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Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission Presents 2014 Art Poster

March 11, 2014
Interim Cultural Affairs Director Pam Andros, 608.266.5915
County Executive

The 2014 Art Poster from the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission now is available by voluntary donation at locations throughout Dane County.  This year’s poster features “Steadfast” by Dane County resident and nationally recognized artist  Kay Brathol-Hostvet.  She is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, and her pastel and acrylic paintings are in private and corporate collections throughout the Midwest.

“Steadfast” is a wonderful result of the artist’s  primary focus on the Midwestern landscape .  As she describes in her artist statement, Kay’s need to represent the beauty of the upper Midwest stems from her rural upbringing, contemplation of our relationship to the land, and an art practice based on a belief in painting what you love.  Carefully studied, designed, and beautifully rendered, Kay’s work succeeds in capturing the experience of place and all of the feelings that they invoke.  She describes Dane County landscapes “a potpourri of beautiful lakes and streams, woodlands and meadows, and some of the state's richest farmland, which is often handed down from generation to generation”.

An ongoing tradition, the Commission’s fine art poster helps keep our community engaged with the arts, ideally with citizens collecting each one and proudly displaying them year after year.  Commission Interim Director Pam Andros remarked, “once again, I am very fortunate to be involved with presenting the Dane County art poster, and am so grateful to Alliant Energy who makes the poster possible.   I often receive phone calls from people across the country asking for one of our posters, often telling me  ‘I love them because they always remind me of home’”.

“Like many Dane County residents, I look forward to this time of year when the Cultural Affairs Commission presents exceptional artwork from a local artist.  Especially after our long cold winter, Steadfast is a welcome sight, a beautiful work from an incredibly skilled artist – one we are very fortunate to have here in Dane County” added Dane County Executive Joe Parisi.

Unveiling Reception at The Madison Central Library

The Cultural Affairs Commission will host a reception in the Madison Central Library, tonight,  Tuesday, March 11, 5:30 – 7:30 pm. The reception will honor the 2014 poster artist, power2give project posters, and recent Commission grant recipients.  Attendees will include Dane County Executive Joe Parisi, poster artist Kay Brathol-Hostvet, Cultural Affairs Commission members, grant advisory panel members, and grant recipient honorees supported by the Commission over the past two years. 

Distribution Locations

The 2014 art poster is available to the public by voluntary donation at locations throughout Dane County as follows:

  • Cultural Affairs Commission Office, Room 421, City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Madison, between the hours of 8:00am and 4:30pm Monday through Friday.
     
  • Five Dane County framing shops are serving as poster distribution sites and in partnership with the Commission offering custom framing discounts for this year’s art poster: Monroe Street Framing, Douglas Art & Framing, and Megan’s Custom Framing  in Madison, Pucci’s Picture Framing in Fitchburg, and Meuer Art and Picture Frame Company in Middleton.
     
  • Starting on March 19th, municipal poster distribution sites include the city and village halls of Belleville, Cottage Grove, Cross Plains, Fitchburg, Marshall, McFarland, Middleton, Monona, Mount Horeb, Shorewood Hills, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, and Verona; and town halls of Blooming Grove, Middleton, Montrose, Springfield, and Westport.

Dane Arts and the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission

The Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission supports arts, culture and local history activities through its Dane Arts projects and programs. Revenues from poster donations help support those programs: fostering public participation, increasing access, and forging alliances in support of arts, culture and local history.  The 2014 art poster was produced with financial support from Alliant Energy and designed by Steve Wagner.  More information on the Commission is available at danearts.com.         

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