Meet the 2026 ArtsGoggle Featured Artist
Some artists create beautiful work. Others help create the community that makes art possible. Casey Kleeb has done both.

The Near Southside is proud to recognize Casey as the 2026 ArtsGoggle Featured Artist.
For years, Casey has been a familiar face in the neighborhood—not only through her artwork, but through her unwavering support of fellow artists, local businesses, and community events. Whether participating in Third Thursday, exhibiting her work in local small businesses, or simply showing up to celebrate the creative spirit of the Near Southside, Casey has become an integral part of what makes this community so special. You might recognize her from her now-famous ‘KC’s Face-o-matic’ mobile portrait studio. Peering through a tiny window seated across from you, she allows you to pick a color, mood, and the level abstractness for your custom portrait. Then, just like a Polaroid photo, a custom artwork appears through a tiny slot featuring your face in all its whimsy. Or, you may have spotted her mural at The Holly Natural Wine Bar.

ArtsGoggle is a celebration of creativity and connection, and Casey embodies both. Her talent, generosity, and dedication to the arts have helped strengthen the vibrant culture that defines the Near Southside. Her illustrations always make us smile, and our team has loved watching other community members connect with Casey’s artwork over the years.
As we shine a spotlight on Casey Kleeb as our 2026 ArtsGoggle Featured Artist, we look forward to sharing her work and story with the community this fall. If you’re just learning about this great artist, we encourage you to follow her at Casey Kleeb. Save the date for ArtsGoggle 2026 presented by Frost on Saturday, October 24 from Noon to 10 pm to support Casey and 1,000+ of her artist colleagues on Magnolia Avenue.

This free-to-the-public, family-friendly event annually hosts more than 1,000 visual artists, 50 musical performances, artistic displays of every kind, food, drink, and fun for everyone. Unlike any event in Fort Worth, the festival exclusively focuses on highlighting the work of local artists, musicians, and performers of all media and experience levels. ArtsGoggle attracts a crowd of 80,000+ patrons that are as diverse as the event’s Near Southside neighborhood. Visitors are invited to park their cars and rediscover this revitalized urban district by Trinity Metro transit, by foot, or by bicycle.
ArtsGoggle started over two decades ago as the Near Southside’s own indoor gallery night. Designed to showcase the district’s revitalization efforts underway via newly established businesses hosting one-day open houses in partnership with local artists, the event remained almost exclusively indoors for a decade before spilling out onto the street. Today, visitors are invited to stroll artists’ booths on Magnolia Avenue stretching more than a mile in length.
ArtsGoggle prides itself in providing a casual, approachable, and vibrant environment for appreciating art and learning about the talents of our own community. This non-juried art festival is a launchpad for many artists showing their work for the first time. At the same time, ArtsGoggle draws some of the region’s most-celebrated artists as well. ArtsGoggle provides a supportive environment for aspiring and professional artists to display, sell, and discuss their work.


