Join us under moon and sun for the best of Gallery Night and Day at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Don't miss the newest edition of MAM After Dark on Friday, July 24, from 5 PM to midnight. Experience American Originals and an exclusive nighttime viewing of the freshly reinstalled Contemporary Galleries. New this month: Check out a Gallery Talk with MAM's chief curator Brady Roberts and have a cocktail at the breathtaking Terrace's outdoor bar. Then, turn Gallery Night into Day with the Milwaukee Art Museum's Fifth Annual Artist Marketplace on Saturday, July 25, from 10 AM to 5 PM. View works from over 80 emerging and established Milwaukee-based artists and make one of their artistic treasures your own at this free event. Details and program info are below.



EVENING PROGRAM:

AMERICAN ORIGINALS FEATURE EXHIBITION: 5 PM to MIDNIGHT
Discover the ingenuity of The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs, featuring forty of the American designer's finest furniture and decorative art pieces. The Eight and American Modernisms showcases more than fifty paintings and approximately thirty works on paper by the group of American artists dubbed The Eight. Then take full advantage of the museum's late-night hours—rediscover old favorites back on view in the Contemporary Galleries until 11 PM and shop the Museum Store till 10 PM.

GALLERY TALK: 6 PM
Tour the newly reinstalled Contemporary Galleries with Chief Curator Brady Roberts—a rare opportunity, not to be missed!

MYSTERY, HISTORY AND HISTORIC MILWAUKEE
Use a list of clues and your uncanny deductive reasoning to be the first to complete the Mystery History scavenger hunt starting at 7 PM and win a prize! More mystery follows with the cult-classic movie Clue, performed live by The Warped Cast at 6:30 and 9:30 PM.

MAM AFTER DARK FAVORITES TO RETURN
Create your own artistic masterpiece in the DIY Studio from 5 to 11 PM while enjoying inspirational jams provided by Tarik Moody of 88Nine Radio Milwaukee all night long. The outdoor bar on the Terrace and indoor bar will be open from 5 PM to midnight with complimentary hors d'oeuvres provided inside by Café Calatrava from 6 to 9 PM.

MAM Presents the Fifth Annual Artist Marketplace
Saturday, July 25, 10 AM to 5 PM Rain or Shine

The Milwaukee Art Museum teams up with a group of Milwaukee-based artist organizations for the Fifth Annual Artist Marketplace on Saturday, July 25 from 10 AM to 5 PM.

The all-day experience takes place by the Museum's lakefront and brings over 80 emerging and established Milwaukee-area artists together. All kinds of art treasures will be available, including jewelry and wearable artwork, sculpture, photography, ceramics, paintings, drawings, and prints.

The event will take place rain or shine and admission is free. For more information, contact the Museum at 414-224-3200 or email fran.serlin@mam.org.

The Milwaukee Artist Marketplace is presented by the Museum and coalition of Milwaukee-based artist organizations: African-American Artists Beginning to Educate Americans about African-American Art, A.C. Art Association, Artist Enhancement Program (Goodwill), Bayview Arts Guild, Coalition of Photographic Arts, Hmong Women's Professional Circle, League of Milwaukee Artists, Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, Riverwest Artists Association, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Wisconsin Designer Crafts Council, Wisconsin Visual Artists.

ARTISTS AT A GLANCE:

Forgotten by Kou Vang

Kou Vang

Kou Vang has an M.A. in Visual Studies from Cardinal Stritch University and a B.A. in art from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She has received grants from the Ella Lyman Cabot Trust Fund, Wisconsin Arts Board, and the Institute of Race and Ethnicity for photographic documentaries on Hmong Women and Shamanism. Vang considers herself to be a translator between Hmong and non-Hmong cultures, using art to communicate and bridge divides between the two worlds.

Boats Vernassa by Steven Yeo

Steven Yeo

With professional training in natural history and biology, Steven Yeo has worked as an aquatic biologist for over 30 years. His sense of aesthetics and artistic vision is influenced by appreciation of natural form as well as travel in Wisconsin's natural regions, Greece, France, and Italy. Through his digital photographs, Yeo aims to capture the beauty in reflections, boundaries, and light.

Tropical Rainforest (Detail) by Stacy Welk

Stacy Welk

A member of the AEP Group (Artist Enhancement Program through Goodwill), Stacy Welk began attending art classes as a substitute when class regulars were a "no show." She has since become a regular attendee and finds classes both rewarding and challenging. Giving deliberate thought to color choices and placement when creating, Welk's pieces are anything but safe.

Felted Vessels by Angela Laughingheart

Angela Laughingheart

With a degree in Textiles from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Peck School of the Arts, Angela Laughingheart was quickly accepted into the C.E.T.A. Visual Arts Program in Milwaukee. Hired as a weaving specialist, she completed a decade of self study on loom techniques, next exploring off-loom and felting. This led Laughingheart to create a line of unique wearables that gradually morphed into abstract sculptural shapes like her most recent, the "sushi" series.

Ole in Blue by Michael RT Hirschmann

Michael RT Hirschmann

Michael RT Hirschmann has studied glassblowing at institutions as varied as the Art Institute of Chicago, Water Street Glassworks, and Chicago Hot Glass. First observing glassblowing by professionals in Italy gave Hirschmann the inspiration he needed to discover his creative passion. Using basic elements of the earth in combination with heat allows him to form color patterns both pleasing to the eye and functional to the touch.

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