The City of Marquette Office of Arts & Culture is currently accepting requests for projects to take place during this year’s City of Marquette Art Week, scheduled for Monday, June 24 – Saturday, June 29, 2024.

Art Week is an annual event held during the last full week of June that invites local artists, 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, developing and empowering artists, and increasing audience engagement by removing barriers to participate with the arts.

This year's Art Week theme is GROW. We ask that proposed projects connect to and play off this theme.

Embracing growth in the heart of Marquette, our 2024 theme is inspired by the relocation of the City’s Office of Arts & Culture to the future cultural trailhead and center. We are eager to serve and empower our local community through the continued development of creative opportunities. From City Programs such as Art Week to the Public Art Program, Artists in Excellence to the Annual Art Awards; we invite Marquette to engage with local arts and culture year-round as audience, artists, and advocates.

When dreaming up ideas for this year’s Art Week, consider how “grow” presents itself in your own life. Have you experienced development in your creative practice or perhaps helped others discover new skills? How has Marquette changed in the time you’ve lived here? Have your perspectives shifted in your lifetime? Is there a seasonal element to your growth? What sort of legacy do you hope our community leaves for future generations?

Artists and organizations interested in proposing a project must complete and submit a proposal form, linked below, by Friday, March 1. 

Requests for funding assistance of up to $500 are also being accepted via the same form, made possible thanks to support from the Michigan Arts & Culture Council.

Please review the project proposal guidelines prior to submitting the form.

Art Week Project Proposal Guidelines: LINK
Art Week Project Proposal Form: LINK

Don't have a specific project in mind, but still want to be a part of Art Week? Additional opportunities to get involved will be shared on the Compass in the coming months.

For more information, please visit the Marquette Compass Art Week homepage, www.mqtcompass.com/art-week. Please contact the Office of Arts & Culture with any additional questions at arts-culture@marquettemi.gov or (906) 228-0472.