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 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3637 <p>Join us for a lively discussion of <i>Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt</i> by Robert Gottlieb, a book selection inspired by the <i><a href="http://www.mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris</a></i> exhibition.</p><p>Actress Sarah Bernhardt was a national icon, a symbol of France, and she is depicted in many of the posters in <i><a href="http://www.mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris</a></i>. From her obscure birth to her glorious career, she led a fascinating life, transforming herself, the illegitimate and scandalous daughter of a courtesan, into a famous actress. Gottlieb's Sarah is the first English-language biography to appear in decades. </p><p>“A fascinating look at Bernhardt's mythology and the stagecraft behind it. . . . What Sarah understood—as Gottlieb, a storied editor and publisher makes clear—was how the heightened drama of performance might be extended to her own life.” —Vogue</p><p>Free with Museum admission<br />RSVP to adults@mam.org or 414-224-3826<br />Both books are available in the Museum Store. </p><p> </p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3637 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3636 <p>Join us for two lively discussions on books inspired by the <i><a href="http://www.mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris</a></i> exhibition.</p><p><b>Saturday, June 23 | <i>Bel Ami</i> by Guy de Maupassant<br /></b>Depicting the scenes and characters of Paris during the belle époque with wit, sensitivity, and humanity, Bel Ami tells the tale of the young and ambitious George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami. A successful journalist, Duroy soon encounters sleazy colleagues, manipulative mistresses, and wily financiers and swiftly learns to become an arch-seducer, blackmailer, and social climber in a world where love is only a means to an end.</p><p><b>Saturday, August 25 | <i>Sarah: The Life of Sarah Bernhardt</i> by Robert Gottlieb<br /></b>“A fascinating look at Bernhardt's mythology and the stagecraft behind it. . . . What Sarah understood—as Gottlieb, a storied editor and publisher makes clear—was how the heightened drama of performance might be extended to her own life.” —Vogue</p><p>Actress Sarah Bernhardt was a national icon, a symbol of France, and she is depicted in many of the posters in <i><a href="http://www.mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris</a></i>. From her obscure birth to her glorious career, she led a fascinating life, transforming herself, the illegitimate and scandalous daughter of a courtesan, into a famous actress. Gottlieb's Sarah is the first English-language biography to appear in decades. </p><p>Free with Museum admission<br />RSVP to adults@mam.org or 414-224-3826<br />Both books are available in the Museum Store. </p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3636 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3635 <p>Take in this opening day gallery talk with Jack Rennert, director of the International Poster Center in New York, for an introduction to the posters that defined Belle Époque Paris. Get to know artists hailed as masters of the medium: Jules Chéret, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre Bonnard, and Alphonse Mucha, and others.</p><p><i><a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a></i> features more than one hundred of the finest French posters from the golden age of the <i>affiche artistique</i>, including posters originally banned by the censors and rare preparatory studies. These larger-than-life, brightly hued artistic posters with bold typography and playful imagery covered the boulevards, advertising bicycles to the debaucherous cancan. </p><p>Lubar Auditorium<br />Free with Museum admission</p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3635 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3631 <p>Stop by the <a 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!</p><p>Explore all the Kohl's Art Generation weekend family programs.</p><p>Kohl's Art Generation Studio, Main Level</p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3631 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3632 <p>Stop by the <a 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!</p><p>Explore all the Kohl's Art Generation weekend family programs.</p><p>Kohl's Art Generation Studio, Main Level</p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3632 Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3628 <p>Join Béatrice Armstrong, from the French Institute of Milwaukee, for a tour through the <i><a href="http://mam.org/exhibitions/details/posters-of-paris.php" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a> </i>exhibition in French.</p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p><p> </p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3628 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3627 <p>Join Béatrice Armstrong, from the French Institute of Milwaukee, for a tour through the <i><a href="http://mam.org/exhibitions/details/posters-of-paris.php" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a> </i>exhibition in French.</p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3627 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3625 <p>Join Chipstone Foundation curator Claudia Mooney for a closer look at <i><a href="http://mam.org/exhibitions/details/face-jugs.php" title="See details">Face Jugs: Art and Ritual in 19th-Century South Carolina</a></i> and the African American pottery created in the second half of the nineteenth century, in the midst of slavery, in the Edgefield District of South Carolina.</p><p>Decorative Arts Gallery, Lower Level<br />Free with Museum admission</p><p> </p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3625 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3624 <p>Join Chipstone Foundation curator Claudia Mooney for a closer look at <i><a href="http://mam.org/exhibitions/details/face-jugs.php" title="See details">Face Jugs: Art and Ritual in 19th-Century South Carolina</a></i> and the African American pottery created in the second half of the nineteenth century, in the midst of slavery, in the Edgefield District of South Carolina.</p><p>Decorative Arts Gallery, Lower Level<br />Free with Museum admission</p><p> </p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3624 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3623 <p>Discover more about the artworks in the <i><a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a> </i>exhibition with art dealer Bill DeLind.</p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p><p> </p><p> </p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3623 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3622 <p>Enjoy a midday art break with a 30-minute introduction to <i><a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a></i>. </p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3622 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3621 <p>Discover more about the artworks in the <i><a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a> </i>exhibition with art dealer Bill DeLind.</p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p><p> </p><p> </p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3621 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3620 <p>Discover more about the artworks in the <i><a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a> </i>exhibition with art dealer Bill DeLind.</p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p><p> </p><p> </p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3620 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3619 <p>Discover more about the artworks in the <i><a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a> </i>exhibition with art dealer Bill DeLind.</p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p><p> </p><p> </p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3619 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3618 <p>Discover more about the artworks in the <i><a href="http://mam.org/exhibitions/details/posters-of-paris.php" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a> </i>exhibition with art researcher Christa Story.</p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p><p> </p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3618 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3614 <p>Enjoy a midday art break with a 30-minute introduction to <i><a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a></i>. </p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3614 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3615 <p>Enjoy a midday art break with a 30-minute introduction to <i><a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a></i>. </p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3615 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3616 <p>Enjoy a midday art break with a 30-minute introduction to <i><a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a></i>. </p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3616 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3617 <p>Enjoy a midday art break with a 30-minute introduction to <i><a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a></i>. </p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3617 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3600 <p>Enjoy a midday art break with a 30-minute introduction to <i><a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris/" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a></i>. </p><p>Baker/Rowland Galleries<br />Free with Museum admission</p> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3600 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500