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Photos: Hidden River Art Festival Celebrates Wisconsin Artists
Established and emerging artists display their creations at the sixth annual Hidden River Art Festival through Sunday.
The Hidden River Art Festival in Brookfield today allows visitors the chance to not only enjoy and purchase varied works of Wisconsin artists, but to participate in an art project.
A community-involved art project called "Pause" encouraged visitors to help create igloo-like formations with willow branches. People are welcome to sit and "pause" in these formations, to find their inner peace.
The festival, which started Friday, is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the , located in , 19805 W. Capitol Dr.
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More than 80 Wisconsin artists were on hand displaying their works of art at the . Several mediums from oil painting to sculpture to wood carving were on public display and sale. New this year was a beer tasting Saturday evening at which visitors could sample more than 30 foreign and domestic brands.
There were more to check out inside the Sharon Lynne center including a silent auction of items donated by participating artists, as well as an Emerging Artist gallery which featured works from recent graduates of UWM Peck School of Art and MIAD.
