Events

Calling all elementary students! Pick up a checklist in the Resource Center then search the prairie for signs of fairies and the plants that they are "guarding." Bring your completed checklist to the BFEC office for a reward. Available weekday mornings through Aug. 30.

Join us for a garden exploration day: spend time in the gardens and prairie discovering native plant species and asking questions about how pollinators provide us with many of the foods we eat.

Kudos artist Sara Keith begins each class with a guided storytelling and a drawing warm-up. We learn the basics of drawing, and use our new skills to draw the same animal together. Every student will leave with a completed drawing.

If you’ve always wanted to try block-printing and are interested in social justice and advocacy, this workshop is for you! Each participant should come ready with a cause they feel passionate about, which they will use to create protest art. All necessary supplies will be provided.

Join the Richmond Regional Association for a summer reception to welcome local incoming students and their families to the Kenyon community!

Join the Office of Community Partnerships for a performance by Knox County and Kenyon movers and a talk by Heather Doherty of the ODNR at Riverview Park in downtown Mount Vernon inspired by Global Water Dance, a movement to increase awareness of local water issues through dance.

Join the Pittsburgh regional association for a bicentennial BBQ to honor the incoming class of 2028 and celebrate 200 years of Kenyon!

Use your lunch break to de-stress with an outdoor yoga class.

Welcome the Class of 2028 and their families to the Kenyon community at a reception in Washington, D.C. from 6 - 8 p.m. hosted by Kenyon Trustee Matt Vorhees '95.

Discover a new course in art making for teens aged 11-15 and create something meaningful and beautiful with a variety of crafting materials. In this factory, your ideas are valid and your creation will be unique and yours to share/take home. We will introduce a theme to start the session, then let our imaginations run wild.

Did you know that leaves eat and breathe? They even sweat! We will use microscopes and hands-on experiments to explore the processes of transpiration and photosynthesis. We will also start a field notebook that everyone will take home. This program is for grades 3 - 6.

Use your lunch break to de-stress with an outdoor yoga class.

As The Gund’s inaugural atrium commission, "This Land," a site-specific installation by French-Anishinaabe artist Caroline Monnet, speaks about indigenous cultural identity in relation to the land. Monnet takes influence from her Anishinaabe cultural heritage, drawing from traditional designs found on birch bark baskets and beadwork to create the intricate patterns covering the glass panels of the atrium.

In response to history and the present, "Light of Freedom" reflects the despair and the exultation of a turbulent period of pandemic and protest. The project is a newly commissioned outdoor sculpture.

Spanning from the 1970s to the present day, this exhibition reflects on American artist Ming Smith’s early and formative years traveling in Europe and examines how these experiences have shaped her practice and continue to influence her more recent work.

Balka’s work is marked by its simplicity and the space he leaves between things. The artist’s body and studio are often his starting points, informing the scale and materiality of his works, which span ash, felt, salt, hair, soap, wood, steel and concrete. The human body’s relationship to the built environment is always present, which reverberates as visitors experience his work.

Each of Kjartansson's videos is a multi-layered exploration of human experience. By placing his characters in settings that defy expectations and challenge conventions, he invites audiences to reconsider their perceptions of reality and the mundane.

The Gund presents an exhibition featuring artworks from the collections of our alumni. This curated selection introduces new voices and perspectives, enriching understanding and appreciation of modern and contemporary art.

Ondak blurs the boundaries between art and everyday life to explore the gap in between. This work counts on the spontaneous participation of visitors entering the gallery space. At the intersection of public art and site-specific installation, Ondak’s piece engages everyone through the mundane and yet familiar exercise of being measured (height) with the name and date of their visit inscribed directly on the gallery walls.

Pop into the BFEC Resource Center and check out our interactive displays in the large and small classrooms. Suitable for early elementary-aged children.