Annabelle Havlicek

Annabelle Havlicek is a graphic artist and photo editor, and owned Havlicek & Associates. As owner of that business as well as a community activist, Annabelle:

• Represented Miriam Ben Shalom;
• Was public relations counsel for the PrideFest Committee in 1989 during a major controversy;
• Produced 9 Pride Guides for the annual PrideFest;
• Was the in-house ad design service for InStep for 5 years;
• Had numerous clients in the gay & lesbian community including: BESTD Clinic, Cream City Foundation, MLGPC (PrideFest predecessor), Fest City Singers, HIT, SSBL, Pageant Productions and various others;
• Donated time and talent to the Lavender Hill party on an annual basis;
• When Ron Geiman got sick, operated InStep until they found a buyer (Bill Attewell);
• Owned the Wisconsin Continental pageant for 3 years;
• On the committee that brought the AIDS Memorial Quilt to Milwaukee and held a quilt panel design workshop.

Annabelle circa 2007

Annabelle Havlicek and Tom Rezza, June 1990 Pride poster
(In Step, volume 7 no. 11)

with Miriam BenShalom, 1990