By Katherine Ramos

Staff Writer

In the light of the season, the Charity Wings Art Center will be hosting Halloween themed events this month just across the street from the San Marcos campus. Until the end of October the center will be open to the community for the creation of Halloween costumes as well as special crafting classes for the holiday. Tools and materials will be provided at the center. The cost will be $10 for students to go in for the open studio sessions, so it is a good way to create a personal costume while on a budget. Every kind of art and craft medium is offered at the center for a student to go wild with their own artist flair from jewelry, scrapbooking, stamp making, metalwork, silk screen, and more. The Halloween themed classes include creating masks including ones made out of gourds, Halloween banners, felt Day of the Dead skulls, handmade polymer clay earrings, a mini-album, and a spooky mosaic out of mixed media. Each will cost between $10 and $20 for students.

The Art Center has been open since April, however it has yet to see many students come in according to Elena Lai Etcheverry, founder and executive director of Charity Wings. “We want the students to come,” said Etcheverry, “It’s just a very inspiring place we have.” All events will be held at the Charity Wings Art Center at 287 Industrial Drive. It is not a far drive from CS San Marcos and is open from 10AM-5PM on Tuesday through Saturdays and from 12PM-5PM on Sundays. A schedule for classes can be found on the website: https://charitywings.org/cms/