DOWNTOWN VALPO ON JUNE 25 & 26, WILL FEATURE MORE THAN 60 ARTISANS, INCLUDING ARTISTS LOCAL TO NORTHWEST INDIANA

DOWNTOWN VALPO  ON JUNE 25 & 26, WILL FEATURE MORE THAN 60 ARTISANS,  INCLUDING ARTISTS LOCAL TO NORTHWEST INDIANA

Hosted by Valparaiso Events and produced by Amdur Productions — a  nationally acclaimed arts festival production company — the Valparaiso Art  Festival will take place Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26 from 10:00  a.m.—5:00 p.m. The festival will feature over 60 juried artists who specialize  in various mediums, including photography, painting, pottery, metalwork ing, stained glass, wood working, jewelry-making, fiber arts, and more. 

The festival will take place just south of Central Park Plaza on Indiana Ave nue and Lafayette Street, and the Valparaiso Market, located in the park,  will run concurrently throughout the weekend. Festival goers will delight in  live artist demos, a graffiti wall, and live entertainment throughout the  weekend. The Kids’ Art Tent will feature face painting, spin art, sand art,  and Art Fest bingo. The Valparaiso Creative Council will be handing out  kids’ art bags at their booth, and Birds of Paradise coloring books will be  available at the Valparaiso Events booth. Birds of Paradise is a new down town sculpture scavenger hunt from the City of Valparaiso that’s fun for the  whole family and highlights local artists and birds indigenous to Northwest  Indiana. 

Five talented artists local to Valparaiso and Northwest Indiana will be  showcasing their work at the festival. Maria Overlay is a photographer who  specializes in nature and wildlife shots. Bryan Lee and Dave Lee, renown  glass blowers, are the owners of Hot Shop Valpo. Jason Gast specializes in  oil paintings of animals and monochromatic portraits of actors and musicians. Debbie Van Gorp, owner of All Tied Up Boutique, creates exquisite  necktie scarves. And Jackie “Jax” Kalin, a painter whose custom interior  wall designs and paintings span the United States, was recently named  the Art Comes Alive “Wildlife Artist of the Year.”  

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