Gold Coast Art Fair Now in Grant Park

Saturday June 7 and Sunday June 8

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Bringing art to Grant Park

By Megan McKinney

Celebrating 67 years of a Chicago tradition, the Gold Coast Art Fair returns to Chicago’s Grant Park this season on Saturday June 7 and Sunday June 8. Bring your friends and family to browse thousands of art pieces from hundreds of artists. Take a break at one of three oases with tasty treats, live music and chilled potables Make your masterpiece at the painting classes, and encourage the children become creative in the Kids Art Zone with art projects, face painting and caricatures. Be sure to look for Kid Friendly Art Tent and Live Art Demo stations to interact with the artists! Attendees are also invited to bring their gently used art where it will be donated to Chicago Furniture Bank, a nonprofit organization that distributes furnishings and art to those leaving shelters and moving into permanent housing.

Year after year the Gold Coast Art Fair continues to be a marvelous venue for exposing even very young childen to art.

The Gold Coast Art Fair was founded by a Chicago journalist, the late Arnie Matanky. After almost a decade of writing news for other people, Arnie began his own publication, The Near North News, in 1956 to cover the area of Chicago dearest to his heart—the Near North Side. Two years later, to attract business to the same area, he co-founded the Gold Coast Art Fair, which—now in Grant Park—draws thousands of visitors every summer.