Reaching out beyond the walls of the Ohio Craft Museum to inspire creativity in the community!
We’ve led art based projects for kids, adults and families at the Columbus Arts Festival, COSI, Columbus Commons, Grandview Hop, the Kings Art Complex, Columbus Libraries and many more.
Let us bring the museum to you! To get more details about how we can be at your event, email [email protected]
Outreach Partnership with OhioHealth – We are proud to partner with OhioHealth’s grief support team in providing a 5-week workshop leading participants in creating a ceramic memory bowl in honor of a departed loved one. Workshops are offered in the Spring and Fall. Visit OhioHealth to learn more. Registration for this workshop is only through OhioHealth: email [email protected]
Thank you to Mayco Colors for their sponsorship of this program.
Upcoming Community Outreach Events
June 6- Columbus Arts Festival
Hands-on activity area 11-5
June 7- Upper Arlington Library Tremont branch
Summer Reading program
Felted birds on a perch- 2-4p
June 12- COSI After Dark- Pride Prom
June 20, 27, July 18- Columbus Commons for Kids
August 9- Columbus Main Library
September 6- Columbus Commons Harvest Fair
August 23- Grandview Hop
Past Community Outreach Events
Farm to Flutter – Transform Wool into a Felted Butterfly!
COSI Science Festival
Saturday, May 3, 2024, 11am-5pm
Participants will use pre-dyed wool to create a felted shape, then transform it into a colorful butterfly.
Memory Bowl Classes
March 4-April 1, 2025: 5-weeks
Tuesday’s 1-3 pm OR 6-8 pm
Ohio Craft Museum 1665. W Fifth Ave, Columbus, Ohio
Using various hand-building techniques, participants will create a ceramic memory bowl in honor of their departed loved one. Regular attendance is required to complete project. Location: Ohio Craft Museum. To register email name & phone # to [email protected].
COSI After Dark-Science of Sex
February 13, 2025
6:30pm–10:00pm
COSI After Dark-Science of Sex: making marbleized paper and turning it into Valentine’s cards
Holiday In the Heights
December 3, 2024
5:00pm–10:00pm
We’ll be handing out free Craft Kits to make a snowflake ornament.
November 22, 2024
3:30pm–4:30pm
Parsons Library
COSI After Dark
November 14, 2024
6:30pm–10:00pm
Superhero tote bags
This after-hours experience will combine science fiction, fantasy and all realms of fun.
Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival
Northam Park, 2850 Treemont Rd, Upper Arlington, OH
Monday, September 2, 2024
10:00am–5:00pm
Visit us in the Art Activity area where we’ll be making felted butterflies!
Grandview Hop
Grandview Ave., Grandview Heights, Ohio
August 24 & September 28, 2024
5:00pm–9:00pm
Visit the Ohio Craft Museum booth and pick up a free craft kit!
COSI After Dark
July 11, 2024, 7–10pm
Adults only event- Summer Camp–Make your own Indigo-dyed bandanas for $5 each.
Old Worthington Library
Summer Reading Program
820 High St., Worthington, OH 43085
June 25, 2024, 7:00pm–8:00pm
We’ll be at the Summer Reading Program event creating Bookmark Art!
Commons for Kids
160 S. High St., Columbus, Ohio
Fridays, 2024, 10:00am–1:00pm
June 21-CANCELLED—Celebrate Summer with a “You are my Sunshine” craft
July 12—Carnival Day gets silly with our “I Spy with my Goofy Little Eye” project
August 2—Arts + Crafts time featuring “CD Garden Art.”
Columbus Commons: Family Fun Event
160 S. High St., Columbus, Ohio
May 25, 2024, 4:00pm–8:00pm
Visit the Ohio Craft Museum booth to create Tie-Dye Butterflies! No registration required.
COSI Big Science Celebration
333 W. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215
May 4, 2024, 11:00am–5:00pm
Over 100 exhibitor stations with hands-on science! Visit the Ohio Craft Museum booth for “Indigo: The Creative Power of Plants” and dye your own bandana! No registration required.
COSI Big Science Celebration
Intersection of Art and Science with Marcia Armstrong
at the Ohio Craft Museum
1665 W. Fifth Ave, Columbus, OH 43212
May 2, 2024, 6:30pm–8:00pm
Free lecture with Columbus artist Marcia Armstrong at the Ohio Craft Museum. Registration required.