On this special segment of Behind the Mitten, Carla Flanders of the Lakeshore Art Festival talks about all the reasons why you want to visit this year's event, June 25-26, 2022, in downtown Muskegon.

The annual event is a unique and artful experience, featuring a blend of fine art, handcrafted goods, music, food and fun in beautiful downtown Muskegon.

To add the excitement, the festival will host international street artist David Zinn, who will create 8-10 pieces of art throughout the Lakeshore Art Festival footprint. Festival guests are encouraged to scout out and find each of the pieces of art as a fun scavenger-hunt type of exploration.

One piece will be a permanent art piece that will add to the already vibrant public art collection that downtown Muskegon has to offer. To accompany David Zinn on his quest to find art in everything (even little cracks in the sidewalk), the festival invites the community to take part in the PADNOS Public Art Project on June 25 from 4-6 p.m. Anyone and everyone can get creative and “Chalk-the-Walk” along Western Avenue within the festival footprint. More on David Zinn at https://zinnart.com/.

Hours of the Festival are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, June 25, and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, June 26.

Learn more about the Lakeshore Art Festival at https://lakeshoreartfestival.org/.

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