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Painting: Beneath the Surface

UW-Eau Claire — Barron County, Fine Arts 1800 College Dr, Rice Lake

This exhibition is featuring student work alongside professional work. The show is a conversation through painting addressing current issues. Featured artists in the show work in various mediums and styles addressing issues such as nature, the body, identity, and politics. Featuring: JD McGuire, Brandi Matthews, Don Ruedy, Mary Caton-Rosser, Kaitlyn Orr, Leah Orr, Nevaeh Krchnavy, […]

Free

The Big 4-0, Vol. 2: New Views of the Collection

Haggerty Museum of Art 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee

The Big 4-0, Vol. 2: New Views of the Collection reimagines the Haggerty Museum of Art’s six lower galleries for the spring semester, presenting an entirely new installation of outstanding […]

Free
Event Series Michelle Grabner: Under the Sink

Michelle Grabner: Under the Sink

Haggerty Museum of Art 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee

Milwaukee-based artist, writer, and curator Michelle Grabner pays homage to custodial labor through this installation of household sinks and replicated everyday objects. Largely unseen janitorial work is instead foregrounded through the presence of commonplace objects used to keep institutional spaces sanitary. In the traditionally orderly gallery space, rests a silver leafed garbage can, cast bronze […]

Parallel Play: The Art of Science & the Science of Art

Haggerty Museum of Art 1234 W Tory Hill St, Milwaukee

Parallel Play was created as an integral component of Marquette’s Biology class, Creative Problem Solving. This cross-disciplinary course teaches STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) students to embrace divergent thinking as a path to innovative problem solving. Through art-based activities and small group interactions with artists and STEM faculty, the class emphasizes the similarities between […]

Mike Schneider Presents the History of Polka Music

History Maker Space 1 S. Pinckney Street (U.S. Bank Plaza), Madison

Help celebrate National Polka Month with the Wisconsin Historical Society! Join six-time polka hall of fame accordion player, Mike Schneider, for an entertaining presentation highlighting Wisconsin’s Official State Dance, tracing the history of polka music from its Eastern European roots to the dance halls and festivals of our state and beyond. As this presentation incorporates […]

$10

Artist Talk: Jason S. Yi and Bridge Work Alumni

Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee

Join interdisciplinary artist Jason S. Yi, co-founder of Plum Blossom Initiative, for a conversation celebrating the 10th anniversary of Bridge Work Professional Development Program, a Midwestern-based arts initiative focused on mentoring emerging artists in developing a responsible studio practice, broadening the scope of their connections and experiences, and navigating the nuances of the contemporary art […]

$27