Free First Friday, June 2025

Photography: Rachel Comande

The Creative Crawl Continues – First Fridays All Year in 2025!

Join fellow art lovers and supporters on First Fridays throughout 2025 as downtown comes alive with creativity! Experience poetry, music, hands-on art activities, and more at multiple downtown locations — each with a unique art theme — as you explore the creative spirit of downtown Racine!

First Friday Summer Bash: Creative Crawl – June Edition 

Pick up your Creative Crawl passports at downtown locations, and get stamped! Turn in your filled up cards to get fun prizes!

Don’t miss the Creative Crawl Glass Bash at RAM and Hot Shop Glass—an evening of fire, fun, and fabulous art!

Highlights include:

1. Live DJ, art activities, and demos at RAM
2. Artist response to On Fire Part II at 6:00 pm with Holly Wolf Mattick and Amanda Cosgrove Paffrath and next generation women glass artists—high school students from The Prairie School and Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design graduate Jo Bauer. 
3. A one night only Glass blowing demonstration featuring Holly, Amanda, and the next generation gals at the Hot Shop at 7:30 pm, followed by a sweltering soiree!

Ignite the Night and celebrate Racine on Fire  with the LATE BURN events at 9:00 pm:

1. Smokin’ Hot Party at Hot Shop Glass Bash
2. Sizzlin’ rooftop vibes at Eave’s rooftop at Hotel Verdant 

Bring your friends, feel the creative energy, and celebrate the arts EVERY First Friday in Downtown Racine, the creative hub of Southeastern Wisconsin!