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Milwaukee Art Museum offers free admission, late hours New Year’s Day thanks to Meijer Free First Fridays

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Milwaukee, Wis.—Visitors can enjoy the Milwaukee Art Museum for free on New Year’s Day, Friday, Jan. 1, thanks to Meijer Free First Fridays. This popular monthly event includes free admission to feature exhibitions Larry Sultan: Here and Home and Sam Francis: Master Printmaker, as well as the newly reopened Collection Galleries. The Museum will also be open late until 8 p.m., offering more time to explore, dine and shop.

January 1 marks the first day of the Museum’s new 2016 schedule: weekly late hours switch from Thursdays to Fridays, 10 a.m.‒8 p.m., and Meijer Free First Thursday is now Meijer Free First Friday, held the first Friday of every month.

The Museum Store will also be open until 8 p.m on Fridays, as will the Windhover Coffee and the new East End Wine Bar, serving a curated selection of wine, craft beer and European-style small plates in a picturesque setting overlooking Lake Michigan.

“There’s no better way to start a new year than with the gift of free admission to explore 2,500 fantastic works of art and the not-to-be-missed special exhibition Larry Sultan: Here and Home,” said Museum Director Daniel Keegan. “Thanks to our partners at Meijer, and our new schedule, it’s even easier to make the Milwaukee Art Museum a highlight of your weekend plans.”

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“Meijer is pleased to provide an opportunity for the community to enjoy free admission to the Milwaukee Art Museum once a month,” Meijer Milwaukee Market Director Chris Hoffmann said. “We’re excited that the first free Friday falls on New Year’s Day to allow even more families and their visitors to experience the Museum’s recent renovation and expansion.”

Since launching the partnership in July, the Museum and Meijer have welcomed nearly 20,000 visitors on the monthly free day.  Future Meijer Free First Friday dates include Feb. 5 and March 4.

About the Milwaukee Art Museum

Home to a rich collection of over 30,000 works of art, the Milwaukee Art Museum is located on the shores of Lake Michigan. Its campus includes the Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, annually showcasing three feature exhibitions, and the Eero Saarinen–designed Milwaukee County War Memorial Center and David Kahler-designed addition. The Museum recently reopened its Collection Galleries, debuting nearly 2,500 world-class works of art within dramatically transformed galleries and a new lakefront addition.

About Meijer

Meijer is a family-owned and privately-held company committed to meeting the needs of families in the communities of each of its 223 stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Wisconsin. As a pioneer of the “one-stop shopping” concept, Meijer stores have evolved through the years to include expanded fresh produce and meat departments, as well as pharmacies, comprehensive apparel departments, garden centers and electronics offerings. Additional information on Meijer and the ability to shop for more can be found at www.meijer.com. Please follow Meijer on Twitter @twitter.com/Meijer and @twitter.com/MeijerPR or become a fan at http://www.facebook.com/Meijer.

 

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Milwaukee Art Museum is gateway to adventure with Nature and American Vision, opening Feb. 26

1909_16_DonnerLake_BierstadtEpic early landscapes of America’s natural wonders on view Feb. 26‒May 8

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Media tour, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 10 a.m. or 1 p.m.

Milwaukee, Wis.—This February, the Milwaukee Art Museum invites visitors to explore the American landscape in Nature and the American Vision: The Hudson River School, a landmark exhibition of iconic 19th-century paintings from the acclaimed collection of the New-York Historical Society. On view Feb. 26‒May 8, 2016, the exhibition includes some of the most important artworks of the first half of American history—powerful, breathtaking vistas that capture the beauty and drama of a young nation.

The exhibition’s nearly 50 masterpieces—many monumental in scale—are among the most revered in the United States and include works from 23 luminaries, including Thomas Cole, Asher Brown Durand and Frederick Edwin Church. Visitors can see the earliest views of now-legendary destinations—Niagara Falls, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Yosemite Valley—that inspired settlers and sightseers, and discover stories of the politics and personalities that shaped the country.

The exhibition culminates in a r1858_4_CourseOfEmpire_Destruction_Coleare presentation of Thomas Cole’s epic The Course of Empire, considered the first great artwork to ever emerge from the United States. This five-painting series depicts the rise and fall of civilization and will make its Milwaukee debut after a six-month presentation at the Louvre in Paris.

Nature and the American Vision also charts the rise of the Hudson River School, the nation’s first original artistic movement. The New York–based poets, painters and writers who formed this loosely knit group undertook arduous expeditions to see sites firsthand, looking to nature for spiritual inspiration and national pride—a uniquely American vision.

“These extraordinary paintings overwhelmed 19th-century audiences with both their beauty and their razor-sharp commentary on culture and politics. Seeing them today, nearly 200 years later, visitors will be amazed by their ability to inspire a sense of adventure and wonder, as well as their significance to current events,” said Brandon Ruud, Abert Family Curator of American Art at the Milwaukee Art Museum. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the art that helped shape America and its identity.”

Special Events

Kohl’s Art Generation Family Sundays: Back to Nature on Sunday, March 13, is a full day of nature-inspired art adventure for kids and families. Visitors can “hike” through the exhibition, tell stories around a “campfire” and paint Milwaukee’s magnificent landscape. Other special events include curator-led tours of the exhibition, lectures with noted art historians and gallery talks (a full schedule is online).

Exhibition Overview

Nature and the American Vision is organized thematically, spotlighting locations that attrac1956_4_NiagaraFalls_byMinotted artists and travelers, from New York to California, and from Italy to Ecuador.

Originating high in the Adirondack Mountains, the Hudson River was a vital waterway for the growing nation, and its magnificent scenery and rich history inspired early 19th-century painters and writers. The Hudson River School artists emerged from this tradition, thrilling early sightseers with picturesque images of the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the surrounding region. They frequently joined the arduous early expeditions to see sites firsthand, making copious sketches that they would later use to create paintings in their studios. A second generation of artist-adventurers ventured even further afield, electrifying audiences back home with images of the American frontier, as well as South America and other exotic locales.

Painters of the Hudson River School created large, scenic landscapes that evoked a sense of adventure, while documenting a vast new territory—dense forests, commanding mountain ranges, roaring rivers and rich agricultural plains. By the 1850s, landscape was the dominant artistic subject in the United States, as many saw in them not only the country’s native beauty but also the abundance and diversity that made the nation itself exceptional.

Highlights of the exhibition include Niagara Falls (1818) by Louisa Davis Minot, who painted one of the earliest depictions of the Falls; Cayambe (1858) by Frederic Edwin Church, whose portrayal of the imposing, Ecuadorian volcano became an iconic symbol of Central and South America and the Mayan culture; Donner Lake from the Summit (1873) by Albert Bierstadt, who commemorated two national memories in one grand vista of the Sierra Nevada Mountains—the ill-fated Donner party of 1846 and the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869.

The exhibition culminates with The Course of Empire (ca. 1834‒36) by Thomas Cole, the father of the Hudson River School. This cinematic five-painting cycle shows the rise and fall of a mythical civilization, from savagery, to imperialism, to destruction and desolation. Cole conceived the work as a cautionary narrative for the new nation, capturing the tension between wilderness and progress.

Nature and the American Vision is organized by the New-York Historical Society. It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, with additional support provided by the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Friends of Art and program sponsorship provided by the Museum’s American Arts Society. . It is accompanied by an award-winning full-color catalogue, available in the Museum Store and online at mam.org/store.

Hours and Admission

The Museum is open Tuesday–Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Fridays until 8 p.m. Admission is $17 for adults; $15 for students, seniors and active military; and free for Members and children age 12 and under. The first Friday of each month is Meijer Free First Friday and Museum admission is free.

About the Milwaukee Art Museum

Home to a rich collection of over 30,000 works of art, the Milwaukee Art Museum is located on the shores of Lake Michigan. Its campus includes the Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, annually showcasing three feature exhibitions, and the Eero Saarinen–designed Milwaukee County War Memorial Center and David Kahler‒designed addition. The Museum recently reopened its Collection Galleries, debuting nearly 2,500 world-class works of art within dramatically transformed galleries and a new lakefront addition.

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Images from top: Albert Bierstadt (1830‒1902), Donner Lake from the Summit, 1873, Oil on canvas. The New-York Historical Society, Gift of Archer Milton Huntington; Louisa Davis Minot (1788‒1858), Niagara Falls, 1818, Oil on canvas, The New-York Historical Society, Gift of Mrs. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Sr., to the Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr., Collection; Thomas Cole (1801‒1848), The Course of Empire: Destruction, 1836, Oil on canvas. The New-York Historical Society, Gift of The New-York Gallery of Fine Arts; Thomas Cole (1801‒1848), Catskill Creek, N.Y., 1845, Oil on canvas. The New-York Historical Society, The Robert L. Stuart Collection, the gift of his widow Mrs. Mary Stuart.

Milwaukee Art Museum celebrates the season with exciting events, extended hours and special admission offers

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Family-friendly activities, dining, shopping make Museum ideal spot for holiday fun

Milwaukee, Wis.— The Milwaukee Art Museum celebrates its most exciting holiday season yet, featuring the newly uncrated and unveiled Collection Galleries, breathtaking lakefront views, the special exhibitions Larry Sultan: Here and Home and Sam Francis: Master Printmaker  and festive holiday events. The Museum is the perfect place to bring out-of-town guests, friends and families.

Kids of all ages can make their own artwork in the Kohl’s Art Generation Studio, which will be open weekends and every day Saturday, Dec. 19 through Sunday, Jan. 3, except Dec. 25. The newly reimagined Studio is a fun environment for kids to create handmade holiday creations and for parents to learn fun ideas for projects at home.

Two brand-new special dining events—a family-friendly Holiday Brunch feast Dec. 13 and a decadent New Year’s Eve Celebration Dec. 31—are destined to become new annual traditions. And for savvy holiday shoppers, the Museum Store is Milwaukee’s source for artist-made, unique and locally-sourced gifts, and offers in-store and online discounts through the month of December.

Visiting is even easier with reduced and free admission throughout the season: every Saturday December through February, visitors can get 50% off admission with a receipt from Sendik’s Food Market, and kids ages 12 and under receive free admission every day.

The Museum will also offer free admission to the community on New Years’ Day, Friday, Jan.  1, during the first Meijer’s Free First Friday of 2016. Formerly on Thursdays, this monthly event features free entrance to the entire Museum and late hours until 8 p.m.

A full listing of events is below. For more information, visit mam.org/calendar/events or call 414/224-3200.

Holiday Shopping Events

SnowyAfternoon(1)Cyber Monday Online Shopping Special

Through Friday, Dec. 18

Beginning Cyber Monday through Dec. 18, everyone receives free shipping in the continental U.S. on online purchases over $25. Visit www.mam.org/store.

Member Double Discount Days
Thursday, Dec. 17, 10 a.m.‒8 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 24, 10 a.m.‒3 p.m.

Museum members can shop for holiday décor and one-of-a-kind gifts in the Museum Store, online and in the exhibition store for Larry Sultan: Here and Home—with a 20% discount.

Free Live Music

Spring City Brass Quintet

Saturday, Dec. 12, 11 am

Brioso Brings Holiday Cheer

Saturday, Dec. 19, 1 p.m.
Barcel Suzuki String Academy

Strings Holiday Concert

Sunday, Dec. 20, 2 p.m.

Northshore Suzuki Strings

Café Calatrava Culinary Events

New this year! Holiday Brunch

Sunday, Dec. 13, 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

$55/$40 Members; $15 kids 7‒12; kids 6 and under are free

Gather family and friends to celebrate the holiday season with a festive brunch feast. Make a day of it! See the photographs in the exhibition Larry Sultan: Here and Home, make art with the kids in the Kohl’s Art Generation studio, shop holiday gifts in the Museum store and explore the renovated Collection Galleries. To purchase tickets, call 414/224-3297.

New this year! NYE Celebration!

Thursday, Dec. 31, 8 p.m.

$195/$175 Members
Get your New Year off to a delicious start—lakeside, against the anything-seems-possible backdrop of the Calatrava-designed Windhover Hall. Ring in the New Year with an elegant evening of fine dining at the Museum. A specially crafted holiday dinner with live entertainment—including dancing and art—will be our way of welcoming 2016! To purchase tickets, call 414/224-3297.

Free and Discounted Admission

50% off! Sendik’s Shopper Saturday

Saturdays, Dec. through Feb.

Visitors receive half off adult admission with a Sendik’s receipt. Sendik’s is the presenting sponsor for Sam Francis: Master Printmaker, the first exhibit in the new Bradley Family Gallery.

Free day! Meijer Free First Friday

Friday, Jan. 1, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.

Experience both the Museum’s new Collection Galleries and the special exhibitions Larry Sultan: Here and Home and Sam Francis: Master Printmaker free of charge during the first Meijer Free First Friday of 2016. The entire Museum will be open late, including the hands-on kids activities in the Kohl’s Art Generation Studio, the Museum store and dining options Windhover Coffeeshop and the new East End Wine Bar.

 

About the Milwaukee Art Museum

Home to a rich collection of over 30,000 works of art, the Milwaukee Art Museum is located on the shores of Lake Michigan. Its campus includes the Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, annually showcasing three feature exhibitions, and the Eero Saarinen–designed Milwaukee County War Memorial Center and David Kahler-designed addition. The Museum recently reopened its Collection Galleries, debuting nearly 2,500 world-class works of art within dramatically transformed galleries and a new lakefront addition.

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Note to editors: The Museum’s holiday schedule is as follows:

Monday, December 21 | Open, 10 a.m.‒5 p.m.

Christmas Eve, December 24 | Open, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
Christmas Day, December 25 | Closed

Monday, December 28 | Open, 10 a.m.‒5 p.m.
New Year’s Eve, December 31 | Open, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
New Year’s Day, January 1| Open with extended hours, 10 a.m.–8 p.m. (Meijer’s Free First Fridays)

Milwaukee Art Museum to Open Unprecedented Photography and Media Arts Gallery

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Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts Makes Milwaukee Hub for Growing Art Field

Milwaukee, Wis.—As part of its November 24, 2015, grand reopening, the Milwaukee Art Museum will debut the new Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts, a 10,000-square-foot space devoted to a global array of photography, film, video installation, and media art.  Unparalleled in size and scope for the region, the Center will present the Museum’s rarely seen photography collection of 3,800 works, and will host exhibitions by world-renowned artists working in photography, film, video and digital media. It is funded by a generous gift from long-time supporters, the Herzfeld Foundation.

As the Museum’s first dedicated space for light and media art, and signals both the growing importance of photography and media art as art forms and as a cornerstone of the Museum’s Collections.

“The Herzfeld Center makes Milwaukee the new destination for photography and media art audiences nationwide,” said Lisa Sutcliffe, curator of photography and media arts. “Milwaukee’s photography and film community is a vibrant part of the cultural landscape of the city, and the Museum now reflects these vital art forms.”


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The Center’s inaugural exhibition, Light Borne in Darkness, presents highlights from the Museum’s Collection, shown together for the first time. Visitors can discover the history of the medium through its most important masters, including Edward Steichen, whose Pool, Milwaukee (ca. 1899), launched his career as a photographer; Alfred Stieglitz, considered the father of American photography; Wisconsin native and social reformer Lewis Hine; American masters Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, and Stephen Shore; iconic works by Walker Evans, Louis Faurer, Robert Frank, and William Klein; and landmark works by Uta Barth, Roni Horn, and Lorna Simpson.

In new media art spaces, Stanley Landsman’s Walk-In Infinity Chamber (1968), an experiential installation and visitor favorite, will be on view adjacent to the newly acquired You and I, Horizontal (II) (2006), by Anthony McCall, an interactive solid light projection.

Planned future exhibitions will feature such luminaries as Dutch photographer Rineke Djikstra—whose portraits of youth and adolescents were the subject of a recent retrospective at the Guggenheim in New York City—and emerging artists such as Penelope Umbrico, who creates cutting-edge work using images found on the Internet.

The Herzfeld Center continues the Museum’s long tradition of being at the forefront of photography and media arts. It presented the first American exhibition of works by artist László Moholy-Nagy in 1931, and as early as 1957—long before most other major American museums collected photographs—made its first acquisition of six photographs by Edward Weston. In 1967, the Museum co-organized Light|Motion|Space with the Walker Art Center of Minneapolis, one of the first exhibitions of new technologies and experimental media in the United States.

Since that time, the Museum’s Collection has grown regularly with gifts and purchases, and now ranges from the earliest nineteenth-century examples of the medium to artists working today.

Beginning in 1985, the Herzfeld Foundation has been integral to the Museum’s development of a rich and vibrant photography program. Richard and Ethel Herzfeld were active in the Milwaukee community, and contributed significant time and resources to enriching the cultural life of the city—Richard was especially drawn to photography’s spirit of innovation, and took a lively interest in the medium.  The exhibition and acquisition program at the Museum flourished with their support, building on a strong foundation of important early acquisitions and key donations. The new Center reflects their legacy.

About the Milwaukee Art Museum

Home to a rich collection of over 30,000 works of art, the Milwaukee Art Museum is located on the shore of Lake Michigan. Its campus includes the Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, annually showcasing three feature exhibitions, and the Eero Saarinen–designed Milwaukee County War Memorial Center.

With a history dating back to 1888, the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Collection includes nearly 30,000 works from antiquity to the present, encompassing painting, drawing, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, video art and installations, and textiles. The Museum’s collections of American decorative arts, German Expressionist prints and paintings, 19th-century German painting and decorative arts, folk and Haitian art, and American art after 1960 are among the nation’s finest. It also holds one of the nation’s largest collections of paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe. Among its most famous works are Pablo Picasso’s The Cock of the Liberation and Gustave Caillebotte’s Boating on the Yerres.

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Milwaukee Art Museum Announces Inaugural Special Exhibition in New Bradley Family Gallery

Sam Francis: Master Printmaker celebrates major gift of Abstract Expressionist prints

 Milwaukee, Wir_m2009_173s.—The Milwaukee Art Museum  will present Sam Francis: Master Printmaker,  sponsored by Sendik’s Food Market, as the  inaugural exhibition in the Bradley Family Gallery, a  new 4,000-square-foot changing exhibition space in  the Museum’s renovated and expanded Collection  Galleries. It will be on view November 24, 2015–  March 20, 2016.

Debuting as part of the Museum’s reopening celebration, Sam Francis: Master Printmaker honors the 2009 gift of more than five hundred prints from the Sam Francis Foundation that made the Milwaukee Art Museum the largest repository of the artist’s works on paper. It is the first time the works will be on view in Milwaukee.


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American artist Sam Francis (1923–1994) is best known for his Abstract Expressionist large-scale paintings, innovative prints, and use of vibrant color. The exhibition’s fifty lithographs, etchings, aquatints, and screenprints provide a cross section of the most significant print series of Francis’s career.

“The Museum is honored to be a repository for the work of Sam Francis, a major force in twentieth-century painting and printmaking,” said Margaret Andera, adjunct curator of contemporary art. “This exhibition is a rare chance to discover an artist’s entire career, and the Museum’s rich collection of works on paper.”

Francis was one of the first post-World War II American painters to develop a reputation in the international art world. His work reflects his wide-ranging travels–from San Francisco to Japan to France–and artistic influences, including Impressionism and color field painting.

The vibrant colors associated with his paintings are equally in evidence in his prints, with stunning depths of inks he formulated himself. Printmaking was essential to Francis’s process throughout his career, as an opportunity to explore ideas relating to clarity and the possibilities of color. Francis was also instrumental in encouraging fellow artists to explore printmaking, and he invited artists to produce prints and artists’ books at his two presses, the Litho Shop, founded in 1970, and Lapis Press, which began in 1984.

Upon their acquisition, the prints joined the Museum’s Herzfeld Photography, Print, and Drawing Study Center, a repository of more than 15,000 rare prints, drawings, photographs, and book arts. In addition to housing the Museum’s collection of works on paper, the Herzfeld Study Center contains a library of monographs on artists, catalogue raisonnés, and reference materials, along with object files and artist files.

Restored. Reinstalled. Reimagined.
The Milwaukee Art Museum, the largest visual art institution in Wisconsin and one of the oldest museums in the nation, is reopening its transformed Collection Galleries November 24. This fourteen-month, $34 million project is the first-ever major reimagining of the Museum’s two older building—the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975)—and is designed to expand the space, dramatically reimagine the visitor experience, and set a new standard for twenty-first-century museums. When it reopens in November, the Museum will feature a welcoming new entrance that unites the Museum and Lake Michigan; a wine, coffee, and snack bar; an intuitive layout; more of its world-class Collection on view than ever before; new areas devoted to photography and design; and double the special exhibition space.

About the Milwaukee Art Museum
Prominently situated on the shore of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum campus welcomes over 400,000 visitors annually. The Museum was founded over 125 years ago and is the largest and most significant art museum in Wisconsin. It houses a rich collection of over 30,000 works, with strengths in nineteenth- and twentieth-century American and European art, contemporary art, and American decorative arts. It is the world’s leading repository for work by untrained creators and has one of the largest collections of works by Georgia O’Keeffe. The Museum’s celebrated Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, completed in 2001, showcases both Museum-produced and traveling feature exhibitions.

 

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Image: Sam Francis, First Stone, 1960. Milwaukee Art Museum, gift of the Sam Francis Foundation, California M2009.173. © Sam Francis Foundation, California / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo by John R. Glembin.

Fact Sheet for the Reimagined Milwaukee Art Museum

What: The Milwaukee Art Museum, the largest visual art institution in Wisconsin and one of the oldest museums in the nation, is reopening its transformed Collection Galleries November 24

When: Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Where: 700 North Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Overview: This 6-year, $34 million project is the first-ever major reimagining of the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Collection Galleries, located in its two older buildings: the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975). The renovation began with a need to make infrastructure repairs. With the support of Milwaukee County, which owns the buildings, the Museum took the opportunity to expand the space and dramatically reimagine the visitor experience, setting a new standard for twenty-first-century museums. When it reopens in November, the Museum will feature a welcoming new entrance that unites the Museum and Lake Michigan; a wine, coffee, and snack bar; an intuitive layout; more of its world-class Collection on view than ever before; new areas devoted to photography and design; and double the special exhibition space.


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Renovation information

Architect of record: HGA Architects, Milwaukee, WI

Construction company of record: Hunzinger Construction, Brookfield, WI

Total cost: $34 million; $10 million from Milwaukee County, $24 million from Museum donors

Timeline: 6 years in planning, 14 months of active construction

Initial closure date: September 2014

Museum director: Daniel T. Keegan

New at the Museum:

An improved environment for visitors and a beautiful home for the over 30,000 works of art

Increased gallery space, allowing for more art to be on view to the public

Galleries devoted to photography, media arts, and design

Lakeside entrance off of the pedestrian lakefront path

Lakeside coffee and wine bar, open to the public

Dramatic panoramic views of the lake and the Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion

LED bulbs throughout the Museum’s galleries to conserve energy and improve lighting of the art

Bathrooms on every level

By the numbers:

Total space in the Kahler/Saarinen Galleries: 150,000 square feet, an increase of 25,000 square feet in exhibition space

Number of galleries: 75

Works on view: 2,500, an increase of 1,000

Works in the Collection: 30,000, from antiquities to contemporary works

Annual Museum visitors: approximately 400,000

Oldest work: Mummy Coffin of Pedusiri, Egypt, 500/250 BC

Most recent work: Photographer Liz Deschenes’ 2015 Stereograph #25, a recent image and new acquisition for the Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts

Wisconsin artists, past and present, on view in the galleries: 55

About the architecture:

The Milwaukee Art Museum is an architectural landmark, comprising three buildings designed by three legendary architects: Eero Saarinen, David Kahler, and Santiago Calatrava.

The War Memorial Center, completed in 1957, was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen. The modernist building is shaped like a floating cross, with wings cantilevered from a central base. Saarinen’s innovative design won praise for its dramatic use of space; Time magazine called it “one of the country’s finest examples of modern architecture put to work for civic purposes.”

A David Kahler–designed Brutalist concrete addition was completed in 1975, a vast addition to the existing gallery space necessitated by the equally dramatic growth in the collections. Its eastern face had deeply recessed windows and a lakefront entrance that in later years were closed off to allow for additional space for artwork.

The graceful Quadracci Pavilion is a sculptural, postmodern addition designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. Highlights of the building are the magnificent cathedral-like space of Windhover Hall, with a vaulted ninety-foot-high glass ceiling; the Burke Brise Soleil, a movable sunscreen with a 217-foot wingspan that unfolds and folds twice daily; and the Reiman Bridge, a pedestrian suspension bridge that connects the Museum to the city.

About the Milwaukee Art Museum

Home to a rich collection of over 30,000 works of art, the Milwaukee Art Museum is located on the shore of Lake Michigan. Its campus includes the Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, annually showcasing three feature exhibitions, and the Eero Saarinen–designed Milwaukee County War Memorial Center.

With a history dating back to 1888, the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Collection includes nearly 30,000 works from antiquity to the present, encompassing painting, drawing, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, video art and installations, and textiles. The Museum’s collections of American decorative arts, German Expressionist prints and paintings, 19th-century German painting and decorative arts, folk and Haitian art, and American art after 1960 are among the nation’s finest. It also holds one of the nation’s largest collections of paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe. Among its most famous works are Pablo Picasso’s The Cock of the Liberation and Gustave Caillebotte’s Boating on the Yerres.

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What’s New and Noteworthy in the Reimagined Milwaukee Art Museum

The Milwaukee Art Museum’s November 24 grand reopening will include completely renovated, reinstalled, and reimagined galleries for its world-class Collection. Read on to discover what’s new and noteworthy in each area.

The two brand-new spaces are the Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts and 20th- and 21st-Century Design Galleries. Expanded galleries are the Antiquities and European Galleries, the Constance and Dudley Godfrey American Art Wing, the Folk and Self-Taught Art and Haitian Art Galleries, and the Modern and Contemporary Art Galleries. Kids can also explore the new Kohl’s Art Generation Gallery.

 


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Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts

The new Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts is a 10,000-square-foot space devoted to a global array of photography, film, video installation, and media art. Unparalleled in scope, it heralds the growing importance of photography and media art both as art forms and as anchors of the collections. As the Museum’s first space dedicated to the light-based media, the Herzfeld Center makes Milwaukee a destination for photography and film
audiences nationwide. The inaugural exhibition, Light Borne in Darkness, presents highlights from the Museum’s photography Collection, shown together for the first time. Visitors can discover the history of the medium through its most important masters, including Edward Steichen, whose Pool, Milwaukee (ca. 1899), launched his development as a photographer; Alfred Stieglitz, considered the father of American photography; Wisconsin natives Lewis Hine and Ray Metzker; American masters Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, Lorna Simpson, and Stephen Shore; iconic works by Walker Evans, Louis Faurer, Robert Frank, Paul Graham, and William Klein; and landmark film stills by Cindy Sherman.

Returning favorite: Stanley Landsman’s Walk-In Infinity Chamber uses the magic of two-way mirrors and 6,000 light bulbs to transport visitors to space. It is one of the most popular destinations and photo opportunities in the Museum, a favorite of everyone from art scholars to young kids.

New on view from the collections: Edward Weston’s 1938 Bad Water, Death Valley was the Museum’s first photography purchase made in 1957, decades before many other museums started to focus on photography. The striking image is typical of Weston, considered to be one of the masters of twentieth-century photography.

New to the Museum: A contemporary work from renowned British artist Anthony McCall, You and I, Horizontal (II) (2006) is sure to be a new favorite. In this interactive room, choreographed light is projected through dark and mist. When visitors move through the space, they create their own sculpture of light and shadow.

Curator: Lisa Sutcliffe, curator of photography and media arts

Square feet: 10,000

Number of works on view: 180

r_m1974_64Antiquities and European Galleries

Spanning two floors of the newly restored Saarinen building and nearly doubling the previous gallery display space, the European galleries transform works of exquisite beauty into a gateway to European history, religion, and culture, and turn the Milwaukee Art Museum into a literal walk through time. Exciting new acquisitions will share space with reinstalled favorites and a continually changing presentation from the Museum’s Collection. The objects will range from
masterpieces such as Nardo di Cione’s Madonna and Child, Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s The Shepherdess, and William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s Homer and His Guide, to the finest grouping of Renaissance master clocks in the country, powerful Baroque sacred art, and some of the most magnificent nineteenth-century German art outside of Germany. Brand-new special exhibition areas will also feature displays of important prints and a salon-style display of American and European masterpieces of the founding Layton Art Collection. In addition, a special exhibition, Dürer and the German Renaissance, will present an exquisite selection of key prints by renowned sixteenth-century German artist Albrecht Dürer.

Returning favorite: Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán’s arresting, life-size Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb (ca. 1630/34) appears to be stepping out of the frame and into the new sacred Baroque gallery. This masterpiece was the Museum’s first major purchase of European painting.

New on view from the collections: Adriaen van der Werff (1659–1722) was one of the most important artists of his time, a favorite of the royal courts and the highest-paid painter in Europe. While he was later overshadowed by contemporaries such as Rembrandt, his mastery is clear in Doubting Thomas (1710), perhaps the finest van der Werff work in the U.S.

New to the Museum: An exquisite example of Dutch painting, A Young Woman at a Window with a Parrot and a Birdcage by Pieter van Slingeland (1640–1691) is actually a visual joke—the birdcage, parrot, and girl hint at a loss of virtue. The Dutch enjoyed “reading” paintings for entertainment, and many copies of this particularly popular scene were made during the period. It is thought that this variation is the best among the known examples.

Curator: Tanya Paul, Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator of European Art

Square feet: 14,500

Number of works on view: 300

Three Sisters— A Study in June Sunlight

Constance and Dudley Godfrey American Art Wing

For the first time in Museum history, visitors can experience the full story of American fine art and decorative arts, in the newly inaugurated Constance and Dudley Godfrey American Art Wing. This 16,000-square-foot display space, named in honor of two of Milwaukee’s most dedicated American art collectors and Museum patrons, includes galleries devoted to the Museum’s remarkable eighteenth-century decorative arts and paintings collection, Hudson River landscapes, works by the Ashcan School and the Eight, and an integrated display of Arts and Crafts movement and Prairie School design. They’ll be joined by new acquisitions, including Charles De Wolf Brownell’s majestic Bay of Matanzas, Cuba (1860), completed just before the revolution, seldom-seen objects by Thomas Hart Benton, Aaron Douglas, and others, and early twentieth-century works that lead into the adjacent Modern art galleries.

The decorative arts tell compelling and often surprising stories about the relationships that exist between past and present and among beauty, function, and possibility. Visitors will be able to explore these stories in the Chipstone Galleries, five distinct spaces amid the American galleries that are curated by the Chipstone Foundation, a Milwaukee-based organization celebrating the decorative arts.

Traditional objects take on provocative new life before your eyes in the installation NEO, for which contemporary artists have redefined historic furniture forms into modern sculptures. The Dave Project, named for enslaved potter David Drake—who boldly wrote his name and poems on his massive, beautiful jars—honors the work and lives of early African American decorative artists. The Art of Carving explores the mystery and history of America’s golden age of carving. The Chipstone Cosmos presents a changing array of precious artifacts, including the oldest porcelain made in America and a giant Russian reindeer hide found at the bottom of the English Channel—and the fascinating stories they tell. Mrs. M’s Cabinet, which will debut early in 2016, is an immersive installation that will transport visitors across time into the home of a brilliant collector who has her own distinct vision of early America.

Returning favorite: Henry Vianden’s Landscape with Mountains and River was crowned the Museum’s number one “visitor favorite” in a recent survey. Vianden was a Milwaukee artist who influenced an entire generation of Wisconsin painters. The majestic, mountainous landscape, unlike any seen in Wisconsin, is most likely pure fantasy—possibly explaining why it is so enticing.

New on view: Within Chipstone Galleries’ NEO space, Wisconsin glass artist Beth Lipman will be creating a new work using a stripped, antique desk as a base. The desk, once an important object in Chipstone’s collection, was recently discovered to be fake. Lipman will create an explosion of glass around the original piece, transforming it back into a priceless work of art.

New to the Museum: Jeremiah Paul’s Manumission of Dinah Nevill, Philadelphia, ca. 1795, is an arresting and haunting abolitionist painting, and remarkable for being the first of its kind. Dinah Nevill, a freedwoman, was captured and sold into slavery before being rescued. The tragic tale became a lightning rod for early abolitionists such as Jeremiah Paul, who painted her pleading for her freedom.

Curator: Brandon Ruud, Constance and Dudley J. Godfrey, Jr., Curator of American Art and Decorative Arts

Square feet: 15,000

Number of works on view: 500

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Folk and Self-Taught Art and Haitian Art Galleries

Just as folk and self-taught art breaks boundaries and defies the expectations of conventional art, the dynamic new Mezzanine level galleries for the Richard and Erna Flagg Collection of Haitian Art and the Folk and Self-Taught Art Collection will change the way you look at art. Art and environment will be integrated in ways that will delight the senses and stimulate the imagination. Steel drum sculptures float along a wall, accompanied by the sounds of the Haitian workshop where they were made; a rarely seen collection of hand-carved fish decoys swim in a glass “fish tank”; and Edgar Tolson’s remarkable and provocative eight-part sculpture The Fall of Man brings early Bible stories to life in a wall case built and lit specifically for the complete work. And for the first time, a special rotating gallery will display highlights of European folk art from the Anthony Petullo Collection.

These are two of the finest collections of their kind in the world. The 8,000-square-foot space on the mezzanine of the Kahler building gives ample room for both iconic favorites and startling new additions, and allows visitors to discover the universal language of art created in very different places. And for families seeking to fully immerse themselves in the art and culture of Haiti, past and present, the Kohl’s Art Generation Lab in the Haitian gallery is the first of its kind to merge a world-class collection with experiential learning through performance, video, and hands-on activities.

Returning favorite: The sprinting, hollering Newsboy (1888) is an excellent example of the wooden shop signs used to quickly identify businesses (in this case the Pawtucket Record) in the nineteenth century. The Newsboy is unique for sense of motion he conveys, and in his new setting, visitors will now be able to see his exceptional details from multiple angles.

New on view from the collections: The Museum’s unique collection of Haitian steel oil-drum sculptures, many of which will be on view for the first time, will take over an entire wall, along with the sounds of Croix-des-Bouquets (croi-deh-bookeh), the town where such sculptures are made and where the ping of hammers spills out of every doorway.

New to the Museum: The Haitian galleries are organized around a structure called a lakou (lah-koo)a word meaning “gathering” or “meeting place”—that exists at the center of many Haitian communities. The Museum’s lakou is a interior gazebo with spaces for video, performances, contemporary artists, and hands-on activities that is a unique gathering place for new ways of learning.

Curator: Margaret Andera, adjunct curator of contemporary art

Square feet: 8,000

Number of works on view: 180

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Modern and Contemporary art is all about breaking boundaries, and visitors now can experience the Milwaukee Art Museum’s world-renowned collections in a space that gives free rein to unbounded imaginations. The modern art collection, donated by Peg Bradley in the late 1960s, flows from American Modernism of Georgia O’Keeffe, Stuart Davis and Milton Avery, Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti, culminating with Abstract Expressionists Mark Rothko and Helen Frankenthaler. Monumental paintings from Richard Diebenkorn’s most celebrated series, Ocean Park, now have breathing room as befitting their scale. Important German Expressionist works by Gabriele Münter, Wassily Kandisnky and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner are also featured prominently. In the east addition, sculpture galleries with soaring 16-foot windows create a stunning, meditative space overlooking Lake Michigan and—for the first time in Museum history—the Calatrava-designed Quadracci Pavilion. And the new Bradley Family Gallery, a 4,000-square-foot special exhibition space, allows the Museum to present twice the number of feature exhibitions, beginning with Sam Francis: Master Printmaker, sponsored by Sendik’s Food Market, on November 24.

The Museum’s collection of contemporary and postwar art now spans four vast halls, with pivotal works by Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Irwin, and Donald Judd, among others. Ceilings are over 17 feet high, a perfect scale for these imposing works and a new jaw-dropping indoor sculpture garden.

Returning favorites: Pop artist Tom Wesselman’s Still Life #51 (1964) takes center stage, greeting visitors who enter the Kahler building through the Quadracci Pavilion.  Featuring an 8-foot-tall can of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, the work is a local favorite and acts as a welcome into the world of contemporary art.

New on view from the collections: Possibly the heaviest artwork in the Museum, Claire Zeisler’s massive fabric sculpture High Rise (1983-84) weighs almost 2 tons, and will be hung from the ceiling, cascading onto the floor. The work returns to view after almost a decade as a centerpiece of the dramatic high-ceilinged indoor sculpture gallery, designed specifically to allow visitors to experience monumental creations of contemporary art.

New to the Museum: A new work in plaster by contemporary British artist Thomas Houseago will join the vast contemporary sculpture gallery. Housago, who works primarily in Los Angeles, is known for what the The New York Times describes as his “towering, hulking figures and masks that draw on ancient art as well as the tradition of Picasso, Rodin and Brancusi” as well as his “fearlessness.”

Curator: Brady Roberts, Chief Curator

Square feet: 41,500

Number of works on view: 280

r_m1989_11220th- and 21st-Century Design Galleries

Prominently positioned near the new lakeside entrance, the 20th- and 21st-century design galleries are the first spaces in the Museum’s history devoted exclusively to design and decorative arts, including housewares, jewelry, furniture, craft, graphic and book design, textiles, and wallpaper. Visitors will have a unique opportunity to explore the interplay between art and technology, beauty and functionality, and industry and inspiration. The galleries are structured into a series of thought-provoking and focused vignettes, including a peek into industrial design through the extensive archives of legendary industrial designer and Milwaukeean Brooks Stevens; objects by pioneering women industrial designers Virginia Hamill, Ilonka Karasz and Elsa Tennhardt; and the “chair wall,” a dramatic display of furniture from the 1920s through the 3-D printed chairs of today. Along the concrete surface of the building, textiles by contemporary designers Hella Jongerius and Timorous Beasties join reproductions of prints by Alexander Girard and Charles and Ray Eames. In a separate display, the Museum’s beloved but rarely seen collections of studio glass will be installed along the light-filled Baumgartner Galleria of the Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, adjacent to the Museum’s large-scale Dale Chihuly glass sculpture.

Returning favorites: Wendell Castle’s Walking Cabinet (1984)—a brightly colored cabinet with six legsintentionally blurs the lines between sculpture and furniture. Credited with reviving the handcrafted furniture movement in the U.S., Castle was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Brooklyn Museum, and a retrospective of his work is planned for late 2015 at the Museum of Art and Design, New York.

New on view from the collection: Wisconsin-based artist Harvey Littleton’s Lemon/Red Crown (1984) will be a highlight of the new studio glass installation. Considered the father of modern glassblowing, Littleton’s University of Wisconsin glass program trained an entire generation of prominent glass artists, including Dale Chihuly.

New to the Museum: The Museum’s first 3-D printed object is a chair by Dutch designer Joris Laarman, best known for his works in emerging technologies and his international reach. He is currently 3-D printing an entire steel bridge in Amsterdam. The chair is part of his Microstructures series, an experiment in using 3-D printing for consumer goods.

Curator: Monica Obniski, Demmer Curator of 20th- and 21st-Century Design

Square feet: 5,000

Number of works on view: 225

Kohl’s Art Generation Gallery: Rubbish!

Kohl’s Art Generation is a joint effort between Kohl’s Cares and the Milwaukee Art Museum to bring art and creativity to area kids and their families. The new Rubbish! interactive gallery unites art and fun to explore the ways artists have used discarded materials to create beautiful works of art. Kids will engage with Deborah Butterfield’s horse made out of sticks and mud; Clarence and Grace Woolsey’s bottle-cap wonders; Martín Ramírez’s collaged drawings stuck together with mashed potatoes; and Chakaia Booker’s sculptures made from used car and truck tires—along with art-making videos and hands-on activities.

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Reimagined Milwaukee Art Museum Collection Galleries to Reopen November 24

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Highly Anticipated Opening of Milwaukee Art Museum’s Renovated Collection Galleries Set for November 24

Restored, Reinstalled, and Reimagined Museum Delivers a New Future for the Iconic Milwaukee Institution and a Visitor Experience to Match the New Space

Milwaukee, Wis.—The Milwaukee Art Museum, the largest visual art institution in Wisconsin and one of the oldest art museums in the nation, will reopen its Collection Galleries to the public November 24. The reopening is the culmination of a 6-year, $34 million project to transform the visitor experience through dramatically enhanced exhibition and public spaces and bright, flowing galleries.

“The new Milwaukee Art Museum is poised to set the standard for a twenty-first-century museum at the heart of a great city,” said Museum Director Daniel Keegan. “What began as a desire to preserve the space and Collection grew into a significant expansion that rejuvenates and sets the future course for the entire institution.”


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The project is part of a historic public-private partnership with Milwaukee County, which owns the buildings and provided $10 million toward the renovation, with the remaining $24 million raised through the Museum’s Plan for the Future campaign. It’s the first major reimagining of the Museum’s extensive Collection areas, including the Museum’s 1957 Eero Saarinen-designed War Memorial Center and 1975 David Kahler-designed addition.

While addressing critical infrastructure upgrades, the renovation creates an intuitive and welcoming visitor experience to showcase the Museum’s world-class Collection. The Milwaukee Art Museum’s renovated Collection Galleries and new east entrance now span 150,000 square feet. Within this space, the Museum is installing 2,500 works of art—almost 1,000 more than have been on view at one time in the past—from its rich Collection of 30,000 works.

“Pieces that haven’t been on view for decades are back again, alongside new acquisitions and old favorites,” said Keegan. “Add to that new public gathering spaces with breathtaking views. We simply can’t wait to share the new Museum with our community and visitors. This space is now worthy of the Collection their support has helped us build over our 125-year history.”

The expansion also allows for more comprehensive displays from the Museum collections—including the full story of American art from colonial times to the present day—and for experimental and rotating gallery spaces. The Museum will debut its first spaces devoted exclusively to 20th- and 21st-century design. In addition, the Bradley Family Gallery, a new changing exhibition space, doubles the Museum’s capacity for special exhibitions. The inaugural exhibition in this space is Sam Francis: Master Printmaker, opening November 24 and sponsored by Sendik’s Food Market.

As part of the opening the Museum will unveil the 10,000-square-foot Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts. Unparalleled in size and scope for a regional museum, this is the first time the Museum has dedicated significant permanent collection and gallery space to photography, video and light based media.

“The Milwaukee Art Museum was one of the first major museums to start collecting photography in the 1950s,” said Keegan. “The Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts continues the Museum’s tradition of leadership and establishes it as a national destination for this type of artwork.”

New spaces for families offer unique interactive experiences and hands-on activities. The Kohl’s Art Generation Gallery: Rubbish! allows kids to explore how artists have turned trash into treasure, and the Kohl’s Art Generation Lab is a space to learn about the art and culture of Haiti.

Other features and enhancements include: improved wayfinding, rewritten gallery labels and restrooms on every level; a new entrance along the Lake Michigan waterfront that connects the Museum to the popular pedestrian lakefront path; a coffee and wine bar with European style small plates; and glass walls offering panoramic views of both the lake and the Museum’s iconic Santiago Calatrava-designed Quadracci Pavilion.

A series of special events leading up to and following the public opening on November 24 will commemorate the unveiling of the new Milwaukee Art Museum, including:

  • Friday, Nov. 20: A special members’ only preview during MAM After Dark (Join the Museum as a new member and get 50% off courtesy of Kohl’s)
  • Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 21-22: Members Only Grand Unveiling Weekend Celebration, sponsored by Kohl’s Department Stores (Join as a new member during this preview weekend and get 50% off a membership courtesy of Kohl’s)
  • Tuesday, Nov. 24: Ribbon cutting and public grand opening (regular hours and admission apply; kids ages 12 and under are always free)
  • Thursday, Dec. 3: Visitors enjoy free admission on Meijer Free First Thursday (Museum open until 8 p.m.)
  • Sunday, Dec. 6: Kohl’s Community Free Day with interactive art activities, performances, music and more, including a community mural that will allow families to leave their mark on the renovated Museum (Join the Museum and get 50% off courtesy of Kohl’s)
  • Saturdays December through February: Sendik’s Shopper Saturday offering half off adult admission with a Sendik’s receipt

About the Milwaukee Art Museum

Home to a rich collection of over 30,000 works of art, the Milwaukee Art Museum is located on the shore of Lake Michigan. Its campus includes the Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, annually showcasing three feature exhibitions, and the Eero Saarinen–designed Milwaukee County War Memorial Center.

With a history dating back to 1888, the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Collection includes nearly 30,000 works from antiquity to the present, encompassing painting, drawing, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, video art and installations, and textiles. The Museum’s collections of American decorative arts, German Expressionist prints and paintings, 19th-century German painting and decorative arts, folk and Haitian art, and American art after 1960 are among the nation’s finest. It also holds one of the nation’s largest collections of paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe. Among its most famous works are Pablo Picasso’s The Cock of the Liberation and Gustave Caillebotte’s Boating on the Yerres.

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Major Photography Retrospective, “Larry Sultan: Here and Home,” Opens October 23

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Milwaukee, Wis. – The Milwaukee Art Museum presents Larry Sultan: Here and Home, the first retrospective of internationally acclaimed California photographer Larry Sultan (1946–2009). The exhibition, on view October 23, 2015– January 24, 2016, explores Sultan’s 35-year career, from his early conceptual and collaborative projects of the 1970s to his solo work that pushed the boundaries of documentary-style photography.

Milwaukee is the exhibition’s sole venue outside of California.

One of the most influential photographers of his generation, Larry Sultan consistently challenged photographic conventions, blurring the lines between fact and fiction in photography by incorporating found images, interviews, and staged scenes.

“Larry Sultan, as an artist and a mentor, helped shape contemporary photography and influenced a generation of artists,” said Lisa J. Sutcliffe, Milwaukee Art Museum curator of photography and media arts.  “His witty and poetic work questions the role of authorship and context in defining meaning in photography, fundamentally changing how we understand images and how we use them to tell our own stories.”

The themes of home and family resonate throughout his work, accompanied by an interest in the way images construct a narrative, create a façade, or express deep emotion. He frequently used photography of domestic life and suburban settings—including his parents own home movies—to express reality, fantasy, longing, and displacement.

Six major bodies of work make up this presentation: Evidence (1975–1977) with fellow photographer Mike Mandel; Swimmers (1978–82); Pictures from Home (1983–92); Editorial (1993–2009); The Valley (1997–2003); and Homeland (2006–9).  Additionally, Oranges on Fire (1975), a historically important collaboration with Mandel, will be restaged on billboards around Milwaukee.  In total, Larry Sultan: Here and Home features more than 200 photographs, billboards, a film, and “Study Hall,” a unique interactive gallery space exploring Sultan’s artistic process and teaching methods.

Larry Sultan: Here and Home was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Presenting sponsors in Milwaukee are Madeleine and David Lubar.

Exhibition Highlights

Evidence (1977): Referred to by The New York Times as a “watershed in the history of art photography,” Evidence redefined photography as a conceptual art by blurring the lines between appropriation and authorship, and between context and meaning.  Sultan first began looking critically at art world conventions with fellow photographer Mike Mandel in the 1970’s and 80’s. Together, they embraced alternative and populist forms, such as billboards, self-published books, found photography, newswires, and advertisements.  For Evidence, the two artists sifted through more than 15,000 institutional archival photographs, appropriating them to create new narratives about post-war America.

Oranges on Fire (1975): Billboards around Milwaukee’s metro area will be taken over in late October by recreations of Sultan and Mandel’s enigmatic billboard Oranges on Fire,  one of a series of anonymous billboards pairing mysterious images with nonsensical text designed to mimic the language of advertising without selling a product.  Initially displayed on ten billboards in the Bay Area, Santa Cruz and Syracuse, New York in 1975, the whimsical yet absurd image is one of Sultan and Mandel’s most iconic public artworks.

Pictures from Home (1983–92):  Sultan’s most personal series, Pictures from Home, transformed the genre by blurring the lines between fiction and nonfiction in photography. Over nearly a decade, Sultan photographed his own mother and father at home, carefully staging scenarios that appeared to be a documentary record of actual events. He also collected stills from old home movies, found family photos and recorded conversations with his parents to create a narrative that extended conventions of documentary photography. The final product reflects the artist’s fascination with identity, storytelling, and the construction of the American dream through text and image.

The Valley (1997–2003): In 1998, Sultan was commissioned by Maxim magazine to photograph a day in the life of a porn star. He found himself in the San Fernando Valley, his hometown. In creating The Valley, the artist was captivated by the theme of domesticity in adult films, as homes were readily rented for two or three days for a film shoot. The images capture camera equipment, crew, and actors between takes napping, eating, joking, and relaxing—appearing more as an alternate family, surrounded by the family photos and décor of the homes’ owners.

Homeland (2006–2009): Homeland is Sultan’s final series, made in the coastal San Francisco Bay area near the artist’s home. To create the pictures, Sultan hired migrant day laborers as actors and posed them in familial tableaus—resting under a tree, watching batting practice, taking dishes to a potluck—set in landscapes on the far edges of suburbia. The series explores those living in limbo, in this case both socially and geographically, and forces viewers to consider the definitions of home and the collective longing to create it.

About Larry Sultan

A lifelong educator, Sultan taught photography for 10 years at the San Francisco Art Institute (1978–88) and for 20 years at the California College of the Arts (1989–2009), where he served as a Distinguished Professor of Photography. His work is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

About the Milwaukee Art Museum
Prominently situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum campus welcomes over 400,000 visitors annually. The Museum was founded over 125 years ago and is the largest and most significant art museum in Wisconsin. It houses a rich collection of over 30,000 works, with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, and American decorative arts. It is the world’s leading repository for work by untrained creators and has one of the largest collections of works by Georgia O’Keeffe. The Museum’s celebrated Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, completed in 2001, showcases both Museum-produced and traveling feature exhibitions.

Restore. Reinstall. Reimagine.
In fall 2014, the Museum began an ambitious project to renovate its two oldest buildings, the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975), which house the Museum’s Collection Galleries. Increased gallery space, including an entire floor dedicated to photography and new media, an improved gallery layout, and a new lakeside entrance are among the improvements planned. The collections will reopen November 24, 2015. The Museum is open throughout construction, with a vibrant schedule of exciting exhibitions, educational offerings, and special programs in the Quadracci Pavilion. For more information, visit mam.org

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“Art and the Global AIDS Crisis: Eggs Benedict” Now on view Baumgartner Galleria through August 31, 2015,

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“Art and the Global AIDS Crisis: Eggs Benedict” Now on view Baumgartner Galleria through August 31, 2015

Special presentation includes a multidisciplinary panel discussion

Milwaukee – The Milwaukee Art Museum today announced the opening of a special presentation – “Art and the Global AIDS Crisis: Eggs Benedict.”

“We’ve seen tremendous debate about ‘Eggs Benedict’ in the last few weeks and believe there is a great opportunity and strong need for public dialogue around the piece,” said Milwaukee Art Museum Director Dan Keegan. “To meet this need and further the discussion, we will display the piece now as part of a special presentation in August, rather than in November.”

“Eggs Benedict” will be displayed along with didactic materials that place the piece in the context of the issues it was created to address, along with opportunities for community engagement and comment.  This presentation will be on view in Baumgartner Galleria, and will be clearly marked so that those that would prefer not to see the piece can avoid it.

The special presentation will also include a multidisciplinary panel discussion with voices from the artistic and religious communities who will discuss the issues around the piece including its commentary on the AIDS crisis and the role of art and religion. The panel – “Art, AIDS, Religion and Censorship” – will be held on August 20th at 6:15 PM and include:

  • Brady Roberts, Chief Curator, MAM, Moderator
  • Niki Johnson, Artist
  • Jonathan Katz, Associate Professor of Visual Studies, Art Department, University of Buffalo
  • Jamie Manson, Theologian; book editor and columnist with National Catholic Reporter
  • Kali Murray, Associate Professor of Law, Marquette University

About “Eggs Benedict”

“Eggs Benedict” was created by Milwaukee artist Niki Johnson in 2013 to bring awareness to the global AIDS epidemic. The artist felt compelled to make the portrait of Pope Benedict XVI after remarks he made on a trip to Africa in March of 2009 suggesting that condoms would not prevent the transmission of AIDS. Johnson developed a system using colored condoms to create an embroidered portrait of the pope. The work required 17,000 condoms and took three years to complete.  For Johnson, embroidery was a deliberate choice, given that it is a craft technique used by impoverished populations where AIDS is more prevalent. The artist intended it as a catalyst for conversation about the larger issues surrounding the AIDS epidemic in Africa and among disenfranchised people.   It was donated to the museum by Joseph Pabst.

 

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Milwaukee Art Museum Announces New President of Its Board of Trustees

 

Milwaukee Art Museum Announces New President of Its Board of Trustees

 Milwaukee, Wis., May 26, 2015 The Milwaukee Art Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald W. Layden Jr. as President of its Board of Trustees. Layden assumes the position from Kenneth C. Krei who will become Board Chairman. This transition in Museum leadership ensures the continuity of the Museum’s mission and affirms its role as one of the most significant cultural institutions in the city and region. The Milwaukee Art Museum’s Board of Trustees includes 48 distinguished civic and business leaders dedicated to the Museum.

“Having benefited from Ken’s counsel over the years, I look forward to working with him and Don in their new roles,” said Daniel Keegan, Museum director. “We are grateful for Ken’s leadership during the past three years, and wouldn’t be where we are today without his guidance. With the Museum’s major renovation project nearing completion and with Don’s vision, we will be ushering in a new era for the Museum.”

“Devoting my energy, along with many others, to the advancement of this institution, its mission and the role it plays in and beyond Milwaukee is my privilege,” said Layden. “I am excited to join Dan Keegan at this critical juncture, just a few months away from the unveiling of the new and improved Milwaukee Art Museum. Having been part of the Museum’s leadership team for the past three years, I find it invigorating to become more involved at this wonderful organization, which continues to grow in leaps and bounds.”

Mr. Layden is a partner at Quarles & Brady and is a member of the firm’s Business Law Practice Group, focusing his practice on corporate law, with an emphasis on clients in the technology and business services areas.  Mr. Layden has also worked with Baird Capital as an Operating Partner since 2011. In this capacity he works with Baird’s Venture Capital group to source, evaluate and oversee investment opportunities in the Business Services sector, with a particular emphasis on financial technology, business process outsourcing and health-care services companies.

Mr. Layden serves on the board of Firstsource Solutions Ltd., headquartered in Mumbai, India, and traded on the National Stock Exchange of India, providing business process outsourcing services.  He also serves on the boards of Catholic Financial Life, SafetyPay, Zipmark, SnowShoe and Catalyze.  He also serves on the board of several nonprofits including Alverno College, Schools That Can Milwaukee, Alliance for Strong Families and Communities and the Consuelo Foundation.

He was chair of the Museum’s Audit Committee and also served on the Acquisitions and Collections Committee.

ABOUT MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM

Prominently situated on the shore of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum campus welcomes 400,000 visitors annually. The Museum was founded over 125 years ago and is the largest and most significant art museum in Wisconsin. It houses a rich collection of more than 30,000 works, with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, and American decorative arts. It is the world’s leading repository for work by untrained creators and has one of the largest collections of works by Georgia O’Keeffe. The Museum’s celebrated Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, completed in 2001, showcases both Museum-produced and traveling feature exhibitions.

 RESTORE. REINSTALL. REIMAGINE.

Beginning in fall 2014, the Museum began an ambitious project to renovate its two oldest buildings, the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975), which house the Museum’s Collection Galleries. Increased gallery space, including an entire floor dedicated to photography and new media, an improved gallery layout, and a new lakeside entrance are among the improvements planned. The collections will be off view through fall 2015; however, the Museum is open throughout construction, with a vibrant schedule of exciting exhibitions, educational offerings, and special programs in the Quadracci Pavilion. For more information, visit mam.org.

 

 

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Free Museum Admission for Active Military All Summer Long

FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION FOR ACTIVE MILITARY BEGINS ON MEMORIAL DAY

Active Military free all summer long

Milwaukee, Wis. – The Milwaukee Art Museum is offering free admission for all active military (with ID), and up to five additional family members beginning on Monday, May 25 and running through Monday, September 7.

This summer, the Museum is again participating in the Blue Star Museums program, where active military and up to five family members with them receive free Museum admission from Memorial Day through Labor Day. First launched in 2010, Blue Star Museums is collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America.

Starting Memorial Day (May 25) and running through Labor Day (Sept 7), the Museum is open seven days a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (until 8 p.m. on Thursdays). The Museum’s summer feature exhibition, Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels, opens June 18.

ABOUT MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM

The Milwaukee Art Museum houses a rich collection of over 30,000 works, with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, and American decorative arts, and is the world’s leading repository for work by untrained creators. The Museum campus is located on the shores of Lake Michigan and spans three buildings, including the Santiago Calatrava-designed Quadracci Pavilion and the Eero Saarinen-designed Milwaukee County War Memorial Center. For more information, please visit mam.org.

Restore. Reinstall. Reimagine. 

In fall 2014, the Museum began an ambitious project to renovate its two oldest buildings, the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975), which house the Museum’s Collection Galleries. Increased gallery space, including an entire floor dedicated to photography and new media, an improved gallery layout, and a new lakeside entrance are among the improvements planned. The collections will be off view through fall 2015; however, the Museum is open throughout construction, with a vibrant schedule of exciting exhibitions, educational offerings, and special programs in the Quadracci Pavilion. For more information, visit mam.org.

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Milwaukee Art Museum Announces 2015 Lakefront Festival of Art

MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM ANNOUNCES 2015 LAKEFRONT FESTIVAL OF ART

53rd annual event to be held June 19 to 21 on Museum grounds

MILWAUKEE – (May 20, 2015) – Lakefront Festival of Art (LFOA), the weekend-long festival held on the grounds of the Milwaukee Art Museum each June, will celebrate its 53rd year this summer when it kicks off Friday, June 19, 2015. LFOA features the works of more than 175 national artists amid activities, food and entertainment, while serving as a primary fundraiser for the Museum.

“Over the years, Lakefront Festival of Art has evolved into much more than just another art show,” said Krista Renfrew, Director of Special Events, Milwaukee Art Museum. “It truly is one of the premier art festivals in the country, while offering activities for all ages to enjoy in a setting iconic to Milwaukee.”

In addition to the variety of artists’ booths, including jewelers, painters, sculptors, photographers and more, LFOA offers family-friendly activities, such as live music, refreshments and the PNC Children’s Experience, featuring drama performances and hands-on art projects for kids of all ages.

For adult audiences, gourmet food is available as well as libations at both the Milwaukee Magazine Wine Garden, which sits beneath the world-famous Calatrava-designed Burke Brise Soleil, and the Blue Moon Beer Garden. Attendees can also peruse a sculpture garden created by Hawks Landscape or bid on donated pieces of art at the silent auction, which closes Sunday, June 21.

Advance tickets, include admission to the feature exhibition, can be purchased online at lfoa.mam.org for $10 and at participating locations throughout Southeastern Wisconsin. A $25 three-day pass will also be available at the festival gates and online. On-site tickets are $10 for museum members, $17 for adults, and $14 for seniors and students. The festival is free for kids age 12 and under, veterans, active military, and Wisconsin K-12 teachers (with ID)

SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels, Masterworks from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Venture inside to celebrate opening weekend of the Museum’s newest feature exhibition, showcasing works from the biggest names in art from the nineteenth century to present.

  • Admission is included with LFOA ticket.
  • MAM After Dark: Modern Rebels – Friday, June 19; 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Begin the weekend at the Museum’s signature late-night event for young professionals. View the newest feature exhibition inside, and enjoy Festival activities outside. Admission is included with Festival ticket.
  • Live Music from Local Bands Friday, Saturday, Sunday; From blues to jazz to rock, enjoy the sounds of local Milwaukee bands all weekend, while taking in the views of Lake Michigan.
  • Paint Your Own Modern Rebel – Friday, Saturday, Sunday; 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Channel your inner Dali, Kahlo or Picasso while painting your own piece of artwork to take home. Additional fee required, includes canvas, painting supplies and a glass of wine.

LFOA is organized by the Friends of Art (FOA), the primary volunteer support organization of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Proceeds from the Festival are directed toward the Museum’s world-class exhibitions and collections.

“We look forward to Lakefront Festival of Art all year — not only to welcome in summer, but for the chance to spread art appreciation to the greater community,” said Daniel Keegan, Director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. “This single weekend ensures we can continue to cultivate art appreciation every day of the year, making it a very special event for the Museum, our Members and future visitors.”

  • HOURS AND ADMISSION
    • Friday, June 19, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
    • Saturday, June 20, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
    • Sunday, June 21, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    • Advance tickets $10
    • Adults $17; Seniors/Students $14
    • Museum Members $10
    • Free for kids age 12 and under, veterans, active military, and Wisconsin K-12 teachers (with ID)

    Lakefront Festival of Art is presented by Milwaukee Magazine and Quad/Graphics, with additional support generously provided by PNC Financial Services Group, Baker Tilly, Blue Moon, Hawks Landscape, Schlossmann Auto Group, Adelman Travel Group, 88.9 Radio Milwaukee, OnMilwaukee.com, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

About Lakefront Festival of Art 

The Lakefront Festival of Art (LFOA) is one of the premier art festivals in the country, featuring artists from across the nation with art for sale in a variety of media, including paintings, sculptures, jewelry, photography, printmaking, wood, ceramics, fiber, and more. Since 1963, the Lakefront Festival of Art has been a primary fundraiser for the Milwaukee Art Museum and organized with the help of Friends of Art volunteers. For more information on LFOA, visit lfoa.mam.org.

About the Milwaukee Art Museum
Prominently situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum campus welcomes over 400,000 visitors annually. The Museum was founded over 125 years ago and is the largest and most significant art museum in Wisconsin. It houses a rich collection of over 30,000 works, with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, and American decorative arts. It is the world’s leading repository for work by untrained creators and has one of the largest collections of works by Georgia O’Keeffe. The Museum’s celebrated Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, completed in 2001, showcases both Museum-produced and traveling feature exhibitions.

Restore. Reinstall. Reimagine. 
In fall 2014, the Museum began an ambitious project to renovate its two oldest buildings, the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975), which house the Museum’s Collection Galleries. Increased gallery space, including an entire floor dedicated to photography and new media, an improved gallery layout, and a new lakeside entrance are among the improvements planned. The collections will be off view through fall 2015; however, the Museum is open throughout construction, with a vibrant schedule of exciting exhibitions, educational offerings, and special programs in the Quadracci Pavilion. For more information, visit mam.org.

About Friends of Art

The Friends of Art (FOA) is the primary volunteer support organization of the Milwaukee Art Museum. FOA raises funds in support of the Museum and develops activities to stimulate visual art appreciation and inspire volunteer leadership. Over 1,300 individuals volunteer annually to help organize and operate FOA’s fundraising events. Over $7 million has been generated through FOA events since it was founded in 1957. For more information on FOA, visit www.mam.org/involved/details/foa.php.

 

 

 

Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels – Open June 18

MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM TO PRESENT ART WORLD REBELS

Midwest Exclusive Will Include Van Gogh, Pollock, Picasso, Warhol and More

MILWAUKEE – Beginning June 18, the Milwaukee Art Museum will present, Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels, an exclusive touring exhibition that will showcase nearly 70 masterpieces from some of the most famous artists of the 20th century.

17296445096_27415cac9c_zThe exhibition brings together paintings and sculpture by 68   artists who shaped the course of modern art. The collection is   drawn from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York – which has one of the most respected collections of 20th century art in the country – and includes work by Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Andy Warhol, as well as one of Jackson Pollock’s finest drip paintings.

Van Gogh to Pollock will be a visually powerful, experiential journey for any art enthusiast,” said Brady Roberts, chief curator for the Milwaukee Art Museum. “This is the best chance most people will have to see key works of Post-Impressionism to Pop Art, many of which have not toured in decades.”

“These modern art all-stars were rebelling against the academic norm.They took risks and challenged the art world status quo,” said Roberts. “They were innovators responding to the world around them, and the results are compelling.”

With the museum’s annual Lakefront Festival of Art (LFOA) scheduled June 19–21, the opening weekend of the exhibition, visitors will be offered two different art experiences for one ticket – LFOA and Van Gogh to Pollock. LFAO tickets are $17 for general admission, $14 for students and seniors, and $10 for Museum Members. Tickets can be purchased in advance at area businesses or online at mam.org/lfoa.

Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels will be on view through Sunday, September 20. For more information, visit http://mam.org/. High-resolution images of work featured in the exhibition are available.

Exhibition Overview

Van Gogh to Pollock unfolds chronologically, beginning with Post-Impressionism, and explores the radical innovators of the modern era—and the art that changed how we see the world. Cubism provided multiple views simultaneously; Surrealism sought to give the unconscious mind conscious form. With the Abstract Expressionists, New York took the reign from Paris as the Western art capital, and the artists of Pop Art called attention to the new culture of consumerism, appropriating its everyday imagery and products. This great collection allows visitors to see a rich, comprehensive snapshot of art making as a series of rebellions.

Additional Resources

This exhibition was initiated by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, and was organized by Albright-Knox Chief Curator Emeritus Douglas Dreishpoon. It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Presented locally by BMO Private Bank.

About the Milwaukee Art Museum
Prominently situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum campus welcomes over 400,000 visitors annually. The Museum was founded over 125 years ago and is the largest and most significant art museum in Wisconsin. It houses a rich collection of over 30,000 works, with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, and American decorative arts. It is the world’s leading repository for work by untrained creators and has one of the largest collections of works by Georgia O’Keeffe. The Museum’s celebrated Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, completed in 2001, showcases both Museum-produced and traveling feature exhibitions.

Restore. Reinstall. Reimagine.
In fall 2014, the Museum began an ambitious project to renovate its two oldest buildings, the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975), which house the Museum’s Collection Galleries. Increased gallery space, including an entire floor dedicated to photography and new media, an improved gallery layout, and a new lakeside entrance are among the improvements planned. The collections will be off view through fall 2015; however, the Museum is open throughout construction, with a vibrant schedule of exciting exhibitions, educational offerings, and special programs in the Quadracci Pavilion. For more information, visit mam.org.

The Old Mill, Vincent van Gogh (1888)

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890). La Maison de la Crau (The Old Mill), 1888. Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (64.8 x 54 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, 1966.

 

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Media Contact:

Andy Larsen      414-271-0101 ext. 119; alarsen@boelterlincoln.com

Jessica Levine   414-271-0101 ext. 101; jlevine@boelterlincoln.com

 

Mother’s Day Brunch at the Milwaukee Art Museum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press contact:
Vicki Scharfberg
414.224.3243
vicki.scharfberg@mam.org

Mother’s Day Brunch at the Milwaukee Art Museum

We’re bringing back the big, beautiful Windhover brunches from back in the day!

Milwaukee, Wis. – April 1, 2015 –The Milwaukee Art Museum will be hosting a Mother’s Day Brunch on May 10, 2015. This event will celebrate the day with a springtime bounty of food catered by the Museum’s Café Calatrava, including a free mimosa for Mom.

Enjoy the spectacular views of the lake while savoring a vast array of brunch favorites from an extensive menu, including made-to-order omelets, chef’s carving stations, smoked salmon, and pastries. Bloody Marys, mimosas, beer, wine and cocktails will be available for purchase as well.

Windhover Hall is the illustrious grand reception hall within Quadracci Pavilion. Radiantly lit from an ascending 90-foot-high atrium, Windhover Hall is a postmodern, dramatic space of unrivaled elegance. The hall is frequently used to house exhibitions, weddings and other elegant functions, which makes it the perfect place to celebrate this special day and your special mom.

The Mother’s Day Brunch will be served at three time slots: 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 1:30 p.m.

The event fee is $40 a person; $35 for a Member; kids 7–12 are $15; and kids under 6 are free. Parking, taxes and gratuity will be included in the ticket price. Tickets can be purchased online at mam.org or by phone at 414-224-3200.

 

ABOUT MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM

Prominently situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum campus welcomes 400,000 visitors annually. The Museum was founded more than 125 years ago and is the largest and most significant art museum in Wisconsin. It houses a rich collection of over 30,000 works, with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, and American decorative arts. It is the world’s leading repository for work by untrained creators and has one of the largest collections of works by Georgia O’Keeffe. The Museum’s celebrated Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, completed in 2001, showcases both Museum-produced and traveling feature exhibitions.

RESTORE. REINSTALL. REIMAGINE.

Beginning in fall 2014, the Museum began an ambitious project to renovate its two oldest buildings, the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975), which house the Museum’s Collection Galleries. Increased gallery space, including an entire floor dedicated to photography and new media, an improved gallery layout, and a new lakeside entrance are among the improvements planned. The collections will be off view through fall 2015; however, the Museum is open throughout construction, with a vibrant schedule of exciting exhibitions, educational offerings, and special programs in the Quadracci Pavilion. For more information, visit mam.org.

The Milwaukee Art Museum Announces Family Friendly Easter Brunch with the Easter Bunny

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact:
Vicki Scharfberg
414.224.3243
Vicki.Scharfberg@mam.org

The Milwaukee Art Museum Announces Family Friendly Easter Brunch with the Easter Bunny

MILWAUKEE, April 1, 2015—Family and friends need not look any further for a place to dine on Easter. The Milwaukee Art Museum will be hosting an Easter Brunch complete with a vast array of brunch favorites by the Museum’s own Café Calatrava. Kid friendly activities with the Easter Bunny will be available throughout the day.

Guests will enjoy brunch favorites from an extensive buffet including made-to-order omelets, chef’s carving station, smoked salmon and deserts. Bloody Marys, mimosas, beer, wine and cocktails will also be available for purchase. Bring the kids to see the Easter Bunny, and celebrate spring in Windhover Hall, overlooking spectacular views of the lake. The Easter Bunny will be handing out treats and prizes for the kids

The Milwaukee Art Museum’s brunch will be served in three time slots: 10:30a.m., 12:30p.m.,and 1:30p.m. The event fee is $40 a person; $35 for a member; kids 6-12 are $15; and kids under 6 are free. Parking, taxes and gratuity included. Tickets can be purchased online at www.mam.org or by phone at (414) 224-3200.

ABOUT THE MUSEUM
The Milwaukee Art Museum’s far-reaching holdings include more than 20,000 works spanning antiquity to the present day. With a history dating back to 1888, the Museum houses a collection with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, American decorative arts, and folk and self-taught art. The Museum includes the Santiago Calatrava-designed Quadracci Pavilion, named by Time magazine as “Best Design of 2001.” For more information, please visit www.mam.org.

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Museum dresses up Art in Bloom for 2015

Fashion Blooms in Milwaukee March 26–29
Beauty in Bloom puts new spin on popular tradition

Milwaukee, Wis. – Sponsored by PNC Bank, “Beauty in Bloom” brings together over forty gardening, floral arranging, and landscape designers from across the region, inspired by the designer gowns on view in the feature exhibition, Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair. The event runs March 26–29, 2015 and also includes lectures, seminars, and activities for both experienced and novice gardeners.

Beauty in Bloom is a new spin on our traditional ‘Art in Bloom’ event that not only immerses you in flowers, but also provides you with an opportunity to enhance your floral and gardening know-how,” said Daniel Keegan, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. “This is one of the most colorful, family-friendly events at the Museum. I encourage everyone to take in the sights and smells of Beauty in Bloom this year.”

In addition to daily lectures and programs around gardening and horticulture, the event includes a marketplace for shopping, refreshments and a wine garden, and children’s activities in the Kohl’s Art Generation Open Studio. New this year will be a Stallion Station for men to relax, a Nail Boutique and Beauty Bar for pampering, and an exclusive fashion show with New York designer Katherine Feiner, showcasing 2015 spring designs and one-night-only floral ensembles and accessories.

“Because of the current construction in the Museum’s galleries, the entire event will be held inside the Quadracci Pavilion,” said Keegan. “There will be exquisite floral designs throughout Windhover Hall, the Museum Garage, our Gallerias, and more.”

A complete schedule of lectures, events, and ticket information can be found at mam.org/bloom. Daily Museum admission is $15 adult/$5 Member, Thursday through Sunday. As always, children age 12 and under receive free admission. Programs requiring tickets and reservations, including the Katherine Feiner Fashion Show, are noted online.

Daily Events, Thursday–Sunday, March 26–29
• Quadracci Pavilion full with Inspiring Beauty themed floral displays
• Beauty Bazaar open with gifts and accessories for your home and garden
• Stallion Station, Beauty Bar, and Beauty Boutique for pampering and relaxation
• People’s Choice Awards voting
• Café Calatrava, The Coffee Shop, and the Beauty in Bloom Bistro and Wine Garden serving refreshments
• Drop-in docent-led tours at 10:15 am, noon, 2 pm

ABOUT MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
Prominently situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum campus welcomes over 400,000 visitors annually. The Museum was founded over 125 years ago and is the largest and most significant art museum in Wisconsin. It houses a rich collection of over 30,000 works, with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, and American decorative arts. It is the world’s leading repository for work by untrained creators and has one of the largest collections of works by Georgia O’Keeffe. The Museum’s celebrated Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, completed in 2001, showcases both Museum-produced and traveling feature exhibitions.

RESTORE. REINSTALL. REIMAGINE.
Beginning in fall 2014, the Museum began an ambitious project to renovate its two oldest buildings, the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975), which house the Museum’s Collection Galleries. Increased gallery space, including an entire floor dedicated to photography and new media, an improved gallery layout, and a new lakeside entrance are among the improvements planned. The collections will be off view through fall 2015; however, the Museum is open throughout construction, with a vibrant schedule of exciting exhibitions, educational offerings, and special programs in the Quadracci Pavilion. For more information, visit mam.org.

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Free Milwaukee Art Museum Admission on February 21 and 22

Free weekend of activities at Milwaukee Art Museum is February Gift to the Community
Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s celebration of a century continues

Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 9, 2015 – Continuing its year-long presentation of Gifts to the Community, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation invites everyone to a free weekend of unique experiences at the
Milwaukee Art Museum in February, featuring unlimited access to the new, special exhibition
Inspiring Beauty: 50 years of Ebony Fashion Fair, which showcases over 80 ensembles from 60 of the world’s most famous designers, representing 17 countries.

“Ebony Fashion Fair, and the pioneering work of Eunice Johnson as its director and producer, tore down barriers between high fashion and the broader community, particularly for African-American women,” said Ellen Gilligan, president and CEO of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. “The Milwaukee Art Museum’s importance in our region and this exhibition’s significance in our history make this gift of access a truly wonderful opportunity to come together as a community.”

Admission to the Milwaukee Art Museum and Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair will be free to everyone on Saturday, Feb. 21, and Sunday, Feb. 22. The Museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. No reservations are required.

While the main galleries of the Museum are undergoing renovations, a variety of special activities
will be taking place throughout the Quadracci Pavilion and adjacent spaces:

• Do-it-yourself fashion activities and crafts for all ages
• A fashion runway in Windhover Hall for guests to model their DIY creations
• Museum volunteers stationed throughout the Inspiring Beauty exhibition to provide
information and answer questions
• Opportunities to meet Camille Morgan, guest organizing curator for Inspiring Beauty
• Screenings of Ebony Fashion Fair, runway shows and fashion-focused films in the Lubar
Auditorium
• Special programming for kids
• Showcase of student art from the Scholastic Art Awards-Wisconsin
• All guests will receive a voucher to return to the museum for half-price in 2016, following
the reinstallation of the collection galleries.

Donors of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation have a strong history of supporting the Milwaukee
Art Museum. In the last three decades, the Foundation and its donors have provided more than $10
million in grants to the Museum.

“The generosity of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and its community of donors has benefited
Milwaukee organizations for a century,” said Daniel Keegan, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum.
“Their ongoing commitment to education, the arts, our neighborhoods and its citizens, has contributed greatly to Milwaukee’s vitality and quality of life. We are deeply grateful for GMF’s investment in this special, free access weekend to the Milwaukee Art Museum.”

February’s Gift to the Community is the second this year offered in honor of the Greater Milwaukee
Foundation’s centennial. These unique experiences showcase the people, places and opportunities that make greater Milwaukee special. New gifts are being revealed each month on FOX 6 Milwaukee.

In January, for the first Gift to the Community, 26,737 people enjoyed a free, all-access weekend at the Milwaukee Public Museum.

Details about the February Gift to the Community are available at greatermilwaukeefoundation.org/gifts.

About the Greater Milwaukee Foundation
For a century, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation has helped individuals, families and organizations realize their philanthropic goals and make a difference in the community, during their lifetimes and for future generations. The Foundation consists of more than 1,200 individual charitable funds, each created by donors to serve the charitable causes of their choice. The Foundation also deploys both human and financial resources to address the most critical needs of the community and ensure the vitality of the region.

Started in 1915, the Foundation was one of the first community foundations in the world. With a total asset base of more than $847 million, it is also among the largest.

Scholastic Art Awards – Wisconsin now on view

The Scholastic Art Award artists now on view at Milwaukee Art Museum
Juried work by middle- and high school students allow for national recognition

Milwaukee, Wis. – Feb. 10, 2014 – The Milwaukee Art Museum’s annual exhibition of works by Wisconsin students grades 7–12 is now on view. Over 3,000 individual artworks from 116 schools across the state participated in the Scholastic Art Awards – Wisconsin in 2015.

Gold and Silver Key winning artists are on display in Schroeder Galleria now through March 22, 2015.
The Scholastic Art Awards – Wisconsin competition and exhibition is the regional section of The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards National Program, conducted by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, Inc. In awards ceremonies on February 14, student artists will be awarded 201 individual Gold Keys which forwards them on to the National Scholastic Art Awards Competition, and 171 Silver Keys, which allows for statewide recognition of their work.

“It is a privilege to see the work of these young artists and to be a part of their experience in the Scholastic Art Awards,” said Daniel Keegan, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. “With so much talent, I have no doubt that choosing the winners was hard for our jury, and I look forward to seeing some of these same artists competing again next year.”

The Scholastic Art Awards are sponsored by the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Heller Family in memory of their parents, James K. and Avis M. Heller, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Flesch Family Fund, Ray and Sue Kehm, James and Carol Wiensch, Vanguard Computers, Inc. and CompURent, and an anonymous donor.

ABOUT MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
Prominently situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum campus welcomes over 400,000 visitors annually. The Museum was founded over 125 years ago and is the largest and most significant art museum in Wisconsin. It houses a rich collection of over 30,000 works, with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, and American decorative arts. It is the world’s leading repository for work by untrained creators and has one of the largest collections of works by Georgia O’Keeffe. The Museum’s celebrated Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, completed in 2001, showcases both Museum-produced and traveling feature exhibitions.

RESTORE. REINSTALL. REIMAGINE.
Beginning in fall 2014, the Museum began an ambitious project to renovate its two oldest buildings, the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975), which house the Museum’s Collection Galleries. Increased gallery space, including an entire floor dedicated to photography and new media, an improved gallery layout, and a new lakeside entrance are among the improvements planned. The collections will be off view through fall 2015; however, the Museum is open throughout construction, with a vibrant schedule of exciting exhibitions, educational offerings, and special programs in the Quadracci Pavilion. For more information, visit mam.org.

Museum showcases fashion and history in new feature exhibition

Milwaukee Art Museum Makes Foray into Fashion
Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair now on view

Milwaukee, Wis – The Milwaukee Art Museum brings haute couture to the city in Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair. Open now through May 3, it is a story of vision, innovation and power told through the prism of iconic fashion from Oscar de la Renta, Givenchy, Valentino, Dior, Pierre Cardin, Yves Saint-Laurent, Patrick Kelly and Emanuel Ungaro, among others.

Organized by the Chicago History Museum in cooperation with Johnson Publishing Company, Inspiring Beauty provides a multisensory retrospective on the fifty-year history of the charity fashion spectacle that redefined the concepts of beauty, style and empowerment for African Americans through the Ebony Fashion Fair. Over one hundred objects, including ensembles and accessories, as well as archival photographs and video, help to re-create the one-of-a-kind experience and explore the history of the traveling fashion show and its director and producer, Eunice Walker Johnson. The exhibition in enhanced by the addition of Ebony Fashion Fair garments from the collection at Mount Mary University.

“The Museum is thrilled to showcase its debut fashion exhibition and partner with International Arts & Artists to feature Inspiring Beauty,” said Daniel Keegan, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. “This is a stunning exhibition that will be dramatically installed to give the visitor a true runway experience.”

Inspiring Beauty is presented in three sections that explore the three major themes of the exhibition. The first section of the exhibition, Vision, explores Eunice Johnson’s role as the creative force behind the Ebony Fashion Fair. It features costumes that reflect power, affluence and influence, expressing some of the traveling show’s recurring aesthetic ideas.

The second section of the exhibition, Innovation, looks at the boldness and experimentation of Johnson Publishing Company. Garments in this section reflect the full breadth of fashion fantasy that the traveling show brought audiences while the film highlights the historic significance of Johnson company publications.

The final section, Power, features Inspiring Beauty’s most elaborate, luxurious and dramatic ensembles. Costumes by Valentino, Bob Mackie, Henry Jackson and Alexander McQueen reflect the glamour and showmanship that created the dynamic visual experience that audiences expected.

“At the heart of this dynamic exhibition are the stunning gowns, feathered coats, and statement designs seen in the seventy-plus ensembles by designers including Valentino, Givenchy, Oscar de la Renta, Bob Mackie, Missoni, Patrick Kelly, Alexander McQueen, Christian Dior, Vivienne Westwood, and more, all selected from a collection of thousands that Mrs. Johnson amassed in five decades,” said Keegan.

To celebrate Milwaukee’s local connection to the Ebony Fashion Fair, a section of the exhibition will include thirteen designer garments from Mount Mary University’s signature Ebony Fashion Fair collection, part of the its 10,000 piece Historic Costume Collection. Mount Mary’s selections will feature garments by Koos Van Den Akker, Vivienne Westwood, Thierry Mugler, and Anna Sui, among others.

The Ebony Fashion Fair circuit included 170 stops each year, including Milwaukee. In addition to appearing at the now-defunct Garfield Theater on the city’s north side, Mount Mary University presented the Ebony Fashion Fair to sold-out audiences in its Kostka Theater on several occasions.

Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair was developed by the Chicago History Museum in cooperation with Johnson Publishing Company, LLC, presented by the Costume Council of the Chicago History Museum, and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC. It is presented at the Milwaukee Art Museum by Mount Mary University, and supported by Harley-Davidson Motor Company, the Joseph R. Pabst Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Friends of Art, Angela and Virgis Colbert, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, Milwaukee (WI) Chapter The Links, Incorporated, and the Milwaukee Art Museum’s African American Art Alliance. Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair is co-organized at the Museum by Camille Morgan, Exhibitions Curatorial Coordinator at Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago and Monica Obniski, Demmer Curator of 20th and 21st Century Design at the Milwaukee Art Museum. It will be on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum February 5 through May 3, 2015.

 

ABOUT MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
Prominently situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum campus welcomes over 400,000 visitors annually. The Museum was founded over 125 years ago and is the largest and most significant art museum in Wisconsin. It houses a rich collection of over 30,000 works, with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, and American decorative arts. It is the world’s leading repository for work by untrained creators and has one of the largest collections of works by Georgia O’Keeffe. The Museum’s celebrated Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, completed in 2001, showcases both Museum-produced and traveling feature exhibitions.

RESTORE. REINSTALL. REIMAGINE.
In fall 2014, the Museum began an ambitious project to renovate its two oldest buildings, the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975), which house the Museum’s Collection Galleries. Increased gallery space, including an entire floor dedicated to photography and new media, an improved gallery layout, and a new lakeside entrance are among the improvements planned. The collections will be off view through fall 2015; however, the Museum is open throughout construction, with a vibrant schedule of exciting exhibitions, educational offerings, and special programs in the Quadracci Pavilion. For more information, visit mam.org.

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Milwaukee Art Museum Passes Key Fundraising Goals in Plan for the Future Campaign

Milwaukee Art Museum Passes Key Fundraising Goals in Plan for the Future Campaign
Construction and renovations well under way to repair and restore galleries

Milwaukee, Wis. – January 28, 2015 – The Milwaukee Art Museum has announced it is at 95 percent of its fundraising goal for the Plan for the Future campaign, its philanthropic effort restore the War Memorial and Kahler buildings and reinstall the Museum’s galleries. The Plan for the Future is part of the Museum’s over $15 million commitment to the $25 million project in partnership with Milwaukee County.

“In 2013, Milwaukee County made a generous $10 million commitment toward repairing the Saarinen and Kahler buildings, which house the Museum’s Collection galleries. Thanks to this support, the damage that has accumulated over the years is being fixed,” said Daniel Keegan, Museum director. “In partnership with the County, and in recognition of our role in the community, the Museum pledged to raise the remaining funds needed to make repairs, renovations associated with the restoration of the buildings and the reinstallation of the collections. We are now in the final stages of fundraising, thanks to the generous support of donors, Members, and visitors.”

The Museum has received both public and private donations as part of the campaign. Ground was broken in October and construction has been underway since early fall. The Collection Galleries went off view in November, 2014, and the Museum anticipates revealing the new galleries in late 2015.

“We want our visitors, supporters, and neighbors to know that they are integral to the success of the Museum. The Milwaukee Art Museum is a community treasure, and the Plan for the Future will reimagine the galleries and the Collection itself, making the Museum more accessible for visitors, and creating an entirely new experience for our guests,” said Keegan.

The renovation project, which the Museum has dubbed “Restore. Reinstall. Reimagine.” will:

• Improve the environment for visitors and provide a safe home for the over 30,000 works of art in the Museum’s world-class Collection by repairing the Saarinen building and Kahler addition, after decades of deferred maintenance.
• Make it possible for more art to be on view to the public by significantly increasing gallery space.
• With the addition of a new lakeside entrance, establish easier public access to the Museum, the Collection, and a critical exhibition gallery—thereby providing a better visitor experience.
• Re-imagine how visitors approach the Collection and experience the art, through significant changes to the presentation of the art and a more intuitive layout.
• Conserve energy and improve the lighting of the art, with the installation of new LED bulbs throughout the Museum’s galleries.
• Add bathrooms on every level.

“As we undergo this restoration process, I want to stress that the Museum remains open throughout the year. Most programs, events, tours, and activities will continue while the galleries are under construction, including Lakefront Festival of Art, MAM After Dark, Yoga, Scholastic Art Awards – Wisconsin, Beauty in Bloom, and the Kohl’s Art Generation Studio,” said Keegan. “We have a stellar lineup of exhibitions for the Quadracci Pavilion that our visitors will not want to miss, including Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair, Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels, and Larry Sultan: Here and Home.”

More information is available at mam.org/visit/museum-renovation.php.

ABOUT MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
Prominently situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum campus welcomes over 400,000 visitors annually. The Museum was founded over 125 years ago and is the largest and most significant art museum in Wisconsin. It houses a rich collection of over 30,000 works, with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, and American decorative arts. It is the world’s leading repository for work by untrained creators and has one of the largest collections of works by Georgia O’Keeffe. The Museum’s celebrated Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, completed in 2001, showcases both Museum-produced and traveling feature exhibitions.

RESTORE. REINSTALL. REIMAGINE.
Beginning in fall 2014, the Museum began an ambitious project to renovate its two oldest buildings, the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975), which house the Museum’s Collection Galleries. Increased gallery space, including an entire floor dedicated to photography and new media, an improved gallery layout, and a new lakeside entrance are among the improvements planned. The collections will be off view through fall 2015; however, the Museum is open throughout construction, with a vibrant schedule of exciting exhibitions, educational offerings, and special programs in the Quadracci Pavilion. For more information, visit mam.org.

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Massive Open Online Course begins February 10

Milwaukee Art Museum announces first-ever MOOC

Milwaukee, Wis. – The Milwaukee Art Museum, in partnership with Google, will offer a semester-long Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), beginning on February 10, 2015. This free course will allow participants to:

• Get comfortable with looking at art by making personal connections with works of art from around the world and in your hometown
• Develop skills such as observing carefully, reflecting and assessing, and creating meaning
• Connect art to unexpected disciplines
• Learn from and interact with a global community of arts-interested people
• Contribute to a worldwide understanding of art through a final project, creatively responding to a work of art of your choice

“Our virtual classroom will be the Google Cultural Institute, and our physical classrooms will be art museums or galleries located in your hometown. This completely free course will take about twenty-one hours to complete,” said Brigid Globensky, the Barbara Brown Lee Senior Director of Education and Programs at the Milwaukee Art Museum. “It’s a combination of brief activities, discussion, and reflection in our forum; live Google Hangouts on Air; and hands-on projects.”

Group sign-ups are encouraged for the various activities involved. Participants do not need to live in the Milwaukee region.

“This isn’t your average Art History 101 course. Instead of a chronological walkthrough of art through the ages, we’ll be making personal connections to works of art and connecting artwork to unexpected careers and disciplines. Whether you’ve never been to a museum before or you are a longtime art lover, join us for an informal, fun-filled exploration of art and how we as humans bring art into our lives in varied ways,” said Globensky.

Interested participants can sign up at http://courses.mam.org.

ABOUT MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
Prominently situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, the Milwaukee Art Museum campus welcomes over 400,000 visitors annually. The Museum was founded over 125 years ago and is the largest and most significant art museum in Wisconsin. It houses a rich collection of over 30,000 works, with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, and American decorative arts. It is the world’s leading repository for work by untrained creators and has one of the largest collections of works by Georgia O’Keeffe. The Museum’s celebrated Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion, completed in 2001, showcases both Museum-produced and traveling feature exhibitions.

RESTORE. REINSTALL. REIMAGINE.
Beginning in fall 2014, the Museum began an ambitious project to renovate its two oldest buildings, the Eero Saarinen–designed War Memorial Center (1957) and the David Kahler–designed addition (1975), which house the Museum’s Collection Galleries. Increased gallery space, including an entire floor dedicated to photography and new media, an improved gallery layout, and a new lakeside entrance are among the improvements planned. The collections will be off view through fall 2015; however, the Museum is open throughout construction, with a vibrant schedule of exciting exhibitions, educational offerings, and special programs in the Quadracci Pavilion. For more information, visit mam.org.

ABOUT GOOGLE CULTURAL INSTITUTE
The Google Cultural Institute is dedicated to creating technology that helps the cultural community to bring their art, archives, heritage sites and other material online. The aim is to increase the range and volume of material from the cultural world that is available for people to explore online and in doing so, democratize access to it and preserve it for future generations.

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