Marshall J. Gardner Center For The Arts
Upcoming events
- ‘At That Moment’ photography by Anne Evans At That Moment
- Doug Davis OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY OCTOBER 13, 2023 6-8 PM ARTIST TALK SUNDAY OCTOBER 22, 2023 2:30 PM - 4 PM
- 2023 Halloween Bash Lake Street's First Costume Dance Party!
- 2023 Community Show Artists from Gary, Connected to Gary, that have not been exhibited in our gallery
Past events
- Fest in the First
- Kevin Blake Artist Talk Let's meet and discuss "Living Like Larry"
- Opening Reception Kevin Blake "Living Like Larry"
- The Rocky Horror Show (7/30) MILLER COMMUNITY THEATRE 2023
- The Rocky Horror Show (7/29) MILLER COMMUNITY THEATRE 2023
- The Rocky Horror Show (7/28) MILLER COMMUNITY THEATRE 2023
- The Rocky Horror Show (7/22) MILLER COMMUNITY THEATRE 2023
- The Rocky Horror Show (7/21) MILLER COMMUNITY THEATRE 2023
- Kevin Blake Opening Reception Friday August 4th
- Artists’ Talk – Buckmaster+Anderson Celebrating the Beauty of the Indiana Dunes
- Celebrating The Beauty of the Indiana Dunes
- Tough Love
- SO FAR — Artist Talk and Book Signing Nancy Hejna discusses her artwork, poetry and prose
- MAKE, DO, MEND! Saturday Morning Art Class offers a Mending Clinic
- Water Safety Social Fundraiser Featuring Jamrose
- Art & Craft Supply Swap Clean out your closets and join our swap to raise funds for future art classes the MBACD
- SO FAR – Opening Reception Join us for the First Friday event on Lake Street
- Pasta Palooza Parade 3rd annual Parade moves to the Spring because September was just too hot!
- Drawing with Chris Toepfer Saturday Morning Art Class
- All In Jest Trivia The Final Challenge ....until next autumn.....
- So Far Nancy Hejna artwork in Exhibit
- Sunday Morning Pilates Class Pilates on Sunday Mornings at the MJG
- Climate Follies A Collection of Short Plays by Jim Poyser
- Drawing with Chris Toepfer Saturday Morning Art Class
- Nick Danger Trio — Live On Lake Street All the cool kids will be there.... Sponsored by Pettit Accounting - Thank you Wendy!
- Message from the Soul Of Our City Jamika Smith returns to the Gardner Center to create the Miller Chair. RSVP required.
- Message from the Soul Of Our City Jamika Smith returns to the Gardner Center to create the 'Miller Chair' RSVP required.
- Sunday Morning Pilates Pilates on Sunday Mornings at the MJG
- Sunday Morning Yoga Yoga Sunday Morning at the MJG
- Drawing with Chris Toepfer Saturday Morning Art Class
- FIRST FRIDAY LAKE STREET FEARSOME FABLE - TOLERABLE TRUTH exhibit by Tom Torluemke continues.
- Sunday Morning Pilates Class Pilates on Sunday Mornings at the MJG
- Sunday Morning Yoga Yoga Sunday Morning at the MJG
- GELLI PLATE MONOTYPE PRINTING CLASS Saturday morning art class
- All In Jest Trivia Season 2 Game 7
- Live On Lake Street – CXPITAL Cxpital is a 3-piece Indie/Alternative Rock band from Northwest Indiana.
- Dare To Be Wild – Hygge Movie Sunday Miller Garden Club Hygge Movie Series
- Fearsome Fable – Tolerable Truth Tom Torluemke returns to the Gardner Center
- Artists’ Talk – Black History Is History Meet the exceptional talents that came together for this exhibit
- Sunday Pilates Join Angie Reens for an awesome stretch to start the week
- Sunday Morning Yoga Beginner's Yoga with Anna Martinez
- Saturday Morning Art Class Gelli Plate Monotype Printing
- Documentary Movie – “Leontyne Price Sings”
- Saturday Art Classes Join us on Lake St on Saturday Mornings
- All In Jest Trivia Join us for the best trivia game in the Region!
- COLD WAX, HOT ART Patty Roberts returns with art instruction in the use of cold wax and oil paint to create abstract artwork
- Patti Shaffner Live On Lake Street
- Black History Is History Curated by Angel Knight
- All In Jest Trivia Season 2 Game 5
- The Gardener Miller Garden Club Film Series
- Nick Danger Trio Live on Lake Street
- Akeelah and the Bee Movie Night @ MBACD
- Community Vision Board Event Free and Open to the Public
- D.C.M.T. LIVE First Friday January
- ALL IN JEST TRIVIA — Game 4 The fun continues.....
- Holiday Movie Night! — ELF Join us for a modern-day movie classic
- ARTIST TALK — Community Show 2022 Random Acts of Creativity
- MILLER COMMUNITY THEATER — Fundraiser See select performances from Madwomens Late Nite Cabaret
- Cookie Walk First Friday December • FIRST FRIDAY COOKIE WALK – December 2nd – This event is part of The Shops on Lake Street First Friday Celebration – Buy cookie boxes and get a map of participating businesses at Vibrations, Ayers Realty, Lake Street Gallery, and Indie Indie Bang Bang for $10 each in ADVANCE of this event as supplies are limited!
- HOLIDAY MOVIE NIGHT — ELF Come enjoy a seasonal favorite and support the Marshall J Gardner Center for the Arts!
- Everglades of the North & Shifting Sands History, environmental perspective, and a National Park.
- OPENING RECEPTION – “In The Company of Nature” Meet the Artists -- Angela Saxon and Royce Deans
- The Csicsko Kid — ARTIST TALK – October 7th, 6 – 8 pm An Affection for the Calumet Region and the City of Chicago
- All In Jest Trivia Night Season 2 Premiere
- TEDxGary
- Take an Art Class! Creating Abstract Art Using Oil and Cold Wax Technique with Instructor Patty Roberts
- Artist Talk With Raymar Brunson & Terra Cooks
- Jamrose Live On Lake Street
- Take an Art Class! Creating Abstract Art Using Oil and Cold Wax Technique with Instructor Patty Roberts
- Art of Business Workshop
- Mad Women’s Late Nite Cabaret
- Opening Reception Photography by Raymar Brunson & Terra Cooks
- Local Visions Photography by Raymar Brunson & Terra Cooks
- Farm-to-Table Dinner Experience with Chef Lucero Martinez-Donato
- Hurricane Reggae Band Live on Lake Street Summer Music Series
- Juneteenth on Lake Street NWIBCC 3rd annual Freedom Day Celebration
- 5 + 3 = ∞ Work by Ish Muhammad
- Open Auditions Mad Women’s Late Nite Cabaret
- Family Yoga Miller Movement Classes, first Saturday of every month.
- Movie Night! Empire Records
- What’s Your Name, Who’s Your Daddy? A Play By Jeanette Yoffe
- Quilts! By Chris Sass, featuring Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry
- Indiana Humanities Waterways Film Tour
- 80’s Trivia Night Game V: The Season Finale
- Chicago Blues All-Stars First Public Performance in over 2 years!
- Artist Talk – Searching for Balance in Chaos
- Opening Reception – Searching for Balance in Chaos
- Trivia Night! Game IV
- Searching For Balance In Chaos Explore the works of Teresina Pavel and Patty Roberts
- Meet The Artists Celebrating Black Heritage
- Movie Night! Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Four for February Celebrating Black Heritage
- Four for February Celebrating Black Heritage
- TEDx Gary Watch Party Celebrate Women's History Month
- Trivia Night Every last Thursday of the month
- Trivia Night Every last Thursday of the month
- Movie Night Some Like It Hot
- MLK Day The 15th Annual MBTP Martin Luther King Community Summit
- Anti-Racism Mural Project South Shore Arts Student Artwork
- Movie Night Join us for a special showing of Elf (2003)
- What Now? Join us for TEDx Gary Women!
- Community Art Show
- Holistic Life Foundation
- Monologues for this Moment Experience the 11th Annual Al Boswell Playfest
- Kristin Hersh Meet the author
- Artists’ Talk The Decay Devils discuss their 2019 trip to Pripyat, Ukraine
- Chernobyl & Chicken
- Opening Reception & Book Release Party
- Chernobyl Experience With The Decay Devils
- Layers Layered paintings by L. Lee Ligocki
- I Know I Am But Who Are You? Paintings by Sara Peak Convery, Randy Buvala, Tony Lipka, and Gary Price
- A Cultural Bridge Lillian Porter Attinasi Artist Retrospective
- Plein Air Competition Novice and Experienced Categories
- Art Still Lives fundraiser Art sale and cocktail party
- Art From Excess II Artist Talk II by Chris Toepfer
- Art From Excess II 2D and 3D paintings and sculptures from found objects by Chris Toepfer
- Artist Talk Unapologetically Noir
- Community Photos Apologetically Noir
- Round Table Talk
- Unapologetically Noir Tyrell Anderson
- Haiku Workshop
- Artist Talk
- Opening Reception Suzy Vance's Uncharted Territory
- Unchartered Territory Fibre Art Exhibit
- Constance Volk
- Book Signing Medley of Art: The Richness of Living in Community
- Medley of Art The Richness of Living in Community
- Painters Printing: Miller Edition Monotype Printing by Angela Saxon, Anne Corlett, Royce Deans
- Joe Rauen Live Music With Handmade Instruments
- Industrial Sights Photographs by Matthew Kaplan and Robin Michals
- Mid-Century Living Acrylic paintings by Dan Nelson
- Lake Effekt Mural Art Festival
- Living Mid-Century An Exhibit of paintings by Daniel Nelson
- Dance, Song, & Soul Food Celebrate Black History Month
- Smooth Willie Fultz band! Live on Lake Street
- Chair Yoga With Dave
- Yoga With Dave
- Anatomy of Artists Group Art Exhibit
- Artist Talk with Marty Bohn About "Definitive Moments"
- On the Table Community Discussion
- Marisol Miranda salsa band Live on Lake Street
- Definitive Moments Photography Exhibit
- Rebecca & Co! Live on Lake Street
- The JEGS Live on Lake Street
- In Her Own Style Art exhibit
- One Mic Youth music and spoken word performances
- Haunts Urban Exploration Photography Exhibit
- What Do You Want To See? A Community Discussion
- Kevin Firme Solo Exhibit
- Holiday Bazaar
- Five Foot Two A documentary film about Lady Gaga
- Community Meeting about Ming Ling Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson—Lake Street Development
- Artist Talk: Larry Lapidus Portrait Exhibit
- Shoreline Committee meeting (Miller Citizens Corporation)
- Larry Lapidus Portrait Exhibit
- Plein Air Event and art sale/reception
- Reconnect An exhibition of landscape paintings
- Shoreline Committee meeting Miller Citizens Corporation
- Hometown Gems Through the Eyes of Jim Wilson, Della Schaller, Dale Fleming
- Shoreline Committee meeting Miller Citizens Corporation
- Copper Guilding Artist Demonstration with Kei Constantinov
- Artists’ Journey Group art exhibit
- Summer Artisan Fair
- The Great Pretender A documentary film about Freddie Mercury
- Dual Insights Carole Stodder and Tom Brand Paintings
- Just US Roosevelt High School student art exhibit
- Farmers Market Fundraiser Chili cookoff, dancing, silent auction and more!
- Time Ghost Gregg Hertzlieb
- Mocha Flavored Clouds
- Rosenwald Documentary Film
- Paint It Black Art Exhibit
- CommUNITY Station exhibit
- Joy Rides A documentary film about outsider artist Wesley Willis
- Holiday Artisan Fair 2017
- Show Off People Who Collect
- Night of the Living Dead
- Closing Ceremony
- Mani Stone Painting Workshop Part of the Sacred Arts Tour
- Butter Sculpture Workshop Part of the Sacred Arts Tour
- World Peace Sand Mandala Construction
- Opening Ceremony
- Gallery of Horrors
- American Ballet Theatre A documentary film
- Scary Stuff! Watch it Grow!
- On the Table Community Discussion and Meal
- Miller Citizens Corporation Shoreline Committee Meeting
- The Pain’t in My Life Art exhibit by Parris Gill, Sr.
- Not Fade Away Music Photography by Bobby Talamine
- Me, Myself & I Jesse Johnson art exhibit
- Black Ice Corky Gray art exhibit
- Drum Circle for First Fridays!!!
- Bette Midler A documentary film
- Lake Effekt 2017!
- Art Extravanganza From Lighthouse Charter Schools
- Conflict Prints, Sculptures and Assemblage
- Open Mic Poetry Readings
- Gary Poetry Project workshop
- Get Surreal With The Paintings Of Doug Davis
- April Artisan Fair
- The Art Within Rebuilding Through Preservation
- Fats Domino A documentary film
- Vanguards II Hope, Disappointment and Future History
- Calumet Heritage Partnership meeting Open to the public
- Poetry Reading
- Heroes’ Quest The Indiana Dunes State Park Radio Play and Puppet Show
- Annual Holiday Artisan Fair
- Althea Documentary Film
- Jeff Manes Book Signing
- South Shore Soup Microfunding dinner
- Reframing Histories
- Cinema and Cocktails Gary International Black Film Festival Eve
- Objectified Mathias 'Spider' Schergen's solos art from found objects exhibit and workshop
- South Shore train double track project – meeting with NICTD
- Cut From a Different Cloth Reception and art exhibit featuring Corky Gray
- Access 4 All Film Premier
- Home Tour Lake Michigan Modern
- Lake Michigan Modern Miller Beach Exhibit
- Jeff Manes Book Signing
- Music/Movement Workshop – African Expressions for Kids (6-12 years)
- Nelson Algren Photography Exhibit By Art Shay
- Nelson Algren Festival
- Music/Movement Workshop African Expressions for Kids (6-12 years)
- Amy Winehouse Documentary Film with introduction by Larry Lapidus.
- Intro to Manga Japanese comic drawing art class (12—Adult)
- Yoga for kids Ages 6—12 years
- June Pop Up Artisan Fair
- Sand and Steel Iron Sculpture Exhibit
- Bead Town is BACK!!!
- Lighthouse Charter School Student art showcase and silent auction
- Intermediate Drawing For Adults
- Intermediate Drawing Ages 8-10
- Poetry, Films and Popcorn Celebrating National Poetry Month with live readings and films
- Soup and Screen Film, soup and silent auction to benefit the Miller Beach Farmers Market
- Spring Pop Up – Artisan Fair and cafe
- Community Conversation With Save the Dunes / National Lakeshore
- Beginning Drawing classes For Adults
- Beginning Drawing classes – ages 8-10
- Jeff Manes Book Signing
- Straight Shooters Photography Exhibit featuring Bob Palmieri and Larry Lapidus
- What Happened, Miss Simone? Documentary Film
- Turning Trash into Treasure Found Art Workshop
- Vanguards Moving 'Out Here' to Miller
- Finding Lucy Documentary film about Lucille Ball
- Zentangle Adult drawing classes
- Exhibit and Silent Auction For Miller Doors
- Miller Doors Painting Workshop
- Footsteps in the Dunes A radio play spotlighting 3 ecologists: Diana, Cowles and Douglas
- All Worth Their Salt Book signing and live storytelling with Jeff Manes
- Richard Pociask Art Exhibit
- Calumet River Project
- Watercolor and More Art class, ages 16 and up
- Calumet River Project
- The Unwonted
- If These Walls Could Tell Storytelling Event
- Collective Perspectives Photo Exhibit
- Action Group Workshop Organized by Miller Spotlight
- Tibetan Monks Sand Mandala Opening Ceremony And Initial Viewing
- When You’re Strange A Film About The Doors
- Saving The Dunes Artist Path Exhibit
- I Am Divine A Documentary Film
- Love: Lost & Found Organized by Tim Petrites
- Holiday Bazaar Pop-Up Arts & Crafts
- Bead Town Art Exhibit and Workshops
- Motown Christmas Concert Live Band
- The Power of Song A documentary about Pete Seeger
- The Maestro A film about Arturo Toscanini
- Aggregate Valparaiso University Art Faculty Exhibit
- Everglades of the North An award-winning film
- Dual Nature Art Exhibit
- The Dream Continues Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Line Drawing Hannah Barnes Exhibit
- Sacred Arts Tour Tibetan Monk Sand Madala Painting
- Classic Auto Show & Pop Up Art
- Where’s the Magician When You Need Him? Tom Torluemke
- Exit Through the Gift Shop Lecture/Movie
- Wirt Emerson Visual & Performing Arts Art, Music, & Dance Performance
- The Concert Years Lecture/Movie about Judy Garland
- FDR Ed Asner Performance
- Outsider Art Lecture with John Cain / Susanne Craig
- Denny Davis Retrospective Art Exhibit
- Leontyne Price Sings Lecture/Movie
- Father of Modern Photography Lecture/movie about Alfred Steiglitz
- In an Indescribable Vessel And Moving Rapidly Toward An Indistinct Shore
- To Be Designed SAIC Graduates
- La Davina The Life & Career of Maria Callas
- Michael Jackson Visions Exhibit & Films
- Emerging Perspectives Ball State Graduate Artists
- Craig Smith Galleries Exhibit & Pop Up
