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Recent Press Releases
Photographic Survey of Wisconsin Labor 2006/2007
Released: September 10, 2008
On September 8, 2008, 41 iconic photographs by six of Wisconsin’s finest fine
art photographers were dedicated at the offices of the Wisconsin Department of
Workforce Development. In 2006 the Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art
program commissioned five Wisconsin fine art photographers/teams to photograph
the wide range of Wisconsin employees within the context of their employment for
the Department of Workforce Development. The photographs on the first floor
walls of the Government Executive Facility #1, 201 E. Washington Ave., are the
final results of this unique commission process.
Read the full press release.
Percent for Art Project
Wins Golden Trowel Award
Released:
November 11, 2004
Fifteen projects throughout the state of Wisconsin were recently honored
for excellence in masonry design and construction at the International Masonry
Institute’s biennial 2004 Wisconsin Golden Trowel Awards program. Shown to
the right is Best of Category winner in tile/marble/terrazzo: University of
Wisconsin Engineering Center (terrazzo floor), Madison, WI, commissioned
through the Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art Project in 2002. The
awards recognize all those who contribute to a project’s success:
architects, owners, general contractors, masonry contractors, and craftworkers.
Read the full press release (PDF 108KB).
2004 Percent for Art Direct Purchase Program
Released: September, 2004
Through the Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art Direct Purchase
Program, twenty-two state agencies recently selected artworks by forty-seven
Wisconsin artists, valued at over $103,000. The agencies participating in the
Direct Purchase Program had Percent for Art allocations ranging from $600 to
$16,000, and through this project they were able to select works of art
already in existence rather than going through the lengthy commissioning
process used for larger allocations. Once acquired, the selected artworks will
be permanently installed at interior sites in agency buildings and become part
of Wisconsin’s growing public art collection. View
samples of the Direct Purchase program.
Updated:
September 30, 2008
Fax: 608/267-0380