David Michael Miller

Although there was no Willy Street Fair in 2020, there was the Porch & Bubble Tour, featuring bands performing from a trailer pulled by the Bubblemobile through the Marquette neighborhood.

In order to prevent the spread of covid, the Orton Park Festival in 2020 was moved to the airwaves and online, featuring an encore broadcast of artists performing at an earlier Orton festival.

Marquette Waterfront Festival, June 13-14, 2020. Trying to capture the fairy tale quality of the Fools Flotilla, I turned to art nouveau illustrator Virginia Frances Sterrett for inspiration.

Festyland 2020. Since the five-festival phenomena took off a few years ago I have wanted to put Festyland on the map, so to speak. Here it is as a piece of magical real estate, with the various festies hovering above. It was nice to introduce the Sid Boyum mushroom sculpture to the club of neighborhood symbols.

Isthmus’ annual Cheap Shot awards, Dec. 19, 2019.

“How high-speed trains were derailed” Dec. 4, 2019

“Sound Check - Burlington opposed F-35s but got them anyway. Is this Madison’s future?” Nov. 7, 2019

“Electrifying change” Oct. 10, 2019

The 42nd Annual Willy Street Fair, Sep. 14-15, 2019.

Fighting Bob Fest, Sept. 6-14, 2019. It was fun to feature Bob’s famous pompadour here.

Orton Park Festival, August 22-25, 2019,

“Millennial Magnet” Aug. 22, 2019

“Where goes the neighborhood?” Aug. 15, 2019. The most cooperative models I’ve ever worked with. 

“Making shit up - As two recent decisions demonstrate, the conservatives on the state’s highest court are not applying the law as it is written, but as they wish it to be.”

“A museum of our own - Does Madison’s history need its own space?” July 18, 2019

Fete de Marquette, July 11-14, 2019.

“Lead by example” July 4, 2019