Local art shopping and Milwaukee visual art events

Sarah Gail Luther: A Guide to the Field Guides   

• Inova, 2155 N. Prospect Avenue
• Free
• 2011 Nohl Fellow Sarah Luther introduces us to her series of hand-drawn Milwaukee field guides, part of her project to expand her knowledge of her own city. Luther has spent the past year exploring hundreds of abandoned plots. She eventually selected five pieces of land for their particular feel, interest, or beauty. She then memorialized each plot in a field guide. The guides ponder the land’s history, surrounding neighborhood, points of interest or curiosity. Then she asks how each plot could be transformed into a public space.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7 

William Zuback, Transmission. Courtesy Walker’s Point Center for the Arts.

CoPA’s 6th Annual Midwest Juried Photo Exhibition   

• Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, 839 S. 5th Street
• Opening reception, 5-9 p.m.
• Gallery talk by juror Graeme Reid at 7 p.m.
• Exhibition continues through January 19, 2013.

Marshall Arts Winter Event 

• The Marshall Building, 207 E. Buffalo Street
• 5-9 p.m
• The many galleries of the Marshall Building open for a mini-Gallery Night, featuring over 20 avenues. Stop by Gallery 218 with a non-perishable or canned food item for the Hunger Task Force Food Drive.

Paintings by Anthony Busalacchi   

• Dominion Gallery, 804 E. Wright Street
• Opening reception, 6-9 p.m.
• Exhibition continues through January 31, 2013

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 

Marshall Arts Winter Event  

• The Marshall Building, 207 E. Buffalo Street
• 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
• The many galleries of the Marshall Building open for a mini-Gallery Night, featuring over 20 venues. Stop by Gallery 218 with a non-perishable or canned food item for the Hunger Task Force Food Drive.

Blanche Brown: Celebrate Obama–Forward America Exhibition & Sale

Blanche Brown, Outliers. Courtesy Terry McCormick Gallery of Contemporary Fine and Folk Art

• Terry McCormick Gallery of Contemporary Fine and Folk Art, 2522 N. 18th Street
• Noon-5 p.m.
• Work by Blanche Brown and other artists, including Kevin Boatright, Shana R. Goetsch, Ras Ammar Nsoroma, George Ray McCormick Sr., Jacqueline A. Richards, Anwar Pruitt, Mikal Pruitt, and Evelyn Patricia Terry, will be on view for this exhibition and reception.

IDEAS FOR ART SHOPPING

See each venue’s website (all linked above) for additional information and hours.

Milwaukee

Art Bar 

• “Mini: Tiny Art & Tiny Prices”
• 722 E. Burleigh Street
• Exhibition through Jan. 3, 2013

MARN Artibles Local Art Bazaar

• 5407 W. Vliet Street
• Through December 24, 2012

Now U See Us 

• 2456 N. Murray Ave.
• Open through December

Plaid Tuba and Reginald Baylor Studio  

• Works available at the Milwaukee Art Museum
• 700 N. Art Museum Drive

Sky High Gallery All Sorts Holiday Boutique

• 2501 S. Howell Avenue
• Open December 1-31, 2012

Sparrow Collective Gallery

• 2224 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.

Sheboygan

One and Only: Gifts Made by Hand 

• John Michael Kohler Arts Center
• JMKAC location: 608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan
• Shops at Woodlake ARTspace location: 725 Woodlake Road, Kohler, WI