| Media: November Coverage |
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Vital Source Magazine Co-producer Pegi Taylor blogs about the November 25 forum. Click here to read it |
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Public Art Review Blog Please click here to read an overview of MVP and the outcome of the polling performances. |
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Fox Six News Nicole Koglin interviews MVP co-producer John Loscuito and lead artist Jill Sebastian on Fox Six TV WakeUp. Click here to watch it |
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WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio: Susan Bence Susan Bence interviews with lead artists Brent Budsberg, Raoul Deal, and singer Annie Carter. Also included are slides of the artists preparing their projects. Click here to hear and view |
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WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio: Lake Effect Show Paul Kosidowski interview with MVP co-producers John Loscuito and Pegi Taylor. Click here to listen |
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Chicago Tribune Carrie Antlfinger of the Associated Press writes about voter responses to My Vote Performs. Click here to read it |
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Shepherd Express In an A&E Feature, co-producers Pegi Taylor and John Loscuito discuss My Vote Performs along with MVP artists Mark Escribano and Brent Budsberg. Click here to read it |
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M Magazine The November issue of M Magazine includes "Peak Performance," a short take on My Vote Performs written by Candace Doyle. Click here to read it |
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JS Online Mary Louise Schumacher reports on the My Vote Performs project on Election Day for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Click here to read it |
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JS Online See lead artist Jill Sebastian's video on Mary Louise Schumacher's "Art City" blog. Click here to see it |
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JS Online The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Mary Louise Schumacher include photographs of the WhiteBoxPainters "The Tally." Click here to see them |
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ArtsySchmartsy.com Milwaukee arts scene blogger Jonathan West makes sure readers know about My Vote Performs. Click here to read it |
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Media: Earlier Coverage
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Fall 2008 Visual Art Preview Mary Louis Schumacher, the Art and Architecture Critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, discusses some of the most interesting upcoming visual art events, including My Vote Performs. Click here to read it |
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Wisconsin Public Radio (WHAD) On September 22, Kathleen Dunn of WPR's Ideas Network Station talks with MVP producer Pegi Taylor along with other members of the League of Woman Voters about the upcoming elections, and the importance of making every vote count. Click here to listen |
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WISNÂ 12 News During the 10 pm news on October 8th, WISN TV 12 aired a segment about My Vote Performs. It featured the powerful poetry of Dasha Kelly, the lead artist at Silver Spring Neighborhood Center. Click here to watch |
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Endorsements
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| Barbara Schaffer Bacon is co-director of Animating Democracy, a program of Americans for the Arts Institute for Community Development and the Arts, which fosters arts and cultural activity that encourages and enhances civic engagement and dialogue. She notes, "Since the first parade of independence, the arts have helped to animate and celebrate our democracy. The arts and humanities contribute unique programs, settings, and creative approaches that reach new and diverse participants, stimulate public dialogue about civic issues, and inspire action to make change. How wonderful and appropriate to celebrate citizen participation though the arts on Election Day. My Vote Performs promises to lift the spirits of Milwaukee voters and the ideals of democracy. |
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| Karen Goeschko, Assistant Director for Programs and Services at the Wisconsin Arts Board, noted, "In reviewing the application for funding for My Vote Performs, our grant panel expressed the hope that this program can be a stimulus for similar initiatives across the country. My Vote Performs connects the arts and civic engagement in wonderful ways, and the Arts Board is delighted to be able to support it. |
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| Third District County Supervisor Gerry Broderick says, "As a former art teacher, I understand how the arts can enrich every aspect of life. I am pleased that My Vote Performs, a project that will encourage voting and enhance the voting experience through performance art at twelve polling sites, is having its national premier in Milwaukee County." |
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| Historian and writer John Gurda says, "My Vote Performs is in the very best tradition of Milwaukee's civic life. Our political ancestors believed passionately in something they called 'public enterprise.' What better way to honor that spirit than through public performances at public polling places on the very day the public chooses its next leaders?" |