Fiserv Forum has announced that the annual Morning Glory Art Fair, which has previously taken place at Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, will move across the river to the live block plaza in front of the new Bucks arena, 1111 Vel R. Phillips Ave., Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10 and 11, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.
The new location in the 80,000-square-foot plaza will allow more artists to participate in the free, juried fair, which debuted 44 years ago. Typically, Morning Glory – which had previously been called Morning Glory Fine Craft Fair – has presented works in ceramics, digital art, jewelry, photography, sculpture and other media by about 130-150 artists in a dozen categories.
The extra space allows the event to include painters for the first time.
"The Morning Glory Art Fair has been a great tradition in Milwaukee for more than 40 years, and we are thrilled to welcome it to the plaza in front of Fiserv Forum," said T.J. Sagen, Fiserv Forum event programming manager, in a news release issued Tuesday.
"Community members will have the opportunity to meet artists from all over the country and to discover beautiful, hand-crafted art."
"We’re excited to bring our expanded Morning Glory Art Fair to a new and energized location that’s quickly established itself as a social and entertainment hub in Milwaukee," added Robert Dickey, president of the Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council, the organization that hosts the annual art fair.
"In addition to moving to the plaza in front of Fiserv Forum, we’re now able to include additional talented artists from around the country. Be sure to put Aug. 10 and 11 on your calendar and come check out all the wonderful art that’s available for purchase."
For more information visit morninggloryartfair.com.
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
