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ArtSpark: A Creative Collaboration Challenge

ArtSpark: A Creative Collaboration Challenge In-Person

ArtSpark: A Creative Collaboration Challenge 

Where creative chaos meets artistic chemistry. 

Ready to blow up your artistic comfort zone? 

Introducing the ArtSpark Creative Collaboration Challenge — a one-of-a-kind event where artists, makers, crafters, and performers are randomly paired with someone from a completely different discipline to create a brand-new piece of collaborative art. Think: a sculptor + a dancer. A poet + a painter. A photographer + a puppeteer. Enjoy tasty autumn treats and warm cider as you make connections and expand your artistic horizons. 

And here’s the twist: every pair must incorporate a surprise library resource revealed on the day of the event.  

Its Taskmaster meets an artistic blind date! 

 

How It Works: 

  1. Register at least one week ahead of time so we can match you with your creative opposite. 

  1. Chat with your partner before the event to brainstorm your concept. 

  1. Bring whatever materials you typically use — we’ll supply some extra craft supplies just in case. 

  1. Come to the event and create your collaborative masterpiece, incorporating the surprise library resource.  

  1. All works will be showcased on the library’s Instagram. 

  1. One lucky pair will win a prize for best piece of art that embraces the rules of the challenge.  

 

Who Should Join? 

  • Art majors? Absolutely. 

  • Theater kids? Definitely. 

  • Crochet goblins, open mic troubadours, party-trick beatboxers, collage witches, bedroom DJs, and comic doodlers? YES. 
    This isn’t just for the pros — it’s for anyone who creates anything. 

 

Why You’ll Love It: 

  • Make unexpected creative connections 

  • Learn from other disciplines 

  • Stretch your skills in new directions 

  • Walk away with a piece you never would’ve created alone 

 

Break your bubble. Spark something weird and wonderful. 
Register now to get paired and start planning your creative collision. 

🎭 Date: Thursday, March 26
📍 Location: Fenwick Library Reading Room
⏰ Time: 1:30-3:30pm
📷 Follow the chaos: @masonlibraries

Let the collaboration chaos begin. 

Date:
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Time:
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
2001 Fenwick Library, Main Reading Room
Categories:
  Music     Performing Arts     Students, Faculty & Staff     Theater     Visual Arts     Fun & Crafts  

Registration is required. There are 20 seats available.

Event Organizer

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Megan Reichelt