Holiday Workshops which will take place 11:00am - 4:00pm on December 14th with key activities happening in sessions:

11:00 - 4:00p Holiday Fun Activity

11:00 - 1:00 Ceramics Exploration

12:00 - 2:00 Mixed Media Workshop

2:00 - 4:00 Printmaking Fun

Please save the date for our $10 per attendee or $30 per family

Holiday Workshop & Open House

It's a South Shore Arts tradition for a reason. Gather the elves for a wintery afternoon of take-home crafts with holiday themes. You'll decorate clay ornaments, build your own snowman, and create a framed print to gift to family or friends.

 Plus, all Holiday Workshop registrants will be entered into our mystery gift drawing at our first-annual Holiday Open House. This festive afternoon in the Main Gallery features live classical performances, carolers, a holiday Maker's Market, and a book signing with WFMT's beloved pledge-drive artist David Lee Csicsko.

Holiday Workshop: $15 per attendee or $45 per family,

December 14, 11am–4pm Holiday Open House: free

Individual Workshop Sign Up

 Family Workshop Sign Up

Chesterton Art Center Sip + Shop

Date: Thursday, December 12 from 5-8 PM

Location: Chesterton Art Center, 115 S 4th St., Chesterton, IN

 Ring in the holidays at CAC's annual Sip + Shop event on Thursday, December 12th from 5-8pm for the perfect opportunity to shop for friends and loved ones, and enjoy delicious small bites and a cash bar. Choose from a wide array of handmade artworks and goods crafted by local and Midwest artists.

Items available will include ceramics, jewelry, textiles, unique wood and glass ornaments, leather goods, handcrafted charcuterie boards and menorahs, prints, cards, and more.

Original artwork always makes a wonderful gift! Shop to support your local creative community.

CAC Members are invited for special preview shopping from 5-6PM. It’s a great time to take advantage of that 10% member discount. To become a CAC member, visit chestertonart.org/membership.

ART + INNOVATION

Thursday, December 12, 2024 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm at Roots Market Cafe and Lower Lincoln in downtown Valparaiso

This is a quarterly artist reception for artists displayed at Roots Cafe and Lower Lincoln. Each quarter VGC is inviting our community to celebrate the works of three local artists, hear their personal stories/creative processes, and learn from innovative professionals. This mix and mingle is meant to bring innovative sharing to the forefront for all!

This offering is a direct result of artist roundtable discussions that identified a need for networking opportunities and consistent events for creatives. We are using grant monies awarded in 2023 from the lAG Creative Convergence Program to cater to this need. Creatives of all art forms and levels welcome!!!

Polar Express Night

Friday, December 6, 5:00 p.m.

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Valparaiso

 The Regional Performing Arts is hosting their 5th annual fundraiser at the Barnes & Noble Valparaiso store featuring activities, a reading of "The Polar Express" and even a visit from Santa himself!

A percentage of the purchases made anywhere in the store will go towards the fundraiser.

This is a free event and fun for the whole family! Activities begin at 5 p.m. with Polar Express Story time at 7 p.m.

Hand Build with Love: Holiday and New Year's Eve.

Come celebrate the season with the workshop everyone is talking about. Spend some time with friends or family while you create a one-of-a-kind ceramic piece to cherish and learn a new skill together. After items are fired, our team will wrap the gifts for you for the holidays.

 Both workshops features small bites to eat, seasonal music, and a chance to write small notes of reflection for your special someone.

$175 for two people for one session below:

Session One: Saturday, November 30, 12–3pm

11/30 Sign Up

We are hosting a free Holiday Celebration event on November 30, which is the same day that the town is hosting their Hometown Holiday parade, so it will be a very festive Saturday for Chesterton and would love to get the word out!

Below is the event info:

 Chesterton Art CenterHoliday Celebration

Date: Saturday, November 30 from 10 AM-5 PM

Location: Chesterton Art Center, 115 South 4th Street, Chesterton, IN 

Description: Visit CAC to cozy up with some hot cocoa while creating a custom Modern Shapes Ornament before the downtown Hometown Holiday parade begins! 

This event is free, and all are welcome. We hope to see you in your favorite festive holiday attire!

All in Jest Trivia, 4th Season!

Friday, Nov 29, 7pm

$10 at the door, Cash Bar

Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts

540 S. Lake Street, Gary IN 46403

Quizmaster General Josh Gamble returns with his unique Multimedia Spin on Trivia on the last Friday of every month from September to April.

Teams of up to 6 people will be tested in categories of General Knowledge, Sports & Games, TV & Movies, Music, and the always random Mystery Rounds. For trivia newcomers to those burdened with too many random facts in their brains, come find out why All In Jest Trivia is: Unquestionably Better.

Prizes for the winning team AND the host’s favorite answer of the night!

After Sargent

Artist Reception: Saturday, November 23, 2–4pm

Peter Lupkin, Not Windmills but Giants, Oil on Canvas, 72" x 36", Courtesy of Gallery VICTOR 

South Shore Arts presents After Sargent, November 22, 2024–February 22, 2025 at the Center for Visual & Performing Arts.

This exhibit will explore how contemporary painters, draftspersons, and sculptors have carried on, challenged, furthered, and broken away from the tradition that John Singer Sargent unknowingly left with his approach to representation during the French period of Belle Epoque. Sargent’s methods and themes with oil painting not only struck a chord with the Edwardian elite at the turn of the century but have endured throughout the last century. Since his passing 100 years ago, artists have been inviting and creating new interpretations and perspectives to his wider legacy and methods, challenging what it means to paint, draw, or sculpt the human figure and beyond.

Featuring the work of several local and national artists who have either followed in the traditions that Sargent paved or have elected to deviate into new modalities of representational artwork. These works will offer viewers opportunity to reflect on how an artist’s legacy carries on and changes as they compare and contrast the effects their work has had amongst contemporary artists.

FINAL FALL CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

Mad Scientist Lab

One day workshop

 Put on your MAD Scientist Lab coat and tackle Art + Science in fun, exploratory ways in a STEAM-filled environment of observations and outcomes! Mix up all kinds of concoctions in creative ways!

 Saturday, November 23, 9–11am, Ages 5+, $75 

Register

Harvest Feast Service & Dinner

Hosted by Vernon G.Smith

Legacy Foundation Workshop: Telling Your Story
Tues, Nov 19, 5 – 7:30 pm

Be confident when telling your story.  We know you are passionate about the causes that mean the most to you and we want you to feel confident and comfortable when talking about these causes. 

Join us for tips and tricks from Janine Harrison, a local writer, professor, and advocate.  Then, work with us to craft a message that you can use in your community. 

Register with Legacy Foundation: https://legacyfdn.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/event?event_date_id=4564

Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts

540 S. Lake Street, Gary IN 46403

Find out more at: millerbeacharts.org |  219-885-9114

Hunt & Gather Market

150 Artists and Artisans at Lake County Fair Grounds

Crown Point, Indiana

December 13th & 14th

Live Music, Food and Full Bar

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CHESTERTON ART CENTER TO BENEFIT FROM (219) TAPROOM GIVING THURSDAY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Chesterton’s beloved (219) Taproom is hosting a “Giving Thursday” on Thursday, December 5,

2024, from 4-8 PM to raise funds in support of Chesterton Art Center’s free public and outreach

programs. All tips from Thursday, December 5 will directly fund CAC’s programs that serve

Duneland youth and families.

“We’re grateful to 219 for offering this opportunity to raise awareness and support of CAC’s free

public programming and for all they do to support other community programs and initiatives

with their Giving Thursday series, “says Hannah Hammond-Hagman, CAC Executive Director,

“We look forward to celebrating with our CAC family and friends with a great evening out.”

Support from this Giving Thursday event will fund CAC’s Teen Arts Group, Youth Arts Outreach,

and Family Art Days; all free outreach programs that serve our Duneland youth and families and

build access to art and art education. To learn more about the Chesterton Art Center’s outreach

program offerings, visit chestertonart.org/outreach. Cheers to supporting your local art center,

all while enjoying some great local brews and good eats!

Chesterton Art Center • 115 S. 4th Street • Chesterton, IN 46304 • (219) 926-4711

www.ChestertonArt.org marketing@ChestertonArt.org

Paint Pour + Abstract Expression 

It's the class so popular we had to add a four-week extension! Take the journey into paint pouring. This is a continuation of our fall paint pour galore (no prerequisite required) and it extends the paint pour experience for learners. Meander through even more paint pour techniques and study the realm of abstract expression through the process, learning how to layer your works into more intentional abstract pieces. Although paint pouring will be the bulk of this offering, it will not be the entirety.

Saturdays, 2–4pm, November 23–December 14, 4 weeks, Ages 12+, $125.