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Sunday, September 18, 2011

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 Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, located in Mitchell Park, 19805 W. Capitol Dr. More than 80 Wisconsin artists were on hand displaying their works of art at the sixth annual event. Several mediums from oil painting to sculpture to wood carving were on public display…

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Hidden River Arts Festival Adds Beer Tasting, Features Public Art

Varied media from more than 80 Wisconsin artists will be on display at the sixth annual festival at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts.

The sixth annual Hidden River Arts Festival will take place on September 16-18 on the grounds of the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts. The juried festival will feature the work of more than 80 Wisconsin artists working in several mediums. “I’m always impressed by the uniqueness of the artists themselves,” said Paul Bertling, the center's interim marketing director. “There are some really unique pieces and I think visitors will really enjoy it.” One of the highlights of last year’s festival was the creation of the first “community involved, site-specific work of art” built on the Wilson Center grounds. This year, the tradition continues with Madison-based artist Brenda Baker inviting the public to participate in the creation of “…

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