Year four is a wrap! The 2024 festival included two beautiful large-scale commissioned murals and one incredible community mural...

The fourth annual Art Seen Festival will be June 1-2, 2024. We are so excited to be bringing back our community mural concept, where YOU can paint with us!

Art Seen Festival would not be possible without these community supporters. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for your generosity to support our mission to strengthen our Midland County community through vibrant mural making and live performances.

The Art Seen Festival committee is so excited to announce that our call for artists for the 2024 festival is officially open! We have we have three mural sites this summer, and are thrilled to be partnering with three amazing local businesses who consistently give back to the community!

Public Arts Midland, an initiative of the Midland Area Community Foundation, is thrilled to announce its recent success in securing a $15,000 grant from the State of Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC) to support the upcoming 2024 Art Seen Festival.

Year three is in the books! The 2023 festival included a beautiful large-scale community mural being painted by local artists…

Do you want to keep a piece of the Art Seen Festival with you year round AND support us for next year’s festival? Grab a shirt and a a sticker or two from our brand new online shop!

We are looking forward to two evenings full of local musicians, brought to you by The Blue Light Studio, here in Midland, MI. Saturday June 3, and Sunday June 4, from 5:30-8:30pm…

The third annual Art Seen Festival will be June 3-4, 2023. We are so excited to be bringing back our community mural concept, where you can paint with us!

Art Seen Festival would not be possible without these community supporters. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for your generosity to support our mission to strengthen our Midland County community through vibrant mural making and live performances.

Today we want to deep dive into the story behind Grand Rapids Artist Maddie Chaffer’s mural from the 2022 Art Seen Festival: Home (Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow).

Year two is in the books! The 2022 festival included a beautiful large-scale community mural being painted by local artists…

Art Seen Festival would not be possible without these community supporters. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you for your generosity to support our mission to strengthen our Midland County community through vibrant mural making and live performances.

We are looking forward to two evenings full of local musicians, brought to you by The Blue Light Studio, here in Midland, MI. Saturday June 4th, and Sunday June 5th, from 5-9:30pm…

We are thrilled to bring you two new murals at the 2022 Art Seen Festival! The Ace Hardware mural, will be a community mural, where you can pick up a brush and be a part of the fun. The Little Forks mural, sponsored by Members First Credit Union…

The second annual Art Seen Festival will be June 4-5, 2022. We are so excited to be bringing back our community mural concept, where you can paint with us!…

We are super exited to announce that we have double the fun with TWO murals being created for 22!! We will see the return of our community mural concept AND we will have a commissioned mural opportunity…