Northwestern Mutual Foundation Presents:
MAM After Dark: Gallery Night
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 5 PM-MIDNIGHT
THEASTER GATES OPENING 5–11 PM
Step into this multimedia exhibition (pottery, a glass lantern slide tunnel, ceramic speakers) that explores craft labor and race in America today. Chicago-based Theaster Gates Jr. engaged local communities to develop the work.
250-PERSON GOSPEL CHOIR 8:30 PM
Witness a one-night-only collaboration between several Milwaukee-based choirs and the Chicago-based Black Monks of Mississippi.
Online advance ticket sales available here.
ADVANCE ADMISSION SALES END AT 4:59 PM ON THURSDAY, APRIL 15
Members are always free. Become a Member at the door, get in free with a friend.
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About MAM After Dark
Upcoming Events
MAM After Dark is a monthly art happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Each event offers a not-to-be-missed feature program, after-hours access to the galleries, music, food, cash bar, and more. Enjoy as you mingle with friends old and new.
Photo Booth
Strike a pose. The MAM After Dark Photo Booth is your chance to own the spotlight. See yourself projected on the walls of Windhover Hall—and possibly in our next ad campaign!
DIY Studio
Make and take your own art at this MAM After Dark mainstay. At the DIY (do-it-yourself) Studio, you can expect to make everything from buttons and valentines to gift bags and baskets.
Past Events
MAM After Dark: Friday, March 12
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 5 PM-MIDNIGHT
“HERE AND NOW” 5–11 PM
See 25 collaborative works by first-year Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design students and established, Milwaukee-based artists.
GREEN FURNITURE DESIGN 5–10 PM
Catch this exhibition before it closes on March 14! Check out furniture by 15 artists who responsibly consider their materials and methods of manufacture.
MAM After Dark: Street Seen
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 5 PM-MIDNIGHT
DANCEWORKS 7 AND 8:30 PM
Watch as artists from Danceworks Performance Company interpret the works in the Street Seen exhibition through movement (choreographed by Simone Ferro).
STREET SCENE 9:30 PM
Don’t miss the return of True Skool! Live bucket drummers collaborate with Radio Milwaukee DJs to provide the back-ground for a world-class breakdancing battle.
MAM After Dark: Greener
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 5 PM-MIDNIGHT / GALLERY NIGHT
GREEN FURNITURE DESIGN 5–11 PM
Explore furniture designed around the concept of sustainability, which centers not only around a responsible use of materials and methods of manufacture but also on issues of object life span, energy usage, and recycling/disposal.
WEARABLE SCULPTURE FASHION SHOW 9 PM
Discover innovative designs served with a good dose of outrageousness at this sixth semi-annual multi- media event. Past outfits featured car parts, wire mesh, glass, plastic containers, and toothpicks.
MAM After Dark: A Very Velvet Holiday
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 5 PM-MIDNIGHT
IRON CUPCAKE COMPETITION 5–10 PM
Vote on—and sample!*—your favorite cupcakes, as local bakeries flex their culinary muscle and vie for the title of Iron Cupcake Milwaukee; then cast your vote for one of three iron cupcake trophies, crafted by local artists. *while supplies last.
MAM After Dark: The Future Is Now
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 5 PM-MIDNIGHT
Evening Sponsor: Robert W. Baird & Co.
Each event offers fresh new programs, together with exclusive exhibition access, curator led tours, Photo Booth, DIY Studio, Radio Milwaukee’s hottest DJs, free snacks, cash bar, and more.
MAM After Dark: RunUp to the Runway
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009
Be seen where cutting-edge fashions from the best and the brightest local designers take center stage. RunUp to the Runway returns to the Museum with its full-production runway show for its fifth year!
MAM After Dark: Warhol
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 | 5 PM–midnight
Be among the first to see this premiere exhibition of works that the Pop Art icon produced in the last decade of his life. Prints from the artist’s Soup, Mao, and Marilyn series in the Museum’s Collection will also be on view.
MAM After Dark: DIY Milwaukee, Beer and Cheese Tasting!
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 | 5 PM–midnight
Sample handcrafted brews from across Wisconsin for free with your admission ticket! See screenings of Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design, bookending a talk and book signing with local filmmaker Faythe Levine.
MAM After Dark: Gallery Night
FRIDAY, JULY 24 | 5 PM–midnight
Spend Gallery Night at the Museum and view the American Originals exhibitions until midnight; tour the newly reinstalled Contemporary Galleries – open until 11 p.m.
The MAM After Dark media partners are M Magazine, 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, OnMilwaukee.com, and the Onion.
