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    • Planning with Purpose
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    • Austen Brantley
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    • Dick Wagner Portrait
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    • Downtown Street Art & Mural Project
    • Outdoor Public Art
    • Utility Boxes
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    • Black Women Artists Speak
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    • Utility Box Installation
    • Let's Talk About It
    • Social Justice Fund
    • Mildred Fish-Harnack
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Creativity was pushed to new lengths throughout 2020/21. Madison Arts Commission would like to honor the creativity, dedication, and perseverance that brought silver linings to our city during the Covid-19 pandemic.

​Nominations were accepted in three categories: Arts, Hospitality, and Community. Nominators should provide specific examples of ways in which the nominee gave you something to look forward to during a monotonous pandemic, expertly pivoted, kept the arts alive, kept your business afloat, expanded their practice or business, helped keep others safe, innovated like no other, simply brightened your day consistently, or the like. 

Twenty Silver Lining Awards were distributed to recipients at Garver Feed Mill.:

  • LunART
  • Rob Dz/Mad Lit
  • Monroe Street Arts Center
  • Blue Stem Jazz
  • Dane Arts
  • Celia Klehr/Forward Theatre Company
  • Lilada Gee/Defending Black Girlhood
  • Rowan Childs/Madison Reading Project
  • Healthy Kids Collaborative
  • Leopold-Arbor Hills Neighborhood Resource Team
  • Rodney Alexander/The Umbrella Transition Program
  • Jazzman Brown/Feeding the Youth
  • Chef Dave Heide/Little John’s Kitchen
  • Wisconsin Latino Chamber of Commerce
  • Brewer Stouffer/The Roman Candle
  • WORT FM
  • Alejandro Miranda Cruz and Noel Miranda/Bravebird Productions
  • Dane Arts Mural Arts
  • Oscar Mireles
  • Tamsie Ringler/Winter is Alive
Event proceeds support public art projects in the City of Madison. Sponsored by Destination Madison with additional support from Garver Events and Barbara Schrank. Promotional support provided by WORT 89.9 FM.
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Friends of Madison Arts Commission
P.O. Box 142
Madison, WI 53701-0142​


  • Home
  • About Us
    • Planning with Purpose
  • Donate
  • Get Involved
  • Public Art
    • Austen Brantley
    • Sunghee Min's "Arc I" and "Arc II"
    • Dick Wagner Portrait
    • Rainbow Crossings
    • Downtown Street Art & Mural Project
    • Outdoor Public Art
    • Utility Boxes
  • News
    • Black Women Artists Speak
    • Fundraising Record and 50th
    • Utility Box Installation
    • Let's Talk About It
    • Social Justice Fund
    • Mildred Fish-Harnack
  • Contact