Friday, June 12, 2026
6–10PM
The Art After Dark UnGala will be held this year on Friday, June 12! Art After Dark will be an inside/outside event. Guests will enjoy live music by Andre Detti, art making activities, a cash bar by Burn’Em Brewing, and delicious pizza from Impulso Wood Fired Pizza.
With the 116 Expansion, Art After Dark is going to be a fabulous event with art on display in our gallery, art making activities in the new studios at 116, and music + dancing under the lights on South 4th Street!
We hope everyone can join us to celebrate the arts!
Tickets to Art After Dark are $100 per person, and the event attire is come as you are!
WHEN: Friday, June 12 / begins at 6 PM
WHERE: Chesterton Art Center / 115 S 4th Street, Chesterton, IN 46304
DESCRIPTION: Join us for a wonderful evening celebrating CAC and our vision of an inclusive community where art and arts education are championed, where artists and creatives thrive, and where people connect through the arts.
Food + Beer/Wine Cash Bar + Live Music + Art Demos + Silent Auction
ATTIRE: Be You!
INDIVIDUAL TICKET: $100 per individual
*Art After Dark is an inside/outside event that will take place both inside CAC and our new 116 studios and outside beneath tents on 4th Street.
Art Making Activities
6:00–7:30 PM
Interactive Tile Demo with Maureen Duffy-Daugavietis / 116 Ceramics Studio
Painting Demo by Mark Vander Vinne / Vinay + Suman Das Foundation 2D Studio at 116
7:30–9:00 PM
Pottery Wheel Demo by Alayna Erne / 116 Ceramics Studio
Interactive Printmaking Demo with Ida Short / Vinay + Suman Das Foundation 2D Studio at 116
