EVENTS
Live Painting at MADISON READING PROJECT’S “Read(y) to Wear”
MADISON READING PROJECT’S Read(y) to Wear
is BACK for 2026!
Our signature event brings together lovers of reading and fashion for an unforgettable night in support of literacy! Design teams create beautiful fashion entries from 90% paper products, going head-to-head on the catwalk to compete for the top recognition from a panel of judges and the live audience.
This is our biggest fundraising event of the year! Your attendance or sponsorship supports our Books for Educators program that helps local educators fill classroom libraries with diverse books that ignite a love of reading.
Read(y) to ignite a love of reading? Join us for Read(y) to Wear 2026 and be part of an evening that blends creativity, community, and impact.
Thursday, June 11th at The Sylvee
Thinking about signing up as a design team, sponsoring the event, or supporting it in another meaningful way? Download our packets below! Reach out to rowan@madisonreadingproject.com for more details!
Curious? Visit the Dane County Regional Airport to take a look at 20 designs from the last eight years on display!
This year’s theme is Out Of This World
LIVE PAINTING HAPPY HOUR AT THE MALT HOUSE
Art created while you watch - with drinks! We're excited to welcome back our friend and abstract painter, Hanna Bruer, to the Malt House, beginning about 6pm. Watch as she creates a work from start to finish - and enter to win a chance to take it home! Come for a beer, wine, or cocktail, go home with original art!
Sauced Night Market - ART SALE
SAUCED is a roving night market dedicated to emerging chefs, artists, and artisans.
Founded in November 2014, SAUCED pops up from the underground to make evenings more interesting—like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with less pizza and more empanadas.
SAUCED takes the traditional market format and flips it on its head with a live DJ, food, and all-local goods.
Hanna will be selling some work!
Sauced Night Market - LIVE PAINTING
SAUCED is a roving night market dedicated to emerging chefs, artists, and artisans.
Founded in November 2014, SAUCED pops up from the underground to make evenings more interesting—like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with less pizza and more empanadas.
SAUCED takes the traditional market format and flips it on its head with a live DJ, food, and all-local goods.
Hanna will be doing some live painting and selling some work!
LIVE PAINTING HAPPY HOUR AT THE MALT HOUSE
Art created while you watch - with drinks! We're excited to welcome back our friend and abstract painter, Hanna Bruer, to the Malt House, beginning about 6pm. Watch as she creates a work from start to finish - and enter to win a chance to take it home! Come for a beer, wine, or cocktail, go home with original art!
LIVE PAINTING HAPPY HOUR AT THE MALT HOUSE
Art created while you watch - with drinks! We're excited to welcome back our friend and abstract painter, Hanna Bruer, to the Malt House, beginning about 6pm. Watch as she creates a work from start to finish - and enter to win a chance to take it home! Come for a beer, wine, or cocktail, go home with original art!
LIVE PAINTING HAPPY HOUR AT THE MALT HOUSE
Art created while you watch - with drinks! We're excited to welcome back our friend and abstract painter, Hanna Bruer, to the Malt House, beginning about 6pm. Watch as she creates a work from start to finish - and enter to win a chance to take it home! Come for a beer, wine, or cocktail, go home with original art!
LIVE PAINTING HAPPY HOUR AT THE MALT HOUSE
Art created while you watch - with drinks! We're excited to welcome back our friend and abstract painter, Hanna Bruer, to the Malt House, beginning about 6pm. Watch as she creates a work from start to finish - and enter to win a chance to take it home! Come for a beer, wine, or cocktail, go home with original art!
LIVE PAINTING HAPPY HOUR AT THE MALT HOUSE
Art created while you watch - with drinks! We're excited to welcome back our friend and abstract painter, Hanna Bruer, to the Malt House, beginning about 6pm. Watch as she creates a work from start to finish - and enter to win a chance to take it home! Come for a beer, wine, or cocktail, go home with original art!
“DREAMS IN THE UNDERGROWTH” ART EXHIBITION, OPENING RECEPTION, AND LIVE PAINTING
Gallery night, art exhibition, opening reception, and live painting event at Carnelian Art Gallery in Madison, WI. Carnelian Art Gallery, is pleased to announce its second art exhibition of the year, titled "Dreams In the Undergrowth." The show will kick off with an opening reception at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 16, at the gallery. Live painting by Hanna Bruer at 6 p.m.
LIVE PAINTING HAPPY HOUR AT THE MALT HOUSE
Art created while you watch - with drinks! We're excited to welcome back our friend and abstract painter, Hanna Bruer, to the Malt House, beginning about 6pm. Watch as she creates a work from start to finish - and enter to win a chance to take it home! Come for a beer, wine, or cocktail, go home with original art!
Live Painting
Art created while you watch - with drinks!
We're excited to welcome back our friend and abstract painter, Hanna Bruer, to the Malt House on Friday night, March 14th, beginning about 6pm. Watch as she creates a work from start to finish - and enter to win a chance to take it home! Come for a beer, wine, or cocktail, go home with original art!
Live Painting
Art created while you watch - with drinks!
We're excited to welcome back our friend and abstract painter, Hanna Bruer, to the Malt House on Friday night, January 24th, beginning about 6pm. Watch as she creates a work from start to finish - and enter to win a chance to take it home! Come for a beer, wine, or cocktail, go home with original art!
Live Painting
Art created while you watch - with drinks!
We're excited to welcome back our friend, the abstract expressionist painter, Hanna Bruer to the Malt House on Friday night beginning about 6pm. Watch as she creates a work from start to finish - and enter to win a chance to take it home! Come for a beer, wine, or cocktail, go home with original art!
Live Painting
Art created while you watch - with drinks!
We're excited to welcome back our friend, the abstract expressionist painter, Hanna Bruer to the Malt House on Friday night beginning about 6pm. Watch as she creates a work from start to finish - and enter to win a chance to take it home! Come for a beer, wine, or cocktail, go home with original art!
LIVE PAINTING
Art created while you watch ... with drinks!
We're excited to welcome back our friend, the abstract expressionist painter, Hanna Bruer to the Malt House on Friday night beginning about 6pm. Watch as she creates a work from start to finish - and enter to win a chance to take it home! The piece will be raffled off at 8pm Friday night. Come for a beer, wine, or cocktail, go home with original art!