6/30- Art Ferris Wheel Community Art Project 2025
Date: Monday, June 30, 2025
Time: 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Location: The Arts Hub, Upper Level, 720 Demarest Ave., Waupaca, WI 54981
Artists and Instructors: Dort De Wild and Marsha Mueller (Scroll down for artist biography)
Banner Theme: Mandala
Learn more about the Art Ferris Wheel Community Art Project by going HERE.
This workshop is sponsored by Premier Bank and Turners Farm Market! Thank you!
Each workshop will be led by an artist(s) who has created an original piece of artwork for the banner. Community members who sign up for the workshop will contribute by painting the image on the banner.
The Art Ferris Wheel workshops are all FREE.
Each workshop will have eight spaces for community members to be a part of this project.
Artist-led workshops are for individuals ages 8 and older.
Individuals aged 8 - 12 years will need to be accompanied by an adult. The accompanying adult must also sign up and participate in the workshop due to limited space.
Artist and Instructor: Dort De Wild
Dort De Wild is a retired Art Teacher who taught at the Waupaca Middle School for 31 years. She displayed her students' work at the annual Waupaca Fine Art Show for 20 years. She is also a chartered member of the Waupaca Public Library Exhibit Room which is a space used to provide cultural, historical and educational displays free to the public showcasing local artistry, industry, memorabilia and education.
Since retiring in 2015, Dort enjoys working in ceramics and paints with acrylics as well as fiber art. In ceramics she attempts to incorporate clay and metal in integral, organic, wall compositions. Other clay endeavors are explorations into color and abstract shapes.
Her acrylic paintings and fiber art also explore color and shape. Circles find their way into the paintings representing cyclic movement and the life cycle. The circle defines the space within but the motion that makes up the space is infinite. It has no beginning or end. The single swirl, starting in the center and moving outward represents expanding creativity and growth of spirit; traits she strives to incorporate into her own life.
