To Be a Water Protector: The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers
Category: Book Club
You are invited to the LPC Annual Meeting on August 28, 2022
Joni’s Beach
4 PM – 6 PM
Please join the La Pointe Center for the Arts Board for our annual meeting which will be held Joni’s Beach. This year we will be having a picnic.
Thank you to all our members who support LPC. Our by-laws state that every year we must have a membership meeting to inform our members of our finances and other business plans and to vote on the new Board of Directors. We need a quorum of 15 members to vote. Your meeting participation is much needed and greatly appreciated.
If you are not a member of LPC yet, please consider becoming a part of this great Island organization. You can support so many Island arts and artists that make this a great place.
We will have a short business meeting followed by presentations from our affiliate organizations and the winners of our 2021/2022 grant awards.
Artfully yours, The LPC Board of Directors: Peg Bertel (chair), Micaela Montagne (treasurer), Cynthia Mueller (secretary), Peggy Ross (Regranting Committee chair), Rae Lesmeister, Ava Love, Ken Myhre, and John Erste
























Public Art Workshop: June 21st
Facilitator: Anne Katz, Director, Create Wisconsin akatz@artswisconsin.org
More about the arts, culture, and creativity in Wisconsin and Create Wisconsin: http://www.createwisconsin.org

Today’s the day! LPC Wine & Beer Tasting FUNdraiser!

Starting at 3:30, we will have a wide variety of wine and beer from vendors around the state, and delicious cheeses, fruits and artisan breads to accompany the spirits.

Below are some of the exciting silent auction items to bid on for art, experience, wine and dine, and services of local and regional vendors.












Come meet some of the artists that we support and see their projects made possible by your donations.







At 5 PM we will auction off three cases of wine, and Molly and the Danger Band start up the music at 5:30.

Come support the arts on Madeline Island! $40 at the door. See you there!
Last Day for Online Discount Tickets to LPC Fundraiser
May 27, 2022
Let’s kick off the summer together!
Today is the last day for online discount tickets for the LPC Annual Wine & Beer Tasting FUNdraiser!
Still available at Rendezvous at the Inn, LPC Art Gallery, Madeline Island Ferry Line office, Bayfield Chamber and Stone’s Throw in Bayfield
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE
$30 in advance/$40 at the door
(tickets bought online at this date will not have RT passenger ferry passes)
For more information contact Barbara @ 715.209.5471

LPC Grants Deadline October 31, 2021
October 8, 2021

Now Open for applications! Wisconsin Arts Rescue Program Grant
Information session is noon on Thursday, Sept. 9
The Wisconsin Arts Board’s “Wisconsin Arts Rescue Program Grant is designed to help secure jobs and keep the doors open to the hundreds of arts organizations in Wisconsin that add value to the state’s economy and bolster the creative life of our communities. Created in response to the continuing pandemic, these grants provide funding to arts organizations for pandemic-related losses sustained due to the cancellation of programming, operations, and events.
Applications for the grant are due on Oct. 14, 2021 at 3pm. Approximately $778,200 will be distributed.
To learn more, attend the information session on Thursday, Sept. 9, from 12:00pm – 12:30pm.
Last chance to buy LPC Raffle Tickets
August 30, 2021
This Saturday, September 4th is the last day to buy tickets for the La Pointe Center for the Arts fundraising raffle drawing. Grand prize includes a three-night stay in a gorgeous home on the shores of Lake Superior on Madeline Island. Included in the package is a boat trip out to Devil’s Island caves, mopeds to explore the Island, and restaurant vouchers to enjoy some of our great food.
Drawing takes place Sunday, September 5
3 PM in front of the Beach Club

Tickets are $20 each or 6 for $100 and can be purchased at the LPC Art Gallery, the Madeline Island Golf Course, and LPC Board members will be stationed around town on Saturday September 4th. For more information call Peg at 218.391.8352
LPC April 20 Book Club ZOOM Link
7 PM Central
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89732463493?pwd=MkFhSVFsZ1FCMERuSElZZmNFc3Axdz09
The book is The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson published in 2020. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports, the author provides a new lens on London’s darkest year during the blitz through the day-to day experience of Churchill and his family and advisors. Lots of intriguing insights and personal details.
Seri already has copies at the Library.
LPC April 20 Book Club ZOOM Link
7 PM Central
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89732463493?pwd=MkFhSVFsZ1FCMERuSElZZmNFc3Axdz09
The book is The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson published in 2020. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports, the author provides a new lens on London’s darkest year during the blitz through the day-to day experience of Churchill and his family and advisors. Lots of intriguing insights and personal details.
Seri already has copies at the Library.
Creative Wisconsin Month April 2021
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Thursday, April 1, 1-1:30 CT: Creative Wisconsin Month kick off with Wisconsin Poet Laureate Dasha Kelly Hamilton
- Tuesday, April 6, 10 – 11 am CT: Advocacy 101, 102, and beyond All about the 2021-2023 state budget process, initiatives for investment, and how you can make your voice heard.
- Friday, April 23, 11 am – 12 noon CT: Wisconsin’s Young Arts Leaders: making a creative career and a life. Hear from three young Wisconsin creative sector leaders about their hopes, aspirations, and ideas as they start their careers at this unprecedented moment in time.
- Wednesday, April 28, 11 am – 12 noon CT: State of Arts and Creative Sector Funding in Wisconsin, one year later, co-presented by Arts Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Philanthropy Network.
Americans for the Arts will present the National Arts Action Summit, a multi-day event giving grassroots advocates crucial advocacy training from experts in the field, April 5-9. Participation is free! Click here for info and to register.
ZOOM link to March 16 LPC Book Club
Tuesday 7:00 p.m. CST
Tara Westover’s Educated
Robin Russell will lead the discussion.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85660844271?pwd=L1NTaXRBTzdSM0kvUUg5NVZtWkhsZz09