LCA's events connect our community while offering rich artistic and cultural experiences.

Join us for an evening of art and community and enjoy complimentary light bites and a cash bar!

Lubeznik Center for the Arts (LCA) is excited to partner with Dunes Summer Theatre for a special First Friday event on September 5, showcasing the vibrant voices of local playwrights. The event will feature concert-style readings of excerpts from two full-length plays currently in progress, Backfire and Facebook.This is a unique opportunity for writers to hear their work brought to life in front of a live audience and connect with the local arts community.

On display in LCA's NIPSCO Art Education Studios will be exhibits by Area Artist Association member Patty Mershon-Schaeffer and Elaine Wilson. Mershon-Schaeffer taught art from first grade through twelfth grade for 32 years. Patty has a BA from Pennsylvania State University and art teacher certification from the University of New Mexico and a master’s degree from University of Notre Dame. She primarily works in acrylic, paper sculpture and print making, leaning toward designed realism.

Wilson has MFA in painting from Yale School of Art and her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis School of Art. Wilson’s direct, light-filled landscapes reveal the specific nature of a place through repeated encounters with a site. She values slow looking to discover what is going on there and to find its unexpected lyricism. She often chooses sites related to issues of displacement, disruption and inequity. Her Charting the Wolverine project chronicles what you see when you ride the Amtrak train from Ann Arbor, MI to Chicago.

As always, admission is free!

Kids, bring your favorite grown-ups for a day of art with LCA! Enjoy a free day of art making at our new mobile art gallery, "Color in Transit!" Snacks are provided for visitors to enjoy. Guests are invited to create their own weaving or add to a collaborative weaving. All are welcome! ¡Hablamos español! ¡Todos son bienvenidos!

This program is supported by the Michigan City Community Enrichment Corporation (MCCEC), Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation and Lynn & Allen Turner.

Enjoy a tour around locations in Sandra Young's book, "Divine Vintage," set in Michigan City, Indiana’s vibrant Uptown Arts District. Sandra will lead the walk with Allison Goshorn of Michigan-based walking tour company, Blue Bonsai.

The Story Walk will touch on the area’s rich history and modern-day attractions, beginning at 10 a.m. at Barker Mansion — the inspiration for haunted Carver House in "Divine Vintage." The group will also stop by Good News Vintage, Trinity Episcopal Church, Horizon Bank, Michigan City Public Library, City Hall, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, and The Old Lighthouse Museum. The tour includes rest stops, coffee and water breaks, etc. Afterwards, join the group for lunch at Shoreline Brewery, where the budding romance blooms in the book.

Click the link to register!

Join Teen Arts Council (TAC) on Thursday, September 25, from 4:30-6 PM (Central) at Lubeznik Center for the Arts (LCA)!

Enjoy ice cream while fueling your creativity! Bring in your artwork to share with us while creating new sketches inspired by peers. Plus, take home a brand-new sketchbook to keep the ideas flowing. Come get inspired, make something new, and see where your imagination takes you. All materials provided.

TAC is always free and open to join for local creative teens ages 13-18. Contact LCA’s Education Director, Nelsy Marcano, at nmarcano@lubeznikcenter.org to register, or call 219.874.4900.

This event is exclusively for LCA donors.

Please join us for a special afternoon at the home of Anneke and Jan Dekker. Long time area residents, the Dekkers built a new home five years ago into the natural landscape at Tryon Farms. Using nature as their inspiration for both the architecture and the interior, their home is an elegant fusion of natural materials, colors and furnishings. The icing on the cake is their art collection, mostly from Africa where they lived for many years, and Anneke’s own magnificent artworks in many mediums.

Please RSVP to Nicole at nguenin@lubeznikcenter.org.

Join us on Friday, November 7 from 5-8 PM (Central), for the opening reception of the new exhibition LIT! Enjoy an evening out featuring spectacular art, hors d'oeuvres, a cash bar and chance to meet the curator of the exhibit.

The artists featured in LIT! use site-specific works that challenge viewers' sense of space and place using light, color and material experimentation. Both Maria Burundarena and Luftwerk create ephemeral, site-responsive works that explore the phenomena of color and light in relation to architecture, nature, data and historical or political contexts.

Join LCA’s engaging and knowledgeable curator as she take you through all of the amazing art pieces of the LIT! exhibition! Learn about the artists, their artwork, inspiration and process. You can even ask questions and join in on the lively discussion. An ASL interpreter will also be present.

Dig the Dunes' 2026 Calendar photo submissions are now OPEN! You can submit up to (3) photos. Deadline is October 15, 2026.

On December 4 all are invited to join us as we celebrate the photographers and release the calendar for sale. This is our TENTH year and we are so excited for it. There will be appetizers and a cash bar. This is a FREE event.As always, 10% of sales will go to Save the Dunes.

Link to submit photos: https://www.digthedunes.com/calendar-contest

Kids, bring your favorite grown-ups for a day of art at LCA! Enjoy a scavenger hunt through our galleries inspired by the LIT! exhibit. Snacks and artmaking are provided in our classroom spaces for visitors to enjoy. All are welcome! ¡Hablamos español! ¡Todos son bienvenidos!