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Art on Main Fine Arts Festival

Situated in Canton’s downtown Jones Park, this annual Fine Arts Festival, hosted by Canton Main Street and held during the first full weekend of June, features original artwork from the best of our Midwest artists.

Now Accepting Artist Applications:

Become a Sponsor!

Sponsorship packages are offered to valued business owners, community organizations, and residents in the greater Canton area as a means to help fund our annual fine arts festival. We will promote each sponsorship level in specific ways as outlined in the sponsor packages sheet below.

2026 Food Court

Daisy Boba
Lewistown IL
(Boba milk tea, green tea, black tea, classic brown sugar milk tea, coffee
cubes milk tea, strawberry delight milk tea, Starbucks coffee.)

Spoon River Macaron Co.
Maquon, IL
(100% homemade, locally sourced French macarons.)

Starch Your Engines
Canton, IL
(Baked potatoes with a wide variety of toppings.)

The Pizza Guys
Pekin, IL
(7” or 9” Pizza, cheese or with toppings, margherita pizza, 9” gluten free crust available, chips, soda and water.)

Terrie Kay’s
Kettle Corn Company

Lewistown, IL
(Fresh kettle corn, caramel corn, pork rinds – plain or flavored, and candied pecans.)

Eats
Canton, IL
(Lemonade shake-ups, pretzels & beer cheese, churros.)

The Food Barn
(Pork chops, boneless wings, tenderloins, pizza burgers and appetizers.)

Lefty’s Parlor
(Premium hand-dipped ice cream.)

2026 Music:

TBD

2026 Wine: Spoon River Junction Winery

Dry

Junction White – Made with local grapes, this dry white is great served chilled on its own but is crisp enough to work well with a variety of foods. Pineapple and stone fruit shine on the nose.

Spoon River Red – This bourbon barrel-aged red is great with a wide variety of foods, from burgers to bbq to pizza. Soft cherry fruit on the nose and palate is balanced with soft vanilla and caramel notes, and a light bourbon finish.

Junction Rosé – This one was also made with local fruit, in the tradition of rosé wines from northern Italy. Intense flavors of strawberry, rose, and passionfruit dominate the nose and palate. It’s very crisp and refreshing, and perfect for picnics!

Semi

Cherry – Cherries are used in all kinds of cocktails and even a popular additive to commercial whiskeys. This is a serious fruit wine, with a depth of character due to bourbon-barrel aging.

Honey-Apple – Made with local honey and apples. This unusual co-fermentation improved the overall complexity and richness of the palate. The wine was then aged in bourbon barrels for 3-4 months prior to bottling.

Sweet

Wildflower –This wine is a blend of two aromatic white grapes: one derived from a German grape and one from a type of Muscat variety. The end is result is a delicious powerhouse white with intense floral and fruit aromas, sweet honey on the palate, and a long lingering finish.

2026 Exhibiting Artists

2025 WINNERS

BEST IN SHOW – Barry & Linda Lane, Ceramics – Chatham, IL
MAYOR’S AWARD – Arlaina Light, Mixed Media – Brook, IN
PEOPLE’S CHOICE – Morgan Elser – Peoria Heights, IL
KID’S CHOICE – Carol Harp – Rochester, IL
BEST CERAMICS – Karen Fiorino – Makanda, IL
BEST JEWELRY – Gayle Carper – Macomb, IL
BEST GLASS – Randy & Joy Turner – Paris, IL
BEST MIXED MEDIA – Linda Weathers – Dixon, IL
BEST PAINTING/DRAWING – Joel Popp – Carbondale, IL
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY – Jason Haupt – Canton, IL
BEST SCULPTURE – Joe Peters – Lewistown, IL
BEST WOOD – Terry Reeves – Oakley, IL

Sat., June 6, 2026
9:00am – 4:30pm
Sun., June 7, 2026
9:00am – 3:00pm

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For any questions regarding Art on Main please contact: mainstreet@cantonillinois.org


Thank You to our 2026 Sponsors!

Masterpiece – $1,000
Walmart
City of Canton
Canton Main Street

Patron – $500
CEFCU
Kemper Construction
Illinois Arts Council
State Farm-Chuck Taylor
Two Rivers Arts Council

Partner – $200
Ron & Cheryl
Bielema
Blick Art Materials
Jane & Bill Buckley
Crawford’s Home Furnishings
Gigi Davis
Davis Sand & Gravel
Dempster Insurance Agency
Edward Jones-Rusty Melhouse
Edward Jones – Greg Glomb
Fairview State Bank Jim Maloof Realtors
Judy Leitze
Bobbie & John McCarthy
MidAmerica
National Bank
Monical’s Pizza
Orwig Auto Body
Warner & Donna Stuckey
Spoon River Junction Winery

Sponsor – $100
Bank of Farmington
Bard Optical
Bar-Mac Farms
Crawford’s Home Furnishings
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
Larry & Diane Nelson
Kathy Meyers
Progressive Vision Center
Rhoades Real Estate
Wagner Farms

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and local funds from the Two Rivers Arts Council.