We will be closing at 4pm everyday as a temporary schedule, this includes the office, gift shop, gallery and independent studies.
We will be closing at 4pm everyday as a temporary schedule, this includes the office, gift shop, gallery and independent studies.
Drop In and Make a Card
August 18 & 19
12pm-4pm
FREE
Ages: 5 and up (this is not a drop off, all children need to be attended to)
1040 Ridge Rd, Munster IN
Studio B
Come by, cool off in our studio and get creative! We'll have several materals to use to create cards for someone special or maybe something for yourself!
Join us in Downtown Hammond for the Hammond Art Walk
August 20, 2026
3:30-7pm, Dan Rabin Plaza
Join us in Downtown Hammond for the Hammond Art Walk, a Third Thursday FREE experience featuring local artists, creative pop-ups, live demonstrations, downtown business stops, market vendors, food, music, and community connection. You can find us in the big hall called the Reserve where we'll be offering a mini art experience, "Slap Graffiti".
The Art Walk is part of Hammond Farmed & Forged and is designed to bring more foot traffic downtown, highlight regional creatives, and give residents a fun, walkable way to experience local art and small businesses.
Learn more here:
The importance of community is emphasized when it comes to unforeseeable, unexpected events. With the recent storms happening across the state, check out these resources for arts organizations, artists, cultural institutions, and general public:
The Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) offers $3,000 Emergency Relief Grants to craft artists who experienced a recent and substantially disruptive emergency or disaster. Learn more and apply for CERF+ assistance, and follow their Business Insurance Guide for Artists to help keep you afloat no matter what comes your way.
Cultural institutions, arts organizations, and artists and performing groupsaffected can call the National Heritage Responders hotline: 202.661.8068. The National Heritage Responders, a team of trained conservators and collections care professionals administered by the Foundation of Advancement in Conservation, are available 24/7 to provide advice and guidance.
Members of the public and individual artists who have questions about saving family heirlooms and personal collections can email the National Heritage Responders at NHRpublichelpline@culturalheritage.org
HENTF's Save Your Family Treasures guidance is available here. Here you can find the downloadable FEMA fact sheets "After the Flood: Advice for Salvaging Damaged Family Treasures" and "Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuables and Heirlooms," available in multiple languages.
If and when federal disaster declarations are in place (you can find declarations here), federal assistance may be available:
Artists and other self-employed individuals may be eligible for FEMA assistance to replace tools and equipment lost or damaged; a guidance booklet is here.
Nonprofits may be eligible for Public Assistance and other recovery resources; the Arts Field Guide to Federal Disaster Assistance provides guidance through multiple funding programs for artists and nonprofit arts and cultural organizations.
Artists impacted may be eligible for emergency grants and other support services:
NYFA/New York Foundation for the Arts Emergency Grants and Artist Emergency Resources
For all impacted, please fill out one of the following Rapid Damage Assessment Forms:
