TIFFIN, OHIO – March 28, 2025 - The annual Third Thursday Artist Stroll will return to Downtown Tiffin on Thursday, April 17, from 5 to 8 p.m. The event gives local artists a chance to showcase and sell their work inside participating downtown businesses, offering a unique way for the community to experience art.
This year’s event will feature a wide variety of art forms, including watercolor, acrylic, and oil paintings; leather goods; embroidery and crocheted items; custom folded books; and glass ornaments. There will also be a variety of jewelry styles including vintage, custom, and hand stamped.
Mayor Lee Wilkinson shared, "The Third Thursday Artist Stroll is a wonderful celebration of creativity and community in Downtown Tiffin. I encourage residents and visitors alike to come out, explore, and support the arts in Tiffin. There’s something for everyone to enjoy."
In addition to the artist displays, the Tiffin Municipal Arts Commission (TMAC) is sponsoring sidewalk chalk stations throughout downtown, giving attendees of all ages a chance to contribute to the creativity. A coloring page station for kids will also be set up inside the Laird Building.
Smokin’ Sows BBQ food truck will be in City Parking Lot 5 for those who’d like to grab an on-the-go bite while enjoying the event. Visitors are also encouraged to explore the many outstanding restaurants throughout Downtown Tiffin, offering a variety of dine-in and carryout options to suit every taste.
Downtown Tiffin is currently looking for artists to participate in this year’s event. Artists will be matched with local businesses. Interested artists can sign up by April 3 at https://forms.gle/ZoZzQqZKyxWDj7Wv6.
The 2025 Third Thursday series is sponsored by UIS Insurance & Investments, Reineke Family Dealerships, Croghan Colonial Bank, Mercy Health–Tiffin, and Destination Seneca County.
More Artist Stroll details and a list of participating locations can be found at www.downtowntiffin.org/events or on the Downtown Tiffin Facebook event page.
[pictured: Linda Shetzer, Artist Stroll 2024]
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About Downtown Tiffin
The revitalization of downtown Tiffin began in 2011, when a group of community members came together to form “Tiffin Tomorrow”, with the goal of promoting and encouraging economic development in Downtown Tiffin, and creating plans, programs, and actions to ensure long-term vitality and prosperity. In 2014, the City of Tiffin contracted with SIEDC to act as the downtown organization and “Tiffin Tomorrow” came under the SIEDC (now TSEP) umbrella as the “Downtown Development Board,” which serves as the governing board of the downtown organization. In 2015, Tiffin joined Heritage Ohio’s Main Street Program. For more information, click here.
About Heritage Ohio
Heritage Ohio promotes economic growth through the preservation and revitalization of downtowns and neighborhoods across Ohio. Heritage Ohio is the coordinating agency for the Ohio Main Street Program and is the designated statewide Ohio preservation partner with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Through saving the places that matter we can all build a community and live better. Learn more about how to become involved by visiting www.heritageohio.org.
About Main Street America
Main Street America leads a movement committed to strengthening communities through preservation-based economic development in older and historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts. For more than 40 years, Main Street America has provided a practical, adaptable, and impactful framework for community-driven, comprehensive revitalization through the Main Street Approach™. Our network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Since 1980, communities participating in the program have generated more than $101.58 billion in new public and private investment, generated 168,693 net new businesses and 746,897 net new jobs, rehabilitated more than 325,119 buildings, and levered over 33.7 million volunteer hours. Main Street America is a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, visit mainstreet.org.
