Art Center’s ArtSplash is a family-centered art festival of exceptional quality that enriches our region’s quality of life by bringing the excitement of the visual arts to our community.
We are thrilled to be hosting the 29th Annual ArtSplash this coming Labor Day Weekend, September 2 and 3, 2023, from 10:00am – 5:00pm. We are happy to announce we will again hold the festival downtown on the Art Center campus this year! We are particularly excited to showcase our facilities to all the people of Siouxland: The Atrium and galleries of the Art Center, the studios of the Gilchrist Learning Center…they will all be utilized so we can have a fantastic festival! All your favorite festival folks will be there, and all the things you love about ArtSplash will be happening. We have exciting things planned and cannot wait for you to join us! Stay tuned to our website as we update with information on the 2023 festival!
ArtSplash is a project of the Sioux City Art Center. Proceeds fund education and exhibition programs and help the Sioux City Art Center remain free to the public.
Free shuttles and free parking available at the Tyson Events Center and Longlines Family Rec Center.
Exhibiting Artists
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Food Vendors
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Splash Artists
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Engage the Community Application
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Entertainment
Main Stage
Full Schedule
2023 Entertainment
Main Stage| Saturday, September 2 | Sunday, September 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30 AM | Paul Imholte | Paul Imholte |
| 11:30 AM | Mt. Zion Choir | |
| 12:00 PM | Amazing Arthur | Amazing Arthur |
| 1:00 PM | Chad Elliott & Kathryn Fox | Noah Towns & Chandler Todd - Dueling Pianos |
| 2:30 PM | Lion Dancers | |
| 3:00 PM | Siouxland Chorus & Barbershop Quartet | The Langleys |
Take a break from the heat outside, visit our newly updated Stark Lecture Hall, and enjoy a selection of films, courtesy of the Sioux City International Film Festival!
Activities
ArtSplash Kid’s Art Zone
We are thrilled to hold the ArtSplash Kid’s Art Zone in the (air-conditioned) Gilchrist Learning Center this year! Pop in to flex those creative muscles!
Kid’s Fun Zone
The Kid’s Fun Zone is awesome again this year! Amazing Arthur is back, along with face painting by Rainbow Trout and Friends! (You can also check out Amazing Arthur on the Main Stage at 12:00 pm on both Saturday and Sunday!)
Amazing Arthur
Rainbow Trout and Friends
Chad Elliott
Razzle Dazzle
Razzle Dazzle will be an unforgettable presentation of a collectively produced textile installation led by the Brooklyn-based artist Amanda Browder. Come by, meet Amanda, and learn more about this exciting project! (She’ll be stationed outside near the front entrance of the Art Center!)
FABRIC DONATIONS NEEDED
- Cotton, saturated color: patterns and solids.
- Sequins, florescent colors, and velvets welcome!
- Non-stretchy, opaque materials larger than 1 foot in one direction.
- No clothes, please.
Engage the Community 2023
Engage the Community is an informative and interactive area, taking place in the Sioux City Art Center’s Atrium and along 2nd Street, that allows for the Art Center to support other community partners in their initiatives to better our community. Visit their booths to learn more about these organizations and take part in the fun!
Saturday 10 AM–12 PM
Sioux City Public Library
Siouxland Cares
Junior League
Unity in Action
Siouxland Artists
Filmmakers Club
Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA
Human Rights Commission
LaunchPad
Vangarde Arts
Saturday 1 PM–3 PM
Iowa Lions Bank
Siouxland Community Health
Estrellas de Jalisco
Unity in Action
Siouxland Artists
Filmmakers Club
Human Rights Commission
LaunchPad
Vangarde Arts
Sunday 10 AM-12 PM
Siouxland Artists
Filmmakers Club
Iowa PBS
Long Lines Climbing
Vangarde Arts
Sunday 1 PM–3 PM
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Ctr
Sioux City Symphony Orchestra
Siouxland Artists
Filmmakers Club
Iowa PBS
Long Lines Climbing
Vangarde Arts
Food
Vendors
Need something to satisfy your hunger or quench your thirst?
Conrad’s Kitchen
Fifty-Nine Grind Coffeehouse
Gyros and More
Malli’s On Wheels
The Nut Hutte
Over Rice
Papa John’s Pizza
Tornado Funnel Cakes