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Help Build Candy Lane Village
December 6, 2025 @ 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
HELP BUILD CANDY LANE!
Calling all gumdrop architects! Candy Lane needs your help building the sweetest village ever inside of the City Arts Center! This is a free event for all ages.
Saturday, Dec. 6
Drop-in anytime: 10:30am–4:30pm
Cost: Free
Decorate your own gingerbread house front to add to a sugary community art installation. Hosted by sugar artists from Capital Confectioners/Capital City Cake Club, we provide everything—candy, icing, sprinkles, and you bring plenty of sugary inspiration. Bring the family and come help us make Candy Lane Village come to life!
TAKE-HOME GINGERBREAD WORKSHOPS
Prefer to build a full gingerbread house to take home? Join Capital Confectioners/Capital City Cake Club for their festive, hands-on workshops!
December 13 & 20
Advance registration required, no walk-ins: https://capitalconfectioners.com/shop/
These workshops are separate from the community project and offer you more detailed instruction and a finished, take-home gingerbread creation!
About the City Arts Center December Exhibit
Candy Lane Village
Featuring sugar art, gifts, and local artists
On View December 2-December 23, 2025
Welcome to a holiday full of color, charm, and creativity! From candy-coated crafting events to a sugar art display and sweet shop from Capital Confectioners to heartwarming local art, the City Arts Center is a family fun place to celebrate all things merry and imaginative this December!
Candy Lane Village
Capital Confectioners/Capital City Cake Club, a talented group of sugar artists, presents its Candy Lane Village, with a confectionary shop, holiday sugar sculpture displays, and a chance for kids and families to add to the gingerbread village during special events!Â
Shop Locally for the Holidays
We know how much you love to shop for art that charms your heart. Peruse warm, whimsical, and heart-filled works by four local artists — featuring Norma Gely, David Mercado, KB Newcomer, and Amanda Zappler.
• Norma Gely: Blending music, culture, and nature: https://gelyart.gallery/
• KB Newcomer: Intricate papercut artwork full of detail: https://www.kbnewcomerstudio.com
• David Mercado: Paintings that share the beauty of wildlife: https://www.instagram.com/davidmercadoatx/
• Amanda Zappler: Storybook-style imagined worlds of people, creatures, and places: https://www.arteparalavida.info
Extended Hours in the City Arts Center for Your Holiday Gift Shopping, December 2-23, 2025: Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11am-8pm
