The 36th Annual Art on the Commons Festival took place on Sunday, August 11, 2024.  Event details are below!

2024 Artist Awards 

Best of Show: Emily Cooper

2nd Place: Kara Lovell

3rd Place: Lauren Blackwell

Best Presentation: Becky Howard

Ohio's Best: Amy Noffsinger

Featured Artist: Megs LeVesseur

Peoples Choice Awards

Jane Nomura

Megs LeVesseur

Lauren Blackwell

Artist Awards

Vote for your favorite artist at the festival! The top three People's Choice artists will receive $100 prize provided by the Joan W. McCoy Memorial Art Fund. Awards will also be given by our onsite jury for Best of Show, 2nd, 3rd place, Best Presentation and Best of Ohio winners. Ribbons will be presented at the festival beginning at 3 pm and posted on this page following the event.

The WYSO Stage

91.3 WYSO brings the best of local music to Southwest Ohio and to this year’s festival! Find a bench, spread out in the grass or bring a lawnchair and enjoy the line-up by Juliet Fromholt, WYSO Music Director and host of Alpha Rhythms and Kaleidoscope.

Directions and Parking

The festival is located at Lincoln Park Civic Commons, adjacent to the Fraze Pavilion. You can use the following address to get to the festival: 675 Lincoln Park Blvd, Kettering, OH 45429.

Parking is free! Check out the Parking Map Here.

Bike to AOTC

Ride your bike to Art on the Commons! Bicycle parking is located by the information booth and the entrance to Fraze Pavilion, and representatives from Walk/Bike Kettering will be available to provide information about walking and bicycling in our city!

Thank you to our 2024 Art on the Commons event sponsors, including our media sponsor The Dayton Daily News, The Modern College of Design, 91.3 WYSO, Robert K. Jones Insurance,  The Wright Cut Hair Studio,  Heritage Architectural Associates, Dayton Art Solutions, Eudora Brewing Company, the Joan McCoy Memorial Fund and the Flower Shoppe.  This event is also made possible by support from the Ohio Arts Council, the Kettering Parks Foundation and the Kettering Arts Council.

The Art on the Commons Committee is comprised of Kettering and Dayton residents who support the arts by making this festival a success and include Mary Crockett,  Jane Dunwoodie, Pat Higgins (Event Chair), Terri Holman, Sue McCall, Thom Meyer, Georgiana Nye, John Schmidtz and Kayt Senn-Grilliot.  Emily Vaughn, the Special Events Coordinator at Rosewood Arts Center, is the city liaison.