Celebrate the art of Lake Street and experience two days of mural painting with Crazy IN Style Artists as they create new public art on Old Miller Ave and Lake Street in Miller Beach.
Watch two nationally recognized crews, Midwest Masters and ATT, and Miller Beach artist Grace Krupchak at work creating new murals for Miller!
- Enjoy music by MonoSOUL and Trino Cavazos, curator of music.
- Visit Lake Street Shops to be entered in a free raffle.
- Take part in creating a community mural.
- Try out a bike from Gary’s Cycle 219 bike share program.
- Join a guided tour of the Lake Effekt project – two streets of existing murals painted over 10 years.
Free and open to the public.
CISA is recognized as Indiana’s oldest Latino artist cooperative, a milestone highlighted in their upcoming exhibition, Still Crazy: 40 years of the Crazy IN Style Artists, opening at South Shore Arts in August.
The collective’s pieces often blend bold graffiti lettering with vibrant color palettes and exaggerated forms, creating high‑energy visual language that becomes part of a neighborhood’s identity. In communities impacted by disinvestment, these works don’t just beautify spaces—they spark connection, visibility, and pride. Today, CISA remains a cultural force—mentoring young artists, collaborating with community groups, and amplifying regional identity through public art. Their legacy endures in the murals that shape neighborhood landscapes and in the generations of creatives they continue to inspire.
ATT (Always Top Tier) was founded in 1987 by East, who was originally from Crown Point, Indiana, and cut his teeth in East Chicago, Indiana, with the HitMen and World Famous CISA crews. With over 20 active members, scattered mainly throughout the Midwest and overseas, Always Top Tier consistently delivers quality in all its productions, whether at a festival, in a competition, or just for fun!
Midwest Masters is a collective cut from the same ATT cloth; it’s a movement that lives by the same principles of style, where quality over quantity reigns supreme.
Marshall J. Gardner Center for the Arts
540 S. Lake St.
Gary, IN 46403
millerbeacharts.org
219/885-9114
Susie Young Baxter, CEO, has published PanoramaNOW Magazine for 31 years. Her hobbies are Camping, Boating, Hiking, Nature, Gardening and Outdoor Activities. She is an Artist, Graphic Designer, an Avid Seamstress, Dabbles in Homemade Crafts and Landscaping. Since her Father was a Health Teacher, she also likes homeopathic Health Solutions. Since blogging started over 10 years ago, PanoramaNow has been added to Newsbreak – a national news affiliate.
