Hodags on Parade
Patron Sponsors
Trig’s and Rhinelander Cafe & Pub have already joined on! Thank you!! Contact us, if you or your company would like to become a Patron Sponsor too! Your name will be painted right on the Hodag and you’ll have a good chance to own one!! Call for more details (715) 362-7374.
Call to Artists 2012!
Have you ever wanted to paint a Hodag?? Now’s your chance!
Please download the attached guidelines and application!
Call to Artists Information 2012
We want to hear from you with your design concept of YOUR HODAG for Hodags on Parade 2012!!
Timeline 2012
February & March Call to Artists
April 2 Deadline for artist design submissions
Mid-April Artists contacted
April 15 – May 31 Creativity begins! Have fun with your Hodag!
May 31 Hodags completed by artists.
June 1 Hodags taken to local auto body shop for sealant.
June 9 Hodags on Parade held in conjunction with Second Saturday in June Car Show and Art Fair, downtown Rhinelander
June – October Public art display of Hodags, downtown Rhinelander
Mid October Hodags collected for touch-ups by artists
November 10 Hodags on Parade auction
Hodags on Parade 2011 was a huge success! Thank you, all for your part!
“Uncle Sam Hodag”
Artist: Connie Friesen
Sponsor: The Northwoods River News – http://rivernewsonline.com/
Highest bidder and new owner: Terry & Lynne Friese, Grace Lodge Assisted Living
“I’m a Hodag”
Artist: Linda Gilbert-Ferzacca
Sponsor: Downtown Rhinelander, Inc.
Derek Baron of Rhinelander won this Hodag through the raffle! Thank you all for supporting this project!
“Hodag it happen?” (How did it happen featuring early Rhinelander settlers)
Artists: NCSS graduate Maggy Klaver and current student Abbie Botkins
Sponsors: joint effort by support sponsors
Highest bidder and new owner: Stuart Sorley
“The Flying Hodag”
Artist: Linda Gilbert-Ferzacca
Sponsor: Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport – www.fly-rhi.org
Highest bidder and new owner: Chris Sharkey
“Cheese-dag”
Artist: Ryan Patrick Priebe
Sponsor: Trig’s – http://www.trigs.com/
Highest bidder and new owner: Rhinelander GM Toyota Auto Center
Support Sponsors:
City of Rhinelander Public Works; CoVantage Credit Union; Dean Distributing, Inc.; Heck Capital Advisors; Portable Paint & Blasting; Rhinelander Honda; Wausau Paper – Rhinelander Mill; O’Melia, Schiek & McEldowney, SC; Rhinelander Cafe & Pub; Winfred Phtotgraphy; Rhinelander Area Chamber of Commerce
This was the third year of Hodags on Parade, billed as the largest (and friendliest) outdoor public art event in the Northwoods. For more information about Hodags on Parade, contact Kathy Brich 715-493-3663 or Sue Bessert of Downtown Rhinelander, Inc., 715-362.7374 or 715-490-0807.
