The Arts Commission continues its 2025 Art Loop season with Art Loop: Young & Arty Summer Party, a celebration spotlighting the creativity and talent of young artists in the community. This free, family-friendly event will take place on Saturday, July 26, from noon to 4 p.m., on Adams Street in the uptown district of Toledo.
This year’s summer street party features a lineup of activities featuring and/or for young creatives: live performances, interactive activities, hands-on art stations, shopping with local vendors and food trucks.
Highlights include the Young Artists at Work (YAAW) Art Sale and the YAAW Alumni Exhibition, featuring artwork by more than 30 past YAAW apprentices and staff.
The art sale and alumni exhibition will be in the Portal at Toledo School for the Arts (TSA). Remarks celebrating the 2025 YAAW apprentices will take place at 1 p.m. in the Black Box Theater at TSA.
All entertainment and activities are free and open to the public. Food, beverages and art are available for purchase.
Event Details Adams Street (between 14th and 16th Streets) Exhibitions:
●Young Artists at Work art show ●YAAW Alumni Exhibition Art Stations:
●YAAW interactive stations ●Clearly Weird Tie Dye ●Mary Gaynier ●Mercé Culp ●Great Lakes Museum ●aMAYsing Kids Broadcasting ●Pineapple Press ●Imagination Station ●Goldfish Swim School ●Toledo Museum of Art Ambassadors ●UTMC Dermatology Activities:
●Henna by Kristin MacPhee ●Chalking by Caroline Jardine ●Caricatures by Isaac Klunk ●Face Painting Shopping:
●Young Artists at Work art sale ●Thrifter’s Market at House of Dow ●Vintage Clothing ●Artists Music and Performance: ●Bird’s Eye View Circus stilt walkers (1 to 3 p.m.)
●DJ Reese ●Performance Stage Food Trucks:
●Duce’s Dawgs ●Fatboyz by Al & Zoe ●Greek On The Go ●Jikoni ●LeeAna’s BanAnas ●Los Pollo Loco 419 ●Mac & Loaf’s Grill ●Quinn’s Concessions ●Swanky Scoops ●The Rolling Lemon Beverage Company This event is sponsored by the City of Toledo Department of Parks and Youth Services.
