{"id":548206,"date":"2026-07-13T22:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/548206\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:45:10","slug":"artsquest-new-creative-factory-to-host-visual-arts-courses-starting-in-october-bethlehem-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/548206\/","title":{"rendered":"ArtsQuest: New Creative Factory to host visual arts courses starting in October\u00a0 | Bethlehem Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa.- ArtsQuest announced it will begin offering visual arts courses for students, artists, and other visitors at its new Creative Factory in October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Creative Factory\u2019s construction is nearing completion and serves to expand access and education of the arts as part of ArtsQuest\u2019s Re-Imagine That! Capital Campaign, ArtsQuest said in a news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The courses will cover ceramics, fiber arts, drawing and painting, paper and printmaking, photography and digital media, and more, according to the report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;After years of planning, design and construction and amazing public and private sector support, it&#8217;s incredibly exciting to reach the point where we can begin inviting the community into this space,&#8221; Kassie Hilgert, President &amp; CEO of ArtsQuest, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Creative Factory will replace the former Banana Factory and will be 78,500 square feet long, according to the report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ArtsQuest Announces First Visual Arts Classes at the Creative Factory powered by PPL\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a5505f978510.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Image courtesy of ArtsQuest<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The factory will include an expanded ceramics studio, new printmaking facilities, a recording studio, community gathering areas, and more, according to the release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ArtsQuest said additional information regarding performing arts, comedy, educational programs, exhibitions and grand opening activities will be shared in the coming months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">ArtsQuest released a schedule of upcoming courses for the semester:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ceramics &amp; Sculpture\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Two sessions at 10:00 AM (Session D) and 6:30 PM (Session A)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Children\u2019s Drawing &amp; Painting\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Drawing &amp; Painting\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Fiber\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Paper &amp; Printmaking\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Photography &amp; Digital Media\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa.- ArtsQuest announced it will begin offering visual arts courses for students, artists, and other visitors at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74424,307,304,305,306,232387,17928,232388,308,93,61,60,232389],"class_list":["post-548206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-art-education","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-artsquest","tag-bethlehem","tag-creative-factory","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-visual-arts-courses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}