Art Walk Middleton

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Joe Gadbois

A glass blowing demonstration at a past Art Walk Middleton.

A glass blowing demonstration at a past Art Walk Middleton.

media release: The third annual Art Walk Middleton is planned for May 18, and will offer a variety of art, live music, food and kid’s activities for visitors to the one-day art festival.

Art Walk will take place from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Terrace Avenue in downtown Middleton. There will be over 50 artists of various media showing and selling their work. Those works include painting, photography, ceramics, fiber, woodworking and more. In addition, there will be several artists demonstrating their talents on site during the event.

Musicians will take the stage at in the Capital Brewery Biergarten throughout the day. Too Sick Charlie will kick off the live music at 10 a.m., followed by Blue Spruce at 12:30 p.m., and Some Assembly Required will take the stage at 3 p.m., rounding out the day.

The event also features a silent auction of art donated by the participants.

“The proceeds from the auction fund our Middleton Youth Center art classes during the school year. We appreciate all the support we receive from the artists, some of whom have taught the classes, themselves,” she explained.

In addition, there will be five food vendors offering up a variety of delicious food at Art Walk, Lily’s Magical Treats, Sabor Regio, Jakarta, Café Costa Rica and Paddy’s Patties.

“We do have a couple of new things going on at Art Walk this year,” said Michelle Phillips, chair of the Middleton Arts Committee, which hosts the event.

“The kids’ corner will offer fun art and music activities all day long. We are also having an after party, ‘Bubbles ‘n Beats,’ at Stone Horse Green beginning at 5:30,” Philips continued. “The after party will feature bubble blowing and dance music. At the festival one of our kids’ corner activities is making a bubble wand that can be used at Bubbles ‘N Beats.”

Also new this year is the sale of merchandise at the event. “We will have t-shirts and stickers available for sale this year as well,” said Phillips.

“We are very excited to see the festival grow, and to offer the opportunity for guests to enjoy a day of art and music in beautiful, downtown Middleton. None of this could happen without the hard work of volunteers within the community and especially the Art Walk working group, which spends countless hours throughout the year to bring the event to fruition,” she concluded.

Volunteers are still needed. If you would like to volunteer at Art Walk, visit the Sign Up Genius at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4EA9AF28AAF8C34-48826054-artwalk#/.

Terrace Avenue will be closed to all traffic between Aurora Street to North High Point Road from 5 a.m.-6 p.m. to accommodate the festival.

In addition to the Middleton Arts Committee, Art Walk is sponsored by Visit Middleton Community Development Authority, Wisconsin Public Radio, Willy Street Coop, Sketchworks, Bee Foundry, Downtown Middleton Business Association, Capital Brewery, AlphaGraphics Middleton, Tailored Engineering, Goddard School, Compass Properties, JSD Professional Services, Keva Sports Center, Atterbury, Kammer & Haag, Meg McCombs Design and Lerdahl.

For more information visit the Art Walk Middleton Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1414803932455500.