The Bay School Community Arts Center and Canine Companions are cohosting the first ever Family Arts & Barks Festival from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Bay School backyard on Main Street in Mathews.
The festival is an expansion of the annual Family Arts Festival, held each spring for the last three years. Art activities and live music are the main focus, but this year the festival will see the addition of canine fun.
On the backyard stage, Hunter Owens will play solo sets and sets with his new musical trio, Three Creeks Down, from 11 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., and Virginia Shellphish Coalition will play from 2:15-5 p.m. During the break between bands, festival attendees can participate in a drum circle with CA&J Farm. Shorter breaks between music sets will feature speakers and demonstrations from both Canine Companions and the Bay School.
Hands-on activities include hand-building and throwing clay on the wheel, tie dye, squeegee painting, making cardboard jellyfish, build-a-bug car...