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2027 Art Poster

Each year for over four decades, the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission's annual art poster has showcased a different, talented local artist. This tradition lives on in 2027. Poster donations help support the Commission's mission and programs: fostering public participation, increasing access, and forging alliances in support of local arts, culture, and history.

Acrylic painting of a brown cow against a sold bright blue background. The cow looks directly at the viewer and has a garland of pink roses and green foliage around her neck. The artist signature, Alex Haunty, and the date, 2023 are visible in the lower left corner of the painting.

Alex Haunty, First Place for Ela May, 2023, Acryic on canvas, 30” x 24” 

Poster Size: 18” x 24”

 

Professional headshot of a person with long brown hair, glasses, and a navy-blue top, posed against a green background of natural lighting.

About the Artist:

Alex Haunty is an artist with a big heart to love people, paint happiness and bring life to everyone around him. While living with a cognitive disability, Alex uses his unique challenges as a springboard to achieve his dreams and has become a source of inspiration for many. Known for his bright whimsical colors, Alex paints originals using acrylic and oil on canvas. Alex donates a significant portion of the proceeds from his art sales to his nonprofit, Alex Haunty’s Theater and Arts Fund, Inc. (AHTAFI). The non-profit buys tickets to take people with cognitive disabilities to Broadway shows at Madison's Overture Center for the Arts. They also have helped create visual and performing art workshops for people with disabilities through Inspiring Hope Ministries. AHTAFI’s vision is to promote access to the arts for people with disabilities through an integrated arts community model.

Alex’s Selected Career Highlights:

  • Alex’s art lines a hallway of American Family Children’s hospital in Madison and also resides in the Overture Center of the Arts.  
  • 2015: Won the Outstanding Young Philanthropist Award in Madison WI.  
  • 2017: Received the Hometown Hero Award in Wisconsin by the state legislature. 
  • 2018: Received the Star of Touring Broadway national award.
  • 2025: Selected as the Good Neighbor of the year in his city of Middleton, WI.

These awards were because of his creating accessibility to adults with disabilities in the arts.  

Learn More: inspiringartbyalex.com

Alex Haunty's Theater and Arts Fund, Inc.: alexhauntystheaterandartsfund.org

 

Where can I pick up a poster?

The 2026 art poster is available to the public by voluntary donation at locations throughout Dane County as follows:

  • The following Dane County city/town/village halls: City of Middleton, City of Monona, Town of Dunn
  • The following Dane County framing shops are serving as poster distribution sites and in partnership with the Commission offering custom framing discounts for this year’s art poster:
    • Douglas Art & Frame, 3238 University Avenue, Madison (608-441-9948)
    • Meuer Art & Picture Frame Co, 8448 Old Sauk Road, Middleton (608-833-3337)
    • Monroe Street Framing, 1901 Monroe St, Madison, (608-255-7330)

Dane Arts would like to thank Douglas Art & Frame for their generous support in annually framing the Dane County Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission poster! 

While you're here, don't miss our 2026 Art Calendar, featuring Dane County Artists!

 

Past Art Posters

A watercolor painting of a close-up prairie scene featuring grasses, native Wisconsin flowers, and various insects such as bees and butterflies against a blue-sky background.

Helen Klebesadel, High Summer Prairie I, 2025 Art Poster

Vertical poster of a woodblock print. The image features a black background with flowers and foliage. Yellow rabbits appear on the left and right sides of the image while hands reach out from the bottom and top of the composition. The bottom hand holds a strawberry and the top two hands hold three grubs.

Lesley Anne Numbers, Give and Receive, 2024 Art Poster

Colorful painting with a dominant red color. Blue flowers extend from an anatomically correct heart surrounded by several birds. The heart rests on top of a turtle in the bottom of the composition.

Richie Morales, Pangea, from The Effects of Time on Memory Series, “Human Animals,” 2023 Art Poster

Painting of a green landscape with a wide path in the foreground extending into the distance. Above the horizon line is a blue sky. The landscape is dotted with pink flowers.

Molly Krolczyk, Summer Night, Indian Lake, 2022 Art Poster

A watercolor painting of six pink flamingos in a row reflected below them in the bottom half of the composition.

Steve Wagner, Strolling, 2020 Art Poster

Painting of a vibrant autumn landscape with birch trees in the foreground and rolling hills covered in colorful foliage.

Karen Watson-Newlin, Pleasant Valley Conservatory, 2019 Art Poster

Painting of sunflowers in front of a brick building with an arched door, a window, and greenery cascading from above.

Reed Jones, Sunflower on Ely Place, 2018 Art Poster

A scenic painting of a grassy field with trees, a stream, and soft sunlight, showcasing nature in early spring.

John Ribble, Solitude, 2017 Art Poster

Colorful fall landscape with vibrant trees, blue water, and wildlife including herons, promoting Dane County arts and nature.

Judy Patenaude, Hide N' Seek, 2016 Art Poster

Watercolor painting of a serene riverbank with bare trees reflected in the calm water and soft hues of autumn vegetation.

Brian McCormick, Lagoon, 2015 Art Poster

Painting of a rural landscape featuring a green field, farm buildings, silos, and a dramatic cloudy sky.

Kay Brothol-Hostvet, Steadfast, 2014 Art Poster

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