Date & Time
Saturday, November 4, 2023 11:00 am
to 3:00 pm
Venue
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Address
4848 Main Street

Join HCCC for the annual Hands-on Houston Family Festival, a free community event for families and visitors of all ages. This year, the festival celebrates wood crafts and the fall exhibition, Tree of Life, with hands-on making, artist demonstrations, free trees, and more!

  • Explore the fall exhibition, Tree of Life, which showcases sculptural objects and woodwind instruments made from the African blackwood tree
  • See demonstrations by the Gulf Coast Woodturners and the Woodworkers Club of Houston
  • Experiment with wood through hands-on activities:
    • Create a wooden collage
    • Make your own wooden instrument
    • Decorate and race wooden cars with the Woodworkers Club of Houston
  • Free tree giveaway from Trees for Houston (while supplies last)
  • Purchase food and refreshments from Moon Rooster food truck

PARKING: The HCCC parking lot will be blocked off for activities, but limited parking is available across the street at Lawndale Art Center, and street parking is available nearby.

The HANDS-ON HOUSTON FAMILY FESTIVAL is a super-sized version of HANDS-ON HOUSTON, a free, craft-activity open house on the first Saturday of every month (11 AM – 3 PM). Each month, a teaching artist demonstrates a craft related to current exhibitions and events at HCCC. Families and children of all ages are welcome, and materials are provided.

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4848 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is located in the Houston Museum District, two blocks south of Highway 59, near Rosedale St. Visitors should park in the free parking lot located directly behind the building, off Rosedale and Travis Streets, and enter through the back entrance. 

Free Admission

OPEN TUESDAY – SATURDAY, 10 AM – 5 PM

4848 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is located in the Houston Museum District, two blocks south of Highway 59, near Rosedale St. Visitors should park in the free parking lot located directly behind the building, off Rosedale and Travis Streets, and enter through the back entrance. 

Free Admission

OPEN TUESDAY – SATURDAY, 10 AM – 5 PM

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