ART Jamboree - Art Fair 

Date: May 18th, 2013
Time:  2pm-10pm 
Location: Grand Ave Mall (Plankinton Building)
Address: 161 W. Wisconsin
  • Free and open to the public (all ages are welcome)
  • Free fist pounds
  • All day fine art and buy local fair
  • Dance, music, theater and live art all day
  • Over 100 visual and performing artists and 50 vendors
  • Cash bar and food vendors
  • $5 all day parking for guests until 11pm.

Event Hosts

ART Jamboree Schedule 

2-10pm - ART & Buy Local Fair - Throughout the Entire Grand Ave Mall

Schedule:
  • More than 100 visual and performing artists take over the Grand Ave Mall 
  • 50 local vendors ranging from food, crafts, glass blowing, clothing & more
  • Performances from Sophia's heart
  • Local singer/songwriters spread throughout the Grand Ave Mall
  • Complimentary coffee from Stone Creek Coffee
  • 2 to 5:30pm DJ Simon Says - DJ Lessons from True Skool 
  • The former Old Navy space turns into a Buy Local Bazaar 
  • 7:30pm dance performance by Danceworks on the spiral staircase 
  • 8pm dance performances from Boombox Babies 
  • 6 to 8pm roaming actors in full costume from the Milwaukee Rep
  • Eddie Villanueva install in the Grand Ave window displays on WI Ave

6pm - 10pm ART Jamboree Performances and Programming

Timothy Westbrook Studios 2-8pm

Former Dispatch Space - Apprentices of Timothy Westbrook Studio will have their work on display. Come speak to the artists and engage their work. 
  • Carl Geenen (Painting), Jasmine McMasters (Mixed media Painting) Marissa Waraksa (Wood turning and performance art)

Timothy Westbrook Studios - Handmade, charities, and local (OH MY!) Art Objects: Sonic Fabric cassette tape woven neck ties, Newman and Potterworks handmade wallets, illustrated book The Circus and the Cyclone by Sue Lawton, Yarn Susans for the traveling knitter, handmade scarves by Timothy Westbrook Studio, and handbags by Linda Marcus proceeds of which all go to support KIVA. 

Timothy Westbrook Studio Soft Opening: Timothy Westbrook is a sustainability focused fiber artist. He has recently moved his studio to the Shops of Grand Avenue and will be constructing all of his costume creations live in the studio. Come see the weaving looms in action and catch a glimpse of creations made from all repurposed materials.

Former Old Navy Space - 1 Day Buy Local Bazaar sponsored by Okanjo

Schedule: 
  • 2 to 10pm: Fine art and buy local fair, live music, food vendors
  • 2 to 3pm: Alex Siy- fingerstyle guitar
  • 3 to 4pm: Eliza- guitar duo
  • 6 to 6:30pm: Milwaukee Youth Sympohy Orchestra - Bronzeville Jazz Quartet 
  • 6:30 to 7pm: Milwaukee Chamber Theater - Matt Daniels 
  • 7 to 7:15pm: First Stage Theater Performance
  • 7:15 to 8pm: Skylight Music Theater Performance
  • 8 to 8:30pm: Performance by the Florentine Opera - Kristin DiNinno, Addy Stoiber & Ryan Manning (keyboard transport)
  • 9 to 10pm: Heinrich Davis and the Flood 

ART Milwaukee, NEWaukee & Beintween Offices
Schedule: 
  • 6 to 6:15pm: Renaissance Theaterworks - Suzan Fete will do a short reading from THE BELLE OF AMHERST.
  • 6:15 to 7pm: Accoustic Singer Songwriter 
  • 7 to 10pm: Live art
  • 7 to 7:30pm: The Improvised Musical -  a cabaret style show
  • 8 to 9pm: Acoustic Singer Songwriter

Open MiKE

Schedule: 
  • 6 to 7pm: Live performance by Esh the Singer
  • 7 to 10pm: Milwaukee Freestyle Hip-Hop Showcase

Stone Creek Coffee

Schedule: 
  • 4 to 5pm: Brewing methods demonstration and coffee tasting  
  • 7 to 10pm: New Word Document - Spoken word open mic and scheduled performances

Spreenkler Offices

Schedule: 
  • 6 to 10pm: Live art, t-shirt screen printing and DJ's 

MPT's ARTIVITY Place 

Schedule: 
  • 6:00 - 6:30 pm    Learn to dance the salsa with Faina & Friends 
  • 6:30 - 7:00 pm    Latin music group Cache performs with Faina & Friends
  • 6:30 - 9:00 pm    MPTs Spectacolo Characters stroll, entertain, teach juggling
                             MPTs Fortune teller and caricature artists entertain
                                 Create your own Carnevale mask!
  • 7:00 - 7:30 pm    Zumba Dance performance 
  • 7:30 - 8:00 pm    Pole Artist/Acrobat Charity performs accompanied by Cache 
  • 8:00 - 8:45 pm    Latin drum jam: play with master drummers Jahmes & Friends 
  • 8:45 - 9:30 pm    Cache and Drummers perform with Samba Dancers and  invite public to
                                  join in the Carnevale Parade

The Underground Collaborative 

Schedule: 
  • 2 to 7pm: Galleries from local Milwaukee artists
  • 7:30 to 10pm: A Staged Reading of THE BALTIMORE WALTZ By Paula Vogel
    Directed by Alan Piotrowicz and Featuring the talents of Kelly Coffey, Mark Neufang, and David Franz "suggested donation $10"

Sophia's Heart

Schedule: 
  • 2 to 8pm: Rehearsal lessons and spot performances all day long.  

Third Coast Daily

Schedule:
  • 2-10pm Galleries from Angela Morgan, Madeline Pieschel, Sara Bill, Lacy Landre 

Bass Structures 

Bass Structures: the Mark of Sound is collaborating with Sid Redlin and a robot, using sound to make fractal patterns in paint.

Schedule: 
  • Demonstrations from 3 - 10 pm 
  • Performances featuring Sid Redlin at 4pm and 8pm

The Art Council

 The Art Council is a collaborative art advocacy group of individual artists and art organizations. 
The ART Jamboree is put on and produced by the Creatve Arts Council