WESTMINSTER ART FESTIVAL
The 2026 Westminster Art Festival
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April 25 - June 11
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Visual artists and poets
are invited to submit work
on the theme
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"WHOSE BACKYARD?"
PRE-FESTIVAL EXHIBIT
WORKS by Maya James
Kalamazoo artist and the 2026 Westminster Art Festival Visual Art Juror
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March 8 - April 13
Reception Friday, March 20, 5-7 pm
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SUBMISSION DATES:
Poetry: March 1 - April 8
Visual art: April 8 -13
Wed. 4/8 10 am - 6 pm
Thurs. 4/9 10 am - 4 pm
Fri. 4/10 tba
Sat. 4/11 10 am - noon
Sun. 4/12 11 am - 1 pm
Mon. 4/13 10 am - 6 pm
EXHIBIT OPENING
AND
RECEPTION
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Saturday, April 25
4 - 7 pm
WATERCOLOR PRACTICE CLASS:
Exploring Creativity with instructor Kay Severson
5 Tuesdays: March 31 - April 28
Cost $70, limit 12 participants (some watercolor experience required)
call the church for registration info.
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, 2025
One Planet... One Shared Future
by Dawn Edwards
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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.