7/15- Art Ferris Wheel Community Art Project 2025
Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Time: 5 - 8 p.m.
Location: The Arts Hub, Upper Level, 720 Demarest Ave., Waupaca, WI 54981
Artist and Instructor: Michelle Sharp (Scroll down for artist biography)
Banner Theme: History of Waterways in Waupaca
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: Michelle Sharp
Michelle Sharp (b. 1992) is an artist and adventurer born and raised in Tarkio, Missouri. Working primarily with photography and bookmaking media, she finds inspiration in the mundane, the acts of sharing and discovery, literature, and structured systems. Michelle received a BFA with honors from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2015; her major was Photography with minors in Writing and Science. Michelle currently lives in the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin.
Michelle has shown work in various online exhibitions, such as Lenscratch and F-Stop Magazine, as well as Milwaukee galleries such as Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, The Portrait Society Gallery, and Gallerie M. Her photographs have been featured in the 2014 Best of College and High School Photography publication by Photographer’s Forum, and various independent publications. Michelle’s zines and other book works can be found in collections at the University of Milwaukee Special Collections Library and The Athens Zine Bibliotheque. Most recently, her work has been exhibited at The Art Garage in Green Bay, Arts Connective in De Pere, and through community art projects with The Building For Kids Children’s Museum.