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media release: Purchase art and support this fundraiser for Little Picassos by going to our auction site at www.32auctions.com/MAGVirtualShow2022

The MAG Virtual Show  will be held April 1 through May 14, 2022. This year, our artist members will be presenting their art for sale to raise funds for Little Picassos.  27 Artists will be presenting 70 plus art pieces in a wide variety of mediums. There will be something for everyone.

Purchase from award winning artists! - Many of the artists featured in this virtual show exhibit at premiere venues like Art Fair on and off the Square, the Winter Art Festival, and Olbrich Botanical Gardens. The virtual event features a wide variety of mediums including oil, acrylic and watercolor painters, pastels, photography, pottery, stained glass, fused glass, and glass mosaics and jewelry. This is an opportunity to purchase art from award winning artists while also supporting Little Picassos and the young artists they serve, and all from the comfort of your couch.

Madison Art Guild Gives Back

The Madison Art Guild has been a non-profit organization since 2005. To fulfill the obligations as a 501(c)(3) organization, MAG has carried out some rewarding community projects over the years including providing art equipment for the homeless/daycare children at the Salvation Army Center and for Agrace HospiceCare patients. In 2021 due to our inability to do activities in person we held a Virtual Show and Fundraiser with a percentage of the sales going to a chosen charity. This year again we are holding a Virtual Show with a percentage of sales going to Little Picassos an art enrichment program in Madison for low-income students. We hope you will join us in raising money for this wonderful program.

Little Picassos

Little Picassos is a free art enrichment program for low-income children in Madison, WI. Although Pablo Picasso believed, “that every child is an artist,” every child does not have the same access to art education. Little Picassos seeks to redress this imbalance by providing all children with the means to thrive and create.

Little Picassos provides a safe and nurturing place in which to: create, learn about art, artists and art history. Every child is talented and gifted, every child is celebrated and loved.

As research has consistently shown, children who have experienced poverty and trauma can benefit greatly by being afforded a safe space to explore their feelings, and grow their sense of self. Art enrichment has also been shown to enhance a child’s academic performance.

Their programs serve children between the ages of k-6th grade. Their classes normally meet on Saturdays 11:30-1:00 & Mondays 1:00-2:30, at the Meadowood Neighborhood Center, 5740 Raymond Rd, Madison, WI AND at the MYArts Building (Madison Youth Arts building) on Madison's near East side. However this year, in order to reduce our chances of Coronavirus transmission, they will be meeting only at the MYArts Building (1055 E. Mifflin St.).

For more information on this virtual event please contact Ann Kleckner at virtual@madisonartguild.com or visit our Web site https://www.madisonartguild.com/virtualshow2022/