In partnership with the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, made possible with generous support from Bailey Edward architects
WISCONSIN DELLS, WI-Arts Wisconsin, Wisconsin’s statewide arts service, advocacy, and development organization, today presented its fourth annual Arts in the Community Awards at a ceremony during the League of Wisconsin Municipalities’ 114th annual conference at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, WI.
These awards, presented by Arts Wisconsin in partnership with the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, honor local officials and civic leaders around the state who have championed the arts as integral to economic, educational and community vitality and demonstrate exemplary advocacy, support, volunteerism, and philanthropy on behalf of the arts on the local level. Award winners for 2012 were selected by a panel of civic leaders from a highly competitive statewide pool of nominees.
The 2012 Arts in the Community Awards are made possible with the generous support of Bailey Edward, an award-winning architectural firm based in Rhinelander, WI; Chelsea, MI; and Chicago and Champaign, IL.
The 2012 Arts in the Community award winners are:
Anastasia Shartin, Visual Arts Director, and the Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI. In the past 10 years the Phipps, with Anastasia’s leadership, has utilized regional visual artists, community organizers, environmental groups, university and local officials to help clarify and address the accelerated changes that have materialized in the St. Croix Valley area. Anastasia and the Phipps Center have played a critical role in developing and advancing What We Need is Here (the title of a poem by writer Wendell Berry), a program that rallies issues and actions for organizations that address issues significant to the St. Croix Valley, such as the watershed and land use, changing rural landscape, developing social capital, and building community through the arts.
Marlene Doerr Kreilkamp, Founder and Director, and SHARP Literacy, Milwaukee, WI. SHARP Literacy, Inc. energizes urban schoolchildren to become confident, capable readers, writers and researchers, using the visual arts as a tool to engage young minds and reinforce learning. The goal of the SHARP program is to use the power of art to inspire critical thinking skills, thereby helping children explore and retain key vocabulary words and concepts in science, social studies, and language arts. SHARP has served over 70,000 students from first through fifth grade in public, private, parochial, choice, and charter schools, many in Milwaukee’s inner city and near south side neighborhoods.
Arts in the Community awards are unique works of glass art designed and created by Matthew Heindl of Maatwerk Studio in Blue Mounds, WI.
Previous Arts in the Community award winners are:
Spring 2012:
State Sen. Sheila Harsdorf, River Falls
State Sen. Bob Jauch, Poplar
2011
Bill Schierl, President, Arts Alliance of Portage County, Stevens Point
Mayor Jeff Scrima, Waukesha
2010
Lois Smith, founder of “Walls of Wittenberg,” Wittenberg
Julia Taylor, President, Greater Milwaukee Committee, Milwaukee
The Green Bay Neighborhood Leadership Council’s Beautification Committee, Green Bay
The Hometown Gazette newspaper, Clayton
2009
Carol Kratchowill, Vice PResident,, Sauk County Art Association, Merrimac
Menomonie Mayor Dennis Cropp and former Dunn County Board member B. Jane Hoyt, supporters of the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts, Menomonie
Arts Wisconsin is Wisconsin’s voice for the arts: the premier independent statewide membership organization speaking up and working for the arts, arts education and creative economy across Wisconsin. The organization’s mission, to speak up, advocate for, and advance the arts, creativity and culture throughout Wisconsin, connects and serves the wide-ranging, diverse and creative constituency of people, organizations and communities making the arts come alive in every corner of Wisconsin. More information about the arts in Wisconsin and Arts Wisconsin is at http://www.artswisconsin.org.
The League of Wisconsin Municipalities is a voluntary nonprofit and nonpartisan association of cities and villages that acts as an information clearinghouse, lobbying organization and legal resource for Wisconsin municipalities. More information about the League is at http://www.lwm-info.org.
For over twenty years, Bailey Edward has redefined responsive architecture for clients that serve, support and protect the public. The success of the firm’s approach – emphasizing measurable project management, inventive problem-solving and responsive client service – is evidenced by its enduring client relationships and acclaimed, unorthodox solutions. The firm believes that creativity, professionalism and responsiveness are integral to its ultimate achievement – exceeding expectations. More information about Bailey Edward is at http://www.baileyedward.com.
Additional Arts in the Community awards will be presented by Arts Wisconsin in partnership with the Wisconsin Towns Association, information TBA.
The partner organizations congratulate these individuals and their communities and salute their outstanding accomplishments, as well as those of all the nominees.
For more information on the Arts in the Community awards and the arts in Wisconsin, contact Anne Katz, Executive Director of Arts Wisconsin at 608 255 8316 | akatz@artswisconsin.org | http://www.artswisconsin.org.
