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.
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City of Wabasha Port Authority Emergency Loan Program Application
To apply for this loan, please bring this completed application, copy of tax returns from the prior fiscal year, personal financial statement, and a copy of your valid Driver’s License or Identification Card to Wabasha City Hall by 4PM on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. These documents can also be scanned and mailed to finance@wabasha.org or sent via mail (must be postmarked by March 30th).
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Wabasha Main Street Year in Review 2019
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Wabasha Celebrates the 4th Annual Small Business Saturday as Neighborhood Champion
Wabasha – November 21: Wabasha Main Street & Wabasha- Kellogg Chamber of Commerce/CVB announced today that, as a member of the American Express® Neighborhood Champion Program, it will host an event as part of Small Business Saturday, which takes place on Nov 30. Created by American Express in 2010, Small Business Saturday celebrates the impact small businesses have on communities across the country.
This year’s celebration is the 10th Annual Small Business Saturday, marking a decade of support from American Express for local business owners. Since it started in 2010, consumers have reported spending an estimated $103 billion across all Small Business Saturdays combined. 1 That’s $103 billion toward helping communities thrive, spent over just nine days alone.
In order to drive shoppers to Shop Small® this Nov 30, Wabasha Main Street & Wabasha-Kellogg Chamber of Commerce & CVB are participating in the American Express® Neighborhood Champion Program to spotlight small businesses and the impact they have on communities. An average two-thirds of every dollar ($0.67) spent at a small business in the U.S. stays in that local community.2 That means shopping small could help bring things like better schools, smoother roads, and new jobs to neighborhoods across the country.
Wabasha Main Street has been hosting Shop Small Saturday the past three years partnering with the Wabasha Chamber of Commerce. This will be our (combined) fourth year as an AMERICAN EXPRESS® NEIGHBORHOOD CHAMPIONS promoting Shop Local on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. This year’s event will have more participating merchants and local businesses promoting Holiday sales, registrations for door prizes and open houses as well as giving away free Shop Small gifts to customers as a way to thank them for shopping local first.
Merchants and consumers can learn more about Small Business Saturday and how to get involved by visiting ShopSmall.com
Contact:
Mary Flicek, Wabasha Main Street – wabashamainstreet@gmail.com or Lori Glomski, Wabasha- Kellogg Chamber/CVB at 651-565-4158 or director@wabashamn.org
Contact at American Express:
Megan. C. Hunsicker
About Small Business Saturday
November 30, 2019, marks the 10th Annual Small Business Saturday, a celebration of small businesses and the positive impact they have on communities across the country. American Express, having created Small Business Saturday in 2010, proudly works with organizations and independent businesses to provide solutions that support communities and uplift local economies. Learn more and connect with us on ShopSmall.com.
1 This spend statistic is an aggregate of the average spend as reported by consumers in surveys commissioned by American Express reporting spend habits on Small Business Saturday of consumers who were aware of the day. It does not reflect actual receipts or sales. Each such survey was conducted among a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults. The surveys had an overall margin of error of between +/- 2.0% and +/- 5.47%, at the 95% level of confidence. The data was projected from the samples based on then-current U.S. Census estimates of the U.S. adult population (18+).
2 The statistic cited is an estimate based on calculations using data on small businesses with under 100 employees from the U.S. Small Business Administration, as reported in the 2018 Small Business Economic Impact Study conducted by Econsult Solutions, Inc. (ESI) on behalf of American Express.
10 Local Artists Were Awarded Project Funding
Wabasha Main Street has awarded 10 local artists to receive project funding up to $10,000. Additional funds will be spent on local projects and promotions from June thru October in our Main Street District. The goal of this first year was to get artists to create a story and gather their Perspective of Wabasha.
Perspective: Your Wabasha Story was designed to gather local artists to create a program or artwork that tells their story of Wabasha- or gathers that story through community involvement. These 10 artists have attended the mandatory workshop and /or study hall to create a proposal that meets the guidelines and produce a creative work of art to be installed, displayed or gather community to participate in demonstrations, classes or workshops.
Wabasha’s Artist on Main is happy to introduce our 10 Artists and their Projects: Janet Runions kicked off the season with Plein on Main– which consisted of a series of five outdoor, on location events in historic downtown Wabasha. The first of the four events was held on Saturday June 15th at the intersection of Main Street and Bridge Ave. She created a pen and ink and watercolor sketch of a street perspective from 10:00 am – 5:00pm. The public was invited to watch the skilled craftsman perform her trade and were able to ask questions. Janet will be promoting a workshop at the end of her four sessions and invites the public to participate on September 7th at the statue fountain on the corner of Pembroke Ave and Lawrence Blvd., next to the National Eagle Center from 10:00-5:00pm. Her other dates included July 6th – Main Street and Walnut Ave. and July 27th – Main Street and Alleghany Ave. You can observe her working on August 17th – Main Street and Pembroke Ave. from 10 -5:00pm.
The other Artist that presented in June at the Wabasha Public Library Children’s Art Week was local Artist and teacher Sherry El-Nashaar presenting Kidbits and Pieces of Wabasha. Art Week took place during the 2019 Summer Reading Program from June 24 through June 28th. Sherry El- Nashaar drew and prepared paper prior to Art Week and coordinated the children’s creativity. The colored squares were then taped together and laminated to create a mosaic of the Wabasha Bridge and Mississippi River. The finished mosaic went on display starting in July and will remain into the fall/winter months.
Our additional Artists selected and their project names are: Pam Larson, If it weren’t me, what would I see? – Community poetry reading. Sue Mundy, local artist will be Exploring Native Wabasha and doing a discussion and presentation later this fall. Jared Elliott, sculptor, will be creating a 14 ft. Bicycle Tree from scrap bike parts and metal with an Eagle’s Nest on top, lone eagle. This installation will be permanent on location at Eagle’s Nest Coffeehouse upon completion later this summer. Sherry El-Nashaar will coordinate a Wabasha – Kellogg Kindness Rocks project this fall with students and community for installation in September. Randi Campbell, local artist will be creating Moments in Wabasha – a traveling Artist book created by locals describing what drew them to Wabasha and gathering their stories in a handmade book, with pages dipped in beeswax- which will be on display at various locations in our downtown after collecting stories this summer. River Valley Arts Gives and Artist Katherine Hust will be hosting a Textile Fabric Arts Demonstration Event hosted by RVAG- River Valley Arts Guild and will be held September 28-29th . Brenda Pearson, local brewer will be hosting Sweet Brew Creations and providing brew making and baking events and classes throughout this summer/fall- please follow her events on Facebook, along with Wendy Cockrell hosting A Corny Affair fall craft workshops to be held at Turning Waters B & B&B this September 25th and October 16th .
We are very excited to bring this wonderful addition of Artists to our Main Street this summer and fall and as you can see we have quite a variety and selection of events to attend or participate in for all ages. Thank you for your support of the Arts in Wabasha. We will highlight each Artist’s events in the month they are presenting and do follow us on the Wabasha Main Street Facebook Page. For more information about Wabasha Main Street please email: wabashamainstreet@gmail.com or call Mary Flicek, Director and Artist on Main Coordinator at 651-380-9035.
“This activity is part of Artists on Main Street, a partnership between Wabasha Main Street, the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, and Springboard for the Arts with support from the Bush Foundation.”
Press Release – 6/6/19 (updated 8/12/19)
Contact
Mary Flicek
651-380-9035
wabashamainstreet@gmail.com