The City of Marquette Office of Arts & Culture is currently accepting proposals for projects to take place during this year's City of Marquette Art Week, scheduled for June 19-24, 2023! Proposals are due Friday, February 24.

Art Week is an annual event that invites local artists, art organizations, and businesses to come together and collaborate on a week-long series of arts and cultural events, including concerts, workshops, performances, exhibits, demonstrations, and more, free to the Marquette community. The mission of Art Week is to build and empower a vibrant community through the arts by building partnerships and collaboration between artists and organizations, growing and empowering artists, and increasing audience engagement by removing barriers to participate with the arts.

This year's Art Week theme is Home, inspired by the City of Marquette's ongoing Community Master Plan Update. Proposed projects should connect to and play off this theme. What values define Marquette? How do we navigate our space and where do we spend our time? What stories do we tell when asked about our home here? Which places are “must visits” when welcoming a new resident? How can we improve our community and what sort of place do we want to build for future generations?

To help with event ideation and tying ideas for programs and projects into the Master Plan process, the Office of Arts & Culture will host a pair of Art Week Info and Brainstorming Sessions on Wednesday, January 25 from 2:00pm-4:00pm and 5:30pm-7:00pm. Please join us if you are able, whether you have an idea brewing that you want to share or are simply looking for inspiration and connections!

These sessions will be hosted at the Marquette Arts & Culture Center, located in the lower level of Peter White Public Library. Pre-registration is not required.

For more information, the full Request for Proposals, and the proposal form, please visit the listing on the Marquette Compass Creative Classifieds.