East Lansing Art Fest

The East Lansing Art Festival has been a beloved community art event for the City of East Lansing, Michigan for more than sixty years. During Leslie’s tenure as Director, she led the planning, marketing, and fundraising activities for the event and also launched the festival’s first-ever Emerging Artist Program in 2002. She also elevated the ranking of the event to 29th Best Festival in the United States as determined by Sunshine Artist Magazine.