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Upcoming events in this series

Free Community Yoga

Instructed by Mary Schons

Thank you City of Gary ARPA grant and Legacy Foundation – Transform Lake County for supporting our community wellness — Free Community Yoga Sunday mornings 10 am at the Marshall J Gardner Center for the…

Allison Svoboda

Confluence: Nature as Medium

Allison is an internationally exhibited artist who often creates delicate, ephemeral installations of paper and other materials. Nature is her inspiration.

Greater Tuna

Miller Community Theater presents!

Come along on this fun-filled ride as we meet and get to know these wacky characters, all portrayed by two actors.

Work In Progress

Calling all visual artists.

Join other practicing and aspiring visual artists for an informal peer-to-peer review session to share artwork and ideas. Contact Teresina at tpavel2@sbcglobal.net , or 219-777-5162, for details. RSVP’s appreciated, but not required.

Gelli Plate Botanicals Workshop

With instructor Catherine Sollman

Join us for an open studio sponsored by The Legacy Foundation.

Closing Night

Life Drawing

Open Studio

Join us for an open studio sponsored by The Legacy Foundation.

All in Jest Trivia

With Josh Gamble

A game of smart-ass random facts second to none in the region. Trivia master Josh Gamble will challenge your knowledge of the obscure and fantastic! Teams of up to 6 allowed. Drink specials and champagne service…

Sue Reyman & Ginny Takacs

Floral photography and paintings

This will be an exhibit inspired by the garden.

Rashelle Roos & Joe Agati

Paintings and sculpture

Rachelle Roos and Joe Agati are local artists, well known to the community, promising a dynamic, multi-faceted exhibit.

Past events in this series

Work In Progress
April 2024
Mending Clinic
March 2024
All in Jest Trivia
March 2024
I Love Lucy Documentary
March 2024
Silver Screen Filmmakers Club
March 2024
Linocut Printmaking Workshop
March 2024
Cookie Decorating
March 2024
Fools and Dreamers
March 2024
The Black Experience Martin Luther King and Beyond
March 2024
Ravioli and Sauce
February 2024
All In Jest Trivia
February 2024
VAGINA MONOLOGUES
February 2024
Miller Garden Club Movie
February 2024
Blooming Out of Trauma
February 2024
Open Studio Drawing
February 2024
Free Community Yoga
January 2024
Recycled Printmaking
January 2024
All In Jest Trivia
January 2024
Miller Garden Club Movie
January 2024
Free Community Yoga
January 2024
Patti Shaffner & BP3 Jazz Trio
December 2023
Holiday Cookie Decorating
December 2023
Drepung Gomang Northwest Indiana Sacred Arts Tour
December 2023
Holiday Printmaking
December 2023
Our Community Wonderland
December 2023
Artopia Therapeutic Meditative Art
November 2023
Dickens' A Christmas Carol, A Readers Theatre Version
November 2023
Doug Davis
October 2023
2023 MBACD Golf Outing
September 2023
Fest in the First
September 2023
At That Moment
September 2023
The Rocky Horror Show (7/30)
July 2023
The Rocky Horror Show (7/29)
July 2023
The Rocky Horror Show (7/28)
July 2023
The Rocky Horror Show (7/22)
July 2023
The Rocky Horror Show (7/21)
July 2023
Kevin Blake
July 2023
Artists' Talk - Buckmaster+Anderson
July 2023
Celebrating The Beauty of the Indiana Dunes
June 2023
Farmers Market 2023
June 2023
Tough Love
May 2023
SO FAR — Artist Talk and Book Signing
May 2023
Water Safety Social Fundraiser
May 2023
Art & Craft Supply Swap
May 2023
SO FAR - Opening Reception
May 2023
Pasta Palooza Parade
April 2023
Drawing with Chris Toepfer
April 2023
All In Jest Trivia
April 2023
So Far
April 2023
Sunday Morning Pilates Class
April 2023
Climate Follies
April 2023
Drawing with Chris Toepfer
April 2023
Fearsome Fable - Tolerable Truth
March 2023
Saturday Art Classes
February 2023
Patti Shaffner
February 2023
Black History Is History
February 2023
All In Jest Trivia
January 2023
Nick Danger Trio
January 2023
Akeelah and the Bee
January 2023
Community Vision Board Event
January 2023
D.C.M.T. LIVE
January 2023
ALL IN JEST TRIVIA -- Game 4
December 2022
Random Acts of Creativity
December 2022
The Csicsko Kid -- ARTIST TALK - October 7th, 6 - 8 pm
October 2022
All In Jest Trivia Night
September 2022
Michael Young & Friends
September 2022
Seventh Annual MBACD Golf Outing
September 2022
TEDxGary
September 2022
Take an Art Class!
August 2022
Artist Talk
August 2022
Jamrose
August 2022
Take an Art Class!
August 2022
Art of Business Workshop
August 2022
Mad Women’s Late Nite Cabaret
August 2022
Opening Reception
August 2022
Local Visions
July 2022
The J’s 3
July 2022
Farm-to-Table Dinner Experience
June 2022
Hurricane Reggae Band
June 2022
Juneteenth on Lake Street
June 2022
5 + 3 = ∞
June 2022
Open Auditions
June 2022
Family Yoga
June 2022
Movie Night!
May 2022
What’s Your Name, Who’s Your Daddy?
May 2022
Miller Community Theatre
May 2022
Quilts!
May 2022
Indiana Humanities
April 2022
80's Trivia Night
April 2022
Chicago Blues All-Stars
April 2022
Trivia Night!
March 2022
Searching For Balance In Chaos
March 2022
Meet The Artists
March 2022
Movie Night!
March 2022
Four for February
March 2022
Four for February
March 2022
TEDx Gary Watch Party
March 2022
Trivia Night
February 2022
Trivia Night
January 2022
Movie Night
January 2022
MLK Day
January 2022
Anti-Racism Mural Project
January 2022
Movie Night
December 2021
What Now?
December 2021
First Friday Cookie Walk
December 2021
Community Art Show
December 2021
Holistic Life Foundation
December 2021
Monologues for this Moment
November 2021
Kristin Hersh
November 2021
Artists' Talk
October 2021
Chernobyl & Chicken
October 2021
Opening Reception & Book Release Party
October 2021
Chernobyl Experience
October 2021
Layers
August 2021
I Know I Am But Who Are You?
July 2021
A Cultural Bridge
June 2021
Art Still Lives fundraiser
May 2021
Art From Excess II
May 2021
Art From Excess II
May 2021
Artist Talk
March 2021
Community Photos
February 2021
Unapologetically Noir
February 2021
Giving Tuesday
December 2020
Unchartered Territory
November 2020
Constance Volk
October 2020
Book Signing
September 2020
Golf Outing and Dinner
September 2020
Medley of Art
September 2020
Painters Printing: Miller Edition
August 2020
Joe Rauen
August 2020
Lake Effekt
June 2020
Farmers Market 2020
June 2020
Farmers Market 2021
May 2020
Funky Mojodaddy
March 2020
Living Mid-Century
March 2020
Smooth Willie Fultz band!
February 2020

Upcoming events

April

5th
Allison Svoboda Confluence: Nature as Medium
12th
Greater Tuna Miller Community Theater presents!
20th
Gelli Plate Botanicals Workshop With instructor Catherine Sollman
21st
Closing Night
25th
Life Drawing Open Studio
26th
All in Jest Trivia With Josh Gamble

May

5th
Artist’s talk by Allison Svoboda
5th
Mudballs Workshop by Allison Svoboda

June

7th
Sue Reyman & Ginny Takacs Floral photography and paintings

July

19th
Rashelle Roos & Joe Agati Paintings and sculpture

August

30th
Cydney Lewis & Art Garcia Collage and paintings

October

11th
Felix Maldonado Selected paintings

November

15th
Gallery break Our gallery will be closed in late January while we prepare for our 2024 community show.

December

6th
2024 Community Show Artists from Gary, Connected to Gary, that have not been exhibited in our gallery
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Miller Beach Arts & Creative District

Mailing address:

P.O. Box 2405, Gary, IN 46403
219-885-9114
MBACDarts@gmail.com

Gallery Location:

Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts
540 S. Lake Street, Gary, IN 46403
Open Friday and Saturday, 6—8pm, and Sunday 2—4. Find us on , , and Instagram.