TOLEDO, OH: Prepare to immerse yourself in Toledo’s arts scene this summer as The
Arts Commission invites you to join them for a series of captivating Art Loop events.
Explore the local creative community through celebrations of art, artists, and
spaces that inspire a vibrant Toledo.
Art Loop is a program of The Arts Commission, presented in partnership with the
artists and participating venues who make it possible. All Art Loops are free
community events.
2024 Art Loop Schedule:
Art Loop: Art in the Park | Saturday, June 15 | 12-4 pm
Glass City Metropark | 1505 Front Street
The Arts Commission partners with Metroparks Toledo for a first-ever Art Loop in
the Park! This free community event celebrates art, natural spaces and the Glass
City. Enjoy art activities and demonstrations, craft stations, music, roller skating, a
scavenger hunt, bike tune-up station and more. This event also marks the
one-year anniversary of Glass City Metropark and the brand new installation of
the public work of art, Field of Histories.
Art Loop: Young Artists | Saturday, July 27 | 12-4 pm
Adams Street, between 14th & 18th Streets
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of our Young Artists at Work (YAAW)
program, The Arts Commission is partnering with Toledo School for the Arts for a
young and arty summer party! The free community event highlights activities
featuring and/or for young creatives: The annual YAAW art exhibition and student
art sale, craft stations, youth performances, music and dance, art demos, thrift
and vintage merchants, a Handmade Toledo mini maker’s mart, food trucks and
more.
Art Loop: Dancin’ in the Streets | Saturday, September 21
Superior Street at Madison Avenue
Toledo’s dance community takes to the streets again this year! In conjunction with
Momentum Festival’s full line-up of art and culture activities, Dancin’ in the Streets
helps to “kick off” The Arts Commission’s 65th anniversary celebration with an
afternoon line-up of live contemporary, ethnic, traditional and interactive dance
performances.
Art Loop: Poetry Slam | Friday, November 8 | 6-9 pm
Collingwood Arts Center | 2413 Collingwood Blvd.
This first-of-its-kind event in Toledo – held in the historic Collingwood Arts Center
(CAC) – spotlights talented local and regional poets and spoken word artists. The
evening features a poetry slam competition, live music, ekphrastic writing
activities, and a selection of CAC artists’ tables. Free and open to the public, with
snacks and drinks available for purchase.
About The Arts Commission
The Arts Commission is the longest standing arts commission in the state of Ohio,
founded in 1959, administering the City of Toledo’s One Percent for Art Program
since 1977. The Arts Commission is supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council and
by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.