Free Family-Friendly Event on Sept. 12 Includes No-Sew Face Mask Activity, Experiments
PINE BLUFF, Ark. — The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas (ASC) invites the public to its annual family-friendly event Tinkerfest from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12. The event is free.
This year’s activities will explore safety and care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors can make hand sanitizer, create no-sew face masks, and explore social distancing experiments.
To help with social distancing, this year’s Tinkerfest is broken into 40-minute time slots, with a maximum of 10 visitors per slot. Visitors may choose from the following times: 11-11:40 a.m.; 11:50 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; 12:40-1:20 p.m.; and 1:30-2:10 p.m.
Registration is required. Call ASC Visitor Relations Coordinator Matthew Howard at 870-536-3375 or visit asc701.org/tinkerfest to register.
Tinkerfest 2020 is sponsored by The Pine Bluff Area Community Foundation, an affiliate office of the Arkansas Community Foundation, Inc.
About ASC
The Arts & Science Center, 701 S. Main St. in Pine Bluff, is open Tuesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and closed Sunday and Monday. Gallery admission is free. Support for ASC is provided in part by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Pine Bluff Advertising & Promotion Commission. ASC is a member of the Discovery Network, a statewide program of the Museum of Discovery. For more information and to sign up for upcoming event announcements, visit asc701.org.
