ROS 2025 Weekend Events
Artist Events:
Clay Workshop with Finch Ceramics
Saturday & Sunday, Home Studio: 8 Lee Rd. Please follow link to reserve a time as space is limited. $50 fee to participate
Sign up here for a 45 min workshop to make a small porcelain tray with artist Jessica Finch. Learn to shape, decorate, add feet, handles, etc. Pick up your finished piece Dec 6 + 7 at Mother Brook Open Studios, 123 High Street, Dedham, MA. Just in time for the holidays!
Please note, event details have changed from what is listed on the brochure
Studio Grand Opening
Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm, Home Studio: 237 Metropolitan Ave.
Come celebrate the grand opening of Ana Crowley Noordzij’s new studio! There will be activities, four artists exhibiting work and refreshments to celebrate.
Make and Take Art for Kids
Saturday and Sunday 1pm - 3pm, Home Studio: 176 Beech St.
Visit Lisa’s home studio to complete a “make and take” art project for kids of all ages!
Sumi-e Japanese Brush Painting
Saturday 11am-1pm, Sunday 1pm-3pm, Home Studio: 27 Bradfield Ave.
Visit artist Naomi Wilsey to see a demonstration of Sumi-e Japanese brush
painting. Naomi will focus on a Japanese ikebana flower arrangement as the subject.
Photo Encaustic Demo
Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm, Home Studio: 15 Symmes St.
Come check out Joseph at work in his studio demonstrating the various stages of the photo encaustic process, applying and shaping hot wax to pictures to create one-of-kind three-dimensional pieces of art.
Bake Sale
Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm, Home Studio: 34 Fairview St.
Visit Katherine’s home studio to see paintings and buy yummy homemade
baked goods!
Typewriter Letter-Writing
Saturday 11am-5pm, Joanne Rossman, 6 Birch St.
Stop by and write a letter using a vintage typewriter. Materials provided. For adults and supervised children old enough to write.
Block Carving Demo
Saturday 11am-5pm, The Substation, lower level
Come by the Substation to see a live demonstration of carving a relief block!
Family-Friendly Events at Birch St. Plaza:
Fall Fiber Arts
Saturday 12pm- 2pm
Lauren, a Tight Knit crochet instructor and Rozzident, will provide all the supplies and skills you need to make yarn jewelry or a garland for decoration. All ages welcome!
Balloon Animals & More
Sunday 12:30-2:30pm
Jonathan from Quirk Balloons will be twisting in Birch Street Plaza. If you've been to the Rozzie Farmers Market this summer, you've likely already seen him there, twisting everything from monkeys to mermaids. www.quirkevents.com/balloons
Puppet Show
Performances Saturday at 1 & 2:15 pm
Join Roslindale puppeteer Amy West for a fun, free, family-friendly
performance on Birch Street Plaza featuring a puppet demonstration
and a story based on a favorite children’s book. Stay after the show for
a photo op with the puppets! Amy is on the Board of Trustees at Puppet
Showplace Theater in Brookline and a graduate of the UConn Puppet
Arts Program.
Ceramics Wheel Throwing
Sunday 12-1:30 pm
Join artist Gena Mavuli from Create Art In Community for an interactive demo for all!
Kids Art Activity
Sunday 12-1:30 pm
Join instructor and artist Jenn Baldvins from Create Art In Community to create a fun art project that you can take with you! Fun for families and kids of all ages!
Face Painting By McKenzie
Sunday 1- 3pm
Visit face painting artist McKenzie to transform your kid (or you!) into their favorite animals, superheroes, princesses, and more. Fun for all ages!
Kamryn Richard & Band
Sunday 2- 3:30pm
Catch vocalist Kamryn Richard live on Birch Street Plaza with her band for
a performance of smooth R&B and pop favorites! From Boston’s biggest
stadiums to intimate venues, Kamryn brings energy and soul to every stage.
Tom Appleman – bass • John Cooke – keyboards • Mike Levesque – drums
Food:
RCC Cafe
Saturday & Sunday 11am-5pm, Roslindale Congregational Church, 25 Cummins Hwy
Stop by for lunch or a late afternoon snack. Eat in or get it to go--we’ll have a variety of homemade soups, warm sandwiches,and baked goods.
Misc:
Home Studio Bingo
Visit six Home Studios, collect stickers, fill out the bingo card (available at all group sites and home studios) and be entered to win a gift certificate to a Roslindale restaurant. Completed cards can be dropped off at info tables
at any group site or mailed to:
ROS, P.O.Box 241, Roslindale, MA 02131
Other Attractions
For a bite to eat or other spots to explore in Roslindale Square, please support the local businesses listed in our brochure who make this event possible through their sponsorships.
RCC Cafe
Live Music- Kamryn Richard & Band
Fall Fiber Arts, Crochet
Home Studio Bingo