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gener8tor Launches Fellowship.art

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Joe Kirgues

joe@gener8tor.com

(414) 940-3287

gener8tor Launches Fellowship.art

First-of-its-kind accelerator program will offer artists up to $15,000

MILWAUKEE – gener8tor seeks to serve artists with launch of Fellowship.art — an artist fellowship program aimed at supporting the art community that will leverage Milwaukee’s potential as an artistic hub and gener8tor’s experience in training businesses.

Fellowship.art plans to recruit four artists for a free,12-week accelerator program modeled on gener8tor’s nationally ranked business startup accelerator. Three of the artists will be selected from the Milwaukee area with the final spot being open to artists from across the country. The first program will kick off in Summer of 2018.

Selected artists will have the opportunity to qualify for a grant of up to $15,000 as part of the program and receive individualized mentorship and coaching on how to succeed in the art industry.

Fellowship.art will be based out of the No Studios building. Studio space will be available for select fellows in Milwaukee’s Sherman Phoenix building, a new high-quality commercial space for small businesses whose mission is to offer mentorship and coaching to advance entrepreneurship in communities of color. In addition, applicants to Fellowship.art will have the opportunity to apply to create a mural for the exterior of the Sherman Phoenix building.

“Fellowship.art is an exciting continuation of gener8tor’s mission to help communities invest in their best and brightest,” said gener8tor Co-Founder Joe Kirgues. “Much like with startup companies, our goal is to help a broad and diverse group of artists to navigate the art industry, and grow in their careers. This first-of-its-kind program will do just that.”

gener8tor is seeking a full-time program director to run Fellowship.art. Applications are currently being accepted at Fellowship.art. Applications for artists to participate in the program will open on June 18. The program will run alongside Backline, the music accelerator created by gener8tor and 88Nine Radio Milwaukee.

Fellowship.art is made possible through support from the Brico Fund, the Milwaukee Institute, ImagineMKE, and Mary Jo and Don Layden, Jr. The program is seeking additional donors and corporate partners.

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gener8tor is a nationally ranked accelerator that invests in high-growth startups. gener8tor supports the growth of these startups through its network of experienced mentors, technologists, corporate partners, angel investors and venture capitalists. gener8tor is a proud member of the Global Accelerator Network (GAN) and is sponsored by American Family Insurance. gener8tor is a GOLD-tier accelerator in the U.S. as ranked by the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project. Learn more about gener8tor at www.gener8tor.com.

Brico Fund uses dynamic approaches to build the collective capacity of people and organizations to actively and sustainably improve the civic, cultural and natural environments. Learn more about Brico Fund at www.bricofund.org.

Milwaukee Institute is a 501(c)(3) that supports the expansion of the technological and entrepreneurial infrastructure in our region. Learn more about Milwaukee Institute at www.mkei.org.

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Union Council Will Hold Open Forums on Porter Butts Gallery, Fredric March Play Circle

July 6, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Information:

Shauna Breneman, Communication Director
Office: (608) 262-8862
Email: sbreneman@wisc.edu

UNION COUNCIL WILL HOLD OPEN FORUMS ON PORTER BUTTS GALLERY, FREDRIC MARCH PLAY CIRCLE

Forums to be held July 11 and 12 at Memorial Union

MADISON – Union Council, the governing body of the Wisconsin Union, will host open forums July 11 and 12 at Memorial Union regarding the names of two spaces in Memorial Union, called the Porter Butts Gallery and the Fredric March Play Circle.

The Council will hold the July 11 forum in the Capitol View Room noon to 1 p.m. The July 12 forum will be held 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Old Madison East. Both forums are open to the public. To ensure Council members hear from a variety of voices within each timeframe, each person who wishes to speak will be given three minutes.

This effort is in response to a recent campus study group report and to concerns expressed by some members of the campus community regarding the individuals for whom these spaces are named, Porter Butts and Fredric March, participating in a former student organization called the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s while they were University of Wisconsin-Madison students. The Council is considering whether the names should be removed.

Each forum will include an update from Union Council on their decision-making effort, which will be followed by time to hear from members of the community. Council members will take the feedback from the forums into consideration in their decision.

“We are actively seeking out feedback from our community on these names,” said Susan Dibbell, Wisconsin Union deputy director and Union Council member. “We want to hear what people are feeling, information they would like to share, and their thoughts.”

Feedback can also be sent to union@union.wisc.edu or submitted online at union.wisc.edu/about/union-council/openforum.

Individuals requesting sign language interpretation or captioning should contact the Wisconsin Union by 5 p.m. Monday, at 608-262-8862 or union@union.wisc.edu.

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About the Wisconsin Union

The Wisconsin Union enhances the lives of members and visitors through recreational, cultural, educational and social opportunities. Formed in 1907, the Wisconsin Union is a membership organization that blends study and leisure to create unique out-of-classroom opportunities. Learn more about the Union and its tradition of providing experiences for a lifetime: union.wisc.edu.