2010 Art Poster Now Available

Dennis Nechvatal, Offering II, 2004, acrylic on panel
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Artist and Wisconsin native Dennis Nechvatal creates strong and powerful images that bid closer viewing and slowly convert into sophisticated reinventions of the natural world. His "Offerings" series features abundant floral bouquets lush with delicate brushstrokes. Offering II, his 2004 acrylic on panel selection from this series, is the image for the 2010 Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission art poster. The original work is now part of a private collection. With over a dozen museum exhibitions under his belt including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery in DC, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, Dennis Nechvatal is one of Wisconsin's top artists working today.

The Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission’s art poster each year honors a different talented local artist and helps generate support for the Commissions mission and programs. Posters are available through voluntary donation at the Cultural Affairs Commission office:

Room 421, City-County Building
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Madison
8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday

Other poster distribution sites include the city and village halls of Belleville, Brooklyn, Cambridge, Cottage Grove, Cross Plains, Deerfield, DeForest, Fitchburg, Maple Bluff, Marshall, Mazomanie, McFarland, Middleton, Monona, Mount Horeb, Shorewood Hills, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, and Verona; and town halls of Blooming Grove, Dunn, Middleton, Montrose, Oregon, Springfield, Sun Prairie, Verona, Westport, and Windsor.

We are pleased and proud to honor our partnerships with Monroe Street Framing in Madison, Douglas Art and Frame in Madison, and Windhorse Frames & Gallery in Mount Horeb. These three Dane County businesses are serving as poster distribution sites and offering a discount on custom framing of this year’s art poster. Please patronize these establishments and learn more about their framing discount!

2009 Art Poster

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The Cultural Affairs art poster has become a signature icon and beloved, annual tradition celebrating arts and culture in Dane County. A reproduction of September Flora by Dane County artist Lee Weiss graces the 2009 edition honoring the Commission's over thirty years of community service. The original painting (watercolor, 40"x 26", 2007) is an enchanting representation of a flowery green landscape in Madison's Hoyt Park.

Generously supported by Alliant Energy, this year's striking 34 X 20 inch posters are available by donation at the Cultural Affairs Commission Office, Room 421 of the City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Madison, 608-266-4296. Office hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Donations help support the programs of the Cultural Affairs Commission that benefit citizens, residents and visitors throughout Dane County.

Other poster distribution sites include the city and village halls of Belleville, Brooklyn, Cambridge, Cross Plains, DeForest, Maple Bluff, Marshall, Mazomanie, McFarland, Middleton, Monona, Mount Horeb, Oregon, Shorewood Hills, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, Verona, and Waunakee. They are also available at the town halls of Blooming Grove, Dunn, Middleton, Montrose, Oregon, Springfield, Sun Prairie, Verona and Westport. Companion bookmarks that feature a detail of the painting are available without charge at Dane County community libraries.

Weiss, a phenomenal and unflagging artist of 80 years, is one of the most celebrated and awarded artists in Wisconsin today and named a Who's Who in American visual arts. While living in Madison for the past several decades, she and her artwork have become internationally acclaimed.

Weiss has a unique and adventurous watercolor painting style. She developed a process of painting on both sides of the paper, turning the painting over and over while she paints, building up textured layers before detailing the subject. The result is often a rich and dreamily textured painting, which still retains the transparency of the watercolor medium.

Weiss' works have been included in such public collections as the Smithsonian Institute, the San Francisco Museum of Art, and many of the top galleries, museums and corporate collections throughout the nation. Her works even have graced the walls of the White House in Washington D.C. For more information, see www.leeweiss.com.

2009 Art Poster Framing

The Cultural Affairs Commission is pleased to honor its long-standing partnership with Monroe Street Framing. This local business offers a discount on custom framing of the DCCAC 2009 Art Poster and serves as a new art poster distribution site this year. Use a Monroe Street Framing "poster pak" (stock metal frame, regular glass, dry-mounting, labor) and your cost will be only $65.00 (retail is $130.00). Or select any other custom framing package and take 15% off your total cost. Mention this discounted offer when picking up your DCCAC 2009 Art Poster and framing it at Monroe Street Framing, 1901 Monroe St, Madison, WI, 53711, 608-255-7330, www.monroestreetframing.com.

2008 Art Poster

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Celebrating the changing seasons and why we love Dane County throughout the entire year. Frozen-up, Sugar River, a dramatic natural landscape painting (original: oil on board, 18? x 24?, 2007) by Belleville artist Jonathan Wilde, appears on the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission?s 2008 art poster. It honors the Commission?s more than thirty years of community service and is the twenty-eighth art poster in an annual series presented to citizens countywide. Generously supported by Alliant Energy, the striking 30 X 27 inch posters are available for a donation at the Cultural Affairs Office, Room 421 of the City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Madison, 608-266-4296. Office hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Donations help support the programs of the Cultural Affairs Commission that benefit all citizens throughout Dane County.

Other distribution sites include the city and village halls of Belleville, Cambridge, Cross Plains, DeForest, Maple Bluff, Marshall, Mazomanie, McFarland, Middleton, Monona, Mount Horeb, Shorewood Hills, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, Verona, and Waunakee. They are also available at the town halls of Blooming Grove, Dunn, Middleton, Oregon, Springfield, Sun Prairie, Verona and Westport. Companion bookmarks that feature a detail of the painting are available without charge at Dane County community libraries.

Jonathan Wilde has been painting full-time since May 1970 when he finished four years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a zoology major. His subject matter has consistently been the birds and landscapes of Southern Wisconsin, where his roots and passion lie. Wilde?s style is representational, which is how he finds he can reproduce his vision---that which inspires him. Over the years, Wilde has been shown in many of Wisconsin?s major galleries and juried shows. He presently is represented by Artisan Gallery in Paoli, WI, Broden Gallery in Madison, WI, and Edgewood Orchard Galleries in Fish Creek, WI.

2007 Art Poster

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Winding Road, a watercolor landscape by Stoughton artist Steven Kozar, appears on the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission?s 2007 art poster. The new edition, featuring a panoramic view along Kegonsa Road north of Stoughton on a summer morning, celebrates the commission?s thirtieth anniversary of community service. It is the twenty-seventh in an annual series distributed by the commission throughout the county. Generously supported by Alliant Energy, the posters are available for a small donation at the Cultural Affairs Office, Room 421 of the City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Madison, 608-266-4296, email: cultural.affairs@co.dane.wi.us. Office hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Contributions from poster collectors help cover the printing costs and support the programs of the commission.

Other distribution sites include the city and village halls of Belleville, Cambridge, Cottage Grove, Cross Plains, DeForest, Maple Bluff, Marshall, Mazomanie, McFarland, Middleton, Monona, Mount Horeb, Shorewood Hills, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, Verona, and Waunakee. They are also available at the town halls of Blooming Grove, Dunn, Madison, Middleton, Montrose, Oregon, Springfield, Sun Prairie, Verona and Westport. Companion bookmarks which feature a detail of the painting are available without charge at Dane County community libraries.

The poster is the second one to feature one of Kozar?s rural Wisconsin landscapes, painted in his photo-realistic style. An earlier watercolor, ?Farmland Morning in Dane County,? was reproduced on the commission?s enormously popular 2002 edition. For more information on the artist, visit: stevenkozar.com.

2006 Art Poster

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Garden Harvest reproduces an oil painting by Wisconsin artist John Sayers, the twenty-seventh in an annual series, created by the commission for Dane County residents with corporate support from Alliant Energy.

The 26-by-30-inch poster is available at the Cultural Affairs Office, Room 421 of the City-County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 266-4296. Although there is no charge for the poster, donations of any size are welcomed to help cover printing costs.

Other distribution sites include the city and village halls of Belleville, Cottage Grove, Cross Plains, Maple Bluff, Marshall, Mazomanie, McFarland, Middleton, Monona, Mount Horeb, Shorewood Hills, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, Verona, and Waunakee, and the town halls of Blooming Grove, Dunn, Middleton, Oregon, Springfield, Sun Prairie, Verona, and Westport. Companion bookmarks, which feature a detail of the painting, are available at no charge at all Dane County community libraries.

John Sayers work is represented by the Grace Chosy Gallery in Madison and is exhibited in many corporate and museum collections throughout Wisconsin.

2005 Art Poster

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Summer on the Prairie, an oil painting by Wisconsin artist Robert Ekholm, appears on the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission's 2005 art poster. It is the twenty-sixth in an annual series produced by the commission for Dane County residents.

Generously supported by Alliant Energy, the 26x30-inch posters are available for $1 at the Cultural Affairs Office: 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Other distribution sites include the city and village halls of Belleville, Cambridge, Cottage Grove, Cross Plains, Maple Bluff, Marshall, Mazomanie, McFarland, Middleton, Monona, Mount Horeb, Shorewood Hills, and Waunakee, and the town halls of Blooming Grove, Dunn, Madison, Middleton, Oregon, Springfield, Sun Prairie, and Westport. Companion bookmarks which feature a detail of the painting are available without charge at all Dane County community libraries.

Ekholm, whose landscape paintings can be found in over 400 public and private collections, is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is represented by Edgewood Orchard Galleries in Fish Creek, Wisconsin.