One of Fitchburg's best-kept secrets may be its growing arts scene, with public arts projects, a famous art fair, and local businesses opening their space to support and showcase our talented area artists! Find creative inspiration throughout Fitchburg all season long!
Art Gallery Meet and Greet at Delta Beer Lab
Local brewery supports local artists! Delta Beer Lab is proud to present their next Art Gallery installation on Friday, June 27th, starting at 5:00pm, featuring the work of local artists Swan Ferraro and Cole Erickson. Delta regularly selects artists from the local community to highlight and showcase in their gallery space, and Swan and Cole will be in the taproom for a special meet and greet.
Swan Ferraro is an interdisciplinary artist working in photo/video, installation and poetry. They have a BFA in photography from UW-Eau Claire and are working on their MFA in 4D Art at UW-Madison. Cole Erickson currently lives in the Marquette neighborhood here in Madison, WI. Cole grew up in rural Southeastern Minnesota, studied Anthropology in San Antonio and lived in Portland, Oregon for 4 years where he bought his first film camera. After moving to Madison, he began staying loyal to shooting strictly Black & White film on his Pentax Spotmatic camera.
SEED Performance at Four Winds Farm
Li Chiao-Ping’s Summer Exploratory Experimental Dance(SEED) Festival is coming to Four Winds Farm! Li Chiao-Ping Dance (LCPD) gave its first company concert in Madison in 1995 at the Isthmus Playhouse. As a resident company at Overture Center for the Arts, LCPD produces two to three major performances each year.
Reflecting and supporting the artistic vision of Li Chiao-Ping and promoting acceptance and respect, LCPD pushes the edges of contemporary/modern dance while producing and presenting highly original performances. The company offers stimulating, thoughtful, creative, and educational workshops and touring programs for community and pre/professional dance artists, including diverse populations, youth, and older adults.
Performances will be available for the public to enjoy on Friday, July 11th at 8pm and Saturday, July 12th at 8pm. This event is free to attend, beverages will be available for purchase.
Agora Art Fair
It’s all-senses-go at Fitchburg's Agora Art Fair! On the beautiful grounds of Agora – Greek for “gathering space” – visitors are treated to tents of fine art, elaborate kites (look up and you might see huge galloping horses), the smell of local foods, taste of craft beer and wine, and live music. In 2008, the first fair hosted 50 artists and 5,000 people. It’s grown to 100 artists and 15,000 eager visitors.
Wisconsin artists sell paintings, ceramics, jewelry, photography, glass and metal work, graphic arts, sculptures and more. If you get a creative itch, join hands-on experiences and walk away with a personal piece. Kids can also create at a children’s art yard. All ages are invited to dance to live music on two different stages or graze local foods from restaurant carts.
The fair will be held August 16th from 10am-5pm and is free with plenty of free parking and shuttles running throughout the day.
WILDFLOWERS OF WISCONSIN MURAL
See The Wildflowers of Wisconsin before it's gone! This beautiful fiber art installation of oversized crocheted flora native to Wisconsin, was created by Madison Public Art Project and installed at the McKee Farms Park tennis courts in the Fall of 2024. Madison Public Art Project commissioned the artist Kiersten Darling to create the flowers for this project, assisted by Sapphira Afifi and Karen Jahns. The community was invited to help crochet the individual flowers that are incorporated into the final artistic composition. The mural will only be a part of the community temporarily, though, and will come down later this season.
The Wildflowers of Wisconsin aims to encourage individuals to rethink their own consumption habits and look at reducing, reusing, recycling, upcycling, foraging, composting, and encouraging pollinator friendly gardening spaces. This public art project raises awareness about climate change and encourages greater stewardship of the land, inspiring individuals who participated and visitors to act after coming together and experiencing this dynamic installation.