✨ Join Us for an Evening of Art & Creation! 🖼️✨
📍 MATES MPR + Courtyard
📅 February 11 (Wed)
🕕 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Join us for an evening celebrating creativity, connection, and community.
Experience the incredible art and creations by our kids and our community—and see the magic they’ve been making this season!
Bring the family, stroll the gallery, and soak in the creativity 💛
📣✨ CALLING ALL ARTISTS!!! 🎨🖌️
Contact hello@matesmcn.net to participate
Volunteers, We Need You!
Help us get ready for this winter favorite. From setting up classrooms and the MPR, mounting art work, checking people in, serving food and drinks, and cleaning up, there’s so much you can contribute to make this wondrous event come to life!
Your support is crucial in ensuring everything runs smoothly and that our students have a fantastic time.
We appreciate all your support!
📣 Calling All MATES Alumni 🗣️
Currently in Middle School or High School!
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2024-25:
✨ What a Night! ✨
Our Winter Art Gallery was a huge success and a beautiful showcase of our students’ creativity. We couldn’t be more proud of their work! 🖼️🎨✍️
🗣️ A huge THANK YOU to all of the volunteers who helped with setup (all week), supported during the event, and those who stayed for cleanup — you all made this possible, and we couldn’t have done it without you!
Special shoutout to our Programs Co-Chairs, Lori Allen & Jen Steinert, for the amazing ability to bring this event to life. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
February 6, 2025 (Thu) | 5:30 – 7:30 pm
To make this wondrous event come to life, we need volunteers!
We need help the week leading up to the event to mount students’ art. This is mostly done during school hours in the MPR. Thanks so much!!!
2023-24:
This Evening was Another Incredible Experience!
Thank you to everyone who made this event a huge success.
You are all appreciated!
February 1, 2024 (THU) 5:30 – 7:30 pm | MATES MPR
Sweets, coffee, and hot chocolate will be served!
Thank you to all the artists who are showcasing their work
and for making this winter wonderland a success!
* ALL ARTIST SPOTS ARE NOW FULFILLED!
2022-23:
January 26, 2023 (Thu) 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Lori Allen, thank you for taking in this family favorite MATES event!
You and your parent volunteers are so appreciated!!! 
Our Amazing MATES Families (Parents and Grandparents!)
Volunteering Their Time at Winter Art Gallery!!!
@rie.glass https://www.rieglass.com/ 
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/cutarts 
Richard Habib & Gina Henson – Artists 
Lisa Semler – Encaustic Wax Artist 
Ruel Pascual – Studio Art Director 
Heather Coe – Pour Painting Artist
Another generous donation of special Winter Art Gallery cookies from our very own MATES mom, Lisa Chavez, aka @missyumiscookies!
THANK YOU for your support and generosity!!!
Thank you to your wonderful team, Lori Allen!
Dr. Walker, Julia Herron, Caitlin Shrum, Jessica Kilbride, Meredith Corso, Ashley Ramstead, Cara Strang, Kerri Graver, Margie Moreno, and the Colina ASB Group (we LOVE our MATES alums!!!!)
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