Poster for an event called 'Garden of Ghosts' organized by Oak Park Art League on Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 10am to 9pm, with a background featuring a house with a triangular roof, framed with colorful decorations, and a black-and-white photo of a man on the left side and a ghostly horse sculpture on the right side, surrounded by purple, yellow, and orange paint splatters and tree silhouettes.

Enjoy a day-long celebration of everyone’s favorite time of year with free fun for the family at OPAL!
10am - 6pm ~ POP-up Harvest Market, Featuring local makers selling their creations in our courtyard and gallery

noon to 2pm ~ Witching Hour ~ Kids’ art-making, Halloween crafts and storytime followed by a costume parade

2-4pm ~ Live monster portrait sessions for individuals & families $20.

3-5pm ~ Brew Talk and tasting with Oak Park Home Brewers & Grow the Earth - NA beer, Coffee, & Root beer


7-9pm Ghost Stories Reception

TICKETS

OPAL friends and supporters,

Our upcoming Ghost Stories Reception is this Saturday, October 19 from 7-9 pm

Join us in OPAL’s Carriage House Gallery for a first look at our juried exhibition
Art for Social Change: STOP Motion and the Power of Cartoon & Animation,
a featured reading by Genea Tafesse and Margot McMahon,
sharing their scariest ghost and horror stories.
Enjoy small bites and beverages, a fire pit with smores makings,
exquisite corpse drawing stations for some impromptu creativity,
and of course, feel free to dress up or just wear a spooky mask or hat. 

Trick or Treat!
Instead of tickets, there is a suggested donation of $15. / person

The Oak Park Art League continues to fulfill its mission of creating opportunities for art making and art appreciation. Our hope is that not just OPAL members, but the local community continues to find value in events and programming that OPAL offers and want to donate to continue, enhance and expand what we can do. Thank you for your generosity.

A woman with curly hair wearing a striped shirt sitting next to a display of book covers titled 'Write Volumes Anthologies'. The book covers feature titles related to themes like chaos, transition, Chicago, pandemic, horror, love, humor, and horror, each with colorful and decorative designs.

Thank you to our community partners for their sponsorship of this event

Trader Joe's logo featuring a wine bottle, a loaf of bread, and grapes within a red circle.
Green background with white text that says 'GIE' and 'Grow the EARTH'.
Logo of Pete's Market with the word 'Pete's' in large red letters, a green leaf on the letter 'e', and the word 'Market' in smaller green letters below, separated by two green lines.
Logo for Oak Park Homebrewers featuring a stylized wheat stalk and hop cones enclosed in a circle.