12:00 - 13:00
Participants who preregister for public skate will be let into RCRC 15 minutes before the set start time. Participants are encouraged to put their skates on prior to entering the building and take their skates off once they have exited at the end of their skate.
Face coverings fully covering the participants mouth and nose are required at all times when inside the building and skating. While on the ice, all participants are to maintain 6 feet of distance from other patrons not in their family group.
Wipes and hand sanitizer will be provided. Participants will also have access to the single use bathrooms.
Skate rental is available at no additional cost.

Summer Concerts: "The Great Crusades"
2022-08-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Scoville Park, 800 Lake St, Oak Park, 60301, United States
2022 Concerts in the Park!
June 12 – August 28
Sundays, 6:00-7:30P
Located at Scoville Park
We are looking forward to what we hope will be the full return of our Summer Concert Series in Scoville Park starting Sunday, June 12th and running weekly through Sunday August 28th.
Join us for some free, family-friendly entertainment!
Sunday concerts run from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. with set up beginning at 4:30. The Park District of Oak Park provides and easily accessible stage and power and bands would need to provide amplification and microphones.
Band Schedule
Jun 12 – Bopology Swing Machine
Jun 19 – Jaime Clay
Jun 26 – The Half Brits
Jul 3 – Whiskey Thunder
Jul 10 – Kettlestrings
Jul 17 – Summer Drive
Jul 24 – Compass Rose
Jul 31 – Earthmother
Aug 7 – The Great Crusades
Aug 14 – Chicago Latin Groove
Aug 21 – The Right Now
Aug 28 – The Jolly Ringwalds

High School Rat Hockey
2022-08-07 17:15 - 18:15, 2022-07-31 17:15 - 18:15
All players must pre-register at least 1 hour prior to the session.
Gear Requirements 18 & Up: Face covering, helmet, elbow pads, gloves, shin pads, hockey skates
Gear Requirements 17 & Under: Full gear – helmet w/ full face shield, chest pad, elbow pads, hockey gloves, hockey pants, shin pads, skates
Stick & Puck is for open hockey and skill practice only.
Scrimmages of any sort are strictly prohibited.
Coaching and instruction of any sort is strictly prohibited during Skills & Drills sessions.

All Ages Stick & Puck
2022-08-07 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-07-31 16:00 - 17:00

No Sew Molas
2022-08-07 13:00 - 15:00
The wonderfully independent Kuna culture flourishes today in the San Blas Islands located off the coast of Panama. They won the right to continue to speak their own language, govern their island and produce and wear their traditional clothing. The women make and wear the Mola, a rectangular panel that form the front and back of a blouse. The “no sew” Molas in this class are an easier approach to making a Mola-inspired design. Colorful felt and glue replace thin cotton and needle and thread in this project.

Teen Video Game Club: 8/6
2022-08-06 14:15 - 16:15
Meet other gamers in Oak Park. Explore the history and future of video games with our huge collection of consoles and video games!

Youth Video Game Club 8/6
2022-08-06 12:00 - 14:00
Does your child love video games but wants to know what exsists past Minecraft and Mario Bros? Send them to Youth Video Game Club. Every month we bring a wide assortment of games and consoles new and old for elementary aged kids. It's a way to try new games and meet other kid gamers!

No-Fire Nouveau Tiles
2022-08-06 10:00 - 12:00
Beginning in the early 1880s, the “Art Nouveau” style flourished in all forms of art. A response to the industrial era, it blended natural forms with man-made advances in architecture, design and manufacturing. In this class you’ll create hand-painted tiles using tube lining — a technique in which a design outline was created first and then filled in with color — is the definitive look of Art Nouveau.

Master Copy Nights – Thom Thomson “Autumn Birches”
2022-08-05 18:00 - 20:00
Most fine art students learn through copying the masters. Join this club on Friday nights where we focus on one image by a famous artist and use tricks and techniques to create your very own version. Ages

Summer Concerts: "Earthmother"
2022-07-31 18:00 - 19:30 | Scoville Park, 800 Lake St, Oak Park, 60301, United States

Pour Painting 7/31
2022-07-31 13:00 - 15:00
Those pour painting videos are totally addictive! Come make your very own and we’ll clean up the mess! 2 canvas boards per person can be used. We’ll also provide a large variety of colors and finishes to make your painting stand out.

Middle-East Reflections
2022-07-30 10:00 - 12:00
Welcome to Mid-Eastern art and design. The emphasis is on geometric patterns which occur in rich profusion throughout Islamic cultures. Some of these patterns represent objects found in nature and others demonstrate the beauty of order and symmetry. More than just ornamentation, these patterns were created to transform the object they adorn into something uncommon, something infinite. Using mirror mosaics and Islamic geometric patterns participants will create a mosaic of their own design with metallic, reflective materials arranged on solid base.
