With toast-worthy events happening year-round, there’s always something to celebrate in Downtown Napa! Take a peek at what’s coming up and start planning your next adventure.
NAPA LIGHTED ART FESTIVAL
January 21st - February 19th, 2023
Monday - Thursday 6-9pm | Friday - Sunday 6-10pm
January 21st- January 29th Projection artwork is back and will be displayed on 3 iconic downtown
buildings for the first 9 nights of the festival.
The Napa Lighted Art Festival is a celebration of creative arts, technology and lights, and supports innovative techniques using light and light technologies as a growing art medium. This walkable outdoor experience is FREE in Downtown Napa featuring 10 lighted art sculptures for five weeks and projection artwork on three iconic downtown buildings for the first nine nights of the festival. Bring the family and experience the magic of lighted art at the 2023 Napa Lighted Art Festival!
Meet the Artists
Learn more about the artists and their artwork in person! Several of our artists will be visiting the festival and will be available for a more intimate perspective into their background, artistic process, story behind their installation and any other question you may have for them.
This event is FREE for the community
6pm - 7pm Saturday, February 18th
Mia Carta
1209 First Street Napa, CA 94559
Featured Artists & Sculptures
Martin Taylor/Chromaforms - "Seed of Dreams"
Seed of Dreams is a 13' tall sculpture of a human head, eyes closed, in a deep trance or dream state. Geometric perforations resonate outward from the forehead, emitting light from an internal source by night and reflecting the golden interior by day.
OGE Group - "Jellies of the Sky"
Mesmerizing, colorful and gentle. Jellies of the Sky shines a light on climate change, the disentanglement from nature, the crave for new technological bodies and the ever pushing for new habitats.
Luciana Abait - "AGUA"
Agua is a multichannel video artwork of a waterfall cascade. Often displayed large scale, and at times on the exterior of a building, the water pours down the surface offering a moment of delight, contemplation and joy. It represents cleansing, rebirth and new life with the hope that it can bring renewed awareness that will transform into actions to alleviate climate change and water preservation.
NOEMI PRUD'HOMME - Jewellery's Voices
Jewellery's Voices is an artwork about the beauty of ornaments. Ornaments progressively recover the facade, changing the aspect of the architecture into a colorful jewel. Patterns sing, evolve and blend together, giving birth to new shapes, over and over again, revealing infinite details everywhere. This artwork gives place to a luxurious imaginary world to be contemplated.
Where to Stay
Choose from countless lodging properties, from world-class luxury hotels to charming bed and breakfast inns, all conveniently located within easy walking distance to Downtown Napa
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Lantern Parade
Saturday, February 11, 2023 - 6:30pm
Start & Finish at Veteran's Park
Lantern Creation Station | 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Main Street between Second St. and Third St. (while supplies last)
The Napa Lighted Art Festival Lantern Parade is a family-friendly "art after dark" experience that takes place in Downtown Napa.This short half-mile loop starting and finishing at Veterans Park is energized by live music by Cosmos Percussion Electric and the featured artist, YOU! We invite community members to participate and create their own unique lantern to carry on the parade route. Lantern designs are to be inspired by your creativity and they are encouraged to be uplifting and imaginative!
This is a free public event for all ages. Strollers are okay but no bikes allowed.
Luminescent Grand
Friday, February 17th, 2023
6:30pm - 8:30pm | Veterans Park
Luminescent Grand is the world's first synesthetic grand piano. Utilizing LED technology this grand piano simulates the experience of synesthesia via a spectacular colorful light show. A classical, jazz and electronic fusion music set will be performed on Luminescent Grand by its creator, William Cenoté, along aside LED violinist Shaina Evonik.
This is a FREE public event for all ages.
Beyond the Festival
Extend your stay and enjoy all that Downtown Napa has to offer. From boutique shopping to wine tasting rooms and leisure activities, there's plenty to do to keep you pleasantly occupied.
Quent Cordair Fine Art Gallery
Chuck
Williams Culinary Arts Museum
diRosa Center for Contemporary Art
The Hess Collection
Downtown Utility Boxes Art Wraps
Downtown Audio Tours with
Otocast
SPONSORS
Funding for the Napa Lighted Art Festival provided by the Napa Lodging Association
Technical Production Provided by A3 Visual
City of Napa
Public Art Division
707-257-9529
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