Iron HEROES & IRON Pour Kick Off Party:
Third Friday with Liberty ARts!
Liberty Arts is celebrating its 10th year of the Iron Pour this November, and the party starts now! Join us at the Liberty Arts Foundry in Durham Central Park for our 10th Anniversary kick off party! Learn more about the Iron Pour by chatting with members of our Pour team and taking part in various educational workshops. We’ll also be hosting the first Relief Sculpture class of the season! Plus, learn about all the associated Iron Pour Programming we have planned leading up to November.
Relief Sculpture Workshop: Carve designs into blocks of resin-bonded sand. In November at the 10th Annual Liberty Arts Iron Pour, watch your creation become a work of art! *Seperate Registration required. Sign up now on our events page!
Learn More about the Pour: Hang out inside the foundry and chat with our Pour Master Tripp Jarvis and Furnace Captain Kimberly Foytlin-Zhang about what happens on the Pour Floor. Watch exclusive videos from the pour teams and learn about what we have in store for this year!
Bott Making Activity: Learn to make “botts,” a crucial part of the pouring process, using sand, clay, sawdust, and water. Free to participate and open to all ages (with guardian supervision)!
Plaque Design Contest: Turn in your last minute submissions for the 10th Anniversary Plaque Design Contest! Use our template worksheet to design a plaque inspired by all things ART and FIRE. If your submission is selected, your work will be cast in iron during the 10th Annual Iron Pour, and the plaque will be installed on our Foundry in Durham Central Park!
Iron Pour Merch: Get ready for November by shopping our Iron Pour Merch selection! Pick up hats, t shirts, magnets, crewnecks and more!
Iron Works on Display: Check out work made by artists on our pour teams from previous Iron Pours!
PLUS! As part of the Iron Heroes Kick off:
Aluminum Pour: Watch the Iron Heroes team at work as alumni students conduct an aluminum pour in the foundry.
Craft Mask Making Workshop: Get inspired by the iron and aluminum masks made by the Iron Heroes by creating a mask of your own! $10 per mask. All proceeds support the continuation of the Iron Heroes Program. Reservation required. Sign up now!