November Events at the Lynden Sculpture Garden

The Lynden Sculpture Garden is located at 2145 West Brown Deer Road. Admission is free. All events listed below are free unless otherwise indicated. Memberships, which offer significant discounts on workshops and other events, are available.

HOURS

In November, the Lynden Sculpture Garden is open daily from 10 am-5 pm (closed Thursdays). Thanks to the generosity of our donors, admission is free at this time. We will be closed on Thanksgiving, as we are on all Thursdays. For complete information on events, visitor guidelines, and everything that goes on at Lynden, visit www.lyndensculpturegarden.org. Masks are required in the house.

EXHIBITIONS: GALLERY

HEALING COATS
Through November 27, 2022
More information: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/exhibitions/healing-coats
If you were the messenger of healing, what would you want to do or say?
Although Call & Response artist Arianne King Comer has been physically absent from Lynden for the past two pandemic years, she has been everywhere in our work: sitting on the HOME Refugee Steering Committee, collaborating with Daniel Minter, and working with local refugees, steering committee members, Call & Response artists, and friends and colleagues from across the country on an exhibition of wearable art. Community engagement specialist Kim Khaira has been coordinating the project on the ground in Milwaukee, procuring sewing machines, pairing designers with seamstresses, staffing translators for virtual meetings with King Comer, and taking refugees to the fabric store for supplies. The “healing coats” produced through this process incorporate cultural and personal symbols of healing. By bringing the coats together in the gallery this summer, we bring together “many voices that speak freely to one another.” This is a Call & Response/HOME event.

WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

Most in-person programs take place outdoors. Masks are required indoors. Pre-registration is required for some workshops.

HOME: CONVERSATIONS ON FORCED DISPLACEMENT
UKRAINE: ORIGINS OF CONFLICT AND ITS CONTINUATION
Saturday, November 12, 2022 – 11 am-12:30 pm
VIRTUAL
FREE but registration required.
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/home-conversations-2023
Conflict in Ukraine has been intrinsically tied to the identity and history of its people and the region, shaped by geopolitics and relations to neighboring Russia. About 8 million internally displaced Ukrainians and 7 million Ukrainian refugees have been affected by the Russo-Ukrainian War which began in 2014 and has now extended for over eight years. These conversations on Ukraine will discuss the root, the complexity, and the continuation of the country’s crisis through the lens of Ukrainian scholars, artists and activists. In October, we presented a panel discussion (recorded), and in November, we guide participants in an action-based discussion with a focus on impacting change in Milwaukee, both led by moderator Paul Vang.

BIRDING WITH CHUCK STEBELTON
Sunday, November 13, 2022 – 8:30-10 am
Fee: $10/$5 members. For the safety of all concerned, you must register in advance.
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/birding-chuck-stebelton-2022
Join poet and birder Chuck Stebelton the second Sunday of each month for a small-group, socially distanced bird walk on the grounds. Keeping to the perimeter of the garden, we’ll watch for seasonal migrants and resident bird species and seek out the best bird habitats to identify as many species as we can. Please dress for the weather and plan to walk in varied terrain. Bring your binoculars if you have them; no previous birding experience required.

HOME BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Thursday, November 17, 2022 – 7-8:30 pm
VIRTUAL
FREE.
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/home-book-discussion-group-sonya-bilocerkowycz-our-way-home-revolution-reflections-ukraine
The Lynden/HOME Refugee Steering Committee book discussion group, moderated by Lynden’s Kim Khaira, is for those interested in firsthand accounts of displacement. We consider works of non-fiction and fiction, including autobiographical and semi-autobiographical works, by writers who have faced or are facing forced displacement as refugees, asylum seekers, and immigrants. Where stories of persecution, historical trauma, and loss of livelihood are effortlessly conveyed by storytellers, journalists, and humanitarians who search out or stumble upon the lives of refugees, we seek out the words of those to whom these stories belong: the narrators who are the closest to their own stories, and the stories of their people, friends, family and, of course, refugees. In November, we continue with Sonya Bilocerkowycz’s On Our Way Home from the Revolution: Reflections on Ukraine. Newcomers welcome!

DOG DAYS AT LYNDEN
Saturday, November 26, 2022 – 10 am-4 pm
FREE.
More information: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/dog-days
Bring your canine friends for our annual Thanksgiving post-prandial walk. Dogs must be leashed and considerate of other visitors, canine and human.

FALL PROGRAMS FOR THE YOUNG AND VERY YOUNG

TUESDAYS IN THE GARDEN FOR PARENTS & VERY SMALL CHILDREN
Tuesdays, November 1, November 15, 2022- 10:30 am-11:30 am
Sessions meet outdoors.
Fee: $16/$12 members for one adult and one child.
More information and to register:
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/Tuesdays
Join art educators Claudia Orjuela and Denice Niebuhr for hands-on art making and all-senses-engaged exploration of the outdoor world at Lynden. Tuesdays in the Garden, designed for children aged 1-3, provides a nurturing environment where children’s curiosity and wonder are extended through play and exploration, and children and their caregivers learn and discover side-by-side. We’ll consider different themes, each designed to connect Lynden’s environment with children’s interests. We will encourage experimentation and the manipulation of art and natural materials to tell stories, solve problems, and develop relationships. The themes for November include Hidden Workers and Cozy Shelters.

HOME: MULTILINGUAL STORY TIME
Wednesday, November 16, 2022– 10:30-11 am
VIRTUAL
For more information and to watch: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/home-story-time
HOME Multilingual Story Time features children’s books written or illustrated by authors, illustrators, and artists who have faced forced displacement as refugees, asylum seekers, or immigrants, and come from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and experiences. Designed for children aged 4-8, we believe that reading picture books is a way to share and discuss big ideas with young children. We end each virtual session with an art activity from Lynden art educator Claudia Orjuela. Follow-up activities will be available for download. The book for November is Vejigante Masquerader, written and illustrated by Lulu Delacre, and read in Spanish and English by Claudia Orjuela. Scheduled to screen every third Wednesday of the month, HOME Story Time is a collaboration with the Milwaukee Public Library, the Islamic Resource Center, Hanan Refugee Relief Group, Alliance Française de Milwaukee, and Milwaukee African Women’s Association. Videos remain on view once they are posted.

NOHL FELLOWSHIP EVENTS

Supporting artists is a significant part of the Lynden’s mission. One of the ways that we support artists is by administering the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists program.

UWM DEPARTMENT OF ART & DESIGN: ARTISTS NOW! GUEST LECTURE SERIES
MOLLY HASSLER
Wednesday, November 30, 2022, at 7:30 pm
VIRTUAL
For information: https://uwm.edu/arts/art-and-design/artists-now/
Molly Hassler, a 2022 recipient of the Mary L. Nohl Established Artist Fellowship, is an interdisciplinary artist, often embracing collaboration and primarily using drawing and fibers techniques to mine the complex relation between representation and identity as a queer person in the Midwest.
This lecture will be available as a pre-recorded virtual event.

COMING UP IN DECEMBER

Mark your calendars for Leslie Perrino’s annual holiday silk scarf painting workshop on December 4. Chuck Stebelton leads a wintery bird walk on December 11, and dogs are welcome on the 17th. The HOME Book Discussion Group convenes virtuall on December 15, and HOME Multilingual Story Time is in Japanese and English. Watch our Facebook page for news about ice skating (it may be a bit early) and other wintery occurrences.

ABOUT THE LYNDEN

The Lynden operates as a laboratory at the intersection of art, nature, and culture. Since opening to the public in 2010, we have worked with artists, educators, students, and our community to create, support, and share experiences that integrate our collection of more than 50 monumental sculptures and temporary installations, Lynden’s community of artists, and the natural ecology of our 40-acre site. The sculpture garden is open to art and nature lovers of all ages daily, 10 am-5 pm; closed Thursdays. Thanks to the generosity of the Herzfeld Foundation and other donors, admission is currently waived. Learn more about visitor guidelines here: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/visit. Annual memberships are also available.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.