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Most Popular 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 Friday, June 15 - Lakefront Festival of Arts http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3049 The nationally recognized <a title="LFOA" href="http://lfoa.mam.org/" target="_blank">Lakefront Festival of Arts (LFOA)</a> is celebrating its 50th year! Both inside the Museum and outdoors, under cover of a state-of-the-art tent, festivalgoers can visit one-on-one with more than 170 jury-selected artists as they explore their jewelry, paintings, ceramics, metalwork, and more.There are a number of activities on the Museum grounds, from hands-on, interactive fun in the expanded Children’s Area, to live music, the Milwaukee Magazine Wine Garden, Silent Art Auction, sculpture garden, food offerings, and more. The event is held rain or shine.Don’t miss a thing! <a title="LFOA" href="http://lfoa.mam.org/" target="_blank">Check out all the festival activities, ticket prices, volunteer opportunities, and more.</a>The Lakefront Festival of Arts is a Friends of Art event. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3049 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Friday, June 22 - MAM After Dark: Cancan http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3596 Kick it up in June at <a href="http://mam.org/afterdark/" title="MAM After Dark" target="_blank">MAM After Dark: Cancan</a>. This bawdy and boisterous event is not for the shy! Be dazzled by the Brew City Bombshells Burlesque troupe, learn the cancan from Gypsy Moon Dance, dance to live music from Milwaukee Hot Club and DJ Why-B, sample French wines, and more. Plus hear more about Paris during the Belle Époque and the works that enlivened the streets in a Gallery Talk on the <a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris" title="Posters of Paris" target="_blank">Posters of Paris</a> exhibition at 8 p.m.Free for Museum Members Join at the door, get in free with a friend! $12 at the door | <a href="http://www.museumtix.com/program/program.aspx?vid=774&pid=5863010&pvt=mlwk" title="Buy tickets online">$6 (plus fees)</a> in advance http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3596 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Thursday, May 17 - 2012 Annual Members' Meeting and Reception http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3504 Join us for an informative and fun-filled evening as we recognize volunteers and celebrate all that the Museum has accomplished over the past year. We are proud to welcome Ford W. Bell, president, American Association of Museum, as our guest speaker. A reception with light treats and a cash bar will follow. RSVP by Friday, May 11, to <a href="mailto:krista.renfrew@mam.org">krista.renfrew@mam.org</a> or 414-224-3856.Proxies for electing nominees to the Board of Trustees will be sent via email. If you do not receive eNews and would like to receive this proxy, please call the Membership Hotline at 414-224-3284 or <a href="mailto:membership@mam.org.">membership@mam.org.</a> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3504 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Wednesday, May 16 - Member-Only Lecture Series with Barbara Brown Lee http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3502 With the Museum’s 125th anniversary approaching in 2013, take a look back at the beginning and hear the facinating story behind the Layton Collection.Free for MembersLubar Auditorium Lectures are ticketed. Tickets are first come, first served from Admissions starting at 10 a.m. the day of the lecture. Number of tickets allotted depends on membership level. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3502 Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Sunday, May 20 - Member Swap Day with Area Museums http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3505 Enjoy four times the fun: at the Museum with <a href="http://mam.org/artgeneration/programs/kohls-art-generation-family-sundays/">Kohl’s Art Generation Family Sundays,</a> Betty Brinn Children’s Museum, Discovery World, and the Public Museum. Receive free general admission at all four with your membership card and photo ID. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3505 Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Sunday, May 20 - Kohl's Art Generation Family Sundays: Water, Earth, and Sky http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3325 Celebrate art inspired by the world around us! Learn about landscapes in the Museum’s Collection, and about ceramic art in the <a title="Face Jugs" href="http://mam.org/exhibitions/details/face-jugs.php" target="_blank">Face Jugs</a> exhibition. Make hands-on art projects with clay, help create a giant rainbow, take a scavenger hunt, and more! And check out papermaking and wheel-throwing demonstrations by local artists.Free with Museum admission. Free for kids 12 and under. Free for Boys and Girls Club members and their families with membership card. Free for members of Betty Brinn Children's Museum, Discovery World, and the Public Museum, for <a title="Member Swap Day" href="http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3505" target="_blank">Member Swap Day</a> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3325 Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Saturday, May 19 - Live Music: Magnificent Performing Strings http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3440 Enjoy an afternoon performance by forty students of violin, viola, and cello. Windhover Hall Free http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3440 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Thursday, May 17 - Museum Store: Member Double Discount Day http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3456 May is <a href="http://mam.org/membership/extras.php" title="Member Extras" target="_blank">Member month</a> at the Milwaukee Art Museum, and Museum Members are invited to shop Double Discount Days on Thursdays, May 3-24. Members receive double their discount—that's 20% off—on purchases made in the Museum Store and <a href="http://www.mam.org/store" title="Museum Store" target="_blank">online</a> today. Enter promo code "doublediscount" to receive your discount online. Plus, Members receive free shipping at <a href="http://mam.org/store" target="_blank">mam.org/store</a> with every purchase over $25 (after discount) for the entire month of May!Not a Member? <a href="http://www.mam.org/membership" title="Membership" target="_blank">Join today!</a> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3456 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Thursday, May 31 - 12-Hour Member Preview Celebration: Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3587 Come and celebrate the opening of <a href="http://mam.org/posters-of-paris/">Posters of Paris: Toulouse-Lautrec and His Contemporaries</a> and be among the first to experience more than one hundred of the finest posters (including a few designs that were originally censored) by artists hailed as masters of the medium: Jules Chéret, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre Bonnard, and Alphonse Mucha, and others. Advertising everything from theatre productions to the licentious cancan, bicycles to cookies, brightly hued, larger-than-life-size posters with bold typography and playful imagery punctuated the streets of turn-of-the-century Paris.• Docent-led tours at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m., and 8 p.m. • Audio guides available for free—details at the admission desks • Delectable dining in Café Calatrava, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. • Exhibition-related merchandise in the Museum Store • Lectures* at 1:30 p.m. with Jack Rennert, director, The International Poster Center, New York, and 6:15 p.m. with exhibition curator Mary Weaver Chapin • Book signing with Mary Weaver Chapin following the 6:15 lecture • Complimentary appetizers, 5-8 p.m.; cash bar, 5-9:30 p.m. • Valet available all day at the main entrance * Lectures are ticketed. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis from 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 <a href="http://mam.org/membership/" title="Membership" target="_blank">Members</a>; non-members can purchase tickets for $25 starting at 5 p.m. Last admission sold at 9:15 p.m. The exhibition is curated by Mary Weaver Chapin, formerly associate curator of prints and drawings at the Milwaukee Art Museum (now curator of graphic arts at the Portland Art Museum). http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3587 Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Saturday, June 16 - Lakefront Festival of Arts http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3050 <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 8px;">The nationally recognized <a title="LFOA" href="http://lfoa.mam.org/" target="_blank">Lakefront Festival of Arts (LFOA)</a> is celebrating its 50th year! Both inside the Museum and outdoors, under cover of a state-of-the-art tent, festivalgoers can visit one-on-one with more than 170 jury-selected artists as they explore their jewelry, paintings, ceramics, metalwork, and more.There are a number of activities on the Museum grounds, from hands-on, interactive fun in the expanded Children’s Area, to live music, the Milwaukee Magazine Wine Garden, Silent Art Auction, sculpture garden, food offerings, and more. The event is held rain or shine.Don’t miss a thing! <a title="LFOA" href="http://lfoa.mam.org/" target="_blank">Check out all the festival activities, ticket prices, volunteer opportunities, and more.</a>The Lakefront Festival of Arts is a Friends of Art event.<div> </div></div> http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3050 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Saturday, May 19 - Drop-In Tour http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3076 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=3076 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Saturday, May 19 - Drop-in Tour http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3180 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=3180 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Saturday, May 19 - Story Time in the Galleries http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3364 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.Explore all the <a href="http://mam.org/artgeneration/programs/weekend-family-programs/">Kohl's Art Generation weekend family programs</a>.Meet at AdmissionsFree with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3364 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Saturday, June 9 - Yoga @ the Museum http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3274 The Milwaukee Art Museum and <a href="http://omtownyogis.org/">omTownYogis</a> present Yoga @ the Museum. Join us for flow yoga in Windhover Hall. The class is open to all levels and will be led by registered yoga teacher Anne Harding. Please bring your own mat.Doors open at 7:45 a.m.$15 recommended donation (includes Museum admission for that day); proceeds benefit the Museum and omTownYogis’ Annual Grant Fund. $5 parking in the underground garage.Reserve your spot today or RSVP to Krista Renfrew at 414-224-3856, krista.renfrew@mam.org. Walk-ins welcome. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3274 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Tuesday, May 22 - Gallery Talk: Currents 35: Tara Donovan http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3499 Chief Curator Brady Roberts talks about Tara Donovan and her work in connection with the exhibition <a href="http://mam.org/exhibitions/details/tara-donovan.php">Currents 35: Tara Donovan</a> on view through October 7, 2012, in the Contemporary Galleries.Contemporary Galleries Free with Museum admission http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3499 Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Thursday, May 17 - One-Hour Exhibition: Animalia http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3482 Drop in for an intimate one-hour exhibition of photographs, with Brooke Mulvaney, Collections Manager of Works on Paper. Prints, drawings, and photographs make up the largest number of artworks in the Museum’s Collection but, because of their vulnerability to light exposure, cannot be on view in the galleries for extended periods. To celebrate these rarely seen treasures in the Museum’s Collection, we are kicking off a new series of drop-in, one-hour exhibitions—highlighting a different theme, style, medium, or artist each month. Herzfeld Foundation Print, Drawing, and Photography Study Center, Mezzanine Level. Free with Museum admission. Space is limited; admission is first come, first served. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3482 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Thursday, June 7 - Live Music: fresh inc festival http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3366 Welcome participants of the <a title="fresh inc festival" href="http://freshincfestival.com/about/" target="_blank">fresh inc festival</a> and members of the Chicago-based <a title="Fifth House Ensemble" href="http://fifth-house.com/?page_id=132" target="_blank">Fifth House Ensemble</a> as they perform traditional and modern solos and duets on wind and string instruments. Windhover HallFree http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3366 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Friday, June 15 - Sneak Preview: Lakefront Festival of Arts http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3026 Meet the artists and purchase great art before the <a title="Lakefront Festival of Arts" href="http://lfoa.mam.org/" target="_blank">Lakefront Festival of Arts</a> (LFOA) opens to the public! Complimentary refreshments will be available at the Milwaukee Magazine Wine Garden (Baumgartner Terrace) throughout the preview. This unique opportunity is open to <a title="Art Advocate membership" href="http://mam.org/membership/details/advocate.php" target="_blank">Art Advocate level</a> ($150) and above Members; membership cards are required to enter. Individual, Family/Dual Members—upgrade your membership and join us at the preview! Call the Museum's Membership Hotline at 414-224-3284.Not a Member? <a title="Membership" href="http://mam.org/membership/" target="_blank">Join today</a> or become a <a title="Membership" href="http://mam.org/membership/" target="_blank">Museum Member</a> at the LFOA entrance gates and receive two free LFOA tickets, plus a year of Member benefits! <a title="Lakefront Festival of Arts" href="http://lfoa.mam.org/" target="_blank">Check out all the festival information</a>. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3026 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Saturday, May 19 - Open Studio: Look What I Found! http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3631 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!Explore all the Kohl's Art Generation weekend family programs.Kohl's Art Generation Studio, Main Level http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3631 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Thursday, June 7 - Target Free First Thursday http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3424 Admission to the Milwaukee Art Museum is free for individuals and families (excluding groups) on the first Thursday of each month, thanks to Target.See <a href="http://www.mam.org/visit/">www.mam.org/visit</a> to plan your visit. http://www.mam.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3424 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500