Editing Naperville, Illinois (section)

=== Art ===
Naperville is home of the [[Naperville Independent Film Festival]], an annual [[film festival]] which features the work of [[independent film]]makers.<ref name="NapervilleFilmFest8Days80Flicks">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=321508&src=2 | title=Naperville Film Fest: 8 days, 80 flicks | author=Jenco, Melissa | date=September 17, 2009 | publisher=[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)|Daily Herald]] | access-date=September 27, 2009 | archive-date=June 9, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609022736/http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=321508&src=2 | url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:H. A. Unger House (8645885026).jpg|thumb|H. A. Unger House (built 1883), in the Naperville Historic District]]
The Naperville Municipal Band is a nonprofit organization founded in 1859.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.napervilleband.org|title=nmb1859|website=Naperville Municipal Band|access-date=January 8, 2018|archive-date=January 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108131043/https://www.napervilleband.org/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://napersettlement.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/314|title=314|website=Naper Settlement|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218192926/http://www.napersettlement.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/314|archive-date=December 18, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=January 8, 2018}}</ref> They perform a summer concert series in Naperville's Central Park, as well as several other concerts around the city, and are made up of over 90 volunteer musicians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.napervilleband.org/calendar|title=nmb1859|website=nmb1859|language=en|access-date=January 8, 2018|archive-date=January 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109181012/https://www.napervilleband.org/calendar|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-keller-band-st-0729-20150730-story.html|title=Music man Ron Keller marks 50 years leading Naperville band|last=Carlman|first=Susan Frick|work=Naperville Sun|access-date=January 8, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=January 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109063744/http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-keller-band-st-0729-20150730-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Naperville Art League hosts the Riverwalk Fine Art Fair annually, and the event has been running since 1984. The Riverwalk Fine Art Fair hosts artists who work in forms such as painting, ceramic, wood, jewelry, fiber, photography, glass, and metal.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 6, 2021|title=Art Talk – Riverwalk Fine Art Fair is back for its 36th year|url=https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2021/09/06/art-talk-riverwalk-fine-art-fair-is-back-for-its-36th-year/122986|access-date=January 10, 2022|website=Positively Naperville|language=en-US|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409092922/https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2021/09/06/art-talk-riverwalk-fine-art-fair-is-back-for-its-36th-year/122986|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Century Walk Corporation, founded in 1996, is a nonprofit organization who commissions sculptures, murals and mosaics to be placed throughout the city. As of February 2021, the organization has placed 51 statues, and over $4 million worth of art. Notable statues include the 9 foot tall statue of comic book figure [[Dick Tracy]], Laughing Lincoln, a life size statue of 30 year old [[Abraham Lincoln]], and the Dan Shanower Sep 11 Memorial, which includes a steel beam from the World Trade Center and rubble from the Pentagon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Century Walk {{!}} News|url=https://www.centurywalk.org/news/article.cfm?prID=63|access-date=January 10, 2022|website=www.centurywalk.org|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409092922/https://www.centurywalk.org/news/article.cfm?prID=63|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Alleman|first=Annie|title=Naperville's Century Walk marks 25 years of free public art|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-ent-naperville-public-art-0219-20210210-mry7sfqfkbcffmwfjwxq5wbjye-story.html|access-date=January 10, 2022|website=chicagotribune.com|archive-date=April 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409092922/https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-ent-naperville-public-art-0219-20210210-mry7sfqfkbcffmwfjwxq5wbjye-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>