The City of Marquette is proud to present the seventh annual City of Marquette Art Week, June 20-June 25, 2022. A week full of special events hosted along the lakeshore in City park spaces dedicated to arts and culture including exhibits, concerts, workshops, installations, demonstrations, and live performances. Art Week is made possible thanks to collaboration with over 200 local artists, businesses, organizations, and other community partners and is supported by the Michigan Arts and Culture Council. 

This year we move to the lakeshore, from Carp River to Presque Isle, to explore what Water means to us. Daily locations are centered around different public places along the shoreline and are inspired by the City’s new cultural trail project. Headlining events include a kickoff concert by Hiawatha Music Co-op at Presque Isle Park, Musical Performance and Poetry at South Beach Park, Presque Isle Artist Market, the annual Fresh Coast Plein Air Painting Festival, performances by the Marquette City Band and local Anishinaabe-based Rock Band Waawiyeyaa, Sister Cities partnering with the Marquette Symphony Orchestra Summer Strings for a Finnish Midsummer celebration, Art Stroll downtown, a Wednesday Artist Market at the Marquette Commons, It’s All About Love sidewalk chalk festival by the UP Children’s Museum, performances by TaMaMa Dance Company and Superior Strings Alliance, a Closing Concert curated by Michael Waite hosted at the Lighthouse Park, and many more popup artist demos, workshops, music, performances, installations, and exhibits to explore throughout the week!

For a full listing of Art Week events, please visit the Art Week homepage on the Marquette Compass site www.mqtcompass.com. For more information please contact the City of Marquette Office of Arts and Culture at (906) 228-0472 or email arts-culture@marquettemi.gov.  

The City of Marquette Office of Arts and Culture has been approved for a $100,000 Our Town award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the Cultural Trail (Trail). This is one of 51 grants nationwide the agency has approved in this category to support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes.

“The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support arts and cultural organizations throughout the nation with these grants, including the City of Marquette, providing opportunities for all of us to live artful lives,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “The arts contribute to our individual well-being, the well-being of our communities, and to our local economies. The arts are also crucial to helping us make sense of our circumstances from different perspectives as we emerge from the pandemic and plan for a shared new normal informed by our examined experience.”
The Trail will honor and preserve our City’s diverse cultural heritage, history, and environment from the mouth of the Carp River to Presque Isle, through public space design, public art, and interpretive signage. The seven mile Trail will connect and give voice to the multiple stories, historic sites, natural features, and landmarks along the City’s multi-use pathway. Education will serve as the central mission, providing a platform to build cultural understanding and a shared vision of the future. This project is led by the City’s Office of Arts and Culture in cooperation with arts, history, cultural, environmental, tribal, educational, and economic institutions.

This Superior Watershed Partnership assisted with the successful grant proposal. For more information on the projects included in the Arts Endowment grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news.

The City of Marquette, City Hall offices will be moving to summer office hours beginning June 10, 2022. Summer hours will continue through Labor Day.

-Monday-Thursday: 7:30am-4:30pm

-Friday: 7:30am-11:30am

-Saturday and Sunday: CLOSED

The City of Marquette’s 2021 Water Quality Report has been published and is available for viewing on the City of Marquette’s website at www.marquettemi.gov/municipal-utilities . To receive a copy in the mail, please email water@marquettemi.gov or call 906-225-8382.

The 300 block of West Ohio will be closed to through traffic Tuesday, June 7 for a sanitary main repair at 7 a.m. This project is expected to be completed by end of the day.

The City of Marquette is hosting Art Week 2022 on Monday June 20- Saturday June 25. Events will occur primarily along the lakeshore trail and in the shoreline public parks. The 2022 theme is WATER. There are several calls for community artwork and project proposals. A complete list of current opportunities is on MQTcompass.com under “Creative Classifieds”. Descriptions and due dates of open calls at this time are listed below:

Inspired by Water – Community-created artwork hosted at City Hall as a summer exhibit. Open to all ages, all mediums.

What Water Wants To Be – Ore Dock Brewing Co. is hosting What Water Wants to Be, a popup art exhibit and Wednesday night event – environmental inspired art, all mediums

DROP OFF ENTRIES BY JUNE 15 to the Marquette Arts and Culture Center

All artwork must be ready to hang

Fresh Coast Plein Air Festival – Pre-registration is now open for the fifth annual Fresh Coast Plein Air Painting Festival! Painters of all skill levels are invited to take part in this annual Festival, which invites artists to paint scenes and scenery that have been inspired by the Marquette landscape and residents in the outdoors. Pre-register online by June 23

Wednesday Art Market – DDA’s Farmers Market is hosting an Artisan market on Wednesday June 22. Sell your work! – Rolling applications at www.mqtfarmersmarket.com

For the latest Art Week 2022 information and opportunities for artists and volunteers visit www.mqtcompass.com/artweek Contact Amelia Pruiett apruiett@marquettemi.gov with questions or for more information.

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Fitch Avenue, between Summit Street and Waldo Street, will be closed to through traffic for a sanitary lateral replacement beginning Thursday, June 2 at 7:00 a.m. Project completion is expected by the end of the day.

The Marquette City Planning Commission meeting scheduled for June 7, 2022 has been canceled due to lack of business for the agenda.
The Planning Commission scheduled for June 21, 2022 will be held in Room 103 of the Municipal Service Center at 1100 Wright Street instead of City Hall.

Marquette City Manager Karen Kovacs will hold her next community office hours on Wednesday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to noon in the main floor conference room of the Peter White Public Library.  The meeting is intended to provide an informal opportunity to discuss issues within the community, and to give citizens the opportunity for direct dialogue with City staff about interests and concerns.