Downtown Goshen, Inc. announces the April First Fridays Well-Crafted Arts Tour, presented by the Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau, April 5 from 5-8 p.m. in Downtown Goshen. Downtown Goshen restaurants, businesses, and organizations host established and emerging area artists; giving artists the chance to display their creations, and giving First Fridays revelers the chance to meet and chat with artists and find special works of art to own.
Downtown locations participating in the Well-Crafted Arts Tour also provide regular dining and shopping offerings, resulting in a multitude of options to tour the various displays, eat, shop, and enjoy First Fridays festivities. The Well-Crafted Arts Tour presents activities tailor-made for families with children; from a host of makers activities and crafting opportunities to an elementary art exhibit featuring a collection of works created by young artists from the area.
“The Arts Tour is a longstanding First Fridays tradition,” said Director of First Fridays Amanda McMahon. “We are so pleased to partner with the ECCVB to present this annual event in Downtown Goshen. The Well-Crafted Arts Tour not only provides a fun and family-friendly community celebration for residents in Goshen and throughout Elkhart County, it also goes a long way to support and nurture our diverse community of talented and dedicated artists.”
Among Downtown Goshen locations hosting for Arts Tour, Art House, 216 S. Main St. (2nd floor), hosts multi-media artist Dorothy Jean Carter; Cressy & Everett, 210 A S. Main, hosts digital illustrator Emma Brooks and painter Phillip Kennedy; Fables Books, 215 S. Main, hosts painter Mark Daniels; Golden Thread Tattoo Parlor, 108 E. Washington, features tattoo artist Hannah Minix; the Goshen Farmers Market, 212 W. Washington #1, hosts the Goshen College Student Showcase; the Goshen Printmakers Guild, 213 S. Main (alley entrance), displays the printmaking work of its guild members; Hive of Light, 119 S. Main, hosts painter Josh Cooper; and The Table @108, 108 N. Main, hosts painter Thomas Zuber.
Shirley’s Popcorn, 106 N. Main, hosts the Goshen Community Schools Student Showcase—various works of art created by local students.
Additional Arts Tour locations include:
- ADEC, 114 E. Lincoln: Art by ADEC clients (various)
- Electric Brew, 118 E. Washington: Kayci Detweiler (metalwork jewelry)
- Found, 208 S. Main: Graber Family Artists (various)
- Goshen Brewing Co., 315 W. Washington: Nathan Pauls and Sadie Misiuk (ceramics)
- Goshen Theater, 216 S. Main: David Allen (painting)
- Inn on South Fifth, 320 S. Fifth: Kimberley Lichty (painting)
- Maple City Market, 314 S. Main: Melani Redding (painting)
- The Photographers Guild, 212 W. Washington: work of guild members (photography)
- The Green Bee, 111 E. Washington: Naila Suleiman (multi-media)
- The Hawks, 215 W. Madison: Hawks Residents (various)
- The Nut Shoppe, 204 S. Main: Jessie Swihart (ceramics)
- The Painted Finch 118 E. Washington (2nd floor): Kathy Stiffney and works by members of the Goshen Painters Guild (painting)
- Soapy Gnome, 210 S. Main: Melanie Helmuth (ceramics)
- Woldruff’s Footwear, 129 S. Main: Deb Potis (photography)
DGI announces the First Fridays Well-Crafted Arts Tour, presented by the Elkhart County Convention & Visitors Bureau, April 5 from 5-8 p.m. in Downtown Goshen. Local artists, hosted in lovely spaces provided by various downtown businesses and organizations, present a diverse array of dynamic creations to show and sell. Kids can explore complimentary makers activities and crafting sessions throughout the event, and can tour the elementary art exhibit—a collection of pieces made by young people in the community. Participating downtown locations, while hosting artists, will also offer regular dining and shopping options at this longstanding First Fridays event.