FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: June 10, 2025
CONTACT PERSON: EMILY COLUCCI PEAK, VISUAL ARTS COORDINATOR
SUBJECT: The 4th Annual Juneteenth Community Event at The Thyen-Clark Cultural Center
EVENTS DATE: Saturday, June 14th, 2025 from 11:00am – 1:00pm
Join Jasper Arts and The Jasper Public Library in celebrating The 4th Annual Juneteenth Community Event in the Atrium in the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center.
Enjoy an afternoon celebrating the anniversary of June 19, 1865, an annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States!
The afternoon event collaboration with The Jasper Public Library will feature multiple booths represented by community members and organizations focusing on historical figures, events and activities.
Community Organizations joining the event this year are:
-Jasper Arts
-Jasper Public Library
-Vincennes University Jasper
-Mentors for Youth
-Girl Scouts
-Local Health Care providers
-Local Educators
-Creating Community Connections
-Matthew 25
-Dubois County PRIDE
-Parents Supporting Education
-ONE-Dubois County
-Locking Arms
-Community CHEW
-Dubois County Human Society
The event will feature delicious soul food samplings, community booths, line dancing for all, music, poetry reading, arts and crafts, trivia, story reading, activities and games.
The event is an Open House, family-friendly, open to all ages, and FREE!
For more information, please call 812-482-3070. Jasper Arts is a department of the City of Jasper. Jasper Arts is supported in part by Friends of the Arts, Inc., the Indiana Arts Commission, The Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
A DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF JASPER