Calling all muralists! Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21, in partnership with the Downtown Placemaking Task Force, City of Milwaukee and Westown Association have issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a new gateway mural. 

In partnership with Milwaukee County Housing Division, Milwaukee Police Department, and the District Attorney's Office, Key to Change assists chronically homeless individuals within our community. Key-shaped meters build awareness of our community's quality of life programs and collect donations for both short and long-term assistance. 

"Migration," presented by Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21 and Johnson Controls, Inc., is a floor-to-ceiling mural by CERA Street Art and Katie Batten. Spanning 50 feet, the mural strengthens the pedestrian connection between the central business district and Historic Third Ward neighborhoods. 

In celebration of the Year of Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21, with support from the Downtown Placemaking Task Force and Wisconsin Avenue stakeholders, commissioned Mauricio Ramirez as the 2017 Wisconsin Avenue Artist-in-Residence. 

The Downtown GO! Kart is turning break time into playtime. Challenge your colleagues, friends or family to a variety of games, located inside the ASQ Center's river skywalk from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m/, Monday - Friday, through April, and on the plaza of 310W, from May until October. 

From the lakefront to Wisconsin Center District, Milwaukee's main street comes to life seasonally, between June and October, with 22 world-class sculptures. For the third consecutive year, Sculpture Milwaukee returns in 2019, with all-new public art in the heart of the city. 

Held internationally on the third Friday of September, parking spaces around the globe are temporarily reclaimed for people. In downtown Milwaukee, a dozen metered spaces are transformed into new territories for creative experimentation, activation, socializing and play.

In partnership with Milwaukee County Transit System, crews installed two original art works on bus shelters in downtown Milwaukee. The initiative was part of a larger citywide project to surprise and delight pedestrians and transit passengers.