It has been a sudden shock to learn that Inkwell Book & Art Festival 2025 will exclude visual artists this year in the city of Palmdale. Many artists in the Antelope Valley have successfully participated in this event for the past few years and there are new artists who were looking forward to participate this year. We find this disappointing.

There are also artists who have been creating art all year preparing for this annual event. This new decision has rocked the visual art community in Palmdale.

It is so important to visual artists because we create for the love of it and inkwell has always given artists the opportunity to display art and to make art available for sale to the Palmdale residents. It is the only event that’s open for artists without requesting a huge entry fee. We would hope that the decision makers would reconsider excluding visual artists this year.