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All Events - Milwaukee Art Museum Events Calendar http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/ Copyright 2004-2012 Refresh Web Development LLC http://www.HeliosCalendar.com http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=rss Upcoming Event Information From The Milwaukee Art Museum Events Calendar Saturday, February 04 - Story Time in the Galleries http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2957 <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Come hear a story that relates to a work of art in the galleries, and then make a drawing inspired by what you have seen and heard.<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Explore all the <a style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0057a7; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Kohl's Art Generation" href="http://www.mam.org/artgeneration/" target="_blank">Kohl's Art Generation</a> weekend family programs.<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Meet at Admissions Free with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2957 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Saturday, February 04 - Drop-In Tour http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3061 SATURDAYS at 11 AM and 2 PM SUNDAYS at 2 PM Museum docents give 1-hour tours every weekend of the building and Collection highlights. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3061 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Saturday, February 04 - Sketching in the Galleries http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2994 <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Drop in and try your hand at sketching from artworks in a different gallery each week. No experience necessary! Materials are provided. <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Explore all the <a class="external" style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0057a7; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Kohl" rel="external" href="http://mam.org/artgeneration/" target="_blank">Kohl's Art Generation</a> weekend family programs. <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Location available at Admissions Free with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2994 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Saturday, February 04 - Drop-in Tour http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3165 SATURDAYS at 11 AM and 2 PM SUNDAYS at 2 PM Museum docents give 1-hour tours every weekend of the building and Collection highlights. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3165 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Saturday, February 04 - Opening: The Scholastic Art Awards: 2012 Wisconsin Regional Exhibition http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3265 For more than thirty-five years, the Museum has presented the outstanding artistic talents of our area’s youth. Students in grades 7-12 annually awe Museum visitors with their creativity and skill. This year’s Scholastic Art Awards exhibition features over 325 artworks in the categories of Architecture, Ceramics & Glass, Comic Art, Design, Digital Art, Drawing, Fashion, Film & Animation, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture. Twenty-four visual artists and art professionals carefully selected the works from more than thirteen hundred entries based on the students’ handling of the materials and the expressive execution of the work. Pieper Gallery and Schroeder (west) GalleriaFree with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3265 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Sunday, February 05 - Open Studio: Fall in Love with Art http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2998 Stop by the <a title="Visit the Kohl's Art Generation" href="http://mam.org/artgeneration/programs/studio/">Kohl's Art Generation Studio</a> to create art inspired by the artwork in the Museum's Collection and exhibitions. Each month features a different theme, and the projects change weekly!Explore all the <a title="Visit Kohl's Art Generation" href="http://mam.org/artgeneration/programs/">Kohl's Art Generation weekend family programs</a>.Kohl's Art Generation Studio, Main Level Free with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2998 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Sunday, February 05 - Drop-In Tour http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3217 SATURDAYS at 11 AM and 2 PM SUNDAYS at 2 PM Museum docents give 1-hour tours every weekend of the building and Collection highlights. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3217 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Tuesday, February 07 - Gallery Talk: 2012 Scholastic Art Awards http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2947 Celebrate the extraordinary young artistic talent on view in the 2012 Scholastic Art Awards exhibition with exhibition coordinator Helena Ehlke. Pieper Education Gallery Free with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2947 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Thursday, February 09 - 12-Hour Member Preview Celebration: Accidental Genius http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2953 Come and celebrate the opening of <a title="Accidental Genius" href="http://mam.org/accidental-genius/" target="_blank">Accidental Genius: Art from the Anthony Petullo Collection</a> and be among the first to experience these extraordinary artworks. <ul> <li> Docent led tours of <a title="Accidental Genius" href="http://mam.org/accidental-genius/" target="_blank">Accidental Genius</a> offered at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.</li> <li>Free audio guides </li> <li>Delectable dining in Café Calatrava, open 11 a.m.-4 p.m.</li> <li>Exhibition-related merchandise in the Museum Store</li> <li>Lectures* at 1:30 p.m. with curator Margaret Andera and at 6:15 p.m. with Anthony Petullo</li><li>Satisfy your need to create with DIY art projects from 7-9pm</li><li>Complimentary appetizers, 5-8 p.m., and cash bar, 5-9:30 p.m.</li> </ul> *The lectures are ticketed. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis and will be distributed at the admission desks starting at 10 a.m. on event day only. Number allotted depends on membership level. Overflow areas will be available and a video of the lecture will screen immediately following. Free for Members; non-members can purchase tickets for $25 starting at 5 p.m. for the evening portion. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2953 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Friday, February 10 - Exhibition Talk: Accidental Genius http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2941 Take in this opening day gallery talk with collector Anthony Petullo and curator Margaret Andera, as they discuss this generous gift of over three hundred artworks to the Milwaukee Art Museum. The Petullo Collection is the most extensive grouping of European self-taught art in America. The gift greatly enhances the Museum's holdings and establishes the Milwaukee Art Museum as a leading American institution for self-taught art.<a title="Accidental Genius" href="http://mam.org/exhibitions/details/petullo-collection.php" target="_blank">Accidental Genius: Art from the Anthony Petullo Collection</a> features works by many of the most important American and European artists in the genre including Bill Traylor, Martín Ramírez, Henry Darger, Minnie Evans, Alfred Wallis, Anna Zemankova, Adolf Wölfli, and Scottie Wilson.Lubar Auditorium Free with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2941 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Friday, February 10 - Opening: Accidental Genius: Art from the Anthony Petullo Collection http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3267 This exhibition celebrates the gift to the Milwaukee Art Museum of more than 300 works from the Anthony Petullo Collection. This generous gift greatly enhances the Milwaukee Art Museum’s significant holdings of self-taught material. Petullo, a retired Milwaukee businessman and current Board of Trustees member, built his collection over a span of over thirty years. The collection’s strength is in European work, an area represented in few American collections. <a href="http://mam.org/exhibitions/details/petullo-collection.php">Accidental Genius: Art from the Anthony Petullo Collection</a> will feature works by many of the most important American and European artists in the genre including Bill Traylor, Martín Ramírez, Henry Darger, Minnie Evans, Alfred Wallis, Anna Zemankova, Adolf Wölfli, and Scottie Wilson. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3267 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Saturday, February 11 - Story Time in the Galleries http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2958 <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Come hear a story that relates to a work of art in the galleries, and then make a drawing inspired by what you have seen and heard.<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Explore all the <a style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0057a7; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Kohl's Art Generation" href="http://www.mam.org/artgeneration/" target="_blank">Kohl's Art Generation</a> weekend family programs.<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Meet at Admissions Free with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2958 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Saturday, February 11 - Drop-In Tour http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3062 SATURDAYS at 11 AM and 2 PM SUNDAYS at 2 PM Museum docents give 1-hour tours every weekend of the building and Collection highlights. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3062 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Saturday, February 11 - Sketching in the Galleries http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2995 <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Drop in and try your hand at sketching from artworks in a different gallery each week. No experience necessary! Materials are provided. <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Explore all the <a class="external" style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: #0057a7; text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Kohl" rel="external" href="http://mam.org/artgeneration/" target="_blank">Kohl's Art Generation</a> weekend family programs. <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Location available at Admissions Free with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2995 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Saturday, February 11 - Drop-in Tour http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3166 SATURDAYS at 11 AM and 2 PM SUNDAYS at 2 PM Museum docents give 1-hour tours every weekend of the building and Collection highlights. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3166 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Sunday, February 12 - Open Studio: Fall in Love with Art http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2999 Stop by the <a title="Visit the Kohl's Art Generation" href="http://mam.org/artgeneration/programs/studio/">Kohl's Art Generation Studio</a> to create art inspired by the artwork in the Museum's Collection and exhibitions. Each month features a different theme, and the projects change weekly!Explore all the <a title="Visit Kohl's Art Generation" href="http://mam.org/artgeneration/programs/">Kohl's Art Generation weekend family programs</a>.Kohl's Art Generation Studio, Main Level Free with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2999 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Sunday, February 12 - Drop-In Tour http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3218 SATURDAYS at 11 AM and 2 PM SUNDAYS at 2 PM Museum docents give 1-hour tours every weekend of the building and Collection highlights. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3218 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Tuesday, February 14 - Gallery Talk: Accidental Genius http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2948 Discover more about the artworks in the <a title="Accidental Genius" href="http://mam.org/accidental-genius/">Accidental Genius: Art from the Anthony Petullo Collection</a> exhibition—and new to the Museum's Collection—with curator Margaret Andera. Baker/Rowland Galleries Free with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2948 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Thursday, February 16 - Express Talk: Accidental Genius http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2931 Enjoy a midday art break with a 30-minute introduction to <a title="Accidental Genius" href="http://mam.org/accidental-genius/">Accidental Genius: Art from the Anthony Petullo Collection</a>. Baker/Rowland Galleries Free with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2931 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 Friday, February 17 - Play Date with Art: Painting Together http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2939 <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">It's never too early to learn to love art! Drop in and make art together, in this program designed especially for our youngest visitors. There's a new theme each month—and Singing Time is always at 10:30 and 11:15 a.m. Stop by and join the singalong!<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Ages 5 and under, accompanied by an adult<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Windhover Hall, Main Level Free with Museum admission; no registration required http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=2939 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600