Laurie Winters

Museum Days Returns to Milwaukee

Experience world-class cultural institutions at discounted prices Jan. 18-28 in the Greater Milwaukee area

Museum of Wisconsin Art Hires Curator of Architecture and Design

Museum of Wisconsin Art Appoints First Deputy Director

Museum of Wisconsin Art celebrates ten years in its modernist Mothership

Ten artist talks and an April 8 birthday bash are planned to commemorate the occasion

New Exhibition Celebrates Emerging Artists and the Future of Wisconsin Art

Ten at Ten opens January 28 at the Museum of Wisconsin Art

Drag Officially Transcends the Underground and Explodes into the Mainstream in Unprecedented Photography Exhibition

Legends of Drag: Portraits by Harry James Hanson and Devin Antheus opens May 27

52 Artists Selected for the 2022 Wisconsin Artists Biennial

Exhibition showcases cutting edge works by emerging and established Wisconsin artists

New Art+Wellness Program Fosters Creativity and Well-Being

Museum partners with Network Health to bring monthly wellness programs to its members

Museum of Wisconsin Art Announces Art & Chalk Fest 2021

Free Outdoor Live Arts Weekend Planned for Saturday and Sunday, August 21–22, 2021

Museum of Wisconsin Art Announces Three New Exhibition Openings

Exhibitions will open in January 2021 after MOWA reopens from a brief planned closure

Museum of Wisconsin Art Announces 8th Annual Bloomin’ Holidays

The popular event aptly themed “Floral Sanctuary” returns November 6–8

Organizations Statewide Join MOWA to Chalk the State July 25–26

Museum of Wisconsin Art Receives NEA Cares Act Grant

Grant is one of 855 awarded nationwide by National Endowment for the Arts

Museum of Wisconsin Art Plans to Chalk the State in July

Cover Wisconsin in colorful art and inspiration – Saturday and Sunday, July 25 and 26

Not Every One Is Shut Down

The art museums are closed but some art galleries are still open.

Governor’s Residence Now Exhibiting Art

And the Museum of Wisconsin Art has yet another outpost in the state.

How to Become Very Popular

Local illustrator Rachal Duggan explains how to build a professional career.

Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) Infuses Wisconsin Art into Governor’s Residence

MOWA plans to loan nearly twenty works to the Executive Residence.

20,000 Attend MOWA Art & Chalk Fest

More than 60 fine artists, 17 chalk artists, music, food and a beer garden. See our photos.

Museum of Wisconsin Art Presents Art & Chalk Fest 2019

Free Outdoor Fine Art and Chalk Festival on Saturday, and Sunday, July 27 and 28

All About Downtown

MOWA’s new space at Saint Kate Hotel celebrates downtown. And why not?

Inside Saint Kate The Arts Hotel

It's an astonishing transformation with so much art. It opens June 4th, but you can see inside now.

Museum of Wisconsin Art Receives Two Marketing Grants to Drive Summer Tourism

MOWA’s impact on the City of West Bend has intensified year-over-year with its striking new building, inclusive membership philosophy, and leadership team since 2013.

MOWA Comes to Downtown

Museum of Wisconsin Art will have a big new space in first floor of Saint Kate Arts Hotel.

Museum of Wisconsin Art Announces New Downtown Location in Saint Kate

MOWA | DTN will present museum-caliber exhibitions of Wisconsin art to travelers and the public in Milwaukee’s newest arts hotel beginning this spring

Museum of Wisconsin Art Selects Chris Maddox for Emerging Artist-In-Residence Program in Luxembourg

The residency begins January 15, 2018.

Bud and Sue Selig Announced as 2018 Wilson Center Eddy Recipients

MSO ACE Program Also Selected to Receive Fourth Annual Educational Excellence Award

The Maximal Minimalist

Tom Bamberger is an artist given to extremes, as landmark MOWA show proves.

Museum of Wisconsin Art to Dedicate Museum-wide Gallery Space for Tom Bamberger’s Hyperphotographic Retrospective

Bamberger’s works now straddled the line between traditional photography and contemporary art.

Museum of Wisconsin Art’s Bloomin’ Holidaze Back for a Fourth Year

Friday and Saturday, November 11 and 12, 2016

Melissa Cooke’s Large-Scale Photorealist Graphite Drawings on View at the Museum of Wisconsin Art

Egos, on view at the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) from October 1, 2016 – January 8, 2017.

David Lenz, Preeminent American Portraitist, On View at the Museum of Wisconsin Art

October 1, 2016 – January 8, 2017

Wence and Sandra Martinez Weave Together Textiles and Modern Design in Collaborative Exhibition at the Museum of Wisconsin Art

August 6 – November 6, 2016

Travel Back to When Beer Was King and Brands Were Born During Art on Tap This Summer at MOWA

Art on Tap: Early Wisconsin Brewery Art and Advertising. July 9 – September 25, 2016. Opening party: Saturday, July 16 | 2:00 – 5:00

Triskele’s is Quietly Cozy

A culinary destination with a comfortably priced happy hour.

Museum of Wisconsin Art Announces Purchase of Adjacent Land to Create Cultural Campus in West Bend

MOWA’s purchase of the parcel will create a cultural campus that has strong parallels to museums in many great cities.

Fred Stonehouse: The Promise of Distant Things at the Museum of Wisconsin Art

September 26, 2015 – January 17, 2016

Visiting Leaders Pitch Pro Stadiums — And Transit!

MMAC organized event to sell NBA arena, but speakers from Cleveland, Denver and OKC said Millenials want transit, too.

Yes, There is a Cow Painting

New survey of contemporary Wisconsin art blends tradition with a modernist spirit.

Clever Critters

Three artists use sculpture, paintings and prints to create a menagerie of curious creatures at Tory Folliard Gallery.

FORWARD 2014: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now Returns to the Charles Allis Art Museum

March 7 – June 29, 2014