Summer art programs bring kids and families together across the county for creative engagement and this month, the Heritage Center will host its free art days every Monday.

The Chisholm Trail Heritage Center staff and volunteers will continue to engage with families each week to provide their annual Free Family Art Monday (FFAM) program to the community.

The FFAM program, which launched on June 5, is a free come and go event each Monday in June at the Heritage Center and is open to everyone.

The next FFAM will take place on June 12.

Each week of the program, all supplies are provided and families can complete a variety of art projects along with brief instructions.

Event and Marketing Coordinator Bailey Teakell said the theme for FFAM will focus on their “Diversity on the Trail” theme.

Teakell said their first FFAM went really well with 109 people participating in the event.

During the first art day, families created Native American projects to go along with the “Diversity on the Trail” theme.

“Participants made Native American headdresses and necklaces, as well as a bison head project,” she said. “All the participants seemed so excited to be here and making art.”

Teakell said they loved to see all of the creative moments with the families.

“A few participants even rushed up to us after finishing their projects to show us what they made,” she said.

During the event, CTHC hosted a photo opportunity where those attending were able to take pictures and pretend they were in a canoe.

Teakell said the upcoming projects are inspired by the life on the Chisholm Trail.

FFAM is located outside at the Heritage Center. In case of weather, CTHC may move festivities inside.

The Free Family Art Monday program is sponsored by Edward Jones Investments.

For more information about FFAM, call 580-252-6692 or email bailey@onthechisholmtrail.com.