Join Us for Nature in the Arts
Be inspired by the nature around you
Looking for new ways to find creative inspiration? Our free "Nature in the Arts" programs combine the outdoors with hands-on art experiences for all ages. The next upcoming event will be held at Meadowbrook on August 23, featuring guided hikes and take-home art projects.
Nature in the Arts @ Meadowbrook
Meadowbrook Nature Preserve * 109 W. 700 North, Valparaiso
August 23 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm CDT
Free
Art Barn School of Art and Chesterton Art Center are partnering with Shirley Heinze Land Trust for Nature in the Arts at Meadowbrook Nature Preserve on Saturday, August 23rd. This event is free and includes a variety of native plant-inspired art projects you’ll get to take home!
What to Expect:
- Visitors may stop by anytime between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. CDT
- Make a zine with Art Barn School of Art! Choose from frog, monarch, and tree life cycle templates.
- Create collages with Chesterton Art Center, and play around with different materials and textures to make your own tree!
- Contribute to a collaborative tree art project and watch the tree “grow” over the course of the event.
- Guided hikes will be led throughout the day.
- The Duneland Plein Air Painters will be painting throughout the preserve, capturing the late-summer scenes of Meadowbrook Nature Preserve.
- Food available for purchase through Mamacita’s Food Truck.
Nature in the Arts is an all-ages program offered by Shirley Heinze Land Trust connecting the art community and people to nature. We encourage individuals and families of all backgrounds and ages to participate. For our other Nature in the Arts events, check out our website.
Let us know you’re joining!
RSVP at https://heinzetrust.org/event/nature-in-the-arts-meadowbrook-2025/?blm_a...
Art Barn School of Art is a nonprofit dedicated to fostering the love of art for artists of all ages and abilities. Art Barn has a 50-year history and offers a full range of art education classes for children and adults as well as art exhibitions and cultural programs year-round, as well as a need-based scholarship program. For more information about the Art Barn, visit www.artbarnschool.org.
Chesterton Art Center is a vibrant hub of artistic and cultural activity in the Duneland area. CAC widens access to art, arts education, and outreach to build a creative community that includes everyone. For more information about upcoming exhibits, classes, workshops, and events at the Chesterton Art Center, visit www.chestertonart.org.
Duneland Plein Air Painters is a group of artists who travel weekly from May through October throughout NW Indiana and SW Michigan to paint dunes, beaches, farmlands, town squares, private gardens, and many other familiar sites. The beauty of this unique region is captured by the artists using a variety of techniques and media. If you find one of us painting, come say hello!