The weather is definitely gearing up for winter. But at the Chippewa Valley Museum, we are traveling back to a sunny, June day. Join us for a Beach Party Exhibit Closing on January 16. Listen to the Beach Boys, watch Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon in Beach Blanket Bingo, enjoy summer snacks and ice cream […]
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED! Celebrate the 1984 grand opening of the Haggerty Museum and the opening of four new Spring exhibitions, meet the curators, vibe to an 80s throwback playlist, and be the first to view freshly interpreted works. The free-to-the-public opening reception will celebrate these four new shows: The Big 4-0, Vol. 2: New […]
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 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 […]
For more than fifty years, Ellie Lee Weems (1901-1983) trained his lens on the African American residents of Jacksonville, Florida. Weems imaged entertainers, newlyweds, and beauty queens in his photography studio. In addition, his camera accompanied him throughout his vibrant community as he documented life events as ceremonial as graduations and as quotidian as backyard […]
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 […]
The Plymouth Arts Center is pleased to present, “Triple Vision” an exciting new exhibit featuring three textile artists: Pat Bishop, Colleen Ansbaugh, and Jean Sredl. This trio of award-winning artists from Northern Wisconsin have come together through their love of art and involvement in the ever-changing world. They showcase their personal vision of abstract realism […]
Great things come in threes, and this performance is no exception, showcasing three of Beethoven’s masterworks, all composed within about three years of each other. We begin with the dramatic […]
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 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 […]
Join us for a special bilingual Story Time in the Galleries with Lily Buschkopf from Mason’s Reading Space, a traveling education program that shares Chinese language and stories with the Milwaukee community. Meet in Windhover Hall near the admission desks at 10:30 a.m. and walk with the reader to the galleries. Hear a story in […]
Music, crafts, comedy, trivia, singalongs and—of course—polka dancing abound during this celebration of Wisconsin’s Official State Dance! Join six-time polka hall of fame award winner and renowned accordion player Mike Schneider as we celebrate “the happiest music on earth” with a memorable afternoon full of out-of-this-world fun for the whole family. Don’t forget to bring […]