The Hardy Gallery's Door & Kewaunee County Arts Map is back for 2011 and will be available throughout the peninsula by early June 2011.
The Arts Map had initially been produced by the Hardy Gallery in the mid-1980s and was later produced as an independent project before being taken over by PAHA (Peninsula Arts and Humanties Alliance) in the early 2000s. PAHA printed the map until 2007 before the organization decided to refocus its direction. The Hardy Gallery had also been producing its own publication, "The Visual Arts Guide of Door County." but had ceased production that same year.
Based on feedback from those in the visual arts community, it was apparent that a functional guide similar to the Arts Map and the Visual Arts Guide was needed. "There are many advertising opportunities on the peninsula for Door County studios and galleries, but they lack the functionality and affordability that the two former publications provided," says Melissa Ripp, Project Manager for the Hardy's Door County Arts Map. After securing sponsor and grant support, the Hardy premiered the new verision of the Door County Arts Map in 2010.
Like the 2010 Arts Map, the 2011 publication is a sturdy, four-color foldable map with gallery and studio listings that correspond to points on a map of Door and Kewaunee County. 72 individual artists, studios, and galleries are present on 40,000 printed maps, which are then disseminated to over 200 Door and Kewaunee County locations by the Door County Paper Boy delivery service. Also, check out the Google Map version of the 2011 Door County Arts Map BELOW!
The 2011 Door County Arts Map is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts, Premiere sponsors of the map include Wisconsin Public Radio, Door Guide Publishing, Newport Resort, White Gull Inn, and Wilson's Restaurant & Ice Cream Parlor. Presenting sponsors include Brown County Graphics, Ephraim Business Council, Ephraim Shores, Main Street Market, and Meissner Landscape, Inc.
We hope that visitors to Door County will use the 2011 Arts Map to find the galleries and studios that are tucked away from the peninsula’s main-travelled roads – and please, tell the artists you find that you used the Hardy Gallery’s Door County Arts Map to locate them!
The 2011 Door County Arts Map is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Wisconsin Public Radio is a proud sponsor of the 2011 Door County Arts Map. Please look for WPR on the following Door County radio stations:
NPR News & Classical: WPNE 89.3 & WHID 89.7
Ideas Network: WHID 88.1 & WHDI 91.9
The following businesses and organizations are Community Sponsors of the 2011 Door County Arts Map. Please support these businesses -- and tell them you saw them on the back of this year's Arts Map!
Premiere Sponsors:
Presenting Sponsors:
The Community Mosaic Project book was made possible in part by the Hardy Gallery's Marketing & Community Relations Director, a position that is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board made possible by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts with funds from the American Recovery and Investment Act.
