We are proud to be the Education Day community partner, supporting free BUTTER Fine Art Fair admission for hundreds of local students and everyone 17 and under all weekend long.
After you've visited BUTTER, extend your artistic expression with a visit to The Children's Museum. From 2D art to live theater—and everything in between—we offer a whole breadth of artistic expression opportunities and experiences every day!
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After you've visited BUTTER, extend your artistic expression with a visit to The Children's Museum. From 2D art to live theater—and everything in between—we offer a whole breadth of artistic expression opportunities and experiences every day!
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Meet Our 2025–26 Visiting Artists
Each year, the museum recruits exceptional artists with Indiana ties to publicly present and teach their work through the Visiting Artist Program. The artists interact and inspire children and families with art exhibits, displays, and hands-on workshops.
Don't miss the opportunity to spark your creativity and explore art with these passionate experts.
Don't miss the opportunity to spark your creativity and explore art with these passionate experts.
Kyng Rhodes
Kyng stands as a contemporary whose work aims to transcend the canvas, radiating with vibrancy, color, and profound expressiveness. Born with a natural inclination towards the arts, Kyng has evolved into a creator whose distinctive style invites audiences into a world where every work “spotlights” the mundane and the divine experiences of life. His work, characterized by its vivid hues, organic motifs, spiritual undercurrents and influences.Kyng and his work have been mentioned and featured in several publications including Ebony, Forbes, and New York Times.
Kyng's Visiting Artist Workshop
Johnson Simon
Johnson is a painter who captures movement in his colorful works of art. He was born with a disability that limits his movement, but he has always been fascinated by motion. He uses art as his movement.Johnson's paintings are inspired by sports, dance, and activities like running. When he paints, he imagines stopping time to capture a single moment. He puts the energy and movement from that moment into his artwork.
Johnson's Visiting Artist Workshop
Permanent Art-Related Exhibits
Dinosphere Art Lab
Become a paleo art storyteller and pair real science with your creativity to draw, sculpt, and design a day in the life of a dinosaur.
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National Art Museum of Sport
Become inspired by sport-related art. Then put yourself in the artist’s shoes and create your own masterpieces!
Playscape®
Children 5 years old and under can explore and create in an Art Studio and Music Room in an area created just for them.
Lilly Theater
Familiar and surprising stories burst to life on stage in seasonal plays designed for all ages.
American POP
Explore fiber arts and fashion as you create your own signature look in an exhibit dedicated to all things pop culture.
Dinosphere Art Lab
Become a paleo art storyteller and pair real science with your creativity to draw, sculpt, and design a day in the life of a dinosaur.
Learn More
Learn More
National Art Museum of Sport
Become inspired by sport-related art. Then put yourself in the artist’s shoes and create your own masterpieces!
Playscape®
Children 5 years old and under can explore and create in an Art Studio and Music Room in an area created just for them.
Lilly Theater
Familiar and surprising stories burst to life on stage in seasonal plays designed for all ages.
American POP
Explore fiber arts and fashion as you create your own signature look in an exhibit dedicated to all things pop culture.
Start planning your visit
Not sure where to start? You'll find everything from hours and parking to food and accessibility on our plan your visit page.
Participating Past Indiana Visiting Artists
Rebecca Robinson
ess mckee
Ashley Nora
Deonna Craig
Israel Solomon
The Visiting Artist Program is a project of the Lechleiter Indiana Visiting Artist Fund with support provided by The White Oak Foundation, Sarah and John Lechleiter.
