We will showcase TWO local groups this year:
The Oconomowoc Quilters Guild will be the featured Spotlight Group on Saturday, August 15th.
The Oconomowoc Quilters Guild is in its third year with its membership tripling since inception. The group meets at Our Saviors' Lutheran Church, 145 Lisbon Road, Oconomowoc WI (on Fowler Lake).
The Guild is a learning organization where members work towards improving their skills and learning new techniques. Belonging to a quilt group is both rewarding and a wonderful way to make great friends.
The Oconomowoc Quilters Guild is involved in many charity projects. All materials and labor are provided by Guild members. Projects have included, but not limited to, pillowcases for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan filled with personal items, books, games and goodies. Hunzinger Construction boxed and shipped these items and over 60 pair of pillowcases went to the troops.
The group also supports the "Go Red for Women", an organization spreading information about heart disease in women. “We have made and donated many baby quilts to the neo-natal unit at Waukesha Memorial Hospital; have done quilts for Hebron House and the Linus Project. Our current project is quilts of valor for our wounded soldiers,” comments Lee Waltenberry, vice president of the group.
“Working together with new and old friends for the good of others is very rewarding. We hope by doing this we can share the quilting arts with others and honor and preserve our quilting heritage,” said Waltenberry.
The PACE group will be featured as the Spotlight Group on Sunday, August 16th.
PACE (Performing Arts Center Enhancement) is a sub-committee of the Oconomowoc Public Education Foundation. PACE was established by the Foundation to ensure a first class performing arts facility for Oconomowoc and the surrounding area.
To this end, both organizations are committed to taking the quality of the Oconomowoc Performing Arts Center to a higher level both in terms of enhanced seating, acoustics, lighting, etc. but also to assure its ability to attract world class performing groups and venues.
The performing arts play a crucial role in the life of a vibrant community. As a joint effort, PACE and the education foundation will work to facilitate knowledge and use of this gorgeous facility to nurture the arts as a hallmark characteristic of the greater Oconomowoc area.
Each year, The Oconomowoc Festival of the Arts, Ltd. invites any local civic or social group to apply to be the SPOTLIGHT GROUP featured at the entrance of the Festival.
Because our Festival brings so many new people to the area, this is our chance to help Oconomowoc shine. As patrons return each year, they learn about another wonderful organization that calls Oconomowoc home. It’s a chance for local groups to showcase their best assets, and perhaps create a new network of patrons.