Eaglets on the Fly Program – Created by Jeani Wodele
Ina Wanbli (E-nah Wanblee/mother eagle) sends her eight eaglets out to explore Wabasha, their home along the great Mississippi River. We need your help finding them! The eaglets have been named in the Dakota language of the Native Americans who once lived here. You may start anywhere along the trail.
Wabasha Public Library – Art in the Park
The Wabasha Public Library received an Artists on Main Street Grant for Art in the Park during the summer reading program “Reading Colors Your World.” Each Wednesday in June at Heritage Park children can learn and create with local artists. June 9th – Gratitude Flags with Randi Campbell, June 16th – Marbling with Dan Steffenhagen, June 23rd – Turtle Concrete Planter with SVJ Designs – Shelly Speedling, June 30th – Tie Dying with Chelsey Fenske and Beth Jewson. Contact the Library at (651) 565-3927 to register.
Submit your Artist on Main Street Application by Friday, May 28th
The Artists on Main Street initiative is a partnership between Wabasha Main Street Minnesota Main Street and Springboard for the Arts, that explores the intersection of arts and culture, downtown revitalization, and historic preservation. Wabasha Main Street is partnering with Wabasha County SHIP and Blandin Foundation on this community-wide arts initiative.
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Wabasha’s Artist on Main 2021: Call for Artists
Wabasha’s Artist on Main 2021 is looking for artists and creatives in the Wabasha Area. Do you want to share your creative talents with the community? We are seeking up to 8 artist-led projects, programs or installations to be showcased this summer and fall in historic downtown Wabasha Main Street District if you meet the following criteria:
- If you consider yourself an artist, maker or creative
- Live or work within the 20-mile radius
This year’s Theme for 2021 will be Healthy Community
We are looking for any Artist lead program that depicts a healthy community as we come out of the pandemic and find inspiration in becoming healthier as a person and community. All artists must partner with a local organization, business or city park to place temporary or permanent installations in the downtown Main Street District. Proposals will be due May 28th and funding and projects will be selected June 1st . This is the third and final year of our Artist on Main Initiative. Click Here to see our website for previous years’ programs and artists.
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This program is sponsored by Wabasha Main Street and is funded through partnerships with RETHOS, Springboard for the Arts and support from the Bush Foundation.
Janet Runions Quilt Narrative
Artist Janet Runions shares the narrative for her interactive quilt, River of Life. The quilt will be on display at the library through February.
Wabasha Main Street Year in Review 2020
Wabasha Main Street 2020
1) Using Rethos project funds $4000.00 (which we receive annually) to give Support Funding to 6 Wabasha Main Street businesses to help reopen during Covid.
2) Continuing and expanding Adopt a Planter seasonally – we are at 28 planters now with individual businesses investing $225.00 annually to keep downtown looking good. We added 2 new ones this year so those investors spend $750 the first year= total downtown investment is annually is $6300.00 for maintenance. This is a City and Wabasha Main Street Partnership.
3) WMS gave $1400.00 to new drinking fountain at Heritage Park from our operating funds. We feel we should always try to do a partnership with city as we receive e operating support dollars from you. Rest of city support went to state and national dues – $2850.00. We get that back tenfold in resources, trainings and Project support funds, Artist on Main funds, and into 2021 Building support funds. We did Bike Share Partnership year 1 and 2.
4) WMS is in our 2nd year of Artist on Main and have $10,000 for this year’s program. We have awarded $7000.00 to 7 artists whose programs are midway through our season. Our theme is Sounds and Movements of the Mississippi River. Our website highlights each Artist.
5) WMS continues to partner with City, Port, HPC, WK Chamber, RJAC, NEC, Bike advocates and library with our programs and have representation from all of these on our committees or Artist partners. I feel Wabasha Main Street has been the convener of all organizations and we all are partners in making our downtown healthy and thriving.
6) Rethos trainings – webinars, workshops, Zoom meetings. I have attended weekly meetings since Covid and even more during trainings. We are still moving forward as advocates, directors of our communities Main Street Programs and continue to offer up support programs for our downtowns. We attend Preservation Conference Webinars also, free of charge for HPC also.
7) Volunteer hours / Reinvestment statistics – I continue to report reinvestment statistics quarterly and volunteer up over 600 hours annually as the only unpaid staff in MN. Our committees and board of directors add an additional 600 hours plus. Our small nonprofit 501 c 3 organization gives 1200 volunteer hours locally each year.
8). Shop Small Saturday Promotions– this will be our 5th year with WK Chamber on last Saturday of November to promote shopping locally first for the holidays.
9) Mayor’s Tree Lighting Ceremony– First Friday of December – this will be our 3rd year if we are able to meet.
10) Continue to find additional support funding through RETHOS for Buildings Cohort, Transformational Strategy trainings and discussions with SEMCHRA programs for COVID funds for Small Businesses and in our Wabasha Main Street District.
For more information on how you can impact your downtown- www.wabashamainstreet.org