The Whitewater Arts Alliance earlier this week announced that it is the recipient of a $3,000 grant from the Wisconsin Arts Rescue Program (WARP).
According to a recent news release, the WARP award was created in response to the continuing pandemic, and provided funding to art organizations for pandemic-related losses sustained due to the cancellation of programming, operations, and events.
The alliance was granted the funds in December of last year.
WARP is made possible through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the release stated, adding that the Wisconsin Arts Board distributed these funds to “help secure jobs and keep the doors open to the hundreds of arts organizations in Wisconsin that add value to the state’s economy and bolster the creative life of our communities.”
Funds can be used in five main areas of support: salary for staff positions, artist fees, rent and utilities, health and safety supplies and marketing and promotional costs associated with re-openings.
“These grant funds have been a big help in supporting our programming this year. This support, along with our members’ and sponsors’ support is crucial as we continue to feature local and regional artists in the gallery, and offer summer concert programming to engage the community,” Megan Matthews, co-president of the Whitewater Arts Alliance, was quoted as saying in the release.
To learn more about the Whitewater Arts Alliance and its programming, visit: https://www.whitewaterarts.org/.
Several plywood “pages,” created to serve as the Whitewater Arts Alliances’ most recent public art project, await placement along the city’s Main Street. The panels have since been hung from downtown lampposts and will remain available for viewing throughout the summer months. The project is one of several programs sponsored by the Whitewater Arts Alliance.
Sarah French, programming and maker space librarian at the Irving L. Young Memorial Library, Whitewater, decorates a “page” to be hung as part of the 2022 Spring Public Art Project. This year’s theme is “The Color of Literature.” French said her page features “The Secret Garden.” The page was begun during a workshop recently held at the library. The page, along with several others, can be viewed along the downtown portion of Main Street in Whitewater.
The Whitewater Arts Alliance’s most recent public art project is on display in downtown Whitewater. Wooden panels, made in the shape of book pages, can be viewed hanging from several of the city’s lampposts. This year, the alliance partnered with the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library to sponsor the art. This year’s theme is “The Colors of Literature.” The panel pictured is a representation of the Ernest Hemingway novel “The Old Man and the Sea.” The second side of the panel, not pictured, depicts “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville. The panel is the work of mother-and-daughter team Kim and Ashley McDarison.
Kim McDarison photos.
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