Grab your spookiest pens! It’s time for Hallo-Ink!

Throughout the month of October, the Cottonwood Heights Arts Council will be hosting daily online drawing events. 

Each October morning, individual drawing prompts will be posted to the Arts Council’s website and social media pages, along with a follow-along video tutorial. Artists are welcome to work alongside the video tutorial or loosely use the prompt as an interpretation for their Halloween-inspired drawings (or artists can do both!). 

“Our hope is to create a community of people who are joining in the creative fun by sharing and cheering each other on virtually,” said Cottonwood Heights Culture Coordinator Kate Hoflich. 

Some of the prompts might, could, include things like: magic potion, silly skeleton, friendly ghost, cute monster, pumpkin spice and rainy day rainbow. 

All of the video tutorials and daily prompts were created by Smartest Artist Studio Educator Whitney Horrocks. Horrocks originally earned a bachelor’s of fine arts (with an emphasis in painting and drawing) before moving on to teaching art education for over 10 years in both public and private settings. Formerly an elementary and junior high school art educator, Horrocks now runs an art education studio out of Cottonwood Heights. Her work can be seen in various galleries throughout Salt Lake and Park City. 

Artists are encouraged to post their work through the Hallow-Ink Facebook Event page or through Instagram by tagging #ChCityArts and #CHCityArtsInk. 

Even artists who have social media gripes are encouraged to participate. Artists can view the daily prompts through the Cottonwood Heights City Arts website, detailed below. 

“They can also view the daily tutorials on Facebook because they will be public posts that you don’t need a Facebook account to view,” Hoflich clarified.

If you like Hallo-Ink, you’ll love these other upcoming events from the Cottonwood Heights Arts Council: 

Oct. 25 will be the day for the Monsters to Mash at the Cottonwood Heights Recreation Center (7500 S. 2700 East). The Arts Council will have an activity table set up for attendees to come craft. 

Dec. 6 will be the day the acapella group Eclipse 6 visits the city for a holiday concert “that is sure to be a delight for the entire family.” The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Butler Middle School (7530 S. 2700 East). 

To learn more about the Cottonwood Heights Arts Council, visit their website at: www.cottonwoodheights.utah.gov/community/arts/arts-council

Or follow their social media pages on: Facebook at @CHArtsCouncil or Instagram at @CHCityArts λ