More than 600 people from across the Madison area signed up to help paint State Street on Sunday, April 21, adding vibrant colors in the form of murals, stencils and polka dots across the 400 to 600 blocks of State Street.
As of Wednesday morning, more than 600 people have signed up to leave their mark on State Street and help a group of local Madison artists get the 400-600 blocks of State Street ready for this summer’s pedestrian mall experiment.
The public is invited to meet and honor Madison’s new Poet Laureate, Steven Espada Dawson, at a reception and poetry reading on World Poetry Day*, Thursday, March 21, from 7:00 – 8:30pm at the Arts + Literature Laboratory, 111 S. Livingston St #100…
The Madison Poet Laureate invites you to celebrate the poets on November 9th at 6:30pm.The City of Madison is excited to announce the selected poets for the 2023 Bus Lines poetry project. Poems by six poets were selected, including:
In 1977 Madison proudly became one of the first cities in our nation to have a poet laureate. John Tuschen was appointed by Paul Soglin in 46 years ago. Six poets have served following him including Andrea Musher, Fabu, Sarah Busse, Wendy Vardaman,…
Conservation of Sculpture & Objects Studio, Inc. (CSOS), a Chicago-based consultant group, recently completed their analysis of several possible conservation options for the City’s oldest commissioned public artwork.
CSOS considered the nearly…
The Madison Arts Commission awarded $107,485 to 68 organizations and individuals for projects through their annual arts grants program. The arts grants program provides support for projects that enrich the cultural landscape of the City, supported…
The Madison Arts Commission, along with Poet Laureate Angela Trudell Vasquez, selected Maliha Nu’Man to serve as the City’s second Youth Poet Laureate.
Madison, WI - In an exciting collaboration between the Madison Arts Commission and Madison College, artist Austen Brantley has returned to Madison to begin designing a commissioned sculpture. The self-taught Detroit artist known for his evocative…