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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. [...]

By |November 9th, 2020|2020 AoMS, Artists on Main Street, News & Events|Comments Off on Wabasha Main Street Year in Review 2020
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7 local artists were awarded project funding for Artists on Main Street Program

Wabasha Main Street has awarded 7 local artists to receive project funding up to $7,500. Additional funds will be spent on local projects and promotions from July thru November in our Main Street District. The goal of this second year is to create “safe art” and to incorporate our theme Sounds and Movements of the Mississippi River. Sounds and Movements of the Mississippi River was designed to gather momentum from year one Perspective Initiative of telling your story to inviting artists to get in touch with the influences of nature while creating arts activates and installations using sounds and movements that inspire them. These 7 artists have attended the mandatory virtual creative place making workshop and /or study hall and meet the guidelines of eligibility of living or working within the 20 mile radius of Wabasha. These awarded artists will produce creative works of art that will incorporate sound ( music, words, expressions) and movements )performances ( live or virtually )or live streamed in the next few months. Wabasha’s Artists on Main Initiative felt that art can be created uniquely and safely during COVID 19 and wanted to continue rather than cancel our program. Art is healing; we will [...]

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Zoom Workshop – Artist on Main 2020 – Call for Artists

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Join Artists on Main Street 2020

Due to COVID-19 the Artist Workshop date has been postponed. Please check back regularly for a rescheduled date. [tnc-pdf-viewer-iframe file="https://www.wabashamainstreet.org/wp-content/uploads/ArtistonMain-2020-Poster-.pdf" width="100%" height="900" download="true" print="true" fullscreen="true" share="true" zoom="true" open="true" pagenav="true" logo="true" find="true" current_view="true" rotate="true" handtool="true" doc_prop="true" toggle_menu="true" language="en-US" page="" default_zoom="auto" pagemode=""]

By |March 30th, 2020|2020 AoMS, Artists on Main Street, News & Events|Comments Off on Join Artists on Main Street 2020
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