Contact:
Jenny VandenLangenberg
jenny@downtowngreenbay.com
920-617-7087
Director of First Impressions, Downtown Green Bay, Inc.
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – Downtown Green Bay, Inc. was awarded a $6,000 grant through the Wisconsin Arts Board’s Creative Community grant program. This statewide program encourages arts education, cultural understanding, and community arts development and provides support for projects that are done with the community rather than just for the community.
The grant will partially fund the art piece, with additional support coming from Capital Credit Union and The Artisan and Business Center of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The first-ever clay mural will be installed in Downtown Green Bay and the community is invited to make their mark. During ArtFest Green Bay, a new three-day Arts Festival happening July 28-30, local artists Keith Carter and Don Krumpos will lead the creation of the mural and event attendees will be able to work with the wet clay to create texture, add dimension, and apply colorful underglazes.
The mural design will incorporate images of the Fox River and nature found in our community. The public art piece will be 3 feet tall, 30 feet long, and will be installed at 238 Walnut Street, highly visible to pedestrians and vehicles driving through Downtown.
Creating this clay mural is a unique process with creative input from participants. All will be encouraged to roll up their sleeves and interact with the art. This is an immersive, hands-on process that will engage participants of all ages and abilities.
“This is a project where everyone can be an artist! You do not need to have any skills to participate, and you’ll be proud to help create a public art piece that will contribute to the vibrancy of our downtown,” says Director of First Impressions, Jenny VandenLangenberg.
The community is invited to participate during the free arts festival from 11 am-4 pm on Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30.
ArtFest Green Bay presented by Nicolet Bank and Green Bay Packaging is set to transform Downtown Green Bay into a vibrant hub of creativity from Friday, July 28, to Sunday, July 30. This highly anticipated 3-day event, organized by Downtown Green Bay, Inc., brings art to the heart of the city with art vendors, a color run/walk, live music, culinary delights, demonstrations, and hands-on workshops. The event runs Friday, 3 – 7 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Entertainment, food, and refreshments will continue until 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The event grounds include Adams, Jefferson, Cherry Streets and Adams Street parking lot. For more information, visit downtowngreenbay.com/artfest.
The Creative Communities Program is supported with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. To learn more about the program, visit https://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/Pages/Community/CCP.aspx.
The Wisconsin Arts Board is the state agency which nurtures creativity, cultivates expression, promotes the arts, supports the arts in education, stimulates community and economic development and serves as a resource for people of every culture and heritage. For more information on the Wisconsin Arts Board visit artsboard.wisconsin.gov.
