COLOR THE CREEK - 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
Coming Aug 8-15, 2026!
2026 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
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Color the Creek is excited to host its 5th annual Youth Day on Wednesday August 12th at Mill Race Park in Downtown Battle Creek from 10am to 1pm.
Youth Day Activities include:
Learn how to Spray Paint with Local Street Artists
Tie Dye Station with New Union Market
Help us Paint a mural!
Flower Art with Plumeria Botanical Boutique
Chalk Art
Free Ice Cream Truck
& more!
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Que Calor Art Show at Café Rica (8pm to 10pm)
Color the Creek is collaborating with Café Rica and the Arts and Culture Collective of Battle Creek to put on a group art show featuring the artwork of over 20 local artists. Come enjoy this Gallery exhibit, good music, and specialty drinks to close out your night of supporting the Arts in Downtown.
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Join us Downtown Battle Creek for our 10-year anniversary celebration! Our free Street Party will feature Live Music and DJ Performances, Live Mini-Mural Competition, Food Trucks, Art Vendors, and Kids Activities
Color the Creek -
2025 Recap
Color the Creek 2025 was a weeklong festival held in Battle Creek, MI in August 2025. The Festival included 12 new murals painted throughout Battle Creek by world-renowned graffiti artists, muralists, and local artists.
The week also featured multiple community events including a Youth Day, opening party at Torti Taco, and Downtown Art Hop Festival that included a Chalk Art competition, Downtown Disc Golf, live music and more - bringing together more than 5,000 people over the course of the week.
COLOR THE CREEK - OVER THE YEARS
Color the Creek 2021 Recap
Color the Creek x Black Lives Matter Mural (Juneteenth 2020)
WHAT WE DO
Public Art
Since 2016, Color the Creek has collaborated with local, regional, and national artists to produce over 60 large-scale murals in neighborhoods spread across Battle Creek
Community Building
Color the Creek has produced 35 community events that have brought together over 30,000 people and over 3,000 Youth - through events like Youth Day, Pop-Up Gallery Shows, and Block Parties.
Special Stories
Her Voice Carries - 2019
In the Summer of 2019, Sarah Rutherford of Rochester, NY brought her National mural project “Her Voice Carries” to Battle Creek as part of our Annual Street Art Festival.
This mural features features Eridania Nieves of Haverhill, MA. Her guiding light was quoted on the wall, as follows: “Sé el adulto que necesitabas cuando eras niño.” (Be the adult you needed when you were a kid).
Blue the Great - Los Angeles, CA (2019)
“Here and There” - Blue the Great joined us in Battle Creek in August 2019 to paint a vibrant, playful mural of his iconic mummy character. Blue is a passionate, masterful artist who took time out of his schedule to join our Youth Day event and paint with the kids of Battle Creek. We appreciate the magic he brought to Battle Creek, proven by this image of him floating in front of his own mural.
Tubs - Chicago, IL (2018)
Tubszilla of Chicago, IL joined us in Battle Creek for Color the Creek 2018. He painted this 6 color, 3000 sq. ft. Sanskrit mural in the heart of Downtown Battle Creek.
Mural Transcription
Keep pushing forward. We will stand strong. We will stand when the rest fall. We unite when they expect us to divide. I have hope, I have dreams. I have the vision for the future generations.
Mural located at 17 West Michigan (Back of Building)
Our Partners
“PUBLIC ART IS A GREAT VEHICLE FOR CREATING VISIBILITY AND MAKING PEOPLE FEEL SEEN”
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