Dubois County Art Guild exhibit opens at Jasper City Mill
George Smith's new Gallery Walk exhibit opened at Jasper City Mill and will stay up through October, adding another reason to return downtown.
A new Dubois County Art Guild exhibit opened at the Jasper City Mill on June 23 and will remain on display through October 2026, giving downtown Jasper another steady stop for residents and visitors. The rotating Gallery Walk show changes every six months, and this installment features artist George Smith.
The exhibit is set inside one of Jasper’s most visible landmarks at 160 Third Avenue, where the city’s working grist mill still grinds corn and makes cornmeal for its Country Store. Memorabilia from the old Jasper mills is also on display, tying the art show to the site’s deeper history as well as its current use. The mill is open Thursday through Sunday, and city information lists the Jasper Parks & Recreation Department at 812-482-5959 and the mill itself at 812-482-4924 for hours and details.
Historic Jasper places the mill in the “Old Jasper” district along the Patoka River, an area it promotes as part of the city’s revived heritage corridor. That setting gives the exhibit a built-in audience of people already walking the riverfront, stopping at nearby attractions and looking for something to do in the center of town.
The long run matters for more than one weekend of traffic. Because the Gallery Walk display changes every six months, the mill does not depend on a one-time opening to draw interest. It keeps a local artist in front of the public for months, gives repeat visitors a reason to come back, and helps keep the historic building active between larger events in Jasper.
The exhibit also fits into a broader arts network in the city. Jasper Arts operates at the Thyen-Clark Cultural Center, which Visit Dubois County describes as the only municipal arts commission in Indiana. A separate Dubois County Art Guild show at Jasper Arts earlier this spring featured paintings, photography, prints and mixed media by Guild members from across the county, with free admission and work priced for a range of buyers.
For Jasper, the mill show is another small but durable anchor in a downtown that relies on regular activity, not just special occasions. With George Smith’s work on the walls through October, the Jasper City Mill remains both a working site and a reason to linger on Third Avenue.
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