Our next Sugar Creek Arts Festival will be held on July 11 & 12, 2020
2020 Festival Timeline
Applications are Due: March 20, 2020
Notification Date: April 8, 2020
Festival Dates: Saturday, July 11 and Sunday July 12, 2019
July 14 & 15, 2018 in Uptown Normal
Judges Peter Olson (NIU Art Museum Assistant Director) and Alfonso Gosálbez Berenguer (local Artist and Teacher) served as judges of the 35th Annual Sugar Creek Arts Festival in Uptown Normal.
Prizes are as follows:
Best of Show: Desiree Swanson, Minooka, IL
First Place Fine Art: Lydia Puddicome, Urbana, IL
First Place Fine Craft: Luis Villa & Jennifer McKenna, Galesburg, IL
Second Place Fine Arts: Cathy Engberg, Peoria, IL
Second Place Fine Craft: Lisa Slotky, Chicago, IL
The D. Bill Memorial Prize for Best Use of Recycled Material: April Sepich, Helenville, WI
The Sugar Creek Arts Festival is now rated as the 100th Best Fine Arts Festival in the United States!
We are honored to so valued by our artists.
July 13, 2019 -------10 am - 5 pm
July 14, 2019 -------11 am - 4 pm
in beautiful Uptown Normal!
We would love to have you, or your group, volunteer at the Sugar Creek Arts Festival!
Do you have a scout troop or other group looking to volunteer?
Contact our director, Doug Johnson, at doug@mcac.org to learn more!
Saturday, July 13
Roundabout Broadway
10:00 Leah Marlene Sugar Creek Cloggers
11:30 Charlie Hayes & Brian Stear Joe Zaklan Band
1:30 Jeni B. Edward David Anderson
3:00 Sarah Quah Banjovi, Hawkins & Anne
Sunday, July 14
Roundabout Broadway
11:00 twång Joe Zaklan Band
1:00 John Wahl One Foot In
2:30 Leah Marlene Shuga Beatz
The shows are free and open to the public, with donations of any amount appreciated.
"One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure"
Saturday, July 14 at 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM
Sunday, July 15 at 12 noon and 2 PM
Free and open to the public, donations appreciated.
Elmo and Big Bird live in the United States, while Hu Hu Zhu lives far away in China.However together they discovered that they still see the same Moon and stars at night!
"Incoming! Asteroids, Comets, and the Hard-Hitting Stories of Our Cosmic Origins"
Saturday, July 14 at 12 noon, 2 PM, and 4 PM
Sunday, July 15 at 1 PM and 3 PM
Free and open to the public, donations appreciated.
Narrated by “Star Trek’s” George Takei, "Incoming!” explores what impacts from space teach us about the history of our planet, the solar system, and the universe!
The ISU Planetarium is located in the Felmley Hall of Science Annex, at the corner of College Avenue and School Street in Normal.
