TCD Art Date, Dec. 21-23
Milwaukee offers plenty of art for pre-holiday shopping and post-holiday field trips.
Image after Gerhard Richter, Kerze (Candle), 1982
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21
Play Date with Art: Paint-a-thon
- Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive
- 10am-Noon, for ages 5 and under accompanied by an adult
- Free with Museum admission, no registration required. Event includes singing time at 10:30 and 11:15!
- Waiting for the End of the World!!
- 804 E. Wright Street
- Gallery party and ongoing exhibition of painting and sculpture by Anthony Bussalacchi.
Image: Ernest Hüpeden, Valley, Wisc. From the North. Image courtesy John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23
John Michael Kohler Arts Center
- Ernest Hüpeden: Beyond the Forest
- 608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan
- Closed Dec. 24, 25, 31, and January 1.
- JMKAC opens the new exhibition Ernest Hüpeden: Beyond the Forest, on view through March 24. This adds to their current slate of exhibitions featuring artist-environment builders, which includes Emery Blagdon: The Healing Machine, Levi Fisher Ames: Animals Wild and Tame, and Dr. Charles Smith: The Ties that Bind.
ART AROUND TOWN
Maybe family is coming into town and you want to check out holiday-related art, or have some art-making adventures of your own. Here are some ideas:
Anaba Tea Room celebrates 10 years of exhibition history. Photo courtesy facebook.com/anabatea.
- 184 N. Broadway
- Sign up for a painting session and learn to paint a specific composition or pick up a mini-canvas to casually paint on your own. Check the Splash calendar and website for more details.
- 2107 E. Capitol Drive, Shorewood.
- Exhibition continues through Dec. 30
- The 10-Year Retrospective now on view showcases 57 artists who have exhibited at Anaba through the years.
Grand Avenue Christmas
- Pabst Mansion, 2000 West Wisconsin Avenue
- Through January 13, 2013
- The 19th century mansion, once home to a Milwaukee beer baron, is ornately decked out for the season.
The Nativity
- UWM Art History Gallery, Mitchell Hall, Room 154
- 3203 North Downer Avenue
- Through January 11, 2013.
- Images of the Nativity are exhibited in prints from the 16th through the 18th centuries by artists such as Rembrandt, Albrecht Dürer, Annibale Carracci, and others.
ART ONLINE: LYRICAL GUSHERS
Japanese artist Sachiko Kodama uses ferrofluid (oil with iron oxide) spinning, splashing tree forms. How does that work? For more info, check out the story on NPR.
Sachiko Kodama and Yasushi Miyajima, “Morpho Towers — Two Stand”
IDEAS FOR ART SHOPPING
See each venues’ website for additional information and hours.
Milwaukee
- “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
- 2456 N. Murray Ave.
- Open through December
Plaid Tuba and Reginald Baylor Studio
- 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
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, Wis.
Art
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Exhibit Tells Story of Vietnam War Resistors in the Military
Mar 29th, 2024 by Bill Christofferson
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See Art Museum’s New Exhibit, ‘Portrait of the Collector’
Sep 28th, 2023 by Sophie Bolich
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100 Years Of Memorable Photography
Sep 18th, 2023 by Rose Balistreri
Museums & Galleries
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Dancers Who Defy Gravity
Apr 8th, 2014 by Isabel Dunkerley
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All That Jazz
Mar 24th, 2014 by Isabel Dunkerley
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New Year, New Shows
Dec 30th, 2013 by Isabel Dunkerley
