2025 VISUAL ART EXHIBIT
Fringe celebrates bold artistic experimentation, showcasing artists' work across a spectrum of forms and genres. Artists are selected via lottery, and the exhibition is not curated.
EXHIBITION OPENING: Friday, September 5, 6-9pm.
See the work and meet the artists of the Elgin Fringe Visual Art Exhibition!
Side Street Studio's Gallery (FRINGE CENTRAL), 15 Ziegler Ct, Elgin, IL 60120
2025 GALLERY & FRINGE CENTRAL HOURS:
Fri, Sep 5 6–9pm + Visual Art Opening Reception
Sat, Sep 6 12–6pm
Sun, Sep 7 11am–3pm
Fri, Sep 12 3–7pm
Sat, Sep 13 12–6pm
Sun, Sep 14 11am–3pm
Fri, Sep 19 3–7pm
Sat, Sep 20 12–6pm
Sun, Sep 21 11am–3pm
Tue, Sep 23 3–6pm
Wed, Sep 24 5–7pm + Preview Party @Martini Room
Thu, Sep 25 4pm–9:30pm
Fri, Sep 26 3pm–11pm
Sat, Sep 27 11am–9:30pm
Sun, Sep 28 11am–4:30pm
2025 FEATURED ARTIST: ANNA LENTZ
Anna has created stunning poster and button designs for this year’s festival based on her original work, "Godmother Willow", showcasing her signature bold and captivating style. You may also recognize her work from “Going Places,” the 2024 Fringe Audience Favorite in Visual Art!
Anna Lentz is a visual artist and arts educator living in Dundee, IL. She studied anthropology, women’s studies, and studio art at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN as well as community art at California College of the Arts in Oakland, CA. She earned her MA in Art Education at School of the Arts Institute, Chicago, IL. Her research interests include community-based art education, hospitality, and vernacular art. Anna currently processes her emotions and life happenings through painting and sewing vibrant colors and shapes. For Anna, sewing with scraps and threads is meditative, magical, and comforting.
2025 VISUAL ARTISTS
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