Carriage Factory Art Gallery

It's A Colorful Life Art Exhibit
2024-11-23 18:00 - 2025-01-17 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Carriage Factory Art Gallery, 128 E. 6th Street, Newton, KS, 67114, United States
It’s A Colorful Life! Art Exhibit featuring Susan Bartel, Mary Lee-McDonald, and Barb Mizik. Opening Reception November 23, 2024, 6-8 PM. Artist talk at 7 PM. On display and for sale through January 17, 2025.

Five Places of Christmas 2024
2024-12-07 10:00 - 15:00
Join us on Saturday, December 7, 2024 for the Five Places of Christmas! We’ll have a Book Signing with Lauren Friesen 10 AM-Noon, Snowglobe Ornament Make-and-Take 10 AM-Noon, 10% off Gallery wide, and live music with Erin Schmidt & students. We hope you’ll join us! The Five Places of Christmas also includes Warkentin House, Harvey County Historical Museum, Kauffman Museum, and Bethel College Luyken Fine Arts Center

Holiday Pysanky Workshop
2024-12-07 13:00 - 15:00
Join artist and instructor Erin Bailey Schmidt at The Carriage Factory Art Gallery to decorate your own unique holiday egg and learn the traditional Ukrainian methods of Pysanky. Saturday, December 7, 2024, 1-3 PM. Fun for all ages and skill levels. $45 per person, all supplies included. Register here or by calling the gallery, 316-284-2749, by November 30.

Small Works Squared Closing Reception
2024-12-19 18:00 - 20:00
We hope you’ll join us for the closing reception for our Small Works Holiday Showcase: It’s Hip to be Squared. Thursday, December 19, 6-8 PM. We’ll celebrate this fun exhibit of Small Works Squared, and present the People’s Choice Award at 7 PM.

Beginners Sewing Workshop - FULL
2025-01-11 13:30 - 16:30
Saturday, January 11, 2025, 1-4 PM. Learn to use a sewing machine and make a cool bag in the process with instructor Malissa Long from Haysville. You will learn to thread a machine, use surface design to design your fabric with decorative stitches and attach webbing to create handles. All materials are provided. $50 per student. If you don’t have a sewing machine, no problem — we will have machines available!
Register here or call or stop by the gallery by January 4, 2025
*no refunds issued after registration deadline

Best of Newton Photography Exhibit
2025-01-16 18:00 - 2025-03-01 17:00
Join us for our Third Thursday event and Opening Reception for the Best of Newton Photography Exhibit. Reception from 6-8 PM, featuring work by LeAnna Buchta, Michele Clark, Chuck Haines, Wendy Nugent, Andre Swartley, Michelle Voth, Monty Graber, and Kelly Nachtigal. On exhibit and for sale through February.

Art Journal Sampler with Kayann Ausherman - FULL
2025-01-18 10:00 - 16:00
Join Kayann Ausherman for this fun day of art journaling. This class is good for beginning art journalers as well as the experienced. Everything needed to create a booklet of pages featuring mixed media layering techniques, image transfer, and collage and paint will be provided. We will be focusing on themes of gratitude, specifically people, place, and self. Journaling can be done in class or later… or not at all. Ink jet copies of photos and/or ephemera to personalize are welcome, but not required. Saturday, January 18, 2025, 10 AM – 4 PM. Bring a lunch or walk downtown for local fare. Register here, or by calling or stopping by the gallery, by January 11, 2025. No refunds given after registration deadline.

Kansas Through the Eyes of An Artist Exhibit
2025-01-25 - 2025-03-14
Join us for our annual “Kansas Through the Eyes of an Artist” Exhibit, featuring work by 53 artists sharing their unique view of what Kansas means to them. Opening Reception Saturday, January 25, 6-8 PM. Award Presentation at 7 PM. On exhibit and for sale through March 14, 2025.

Lotsa Love Watercolor Workshop with Susan Bartel
2025-02-01 09:00 - 12:00
Join watercolor artist Susan Bartel and create greeting cards that celebrate the season of love. Saturday, February 1, 2025 from 9 AM- N00n. Whimsical heart-themed paintings will come to life with a limited palette, highlighted with a gold paint marker. $50 per student, all supplies included. Participants will leave with 3 greeting cards/envelopes, a paint palette, and a Pen-touch gold paint marker. Register by calling or stopping by the gallery, 316-284-2749, by January 25*. Space is limited.
*No refunds after registration deadline

Heart Works with Barbara Haynes
2025-02-01 13:00 - 16:00
Saturday, February 1, 2025, 1-4 PM. Join artist Barbara Haynes and create your own unique piece of fabric using muslin, tissue paper, tea bags, paint, and other miscellaneous materials. A heart ornament will be created from the fabric. $60 per student. Register here or by calling or coming by the gallery by January 25*, space is limited.
*No refunds after registration deadline

Love Your Gallery Souper Fundraiser 2025 - SOLD OUT!
2025-02-08 17:30 - 19:00
Please call with your choice of soup and dining time, 316-284-2749
Join us for a soup supper at the gallery for our 2025 “Souper” Love Your Gallery Fundraiser to celebrate the arts. Saturday, February 8, 2025. Tickets are $40 per person and will include your choice of one ceramic bowl, an original piece of art, your choice of ham & bean, chicken borscht or broccoli cheese soup from Bread Basket, almond croissant from Crust & Crumb Bakery, beverage and crackers. You have a choice of dinner at 5:30, 6:15 or 7 PM. Tickets may be purchased online, in person, or by phone. Dine in, carryout, or delivery available. Thanks to our Love Your Gallery Sponsors Krueger Insurance, now part of Conrade Insurance Group; Union State Bank; Bread Basket; and Crust & Crumb Co.

Third Thursday - Musical Creations
2025-02-20 18:00 - 20:00
The Gallery will be open late and we hope you’ll join us! Thursday, February 20 6-8 PM, we’ll be enjoying music with Danny & Lauren Barrera and making art inspired by their music. Did you know that In the early 20th century, modern artists Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, and Georgia O’Keefe drew inspiration from music and the performing arts to inspire their works of art? Why not us?

Beautiful Botanicals with Kayann Ausherman
2025-03-08 10:00 - 16:00
Saturday, March 8, 10 AM – 4 PM. Bring a lunch or walk downtown for local fare.
Join artist Kayann Ausherman to create “Beautiful Botanicals,” close up views of florals and plant life using layers of media including wet strength tissue paper, acrylic paints, colored pencils, and more. These are super fun to create, and can be as realistic, or as abstract as you choose. They are low pressure as you can just keep adding layers until you feel happy with the results. No experience necessary. All supplies provided. $70 per student – Register her or by calling or coming in to the gallery by March 1 , 2025*.
*no refunds issued after registration deadline.

Railer Art - An NHS Art Exhibition Series - Seniors and Juniors
2025-03-08 18:00 - 2025-03-29 17:00
Join us for Railer Art featuring work by Seniors and Juniors at Newton High School. Opening reception Saturday, March 8, 6-8 PM. On exhibit in the Koehn Gallery March 8-29.

Spring Break Pop-up Art Camp
2025-03-18 13:00 - 2025-03-21 15:00
March 18-21, 1-3 PM for grades 3-5. Join instructor Beth Burns for a Spring Break Pop-up Art Camp. Students will learn about a variety of artists and use drawing, painting, printmaking and more, even creating their own “You-Cube”! $50 includes all supplies. Register by March 14* on our webpage or by calling or coming by the gallery.
*No refunds given after registration deadline.

March Third Thursday - Wine Walk
2025-03-20 18:00 - 20:00
The gallery will be open late for Third Thursday on Thursday, March 20, from 6-8 PM. We’ll have live music with the Misguided Professors (Chris and Christine Crouse-Dick) and will be a stop on the downtown Newton Wine Walk as well! We hope to see you.

Luminosity Art Exhibit
2025-03-22 - 2025-05-09
Join us for the Luminosity Art Exhibit, featuring art by Melinda Weis and Jill Webber, March 22 – May 9, 2025. Opening reception Saturday, March 22, 6-8 PM. Artist talk at 7 PM. On exhibit and for sale through May 9.

Knotty by Nature - Macrame Class
2025-03-29 13:00 - 15:00
Join Donna Ratzlaff and make this fun macrame plant holder! Saturday, March 29, 1-3 PM. $50 per student includes all needed tools and supplies (plant not included!). No prior experience necessary. Register by March 21* on our website or by stopping by or calling the gallery. Class size limited.
*No refunds issued after registration deadline.

Watercolor Embroidery with Stephanie Bayliff
2025-04-05 13:00 - 16:30
Join artist Stephanie Bayliff for Watercolor Embroidery on Saturday, April 5, 1-4:30 PM. Start by painting a watercolor background on fabric mounted in an embroidery hoop. You’ll then use simple stitches and a thread painting technique to add the foreground elements to bring your scene to life. No prior embroidery experience necessary $55 per student includes all needed supplies. Register by March 29* on our website or by calling or stopping by the gallery. Class size limited.
*no refunds given after registration deadline
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Railer Art - An NHS Art Exhibition Series - Sophomores and Freshmen
2025-04-05 18:00 - 2025-04-26 17:00
Join us for Railer Art featuring work by Sophomores and Freshmen at Newton High School. Opening reception Saturday, April 5, 6-8 PM. On exhibit in the Koehn Gallery April 5-26.

Pysanky Workshop with E.B. Schmidt
2025-04-12 13:00 - 15:00
Saturday, April 12, 1-3 PM. Join us at the Carriage Factory Art Gallery with artist E.B. Schmidt to decorate your own unique holiday egg and learn the traditional Ukrainian methods of Pysanky. Fun for all ages and skill levels. $45, all supplies included. Register by April 3* on our webpage or by calling or stopping by the gallery. Class size is limited.

Third Thursday - Thursday, April 17 - Peeps Awards!
2025-04-17 17:00 - 20:00
Join us on Thursday, April 17. The gallery will be open late and we’ll be presenting the Peeps Diorama Peeples Choice Award at 7 PM. We hope you’ll join us!

Let's Go to the Mountains Painting Class with Connie Rhodes
2025-04-26 13:00 - 16:00
Join artist Connie Rhodes for a fast and fun adventure in acrylics! Saturday, April 26, 1-4 PM. You’ll go home with a completed 10 x 10 painting. Connie will provide step-by-step guidance throughout the class. $45 per student includes all needed supplies. No experience necessary. Register by April 19* on our website or by stopping by or calling the gallery. Class size is limited.
*No refunds given after registration deadline.

Peggy Wambold Art Exhibit - Celebrating 75 Years!
2025-05-03 - 2025-07-04
Join us at the upcoming exhibition, featuring artist Peggy Wambold and celebrating her 75th birthday. This exhibit will have an opening reception Saturday, May 3, 6-8 PM, in the Koehn Gallery located on the upper level, and runs through July 4.

Tea Bag Mixed Media Workshop with Barbara Haynes
2025-05-03 13:00 - 16:00
Join artist Barbara Haynes for this Mixed Media Workshop, Saturday, May 3, 1-4 PM. Participants will create a substrate out of tea bags that can be painted, stenciled, stamped, and stitched. When complete, the teabag substrate is adhered to an 8×8 canvas for a one of a kind work of art. $60 per student includes all needed supplies. Register by April 26 on our webpage or by calling or stopping by the gallery. Class size is limited.
*No refunds given after registration deadline.

Third Thursday, May 15 - Passport to Newton
2025-05-15 17:00 - 20:00
Join us Thursday, May 15 for an evening at the gallery! We’ll be open until 8 PM, and will be creating travel journals together (suggested donation $5). You can take in Peggy Wambold’s exhibit in the Koehn Gallery on our mezzanine, celebrating 75 years of creating, and get a sneak peek into our Member Exhibit, Something in the Orange, which opens Saturday, May 17.

Member Exhibit, Something in the Orange
2025-05-17 - 2025-07-11
Carriage Factory Art Gallery Member Exhibit, Something in the Orange. Join us for the Opening Reception Saturday, May 17, 6-8 PM. On exhibit and for sale through July 11.

Slow Stitching with Stephanie
2025-05-24 13:00 - 16:30
May 24, 1-4:30 PM. Join artist Stephanie Bayliff for a relaxing fiber mixed media workshop. Using various fabrics, you will piece together a meadowlark and bring him to life using small seed stitches, adding wool yarns to create a barbed wire fence for him to sit on. This class is all about slowing down and relaxing with slow stitching to create an 8 x 10 ready to frame piece of fiber art. $65 per student. No previous experience necessary. All supplies are provided. Register by May 16* here or by coming in or calling the gallery. *No refunds after registration deadline unless minimum enrollment is not met.

Beginners Sewing Workshop with Malissa Long
2025-05-31 13:00 - 16:00
Saturday, May 31, 1-4 PM at the Carriage Factory Art Gallery. Learn to use a sewing machine and make a cool bag in the process with instructor Malissa Long from Haysville. You will learn to thread a machine, use surface design to design your fabric with decorative stitches and attach webbing to create handles. All materials are provided. $50 per student. Register by May 24* on our webpage or by calling or coming by the gallery.
If you do not have a sewing machine no problem – we will have machines available. Please let us know when you register if you will bring your own machine or use one of ours.
*no refunds issued after registration deadline

Call for Art - Downtown Newton ArtWalk 2025
2025-06-06 - 2025-07-05
Call for Art!

ArtWalk 2025 Newton Downtown Art Contest

Entries are sought to be displayed in downtown Newton business storefront windows for a month long period. People’s choice awards will be presented in both the adult and child categories. See contest rules, details and registration form in the attached photo. Rules and entry form may be downloaded below. Entry images and completed registration form must be emailed by July 5, with work to be delivered July 5-July 12, and displayed July 17 through August 20. Awards ceremony will be at the Carriage Factory Art Gallery on Thursday, August 21 at 7 PM.

art contest rules 2025
art contest form 2025
