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WCAB Board Members & Associate Members
Community Building Through the Arts Since 2005
The Waupaca Community Arts Board is a diverse group of passionate volunteers dedicated to incorporating the arts into everyday life of people of all ages and artistic abilities by promoting creativity, artistic expression and community building.
Current Events!
Current Events!
Art Ferris Wheel Community Art Project 2025!
Being that this is the Waupaca Community Arts Boards 20th anniversary of becoming an official non-profit organization, our vision for this year’s Community Art Project is a community/artist-created and led over-sized spectacular piece of public art to be shared with all during the 19th Annual Arts on the Square, an “Art Ferris Wheel.”
We want YOU, the community to help paint the “art banners” that will decorate the Ferris wheel. Click the button below to learn all about the project and how to get involved.
Summer Nights Concert Series!
Next up for our Summer Nights lineup is Salsa Manzana!
July 30th
6 - 9:30 p.m.
Come for the Family Art Project where art banners for the Ferris Wheel art project will be made, delicious food, beverages and music. The full lineup and details for the Summer Nights Concert Series can be found by clicking the button below.
ARTicipation Week!
ARTicipation Week is Waupaca’s dynamic kickoff to Arts on the Square—a creative, community-centered week celebrating art in all forms. Whether you're decorating, dancing, painting, singing, or just enjoying the vibe—it’s a must‑experience for those who appreciate local spirit and creativity.
Come enjoy a lively mix of free daily events that invite all ages to explore, create, and have fun in the heart of downtown and nearby Rotary Riverview Park.
Friday Night Street Dance 2025!
Copper Box will bring their signature high‑energy blend of polka‑rock‑blues to the Friday Night Street Dance on August 15th in downtown Waupaca. Playing from 7 to 10:30 p.m. under the East Fulton Street main tent beside the library, they’ll lift the atmosphere with their hot accordion and sax-driven sound that’s been praised as “one of the most entertaining groups I’ve seen in a long time!” As the band from nearby Oshkosh, WI, Copper Box blends folk, blues, rock, jazz, and polka into an electrifying mix—anchored by Danny Jerabek’s virtuosic button‑box accordion and Michelle LL’s soulful vocals and saxophone. Expect a dance‑floor‑filling evening with food trucks, a beer and wine tent opening at 6 p.m., and rides on the ART Ferris Wheel starting at 7 p.m.—all part of this vibrant kickoff to Arts on the Square.
Arts on the Square 2025!
Arts on the Square is a vibrant celebration of local creativity, culture, and community spirit, held in the heart of downtown Waupaca’s historic square.
Every summer, the heart of downtown comes alive with an explosion of color, sound, and movement during this beloved tradition that combines the best of community celebration and artistic expression. Anchored by three vibrant events—, ARTicipation Week, the Friday Night Street Dance, and Arts on the Square—this annual celebration invites members of our community and visitors alike to experience the joy of art and music in all its forms. With free workshops, live music, dance, good food, and more, there is something for everyone! Check it out!
Land Acknowledgement
We, the Waupaca Community Arts Board acknowledge that Indigenous Peoples have been here for millennia and that their homeland was forcefully taken. The Indigenous way of life as they honored the land and all of its inhabitants was forever changed. The land on which we now reside is the ancestral homeland of the Menominee Nation of Wisconsin.
As original inhabitants, the Menominee named the river, Wāpah-Sēpēw and Waupaca, Wāpahkoh, “place of tomorrow seen clearly”. We honor with gratitude the land and all the generations who have stewarded it. We strive to build awareness of the Menominee’s long history and resolve to work with the Menominee people now and into the future, by engaging in purposeful learning and actions consistent with the Waupaca Community Arts Board mission statement.
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