Community & Fundraising Events
WTCI hosts and participates in community events throughout the year as part of our mission. We welcome everyone to our community events and encourage everyone's participation. We also hosts special events throughout the year to raise funds to help support our mission of enriching lives through quality programs and services that educate, engage, and inspire a lifetime of learning and exploration.
Have you ever wanted to create your own masterpiece? Join GBH and Certified Bob Ross Instructor (and TV host!) Nicholas Hankins for this virtual event to learn to paint like the legendary Bob Ross and create your own work of art. Take the journey along with us as we experience the joy of painting!
Along with being a Certified Bob Ross Instructor, Nicholas Hankins is the host of the new how-to painting series The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross’ Unfinished Season.
Tickets include all of the materials needed to make your Bob Ross masterpiece.
This event is presented by GBH with support from The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross’ Unfinished Season, American Public Television, Create TV and Bob Ross Inc..
Join us for our series of family & community workshops at Carver Community Center and East Chattanooga Community Center featuring shared meals, hands-on learning, books & games, and take-home activities! CLICK THIS LINK to register today.
Our Ready To Learn Initiative is focused on connecting children’s media and learning environments to build key skills for success in school and life, including functional literacy, critical thinking, and collaboration, as well as showing them career options in age-appropriate ways. The program is part of the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Join us November 12th at WTCI PBS for a free preview of Leonardo Da Vinci, the new film from Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon.
CLICK THIS LINK to reserve your seat today. The screening is free, but you must reserve your ticket.