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, delicious pizza from Impulso Wood Fired Pizza, and desserts by Lia’s Bella Cucina and Tethan’s Candy & Confections.

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!

Proceeds from Art After Dark benefit Chesterton Art Center’s public events and educational outreach programs.

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

Event Sponsors

Blade Cutters Landscaping
Carson Wealth

ATD Inc
Beata Krupa
CAC TAG Artists
Caleb Barnaby
Canterbury Summer Theater
Chelle’s Boutique
Cergizan’s Auto + Truck Repair
Coffee Creek Ceramics
Dawn Duty
Debra Simanski
Dunes Arts Foundation
Edwin Shelton
Elizabeth Wamsley
Estate of Cinda Urschel
Evelyn Finnstrom
Evexia Salt Cave
F45 Training
Farina’s Supper Club
Fitrain
Gastro 49
Goblin Duneside Bar + Eatery
Jaclyn Gray Design
Jeff and Chris Layman
JJ Rue Designs
Jon Hook
Judith Tanter
Kim’s Tax Service
Lakeshore Public Media