"Join us to enjoy life's creative pleasures at Plum Creek Art Center!!"
Click on any of the upcoming events below to learn more information or to register online! If you call to register for a class, please leave a message with your name, name of class and a good phone number to return your call. Stop back often, as class/event information may be updated or more classes/events may be added.
Plum Creek Art Center is sponsoring an "Itty Bitty Canvas Creation". It is an art kit containing a mini canvas (3"x3"), small watercolor paint pallet and a brush. The kits can be picked up at the Art Center starting Sunday March 1-15, during normal business hours(listed at the bottom of the page). An instruction sheet will be provided with the kit. To receive a kit you need to record your name, email & phone # on a list.
Rules: Any art medium may be used as long as it follows the Guidelines as posted.
Guidelines: - Artwork must be family friendly
- Must be able to be displayed flat against a wall
- Artwork must be your own 'original' creation
- No perishable items or materials that may shed, flake or fall off
- Completed artwork returned to Plum Creek Art Center byApril 30th
Cost: There is no cost to participate. Your only cost is if you purchase items to use on your canvas which are not provided, i.e. dried pasta, yarn, thread, beads, ceramics, glass, etc.
Completed canvases will be displayed at the Gallery during the month of May and featured during Dairy Days (June 4-6, 2026).
We have received'over 50'canvases back to the Art Center!! They certainly inspired young and old. Come into the Art Center and view the display. Or on June 5th, the best day of Dairy Days, the "itty bitty" canvases will be on display under our tent near the Northwest corner of South Washington Ave and Railroad St.
If you can't make it to the Art Center or to Dairy Day, go to our Fb (plumcreekartcenter) page and look for the pictures posted there of the "itty bitty" Canvas Creations.
Looking to connect with other artsy, crafty, and creative folks?
Plum Creek Art Center is starting a supportive group where you can work on your own projects, share ideas, get gentle, constructive feedback. Be motivated and inspired!
This 'club' will be lead by the super nice Barb Sowers! She is very encouraging and enthusiastic about people with any level of creativity and skills. Monday Morning Makers will meet every two weeks.
Come and check out the group on Monday, June 1st, 9:30-11:30 at Plum Creek Art Center classroomarea. The group now meets the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month.
For ages 18+. No registration necessary. No class fee.
Bring a project to work on, example: sew on a button or 2 (x,=), try painting with watercolor, watch someone do felting with wool, beading, knitting, crocheting, or just come to learn more about the Monday Morning Makers. Don't be shy, please come! Make new friendships!
Please tell your friends about this new endeavor, TYVM!
June 4th begins our town's yearly celebration of Dairy Day.
This is year 102.
Starting at 4 pm, before the Street Sports for the kids, the Art Center will have a Picasso cow on display near the concession stand/softball field. That poor cow will primarily be 'white' with numbers identifying what color the area should be painted. The children of the community are invited to come and make her a
'pictureperfect painted Picassocow.
On June 5th, the Art Center will have a tent standing at the Northwest corner of South Washington Ave and Railroad St.
We will have the "itty bitty" Canvas Creations on display. We received'over 50'canvases back to the Art Center!! They certainly inspired young and old.
Even our "PaintbyNumber" cow from the evening of June 4th may be there.
Then from 4-6pm at our tent area, we will have a caricature artist, Jim Winter-Johnson of Wiinnoa, MN, available for you to sit and have a"SILLY" (individual or group) portrait drawn by him. (Free will donations) This would be a great rememberance piece for you and the kids!!
Additionally,
During the day on June 5th at the Plum Creek Art Center/Connie Mohr Gallery, a watercolor painting by Connie Mohr, will be on display and you are encouraged to stop at the Art Center and register to win the painting. The winner's name will be drawn on June 6th. Be sure you put ALL the important information needed to contact you on the registration form.
HER EXHIBIT WILL BE ON DISPLAY UNTIL THE END OF JULY.
COME AND ENJOY HER COLORFUL, VIBRANT, AND EMOTIONAL PAINTINGS!!
SOME OF HER PAINTINGS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
MS CHAVEEVAH'S BIOGRAPHY
Cheryl Banks Ferguson, (aka Chaveevah), is originally from Chicago, Il. She and her 5 children moved to Iowa in the mid-1980s. She is a multifaceted person having described herself as a mother, wife, artist, teacher and storyteller.
She is a noted artist (painter), writer, dancer and teacher. In 2003 she founded BaHar Publishing. Ms. Chaveevah has published 70+ books ranging from fiction, non-fiction, poetry and children’s books. Additionally, she was a former staff writer for the Waterloo Courier and taught Oral Communications at Wartburg College and Hawkeye Community College.
For over a decade, she performed with the Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago, known nationally and internationally. As a charter member, she was also one of their earliest tailors and costume designers.
As a prolific illustrator and muralist, Ms. Chaveevah has created murals in Waterloo for the Jesse Cosby Neighborhood Center and the Grout Museum’s Black Stories Collective exhibit. Her current paintings are moving, colorful and vibrant.
From 2017 to 2025, she was co-host of North End Update LIVE. This is a popular weekly interactive social media broadcast started by her best friend, Joshalyn, (aka Ms Rocki) Hickey Johnson. Now she works behind the scenes to produce the show, where they talk about items from media representation to lived experiences in the local community.
"If it’s inspiration, amusement, sadness or joy, art in any form should make you feel something." A quote from Ms. Chaveevah.
