Area Events

Visit the Festival of Trees and Santa Claus Exhibit at the Dubois County Museum. Browse the 50,000 square foot museum filled with holiday decorations, including Christmas trees decorated by local community members. Over 1,000 Santa Claus figurines are also displayed. The exhibit begins on November 19, 2020, and closes at the end of the year. For more information, contact the Dubois County Museum at (812) 482-7733.

Family Roots Nursery is offering a Holiday Gnome Workshop on Saturday, December 5, 2020. The event takes place from 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET. The cost is $45 per person. Class size is limited and reservations are required with a $10 deposit.

Join Aaron in this hands-on workshop and learn how to make a holiday gnome to decorate your home.

For more information, contact Family Roots Nursery at (812) 683-2329.

Update: Due to the latest Covid-19 guidelines released by Dubois County Health Department, the museum has decided to cancel this program.

The Dubois County Museum hosts Christmas Bazaar and Cookies on Saturday, December 12, from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm ET.

Held in the spacious Log House area, the event will feature local vendors for all of your holiday shopping needs. Cookies and sweet treats packaged by the museum volunteers are also available. Free admission to the museum!

For more information, contact the Dubois County Museum at (812) 634-7733.

Family Roots Nursery is offering a Little Sprouts-Rudolph Pots Make & Take on Saturday, December 12, 2020. The event takes place from 1:00 – 2:00 pm ET. The cost is $10 per person.

Kids can decorate terra cotta pots like their favorite reindeer. Then they will plant succulents as antlers and some fuzzy ones as ears. Plant care instructions included.

For more information, contact Family Roots Nursery at (812) 683-2329.

Opening in January 2021, large charcoal drawings standing five by eight feet tall by Gerry Wubben will be on display. His drawings are extremely realistic, deeply expressive, carefully rendered in charcoal, pencil, and/or ink. This exhibit is open from January 7 – February 26, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Opening in January 2021, John Mellencamp: Paintings and Assemblages will be on display for an extended period of three months. This exhibit opens January 7, and closes March 28, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Opening in January 2021, large charcoal drawings standing five by eight feet tall by Gerry Wubben will be on display. His drawings are extremely realistic, deeply expressive, carefully rendered in charcoal, pencil, and/or ink. This exhibit is open from January 7 – February 26, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Opening in January 2021, John Mellencamp: Paintings and Assemblages will be on display for an extended period of three months. This exhibit opens January 7, and closes March 28, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Opening in January 2021, John Mellencamp: Paintings and Assemblages will be on display for an extended period of three months. This exhibit opens January 7, and closes March 28, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Local artist of all mediums, Bill Whorrall will display his acrylic paintings with the public beginning in April. For Bill, “art is a way to celebrate nature, life and to do it in a way that
reflects the integrity and complexity of that life.”

This exhibit is open from April 1 – May 21, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Local artist of all mediums, Bill Whorrall will display his acrylic paintings with the public beginning in April. For Bill, “art is a way to celebrate nature, life and to do it in a way that
reflects the integrity and complexity of that life.”

This exhibit is open from April 1 – May 21, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Local oil painter, Kit Miracle will display a series of her newest paintings, ‘The Intimate Spaces: Beach Series.’ An assortment of paintings created from the observation that when people go
to the beach, they stake out their little territories and then seem to think they are invisible to the rest of the world.

This exhibit is open from May 6 – June 25, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Opening in May, Evansville printmaking artist, Brett Anderson will display a variety of his large relief prints. Anderson sees the use of color in his work as both a joyful formal exercise and
saccharine flavoring to make the content more palatable.

This exhibit is open from May 6 – June 25, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Local oil painter, Kit Miracle will display a series of her newest paintings, ‘The Intimate Spaces: Beach Series.’ An assortment of paintings created from the observation that when people go
to the beach, they stake out their little territories and then seem to think they are invisible to the rest of the world.

This exhibit is open from May 6 – June 25, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Opening in May, Evansville printmaking artist, Brett Anderson will display a variety of his large relief prints. Anderson sees the use of color in his work as both a joyful formal exercise and
saccharine flavoring to make the content more palatable.

This exhibit is open from May 6 – June 25, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Opening in June, large mixed-media installations will fill the gallery from floor to ceiling. Kristina Arnold is an installation artist and object maker driven by the exploration of ideas, materials, and processes. Drawing on her former background and interest in public health, her work investigates the intersection of art, science, and social change.

This exhibit is open from June 3 – July 23, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Opening in June, large mixed-media installations will fill the gallery from floor to ceiling. Kristina Arnold is an installation artist and object maker driven by the exploration of ideas, materials, and processes. Drawing on her former background and interest in public health, her work investigates the intersection of art, science, and social change.

This exhibit is open from June 3 – July 23, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Enjoy another summer exhibit of work by the local Patoka Valley Quilters’ Guild. Many exquisite quilts and pieces of fiber art will be on display. The work represents a wide variety of techniques from traditional pieced and appliquéd quilts, machine or hand-stitched, to some cutting-edge art and decorative pieces.

This exhibit is open from July 1 – August 20, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

The 53rd Annual Dubois County Art Guild Exhibit will be on display beginning in July. The exhibit will feature work by local artists who belong to the guild, many of whom are well known
in the area. It will include work in a variety of mediums.

This exhibit is open from July 1 – August 20, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

The 53rd Annual Dubois County Art Guild Exhibit will be on display beginning in July. The exhibit will feature work by local artists who belong to the guild, many of whom are well known
in the area. It will include work in a variety of mediums.

This exhibit is open from July 1 – August 20, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Enjoy another summer exhibit of work by the local Patoka Valley Quilters’ Guild. Many exquisite quilts and pieces of fiber art will be on display. The work represents a wide variety of techniques from traditional pieced and appliquéd quilts, machine or hand-stitched, to some cutting-edge art and decorative pieces.

This exhibit is open from July 1 – August 20, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Stacey Lee Webber is an American metalsmith. A native of Indianapolis, Webber lives and works in Philadelphia. Her metal work has been exhibited around the world and is in numerous private collections around the world.

This exhibit is open from August 5 – September 24, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Stacey Lee Webber is an American metalsmith. A native of Indianapolis, Webber lives and works in Philadelphia. Her metal work has been exhibited around the world and is in numerous private collections around the world.

This exhibit is open from August 5 – September 24, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

The 28th Annual Juried Art Exhibit will be on display beginning in September. The exhibit includes a wide variety of media and techniques: watercolor, oil, acrylic, prints, photography, collage, sculpture, and graphite. The exhibit consists of two and three-dimensional work. Only artists from Indiana, its contiguous states, or former residents can apply.

This exhibit is open from September 2 – October 20, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Joyce Garner is a self-taught painter and longtime Louisville resident. Her floor to ceiling oil paintings and murals will be on display starting in September.

This exhibit is open from September 2 – October 22, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

The 28th Annual Juried Art Exhibit will be on display beginning in September. The exhibit includes a wide variety of media and techniques: watercolor, oil, acrylic, prints, photography, collage, sculpture, and graphite. The exhibit consists of two and three-dimensional work. Only artists from Indiana, its contiguous states, or former residents can apply.

This exhibit is open from September 2 – October 20, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Joyce Garner is a self-taught painter and longtime Louisville resident. Her floor to ceiling oil paintings and murals will be on display starting in September.

This exhibit is open from September 2 – October 22, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Local Celestine artist, Abby Laux will display her oil paintings beginning in October. Her art explores a human connection to nature.

This exhibit is open from October 1 – November 19, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.

Local Celestine artist, Abby Laux will display her oil paintings beginning in October. Her art explores a human connection to nature.

This exhibit is open from October 1 – November 19, 2021, at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center in Jasper, Indiana.

For more information, contact the Jasper Arts Center at (812) 482-3070.