We are full of anticipation and excitement as we approach our inaugural LunART Festival 2018 in Madison, Wisconsin! Our vision is to empower women in the arts by fostering originality, honoring diversity, and strengthening equality.

LunART Festival strives to cultivate a vibrant, safe space for women, unveiling our artistic leadership and creating the opportunity to put our hearts and souls into what we believe in.

The 2018 season features a remarkable range of women, diverse and varied in their artistic vision, but with the shared passion and desire to make their voices heard! 

LunART’s innovative programming combines and interweaves musical performances, theater pieces, multimedia presentations, visual art, dance, and spoken word. We showcase multiple genres of music, including contemporary classical, hip hop, folk, and pop, combining everything under one umbrella of celebrating women in the arts.

The 2018 season includes three Gala concerts of contemporary classical music, highlighting works and a world premiere of our Artist in Residence, award-winning composer Jenni Brandon, as well as our 2018 Call for Scores winners. Our educational program “From Page to Stage: Emerging Composers Workshop,” led by Ms. Brandon, offers a dynamic learning environment for women composers at the early stages of their careers. Audiences will be able to observe a free master class, attend open rehearsals, and enjoy the concluding outreach concert. 

LunART’s Friday “Starry Night” performance at the Bos Meadery features Zhalarina H. Sanders, Executive Director of The JVN Project. She will present her one-person Hip-Hop theater show Rose Gold, that recounts “the tragedy of black motherhood and the glory of its daughters.” The festival closes with Saturday’s “Starry Night” at Robinia Courtyard, with performances by 2014 International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion and folk singer-songwriter Helen Avakian, and local rock band Tiny Dinosaur.

Through collaborations and partnerships with Madison-area arts organizations and businesses, we are celebrating women's originality, individuality, imagination, and strengthening community ties. We are proud to be partnering with:

We are thrilled to announce that LunART is now supported by Dane Arts and the Madison Arts Commission. Additionally, we placed second at the 2018 UW Arts Business Competition, and we are a finalist for the 2018 National Flute Association’s C.R.E.A.T.E. Project Competition. These financial successes validate that the LunART vision resonates with many people.  

To fully realize our dream, LunART still needs help from donors like you! Your generous donations will help with the following expenses:

* The deadline for acknowledgment in the printed 2018 festival program is May 28th, 2018 (all contributions after May 28th will be recognized in the 2019 festival program). 

★ “From Page to Stage: Emerging Composers” 
 Composition masterclass with Jenni Brandon
 First United Methodist Church | 9am-11am

★ “Beyond the Muse: Women's Musical History” 
 A lecture presented by musicologist Andrea Fowler
 Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Lobby | 6pm

★ “Moon Dances” Opening Gala Concert
 Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Lobby | 7pm

★ “The Woman with the Unfathomable Eyes” Gala Concert
 Promenade Hall, Overture Center for the Arts | 7pm

★ “Starry Night” performance: “Rose Gold” by Zhalarina H. Sanders
 One-woman hip hop theater show
 Bos Meadery | 9:30pm

★ Panel Discussion: “Collaboration in the Arts”
 With Jenni Brandon, Katrina Schaag, and Zhalarina H. Sanders
 Madison Public Library | 10am-12pm

★ “From Page To Stage: Emerging Composers” Outreach Concert
 Capitol Lakes Grand Hall | 2pm

★ “Women’s Voices” Closing Gala Concert
 First Unitarian Society Auditorium | 7pm

★ “Starry Night” performance; 2014 International Fingerstyle Guitar Champion and folk singer-songwriter Helen Avakian and rock band Tiny Dinosaur
 Robinia Courtyard | 9:30pm