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Warmer weather has arrived and there is no better place to be than Knox County. With events large and small happening nearly every week, there’s something for everyone to enjoy!
The Best Family-Friendly Events in Knox County in 2023
With the extensive history that Knox County and Vincennes have, some may have the idea that our sites, attractions, and festivals are not family-friendly, but that could not be further from the truth! There is a multitude of family and kid-friendly events in Knox County—some happen every week!
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March 3, 2023 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
See what is being showcased in our downtown galleries during the “First Friday” Art Walk held each month! Join friends at Art Space Vincennes, Open Gallery, Northwest Territory Art Gallery, and Shircliff Gallery for the First Friday Art Walk, Friday, March 3. Downtown galleries will be open 5 – 8 pm, Shircliff gallery closes at 6 pm.
Art Space Vincennes LLC, 521 Main will open Journey through Monotype Prints, Amanda Barrow and Elizabeth Busey. Barrow, originally from Indiana but now working in East Hampton, Massachusetts and Busey, from Bloomington, Indiana met at a workshop in Brooklyn in January 2020. Both artists work non-objectively with a focus on the interaction of geometric shapes. Barrow’s pieces, influenced by her travels in India, offer ethereal organic abstractions inspired by nature, architecture and the human body. In contrast, Busey’s works are collage based, constructed with clean-edged tesserae of monotype prints, cyanotypes, vintage maps and gold leaf. Busey also draws inspiration from travel, with references to topography and plant forms evoking feelings of memory, longing and connection. Both artists will be present at the March opening.
Regular gallery hours: Tue – Sat Noon – 5 pm and by appointment: 812-887-6145
Northwest Territory Art Guild, 316 Main will present Goose Pond Marsh Madness, featuring over fifty wildlife photos by Guild Member Steve LaRoche. These will include many of waterfowl and other wildlife from the Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area south of Linton. Staff from Goose Pond have created a window display at the Guild depicting Goose Pond. Spring themed artworks created by Guild members in a wide variety of styles and media will also be on display and for sale.
Regular gallery hours: Tue – Sat 11 am – 2 pm. Additional hours by appointment; contact the gallery via Facebook.
The Open Gallery, 329 Main will present a retrospective exhibition of works by John Baeder. Michael Mullen, gallery co-director, has been collecting Baeder’s artworks over the span of a life-long friendship with the artist, and is now sharing this collection. It offers the rare opportunity to witness the trajectory of this nationally recognized artist’s career, including his diner watercolors, photocollage pieces, and more recent vintage airplane paintings and matchbook paintings. Yale Professor of Art Vincent Scully wrote that it’s his emotional attachment to his subject matter that sets Baeder’s work apart from many of the other Photorealists: “John Baeder’s paintings seem to me to differ from most of those of his brilliant Magic-Realist contemporaries in that they are gentle, lyrical, and deeply in love with their subjects.”
The First Friday Players will again provide rollicking good Irish music for visitors to enjoy.
Regular gallery hours: Tue, Thu 12 – 5 pm, Sat 11 am – 4 pm and by chance.
812- 881-6475.
The Shircliff Gallery, First and Harrison Streets, will be showing Diminution of Light: Alternative Photographic Process. The exhibition presents works by Larry Gawal, Mark Schoon & Casey McGuire, Antonio Martinez and John Steck, Jr. Alternative process photography is a term used to describe any non-traditional photographic printing processes such as cyanotype, salt prints, photograms and pinholes. A reception for the artists will take place at the gallery on Thursday, March 2. The exhibition will continue through March 10.
Regular gallery hours: weekdays 9 am – 6 pm; the gallery will be open until 6 pm on First Friday March 3. 812-888-4316
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December 2, 2022 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
See what is being showcased in our downtown galleries during the “First Friday” Art Walk held each month! The Art Space Gallery, the Open Gallery and the Northwest Territory Art Guild Gallery offer a chance to view and purchase work by accomplished artists with changing exhibitions each month. From 5:00pm – 8:00pm, the public is invited to browse through the galleries, enjoy light snacks and good company. *Check the events listings from this website for the next “First Friday” coming up!
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November 4, 2022 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join friends at Art Space Vincennes, Open Gallery, Northwest Territory Art Gallery, Shircliff Gallery, Dragoon pop-up temporary gallery, and the Democratic Headquarters for the First Friday Art Walk, Friday, November 4. Galleries will be open 5 – 8 pm.
Art Space Vincennes LLC, 521 Main will open Terminable Landscapes/Small Dramas, digital drawings, and photo montages by retired Vincennes University Art Professor Jim Pearson. The exhibition has two interrelated themes. Long horizontal rectangular compositions reflect the complexity of the natural world and our impact upon it. Smaller works include figurative imagery and are vignettes of dramas, tragedies, and questions about human life. They are not intended to be literal, but to leave open possibilities for viewers to consider. Both bodies of work demonstrate Jim’s sensitivity to the expressive power of tonal value. The exquisite refinement of meaning that results are impacted by his intense focus on his work during retirement, his long history of teaching drawing and printmaking, and his education in printmaking, a discipline whose exacting demands were passed on to him via his excellent teachers, including Rudy Pozzatti, at Indiana University, Bloomington where he earned his MFA degree.
Regular gallery hours: Tue – Sat Noon – 5 pm. Other hours by appointment; call 812-887-6145. Closed Thanksgiving weekend, 11/24 – 11/28.
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Northwest Territory Art Guild, 316 Main will be showing fall and winter-themed works by Guild members, as well as a special sale of works that will continue into December.
These will be in a variety of styles and media and will offer a great opportunity to start thinking about Christmas gift-giving.
Regular gallery hours: Tue – Sat 11 am – 2 pm. Additional hours by appointment; contact the gallery via Facebook.
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The Open Gallery, 329 Main will open These Roads Don’t Move, works by Christina Zimmer Robinson and Sarah Wolfe. Both artists recently participated in the Indiana Arts Commission On-Ramp program. Robinson’s works focus on her interest in aligning control, structure, and harmonious relationships between colors. She explores various mediums and styles, including abstraction, portraiture, sculpture, and textile work.
Wolfe characterizes her work for this exhibition as exploratory and flights of freedom from the many duties both women juggle as wives, mothers, and working artists. While Wolfe agrees that the two bodies of her work for this show may seem disparate, the abstract floral pieces are “a joyous, freeing exploration of color and textures gleaned from the outside world. The anatomical works are simply the inverse–an examination of our potentially gloriously interesting innards.” The show will run until mid-December.
The First Friday Players will again provide rollicking good Irish music for visitors to enjoy.
Regular gallery hours: Tue, Thu 12 – 5 pm, Sat 11 am – 4 pm, and by chance. 812- 881-6475
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Knox County Indiana Democratic Headquarters, 314 Main Street will give viewers another chance to see Fernando Lozano’s powerful prints on stretched canvas in his series Our Rights, Our Freedom, Our Vote. These 13 pieces, each 20.5” x 3” address the historic difficulties many groups have faced in striving for the right to vote.
For more information, please contact Marsha Fleming, at 812-890-1688 or Fernando Lozano, at 323-559-1954.
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Dragoon (a “pop-up” gallery) at 517 Main Street will feature photographs with sound interpretations by Ken Park. This exhibition will only be available during the First Friday Art Walk. New works are added each month.
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The Shircliff Gallery, First and Harrison Streets, will present Flood and Pull, a two-person exhibition of works by Jay Ryan and Ryan Stander, two artists using printmaking techniques in their contemporary practice.
Ryan begins with illustration, creating whimsical and imaginative images with pen and ink. The images frequently depict mischievous wilderness creatures cavorting in ways which serve to reflect on and question our own human behavior.
Stander’s series, Hints, Allegations, and Things Left Unsaid explores social and cultural topics through the use of indirect visual symbols. Viewers are encouraged to piece together meaning through loose associations, rather than explicit illustration. He draws upon various cultural frameworks, including his past theological education to express ideas, questions, and critiques.
Regular gallery hours: weekdays 9 am – 5 pm. 812-888-4316; the gallery will be open until 6 pm on the First Friday, November 4.
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October 9, 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
“For hundreds of years, stained glass windows have illuminated churches, serving as decorative and informative artwork with scenes and motifs exploring religious subjects and themes. On October 9 from 1-4 p.m., six historic churches in Vincennes showcase this art form during the Stained Glass Sunday open house.
Participating churches include:
- St. John’s Catholic Church, 803 Main Street
- St. James Episcopal Church, 610 Perry Street
- Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, 205 Church Street
- Bethany Presbyterian Church, 702 N. 8th Street
- First United Methodist Church, 411 N. 4th Street
- New Life Holy Cathedral, 101 N. 5th Street
Sponsored by Indiana Landmarks and Vincennes/Knox Preservation Foundation.
Free with RSVP. Tourgoers may visit participating churches in any order. The sites featured are mostly accessible to all (two steps must be navigated to access the main hall from a side room at St. James Episcopal Church). Tour headquarters will be at St. James Episcopal Church, 610 Perry Street.
To gain an even deeper appreciation of stained glass artistry, attend a Stained Glass Talk on October 6 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, 2004 N. 2nd Street, Vincennes.
Make your reservation online using the form below, by visiting StainedGlassSunday22.eventbrite.com, or by calling 317-639-4534.”
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October 7, 2022 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join friends at Art Space Vincennes, Open Gallery, Northwest Territory Art Gallery, Shircliff Gallery, Dragoon pop-up temporary gallery, and the Democratic Headquarters for the First Friday Art Walk, Friday, October 7. Galleries will be open 5 – 8 pm. The Autumn on Main festival will run from 6 – 10 pm and will include food trucks, live music, beer and wine tasting, and “Touch a Truck” sponsored by State Farm agent Andrew Hinz. Participating Main Street businesses will be open for extended hours.
Art Space Vincennes LLC, 521 Main will continue Personal Perspectives, monoprints, collage, and watercolor artworks by retired Vincennes University Art Professor Deborah Hutchinson-Hagedorn. These recent works express this artist’s love of nature; the subject matter is often landscape, at times with a focus on a single tree. Deborah states, “The tree acts as a metaphor for life and rebirth through seasonal dying and renewal.” There are also abstract pieces reflecting inspirational life experiences, revealed through the artist’s deep understanding of expressive color and her expertise in the many-layered processes involved in creating a monotype print. This month offers a unique opportunity for gallery-goers to have an in-depth experience of Deborah’s work; see the information on the Northwest Territory Art Guild’s October show.
Regular gallery hours: Tue – Sat Noon – 5 pm. Other hours by appointment; call 812-887-6145
Due to the continued high rate of COVID infection in Knox County, masking is recommended, but not required.
Northwest Territory Art Guild, 316 Main will present an exhibition of sculptures by Bernard Hagedorn and prints by Deborah Hutchinson-Hagedorn. The exhibition will be an overview of works by both artists. Some works have not been previously exhibited. This month offers a unique opportunity for gallery-goers to have an in-depth experience of Deborah’s work; see the information on Art Space Vincennes’ October show.
Works by Guild members in a variety of styles and media will also be on display and for sale.
Regular gallery hours: Tue – Sat 11 am – 2 pm. Additional hours by appointment; contact the gallery via Facebook.
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The Open Gallery, 329 Main will continue Drive-by Shootings, photographs by former Vincennes University Professor of Photography Arthur Fields. Fields conceived this series idea during the lonely hours of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown as a way to stay in touch with those things that brought him joy, including the art of photography. The exhibition features a variety of people on their front porches, photographed from a street vantage point, framed by the outlines of their homes where they were obliged to remain for weeks. The collection has at one and the same time a sameness about the small-town folks, and yet, upon closer inspection, the portraits reveal a varied and arresting cadre of individuals living together, separately, during a time of great worldwide upheaval. Arthur will be coming from his new home in Texas to be at the First Friday reception.
The First Friday Players will again provide rollicking good Irish music for visitors to enjoy.
Regular gallery hours: Tue, Thu 12 – 5 pm, Sat 11 am – 4 pm, and by chance. 812- 881-6475
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Knox County Indiana Democratic Headquarters, 314 Main Street will give viewers another chance to see Fernando Lozano’s powerful prints on stretched canvas in his series Our Rights, Our Freedom, Our Vote. These 13 pieces, each 20.5” x 3” address the historic difficulties many groups have faced in striving for the right to vote.
For more information, please contact Marsha Fleming, at 812-890-1688 or Fernando Lozano, at 323-559-1954.
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Dragoon (a “pop-up” gallery) at 517 Main Street will feature photographs with sound interpretations by Ken Park. This exhibition will only be available during the First Friday Art Walk. New works are added each month.
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The Shircliff Gallery, First and Harrison Streets, will be showing Ebb and Flow, a two-person collaborative exhibition by painter/photographer Betsy Stirratt and printmaker Tracy Templeton. The artists have explored sites in Indiana for the last several years, searching for and documenting little-known places where water is central to the landscape and culture.
The exhibit consists of framed photographs, painting/photo collages, chine collé prints, and hanging translucent image scrims that create an atmospheric and experiential encounter for the viewer. Exploration of the region is ongoing, with more works to be made in the next few months. The beauty and hidden history of these places are revealed in these artworks.
Regular gallery hours: weekdays 9 am – 5 pm. 812-888-4316; the gallery will be open until 6 pm on First Friday, October 7.
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October 6, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Learn about the artistry of stained glass and restoration techniques at a talk led by Jules Mominee of Evansville-based Mominee Studios. For over 40 years, Mominee Studios has created original works of stained glass for religious, commercial, and residential buildings, and restored hundreds of historic stained glass windows, including those at Vincennes’ Basilica of St. Francis Xavier. The talk precedes Stained Glass Sunday, an open house on October 9 showcasing the interiors of six Vincennes churches.
Sponsored by Indiana Landmarks and Vincennes/Knox Preservation Foundation.
Free with RSVP. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, which is accessible to all.
Make your reservation online using the form below, by visiting StainedGlassTalk22.eventbrite.com, or by calling 317-639-4534.
317-639-4534
