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Lake Vista Park
Lake Vista Park, Oak Creek.
A new family-friendly arts festival is coming to Lake Vista Park in Oak Creek this Saturday. Local food trucks, craft vendors, sculptural artist installations, live music, dance performances,and a craft beer garden are just a few of things occurring during The Confluence.
NEWaukee is partnering with the City of Oak Creek to produce the event, which is occurring at Lake Vista Park (4001 Lake Vista Parkway, Oak Creek) this Saturday from 3 to 9 p.m. A craft beer garden featuring Gathering Place, Milwaukee Brewing Company, Sprecher and Third Space Brewing will also be at the event, along with six public art installations which are labeled below.
The public art installations will remain on display in Lake Vista Park through early August. The installations were selected by the City of Oak Creek Tourism Commission. At night, there will be performances from Alex Paniagua, Bryan Cherry, DJ Shawna, Danceworks, The Academy of Performing Arts, Young Dance Academy, as well as a children’s storytime from Ebenezer Child Care Centers. Featured craft vendors include Angelic Roots LLC, At Peace Design, Bright Eyes Boutique and more. Food vendors include Meat on the Street, Pedro’s South American Food, Better Together Espresso and more.
“We are bringing together different aspects of fine art and highlighting them at one outdoor festival,” said Kristin Craig, Destination Marketing Specialist at City of Oak Creek, in a press release. “Oak Creek supports the arts and continues to create events that showcase local talent.”
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You can read the full press release below:
NEWaukee is excited to partner with Oak Creek to spotlight local artists and vendors in the city’s new Lake Vista Park (4001 Lake Vista Parkway, Oak Creek, WI). This Saturday, July 20th, from 3-9PM, the park will come alive during The Confluence, a new family-friendly festival produced by NEWaukee.
The festival will feature local food trucks, craft vendors, sculptural artist installations, live music and dance performances, and a craft beer garden featuring Gathering Place, Milwaukee Brewing Company, Sprecher and Third Space Brewing.
Guests are invited to explore the park and experience six installations produced by local artists: Adam Meurers’ ‘Harbor Moon’, a powder-coated steel and 3-form resin plastic sculpture; Alison Carlucci’s ‘Inside Out or Outside In?’, a framed view of the lake for photo-taking; Carlucci’s ‘Color Wash’, colorful ribbons flowing between trees; Dan Kirchen’s ‘Sense-Stations’, a four-sided wooden bench; The Prairie School’s ‘Join our Table’, an interactive wooden table; and Keenan Lampe’s ‘Interdependence’, a sculpture using found logs and steel cable.
The public art installations will remain on display in Lake Vista Park through early August. Artists applied to a request for proposals sent by NEWaukee in spring 2019 and were selected by the City of Oak Creek Tourism Commission.
“We are bringing together different aspects of fine art and highlighting them at one outdoor festival,” explains Kristin Craig, Destination Marketing Specialist at City of Oak Creek. “Oak Creek supports the arts and continues to create events that showcase local talent.”
The evening will include performances from Alex Paniagua, Bryan Cherry, DJ Shawna, Danceworks, The Academy of Performing Arts, Young Dance Academy, as well as a children’s storytime from Ebenezer Child Care Centers.
Featured craft vendors will include Angelic Roots LLC, At Peace Design, Bright Eyes Boutique and more. Food vendors will include Meat on the Street, Pedro’s South American Food, Better Together Espresso and more.
“We love working with municipalities to bring grand ideas to life, and Oak Creek has been no exception,” says Angela Damiani, co-founder and CEO of NEWaukee. “We are so excited for attendees to experience Lake Vista Park.”
Opened in 2018, Lake Vista Park is a 250-acre site located on the shores of Lake Michigan in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The public park was transformed from a former industrial site.
In 2017, the City created a new Tourism Commission to promote Oak Creek as a destination for visitors. Support of the Confluence, as well as many other city events, is made possible through revenue generated by a local tax on hotel stays at properties within the City. By State law, most of this hotel tax revenue must be spent exclusively on tourism promotion and development.
