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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 […]

Free

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 […]

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 works from the Museum’s own holdings. The exhibition expands on collection favorites such as Keith Haring and Salvador Dalí paintings with rarely seen works on […]

Free

Waupun Fine Arts Gallery

Waupun Fine Arts in cooperation with the Waupun Public Library Gallery, hosts artist exhibits showcasing the talents of local artists. Nancy Swenson will be the featured artist from March 28 through May 21, 2025.  A wonderful display of her work to view and purchase includes paintings in acrylic, watercolor, Sumi-e technique, alcohol ink airbrush, brusho, […]

Free

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County’s Bowl for Kids’ Sake 2025

Bowl for Kids’ Sake is a peer-to-peer fundraising event that is fun for companies and community members to engage in. (Teams of 4-6 people are formed, and the team and individuals set fundraising goals. Team members raise money from co-workers, friends, and family.) As a thank you for the team’s support and enthusiasm, Big Brothers Big Sisters […]

Creative Resilience Lab

MYArts Madison 1055 E. Mifflin Street, Madison, United States

Dr. Jen Rae, University of Wisconsin–Madison’s artist-in-residence and co-founder of The Centre for Reworlding, in partnership with the Division of the Arts at UW–Madison, is convening an invitational Creative Resilience […]

Event Series Art in Bloom

Art in Bloom

Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee

Join us for the Milwaukee Art Museum’s celebration of spring and discover floral interpretations of favorite artworks in the galleries. This four-day event is overflowing with flowers, music, refreshments, shopping, […]

Free – $35

Embroidered Narratives: The Hmong Journey through Story Cloths Exhibition

La Crosse Area Heritage Center Museum 506 Main Street, La Crosse, United States

This exhibit will feature 18 Story Cloths from the La Crosse County Historical Society’s artifact collection and loaned from the Hmong Community and Cultural Center. This exhibit commemorates the 50th […]

Free

Mrs. Charles Dickens

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

Charles Dickens, author, playwright, actor and social activist, was indeed a master of characters. Many of his characters were drawn from his surroundings and life experiences. Meet Catherine Dickens, as […]

Free

Thursdays@U

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

Mrs. Charles Dickens If you have not seen Jessica Michna at work as a master of characters, please join us for Mrs. Charles Dickens! She will bring us into the […]

Free

Art in Bloom: Petals and Pours

Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee

Enhance your Art in Bloom visit by joining a special wine tasting in the floral-filled Windhover Hall, the Museum’s main entrance atrium. Drop in any time during this two-hour experience […]

$30 – $35

Caley Conway, Will Orchard, Dialogues

Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. 224 W Bruce St., Milwaukee, WI, United States

Nashville-based indie/folk artist Will Orchard will be in Milwaukee at Anodyne on Thursday, April 3rd. Featuring ornate fingerstyle guitar and disarmingly emotive songwriting, Orchard will be sharing the stage with […]

$12 – $15