The Women's Fund of Oshkosh has an interactive art exhibit on display at the Oshkosh Public Library and the Boy's and Girl's Club. The exhibit is meant to encourage people to examine their screentime and help them be more intentional with their device use. July 16, 2026. PC: Fox 11 Online
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Screen down, eyes up, life is waiting.
That’s the theme of a project currently underway in Oshkosh aimed at raising awareness and equipping the community with the tools for healthier tech use.
The Women’s Fund of Oshkosh knows there’s “More to the Story” and they’re using an interactive art display with the same name, to see it and learn from it.
In January, the Women’s Fund launched the SMART Social Project to examine digital behaviors and how the community embraces technology both good and bad.
With one exhibit in the Oshkosh Public Library and the other one in the Boy’s and Girl’s Club – people are encouraged to answer the questions, focused on their digital use.
“This itself is taking you through prompts on the board as to what do you feel like when you get on your phone or your social device? Why do you do that? What drives you to do that? How do you feel when you get off? How do you feel when you make decisions to spend your time differently?” said Executive Director of the Women’s Fund Karlene Grabner.
The purpose of the display is to get people thinking about their screentime and how much of it they spend on social media. The SMART Social Project isn’t anti-technology, because devices aren’t going anywhere.
“We want people to change their behavior and to think twice before they’re passing on information that isn’t possibly not true. Looking at photos and thinking, look at how beautiful that woman is. I don’t look anything like that. Doing those types of things, we hope people will stop and think more about it before they react to what they’re seeing,” added Grabner.
While the SMART Social Project was supposed to last a year, after positive response from the community, some activities will go on much longer than planned.
According to Grabner, “People were very excited about the Tech Free Tuesday nights and some of the activities that we’ve done. And as long as people want more of that type of activity, we’re going to keep doing it.”
Because the end goal is for people to look up and see Oshkosh.
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