Ten Things to See and Do at Art in the Park this September

The Lawrence Art Guild's Art in the Park returns for its 61st year this September 13-14. Art in the Park is a fine arts and crafts event held in beautiful, shade-filled South Park on the south end of vibrant downtown Lawrence, Kansas. Read on below to discover 10 things to see and do at this year's event!

Terry Evans

1. Discover unique art that you can’t find anywhere else

Art in the Park is known for hosting creative artists working in all mediums. You will be able to find artists that create sculptures from wire, framed work made with cord and lace, wooden animation machines, resin work, and hand-dyed and painted fabrics, as well as work in more traditional mediums such as painting and photography.

Ziyadath Radji

2. Find a perfect piece for your home

Have you ever fallen in love with a piece of art? Art in the Park is the place to do so. Artists offer large original statement pieces to small works that will fit upon a shelf and all sizes in between, including affordable, smaller originals or reproductions. With 70 2-D artists, you will surely find something for your home.

3. Delicious Food

Whether you are hankering for Delicias Del Sur’s South American fare, a pulled pork sandwich from Southern Star BBQ, cannolis from Ragusa’s Italian Cafe, a craft beer from Free State Brewery, or a corn dog, you’ll surely find something fun among our food trucks.

Kristen and Chris Cooper

4. Jewelry for all styles and budgets

Colorful glass that looks like candy, fantastic polymer clay creations, intricate enamel and silversmithing work, pieces created with tumbled Great Lakes stones or precious or semi-precious gems; all can be found at Art in the Park.

5. Listen to live music

Bands and individual artists will be performing at the gazebo in the center of the park. Bring a blanket or chairs to listen to the musicians. Our line-up includes Blues, Tex-Mex, Americana, Bluegrass, and more.

Terry Evans

6. Find wonderful woodworkers

One of our woodworkers harvests Douglas County wood that would otherwise be treated as waste and finds fantastic forms within it, creating sculptures and vessels. Another, using a process he developed himself, turns wood into fluid and colorful shapes. Others create tables, 2-D pieces, musical instruments, and more. 

Charley Forsyth

7. Learn about the artistic printmaking process

What makes a print a print? We have printmakers that create monotypes, reduction relief prints, stencils, linocuts, hand-printing, screen-printing, and more. 

Emma Hixson

8. Discover animals in paintings and sculptures

Find googly-eyed dogs with toothy grins, cavorting cats, sensitive watercolors of butterflies and beetles, bears pounding on drums, or snakes slithering around ceramics.

Janice Schoultz Mudd

9. Enter an artist’s imaginary world

Illustrative artists bring the lands they have created to their tents, from paintings and prints from the author and illustrator Jamin Still’s magical world of Hibaria, to Katie Barnes ceramic villages, to the highly detailed drawings of Nicholas Ringelstetter. Even Janice Schultz Mudd’s abstracts evoke landscapes and maps to explore.

Zoriana Lylo-Otkovych

10. Be inspired

Art in the Park features artists from Lawrence, Kansas, and around the country. Over 130 artists will bring their distinctive individual visions to South Park to share with you. They love to talk with you about their process and personal inspiration.