By Rhiannon Gurley
Northside Arts Collective

“Art on Emotion” Exhibition at Lakeview Library – Our Vibrant Community held a free creation series at Goodwill-North during November to promote positive emotional health through awareness, education and encouragement. Art from the series will be displayed at Lakeview Library during December.

    Teen art exhibition – During October, the Northside Arts Collective (NAC) team set up our first Teen Art Exhibition, a solo show of DaVon’s anime drawings. We hope you had a chance to view it. We were happy to give DaVon his first show. We experienced the challenge of getting teens involved, whether it was marketing to their parents or trying to find teen artists.

Nextdoor group – We’ve launched a NAC group on Nextdoor for those who do not use Facebook. Search for Northside Arts Group.

  Northside photographers Facebook group – Wendy Murkve created a Facebook group for photographers. Join the group at facebook.com/groups/811714419868587.

Planning 2023 NAC workshops – Would you like to present a free demo workshop geared for writers, visual artists, dancers, actors or musicians? These will be held at the Goodwill-North community room, a large, clean space with a projector, moving tables and about 30 chairs. Send your brief bio, description, image and preferred date to madisonnorthsidearts@gmail.com. We are seeking one workshop per quarter in January, April, July and October.

Promote creativity on the Northside – Do you know a business, organization or individual that is making a creative impact on the Northside? Send their info to us to be spotlighted on Facebook, e-news and Nextdoor.

2023 Community Impact projects Do you have a project in mind you’d like to implement, individually or with a team, with the support of NAC? Projects could range from organizing a block party to helping at the NAC booth at the Northside Farmers Market, etc. Email your idea and how we can help (madisonnorthgsidearts@gmail.com).