Orleans Cultural District is thrilled to present Orleans Arts Week, a fun-filled creative and educational event for all ages to sustainably and joyously celebrate the essential elements within the arts and our Cape environment.

For a full list of Orleans Arts Week events, which kick off Saturday, April 20th and run through Saturday, April 27th, click this link. 

Highlights of Arts Week include an Earth Day Clean-Up on Sunday, April 21st. Click here to learn more about this free, family-friendly event which encourages children to create artwork using natural items.

Addison Art Gallery will host a kick-off reception, featuring oil and pastel painting demonstrations, on Saturday, April 20th. Click this link to learn more about this event. 

There will also be free, live music as part of the always popular Pop-Up Practice sessions at Parish Park (April 20th & April 27th), the grand opening of the Orleans Historical Society's "Pathfinders: Women of Plymouth" exhibition (April 21st), a pastel painting class with award-winning artist Rosalie Nadeau (April 22nd) at the Old Firehouse Community Center, a drumming workshop for middle school students at the Old Firehouse Community Center (April 24th), and much, much more!

Whether you live in Orleans or are visiting, this is a great opportunity to celebrate the arts and actively participate (or observe) in activities taking place in town.