Washington Park Media Center

07/12/2025

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07/08/2025

🎨 Cultural Art Vibes are coming to Washington Park this Friday, 4–7pm! 🌳

Our AV Club is teaming up with and for a multimedia makeshop experience across the park!

📍 Start at the basketball court to register and grab some free food
🎨 Then hit up creative stations at the gazebo, pool, and The Box
🖌️ We’ll bring the tools—you bring the creativity!

It’s where digital art meets traditional art—and everyone’s invited.

07/01/2025

🌾 “We've always seen the connection between urban and rural, art, food, and culture. When we come together around that table, that's when culture flourishes.”
– Jay Salinas of Wormfarm Institute and Rural Urban FLOW

At the final Emerging Topics in Economic Development event of 2024, Jay spoke from Washington Park Media Center about how Wormfarm and Rural Urban FLOW connect culture, agriculture, and place to grow Wisconsin’s creative future.

Hosted by Urban Economic Development Association of WI (UEDA) with partners Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Create Wisconsin, Mke-Lax, Washington Park Media Center and more—this series is shaping a statewide roadmap for supporting creative industries across rural and urban communities.

🎥 Watch the full conversation via the link in the comments.

07/01/2025

🎤 “I want to raise my family in here in Wisconsin and I don't want them to feel that they have to move to access arts and culture.”
– Carolyn Nelson-Kavajecz of Create Wisconsin and Sterling Silver Studio

At the final Emerging Topics in Economic Development event of 2024, hosted by the Urban Economic Development Association of WI (UEDA) in collaboration with Economic Development Corporation, Washington Park Media Center, Create Wisconsin, Rural Urban FLOW, we explored how creativity fuels community.

This conversation series is shaping a roadmap for supporting and growing Wisconsin’s Creative Industries—urban and rural, now and into 2025.

📍Recorded at Washington Park Media Center
🔗 Watch the full series via the link in our bio

06/27/2025

🎉 TONIGHT is the SEASON FINALE of the 43rd + Vliet: Night Market! 🎉
5–9pm • Food, fashion, music, makers & community 💫

We’ve had an amazing season — huge thanks to all the incredible partners who made it possible! 💛

🌟 TONIGHT’S HIGHLIGHTS:
👠 Life Is a Runway — .shop and ’s fashion show, full of bold local style
🎬 Screenings of Wicked — the story you think you know, with a twist thanks to
🚍 Sponsored by + — thank you for your support!

There’s so much more media to share soon — but tonight, let’s celebrate together. Pull up! 🛍️🎶

06/19/2025

🎙️ Sara Daleiden of Mke-Lax and Kristi Luzar of Urban Economic Development Association of WI (UEDA) talk Growing the Creative Industries in Wisconsin—from local innovation to statewide impact.

💡 Watch the full Rural Urban FLOW: Growing Creative Industries in Wisconsin conversation—link in comments below.