The Kickapoo Valley Reserve is holding its Creative Communities Canvas Project, a community art project involving about 350 artists of all ages and talents. The event is open to everyone.
Participants receive a 6-inch-by-6- inch art canvas to artistically interpret the following word as it pertains to nature: “regeneration.”
There is no cost to be a participating artist, and canvases are available at the following locations:
• Kickapoo Valley Reserve Visitor Center – La Farge
• Lawton Memorial Library – La Farge
• Bekkum Memorial Library – Westby
• McIntosh Library – Viroqua
• Soldiers Grove Public Library
• Readstown Public Library
• Cashton Memorial Library
• Elroy Public Library
• Norwalk Public Library
• Ontario Public Library
• Hillsboro Public Library
All canvases must be returned to the KVR Visitor Center or a participating library by Feb. 21. Canvases will ultimately be offered on a public online auction, with proceeds to benefit public education programs and land stewardship projects on the KVR.
Creative Communities Canvas Project Timeline
• Beginning Monday, Jan. 3 — Art canvases are available for pickup at KVR Visitor Center and participating local libraries.
• Monday, Feb. 21 — Art canvases must be returned to KVR Visitor Center or a participating library.
• 5–7 p.m. Saturday, March 5 — Creative Communities Canvas Exhibit Grand Opening, artist reception, fine-art silent auction and social at the KVR Visitor Center
• 5 p.m. CST Saturday, March 5 — Public online auction opens
• Saturday, March 26 — Last day of the Creative Communities Canvas exhibit inside the KVR Visitor Center
• Sunday, March 27 — Online auction closes 5 p.m. CST
• Monday, March 28 — Winning bidders can pick up canvases
• Unsold canvases available for $10 each after March 28
For more information, contact Jackie Yocum, Creative Communities Canvas Project Coordinator at the Kickapoo Valley Reserve, at jackie.yocum@wisconsin.gov, (608) 625-2960 (office), or (608) 639-0157 (cell).
http://kickapoovalley.wi.gov/Events/Annual-Events/Creative-Communities/
