WESTMINSTER ART FESTIVAL
The 2026 Westminster Art Festival
April 25 - June 12
Works by Visual artists and poets
on the theme
"WHOSE BACKYARD?"
EXHIBIT OPEN TIMES
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
9:30 am – 4 pm
closed Memorial Day, May 25
Friday, May 15 5-7 pm
Sundays May 3 & 31 11 am – 2 pm
Other times by appointment
We'd be delighted to welcome and/or speak to your group!
CLOSING CELEBRATION
Friday, June 12, 5 - 7 pm
Featuring MUSIC FROM OUR COMMUNITY
Presentation of People's Choice Award
Announcement of 2027 Theme
... and ice cream sundaes!
OPEN MIC POETRY NIGHT
Friday, May 29 7 pm
An opportunity for any poets to read their work
in a friendly, informal environment...
An opportunity for poetry lovers - or the poetry-curious -
to experience poetry as it's meant to be experienced.
No advance registration needed... just come!
Theme art by Alyce Machcinski
The Westminster Art Festival is an annual independently-juried presentation of visual art and poetry on an environmental theme, open to artists of any or no faith tradition.
First Prize, 2026
Our Backyard Refuge
by Bobbe Luce
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POETRY BOOKS are now available!
suggested donation $5
We are grateful for grants from the Beim Foundation and the Presbytery of Lake Michigan,
which made the establishment of the Westminster Art Festival possible.
The Westminster Art Festival is a program of Westminster Presbyterian Church.