Octagon Center for the Arts

Octagon Center for the Arts Come together at the Octagon, your community art center!
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🚨 New Adult Clay Classes with Jenn Withers! 🚨🥣 Beginning Wheel Throwing! ☕Learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing and b...
06/01/2026

🚨 New Adult Clay Classes with Jenn Withers! 🚨

🥣 Beginning Wheel Throwing! ☕
Learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing and bring home several finished ceramics pieces you can be proud of!

🍽 Create your own Dish Set! 🍽
Create your own handmade, stackable plates, bowls, and mugs using clay slabs, molds, simple tools, and your creativity!

Sign Up for Beginning Wheel Throwing Here:
https://occ.sn/6p37h8C4

Sign Up for Clay Handbuilding a Set of Dishes Here:
https://occ.sn/VB6JPMPH

Mark your calendars to come downtown to Art Walk from 5 - 8pm to see our incredible artists exhibiting and demonstrating...
05/31/2026

Mark your calendars to come downtown to Art Walk from 5 - 8pm to see our incredible artists exhibiting and demonstrating throughout the evening, as well as for the artists' reception for our Annual Members' Show!

Check out the Octagon to see:
Carmen Cruz
Natalie Deam
Pix Frank
Anna Gilbert
Jen Hem
Laurie Hoifeldt
Mirage Dance Troupe
Theo Muhammad
Jessica Okumahba
Rhonda Scott
Nicole Soriano
Steven Vorrath
Rob Wallace


05/29/2026

We've had a great response to our May Membership Drive - but have you considered becoming a member? Membership provides benefits not only for you but for members of the community who want to participate in the arts in Ames. Become a member today! https://octagonarts.org/home/membership/

💃 Belly Dance for All Bodies and All Levels! 🕺Activate and strengthen your core while exploring a joyful, full‑body danc...
05/29/2026

💃 Belly Dance for All Bodies and All Levels! 🕺
Activate and strengthen your core while exploring a joyful, full‑body dance flow taught by skilled professional dancers and instructors with Mirage Middle Eastern Dance Troupe!

Sign Up for Mixed-Level Belly Dance Here:
https://occ.sn/p8mchtWb

🌼 June 18: Paint & Plant Third Thursday is Back! 🌻During this June's Third Thursday, we're hosting our Paint & Plant eve...
05/28/2026

🌼 June 18: Paint & Plant Third Thursday is Back! 🌻

During this June's Third Thursday, we're hosting our Paint & Plant evening again so you can create a beautiful new home for your plants. We'll provide the paint and pots, and Back Alley House Plants will have plants available for a small fee -- So bring your creativity and maybe take home a new plant-friend! Open to all ages!

This is the last week for 15% off all of Jennifer's art! Don't miss this opportunity to see and purchase her work.
05/26/2026

This is the last week for 15% off all of Jennifer's art! Don't miss this opportunity to see and purchase her work.

💃 Belly Dance for All Bodies and All Levels! 🕺Activate and strengthen your core while exploring a joyful, full‑body danc...
05/25/2026

💃 Belly Dance for All Bodies and All Levels! 🕺
Activate and strengthen your core while exploring a joyful, full‑body dance flow taught by skilled professional dancers and instructors with Mirage Middle Eastern Dance Troupe!

🎨 Paint Your Self Portrait! 🎨
Explore color, likeness, and the many ways of depicting oneself on canvas using paint and a mirror. All skills and all media welcome!

Sign up for Mixed-Level Belly Dance Here:
https://occ.sn/p8mchtWb

Sign up for Art of the Portrait Here:
https://occ.sn/Bnkj3TGP

🧵 A Place to Mend is This Thursday! 🧶All are welcome to this free gathering! Bring a snack and a friend!Join Kristin M R...
05/24/2026

🧵 A Place to Mend is This Thursday! 🧶
All are welcome to this free gathering! Bring a snack and a friend!

Join Kristin M Roach for tapestry weaving demos: twining, piling, and picking. Explore woven vs. knit structures to add to your mending toolbox!

Feel free to bring your owe woven mending, or any other fiber project and simply listen along.

Address

427 Douglas Avenue
Ames, IA
50010

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 5:30pm
Thursday 10am - 7pm
Friday 10am - 5:30pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+15152325331

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