Create-A-Thon!
Excitement is in the air!
Join us for Youth Be Heard’s Adults-Only Create-A-Thon, where you’ll experience the terror, thrill, and questionable decision-making of creative expression. No talent required. (Being bad is part of the charm.)
🎟️ General Admission — Doors Open at 7:00 PM
Your ticket includes:
- Refreshments
- Cash bar
- Silent auction
- Prime people-watching
- Laughing with brave amateur creators
- Voting on who nailed it, who tried, and who deserves a participation ribbon
- A surprise activity 👀. We aren’t telling.
Think of it as a night of art, humor, and mild chaos with the finest minds in the Metro-East (according to us).
Want to Participate in the Challenges?
Grab an Add-On Challenge Ticket for early access and hands-on creative mayhem:
- Pottery: Have a turn at wheel throwing with an expert to support your efforts.
- The now-legendary Partner Portrait Challenge: Paint your partner or friends’ portrait! It may not be flattering. (Yes, we will laugh.)
- Poetry (prompt given upon event arrival)
Challenge Start Times
- Painting & Pottery: early entry for add-on participants begins at 6:00 PM
- Poetry: This challenge is incorporated into the general admission portion of the night, beginning at 7:00 pm.
Prizes
Mediocre prizes will be awarded to anyone who triumphs. Bragging rights are eternal.
Why We’re Here
Every registration supports Youth Be Heard’s mission: helping all youth believe in their value and potential. We build confidence through editing, publishing, mentoring, and celebrating their creative voices.
Learn more about our impact!
Attire
Whatever you want: creative, business casual, sweatpants—we’re not judging.
Your support means so much!
PS: At checkout, you can change the “contribution” to Zeffy to $0. That fee does not go to Youth Be Heard—slide that bar all the way down.
Schedule
Classes 6:00-7:00pm
- Painting (partner painting)
- Pottery
Welcome/Introduction 7:00-7:30pm
Poetry writing 7:30-8:00pm
Poetry reading 8:00-8:30pm
Keynotes: 8:30-9:00pm
Silent Auction Winners 9:00pm
Doors Close 10:00pm
Thank you to our significant event sponsors!
Brickman Orthodontics
Edison’s Entertainment Complex
Edwardsville YMCA
Kendra Scott
Mojo’s Music
OPEL | BASH GROUP
RP Lumber Center
