1926

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne welcome their first Broadway friends to 10 Chimneys in Genesee Depot.

1932

Frank Lloyd Wright invites the first 23 students to study architecture at Taliesin in Spring Green.

1935

The Peninsula Players put on their first show (Hay Fever) behind the Bonnie Brook Cottage in Fish Creek, Door County.

1960

The first artist begin renovating historic buildings along High Street and in Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point.

1967

Robert Gard publishes The Arts in the Small Community: A National Plan and pilots this work in five pilot communities in Wisconsin.

1970

The People’s Fair Rock Festival (offering fresh air, nature, music, love, fun and streams all under the sign of cancer) attracts 50,000 people to Iola.

90s

2006

Justin Vernon holes up at family cabin an hour north of Eau Claire to write For Emma, Forever Ago. His success launches the Eaux Claires Music Festival.

2024

A group of artist friends form the Princeton Art Collective (PARC) to keep the tradition of arts-centered community building alive in Wisconsin…