Visual Vibes on Villard is a public art initiative of the Villard Avenue Business Improvement District #19
The goals of the "Visual Vibes on Villard" public art initiative is to bring public art to our business corridor and grow the cultural arts footprint in our district. Additionally, we aim to promote cultural/community pride, and educate children through the form of art.
05/19/2024
Live Performances at the 2024 Senior Wellness & Fun Fair | Friday, May 24th 3-7 PM
Register for FREE on Eventbrite (Link in the Comments) or Call 414.431.2207
Direct Supply Riverworks MKE Milwaukee Recreation Azura Memory Care and Assisted Living Eras Senior Network, Inc. Community Advocates Independence First Milwaukee Public Library Legal Aid MKE Assisted Living Center UnitedHealthcare City of Milwaukee Financial Empowerment Center Walk to end Alzheimer The Salvation Army Milwaukee County Elite Hearing Centers Serving Older Adults of Southeast Wisconsin Milwaukee Police District 4 Ascension Living Golden Path Services Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Kids Matter Inc. Graceland Cemetery Hunger Task Force, Inc.
08/02/2023
10/28/2022
Thinking about buying your own home? Join us tomorrow to start that journey!
09/15/2022
Historic Milwaukee, Inc. Doors open Milwaukee self-guided app tours of several neighborhoods like ours (Villard BID) will be available to download beginning September 24th. You can take the Visiting Villard Avenue tour once you download the Historic Milwaukee App on your app store for android and iphone. You can experience many historical, architectural, and artistic sites such as Visual Vibes on Villard! Download the app and enjoy!
Sponsored by the following businesses and organizations:
Villard BID
Havenwoods Edc
AARP Wisconsin
Jonco Industries
Covanta
08/18/2022
It's so sad that Vibes on Villard has wrapped up for the year. But you can still enjoy some Salsa and Latin Jazz at the Havenwoods Summer Sounds Concerts!
Tomorrow, Clave y Afinque will perform. Opening act is Jonah Denae. Food available from Jamaican Truck. Thanks to our sponsors: Direct Supply, Hentzen Coatings, Uihlein Soccer Park, Havenwoods BID 31
06/03/2022
A few weeks ago, we were blessed with being nominated for and subsequently winning the 2022 Mayor’s Design Award for our public art initiative for Villard Avenue! We are extremely appreciative & thankful for the recognition!
Additionally, we are extremely excited to showcase our 3rd installment to include an incredible and very unique tree art project curated by Milwaukee artist Crigh Chapman Artistry who is highlighting the VERY IMPORTANT role that TREES HAVE IN OUR DAILY LIVES!
ONLY When you visit the Villard BID will you get to see and experience viewing & engaging with these BEAUTIFUL pieces of art that interact with the trees! We are currently working on creating an art map that helps everyone get a chance to see and connect with something so meaningful, and artistically beautiful, that showcases the INCREDIBLE TALENT that we Have RIGHT NOW IN OUR CITY! Feel free to reach out to him directly about any of your public art ideas.
09/15/2021
FAITH-BASED MURALS ARE FEW & FAR IN BETWEEN but please allow us to introduce to you one of the most Vibrant ones we’ve seen in this city.
This mural "Call to Success - Hayyal ala- Fahlah” was completed this summer by one of our city’s most Cultural Muralists.
Mr. Ammar Nsoroma who also installed our Black Culturally themed mural “UHURU SASA” which is located on Oasis Milwaukee WEST facing wall at 3120 W. VILLARD AVE.
Ammar’s mural pays Homage & Respect to our ISLAMIC BROTHERS and SISTERS. You can find it if you’re heading Westward up Hampton Avenue on 21st street ( East facing wall) on the MaRuf Youth Center located at 2110 W. Hampton. Ave. This mural also marks the ENTRANCE of the Villard BID. and see this
09/11/2021
Visual Vibes 1st time muralist Teresa Sahar has been on the MOVE since she completed her first mural on Villard. Here she is doing some more wellness chalk art in the downtown BID. Congratulations on growing your artistry footprint here in your own city Teresa! We are so VERY PROUD OF YOU, wish you nothing but continued growth in your career as an artist. Go check out the work she's been doing everyone, and you can always come see her very 1st mural "Healthy Choices" which is located at 5246-48 N. 35th Street right here in the Villard BID! !!!
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Five Milwaukee artists have been chosen by a community jury of Villard residents and the Villard Avenue BID to paint murals, as part of “Visual Vibes on Villard”, a revitalization project. Winning murals address themes of entrepreneurship, cultural pride, community pride, health & wellness, and environmental conservation. All murals will be a walkable distance from one another.
Additionally, another local artist will be doing a public project in the community, as part of a Villard BID Anti-Littering Campaign, bringing positive messaging to tree wells and litter receptacles in the area.
Angelique Sharpe, Manager of the Villard Avenue BID #19, is working alongside Wallpapered City to help facilitate Visual Vibes on Villard. “Our vision with this project was to incorporate community input with the goals outlined by the BID to grow the cultural arts footprint in our district. This project will deliver just that. The artists selected all come from different ethnic backgrounds, which at a turbulent time where race-relations are unsettled, have all come together in a predominantly black neighborhood to promote cultural and community pride, and educate children through the form of art.”
In early August, a public call for artists opened to Milwaukee County residents with preference given to local BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women artists. The project celebrates diversity while showcasing Milwaukee’s local artistic talents.
Visitors to the Visual Vibes on Villard mural corridor are encouraged to support neighborhood businesses when visiting.
“We started discussions with the Villard team back in late 2019, because even then, they were ready to beautify the community with art, months before anyone could have imagined what 2020 had in store. We are so glad they were willing to make adjustments for COVID safety, rather than cancelling.”says Wallpapered City founder Stacey Williams-Ng. Williams-Ng adds, “At this moment in time, the world—and especially Wisconsin—needs positivity. We are so proud to be giving jobs to artists, and to be investing our talents in North Milwaukee. After all, artists can change our society for the better much faster than any politician ever could!”
The Villard mural project is made possible by the following partners: Havenwoods Economic Development Corporation, Wallpapered City, Milwaukee Environmental Collaboration Office- ECO, Neighborhood Improvement Development Corporation, Covanta Environmental Solutions, AARP of WI, and a generous gift by an anonymous donor.
MURAL LOCATIONS & ARTISTS
Artist: Chacho Lopez Mural Location: 5268 N 35th Street, Milwaukee
Artist: Teresa Sahar Mural Location: 5246 N 35th St., Milwaukee
Artist: Ras Ammar Nsoroma Mural Location: 3120 W Villard Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53209
Artist: Kevin Soens Mural Location: 5151 N 35th St., Milwaukee
Artist: Byada Meredith Mural Location: 3903 W Villard Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53209
