September 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 September, 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. For complete information on events, visitor guidelines, and everything that goes on at Lynden, visit www.lyndensculpturegarden.org. Masks are required in the house. The sculpture garden will be closed on Monday, September 5, for the holiday. The sculpture garden occasionally closes for special events. Please check our website or Facebook page to confirm that we are open.
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?
What does it mean to learn about healing from each other?
EXHIBITIONS: OUTDOORS
THE BONSAI EXHIBIT AT LYNDEN
The exhibition is open to the public on Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays from 10 am to 4 pm, or by appointment.
More information: http://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/Bonsai
Located beside Big Lake, the Bonsai Exhibit at Lynden—a collaboration with the Milwaukee Bonsai Society and the Milwaukee Bonsai Foundation–includes a display area for bonsai, waterside teaching patio, and pollinator garden.
HOME 2022: WORLD REFUGEE DAY CELEBRATIONS
More information: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/home-2022
Following our virtual celebration of World Refugee Day on June 20, the HOME Refugee Steering Committee at the Lynden Sculpture Garden invites you to observe World Refugee Day in a series of outdoor events and programs that celebrate Milwaukee’s refugee communities through art, food, fashion, and performance: World Refugee Day (June 26), Music Day (July 16), Dance Day (July 30), Fashion Day (August 6), and two Craft Days (August 20 and September 17).
WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
Most in-person programs take place outdoors. Masks are required indoors. Pre-registration is required for some workshops.
OPEN KITCHEN: OKmmmm
Sunday, September 4, 2022 – 2-4 pm
FREE but registration required.
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/open-kitchen-okmmmm
Open Kitchen (OK) debuts OK*mmmm (*milwaukee masa mole mill), an experimental traveling wet mill installation designed to process culturally significant ingredients and recipes in two acts. The first act mills Wisconsin-grown varieties of nixtamalized corn into fresh tortillas. The second act harvests locally grown ingredients from OK’s Riverwest garden, the Lynden’s Cultural Garden, the gardens of neighbors, and farmers markets, all of which will compose a mole sauce. Together, the two acts propose a framework for investigating and critiquing a range of conflicts in our local foodways. For this program, Rudy and Alyx will mill the corn and mole paste, make and cook tortillas, and talk about their food work. Chatting encouraged! Samples will be served at the end.
BIRDING WITH CHUCK STEBELTON
Sunday, September 11, 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.
DOG DAYS AT LYNDEN
Saturday, September 17, 2022 – 10 am-4 pm
FREE.
More information: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/dog-days
Bring your canine friends for a summer romp. Dogs must be leashed and considerate of other visitors, canine and human. Dogs are welcome at our HOME Craft Market.
SUMMER 2022 DOG DAYS AT LYNDEN: MARGARET MUZA POPS UP AT THE LYNDEN SCULPTURE GARDEN TO MAKE TINTYPES
Saturday, September 17, 2022 – 10 am-4 pm
Fee: $150 per sitting. Each 30 minute session includes a tintype that the photographer takes and develops on site, as well as a scan.
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/summer-2022-dog-days-sep-tintypes
Photographer Margaret Muza is known for her evocative tintype portraits. A tintype is a direct positive image, exposed through a wet chemical process directly onto a thin piece of metal. The process, which dates back to the 1850s, is unique in many ways, but the greatest one is that it must be developed right after it is taken. This activity is suitable for dogs and humans that can sit very still for up to 6 seconds, depending on the light. If anything moves, it will show up blurry, so please book only if that possibility doesn’t bother you. Or consider alternatives: sitting with one of your dog’s toys or favored objects, or even with a photograph of your dog.
HOME SEPTEMBER CRAFT MARKET
Saturday, September 17, 2022 – 11 am-4 pm
More information: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/home-september-craft-market-2022
Browse our outdoor market featuring crafts and other goods from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Indigenous makers. Food will be available for donation.
LABYRINTH SOCIETY OF LYNDEN SCULPTURE GARDEN: GARDEN HOURS WITH JENNA KNAPP
Wednesday, September 21, 2022 – 2-4 pm
FREE
More information:https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/lsolsg-garden-hours-sep-2022
Artist-In-residence Jenna Knapp views the labyrinth as a physical representation of the kinds of spaces that she also holds in her coaching practice. The center becomes a place for not only individual reflection but an opportunity for connection and conversation with the community. During Garden Hours you can find Knapp at the center of the labyrinth (or up on the hill depending on the intensity of the sun) where she lends a listening ear to those who would like to be heard. Walk the labyrinth and set down some of your burdens, share your secrets with someone, or verbalize the dreams you haven’t yet brought yourself to say out loud. Insight available upon request. Or just enjoy the charged energy of a shared space, at the center of a winding path.
HOME BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
Thursday, September 22, 2022 – 7-8:30 pm ***VIRTUAL***
FREE.
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/2022-09
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 September, we will be embarking on a new book, Sonya Bilocerkowycz’s On Our Way Home from the Revolution: Reflections on Ukraine. Newcomers welcome!
DOORS OPEN MILWAUKEE
Saturday, September 24, 2022 – 10 am-5 pm
FREE
More information: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/doors-open-milwaukee-2022
The Lynden Sculpture Garden joins Doors Open Milwaukee for a day of free tours and activities. Visit the Milwaukee Bonsai Foundation’s Bonsai Exhibit, take a sculpture mini-tour, check out a self-guided activity, or explore on your own.
LABYRINTH SOCIETY OF LYNDEN SCULPTURE GARDEN: NEW MOON SOLSTICE SOUND BATH + LABYRINTH WALK
Sunday, September 25, 2022 – 5:30-7 pm
Fee: $25/$20 members. Pre-registration required.
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/sound-bath-sep-2022
Release: The Fire
Join artist-in-residence Jenna Knapp and collaborator Sevan Arabajian for the final sound bath and labyrinth walk of the season, this one in the energy of the new moon. Like a prairie after an annual burn, we are invited to see potential in the release and the blank slate that the new moon provides. Use this energy to release and imagine what needs to be rebirthed through the ash. Take some time out of your week to relax into a healing sound bath and identify what needs to be cleansed in the flame. Then, channel your intention into the candle for a sunset candle walk through the labyrinth.
NATURAL AREAS WORK DAY
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 – 10 am-12 pm
More information and to register:
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/natural-areas-work-day
Join the Lynden land team—Kyle Welna, Robert Kaleta, Alyx Christensen, Annalesa Johnson–for a work day in Lynden’s natural areas. With over 40 acres and more than half a dozen specialized garden spaces, Lynden provides many opportunities for volunteers, from removing invasives, to planting, weeding, and collecting seeds. Individuals with a few hours to spare and those ready to commit time on a regular basis are all welcome. Volunteers are encouraged to bring gardening gloves and digging tools (if you have them). Water, snacks, and additional tools will be provided.
GARDEN WORK DAY
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 – 10 am-12 pm
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/garden-work-day
Join the Lynden land team—Kyle Welna, Robert Kaleta, Alyx Christensen, Annalesa Johnson–for a garden work day on Lynden’s grounds. With over 40 acres and more than half a dozen specialized garden spaces, Lynden provides many opportunities for volunteers, from removing invasives, to planting, weeding, and collecting seeds. Individuals with a few hours to spare and those ready to commit time on a regular basis are all welcome. Volunteers are encouraged to bring gardening gloves and digging tools (if you have them). Water, snacks, and additional tools will be provided.
FALL PROGRAMS FOR THE YOUNG AND VERY YOUNG
ART + NATURE LAB FOR SMALL CHILDREN (4-6)
Tuesdays, September 6-October 18, 2022 – 3:45-4:45 pm
Fee: $112/$91 members per 7-week session
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/art-nature-lab-small-children
Lynden’s Art + Nature Lab for children aged 4-6 immerses participants in hands-on art making and all-senses-engaged exploration of the outdoor world at Lynden. Art educator and naturalist Claudia Orjuela will foster an environment that extends children’s thinking and wonder through play and inquiry, experimentation, and manipulation of art materials. Different themes will connect Lynden’s environment with children’s interests, broadening their sense of place as they expand their connections with the natural world and one another. Art + Nature Lab will meet indoors in the studio at Lynden with occasional excursions in the garden.
LYNDEN ART CLUB
Wednesdays, September 7-December 14, 2022 – 3-5 pm
Ages 12 and up
Fee: $308/$224 members per 14-week session
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/lynden-art-club
Art club is a community of young artists who are independent in their art practice but value a place to exchange ideas and support and learn from one another. Students will design a long-term independent art project at the beginning of the session and meet for in-progress reviews, take part in creative art challenges, have conversations about contemporary artists, and discuss their work with Lynden educators and their peers. Students will present their work at our final art club meeting.
ART + NATURE LAB
Thursdays, September 8-October 20, 2022 – 3:30-5:30 pm
Ages 7-11
Fee: $154/$112 members per 7-week session
More information and to register: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar/art-nature-lab-ages-7-11
Lynden’s Art + Nature Lab engages participants aged 7-11 in inquiry-based art and nature learning, problem solving, and creative making. Over the course of each seven-week sessions, art educator Jeremy Stepien will take you on a series of art challenges and studio projects. Art + Nature Lab will meet indoors in the studio at Lynden with occasional excursions in the garden.
TUESDAYS IN THE GARDEN FOR PARENTS & VERY SMALL CHILDREN
Tuesdays, September 13, 20, 27, 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:
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 September include Feathered Friends, Pebbles and Twigs, and Secret Fairy Garden.
HOME: MULTILINGUAL STORY TIME
Wednesday, September 21, 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 September is Señorita Mariposa, written by Ben Gundersheimer and illustrated by Marcos Almada Rivero, read in Spanish and English. 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.
APPLICATION OPENS FOR TWENTIETH CYCLE OF THE NOHL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Tuesday, September 6, 2021 at 11 am
For information and to apply: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/nohl
The Lynden administers the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists program. The fellowship program, funded by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund and Joy Engine, provides unrestricted funds for Established and Emerging artists to create new work or complete work in progress. Practicing artists residing in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, or Washington county are eligible to apply. Assistance for prospective applicants is available in four free, informal, virtual sessions. Polly Morris, joined by Nohl Fellows, will offer an application workshop on Thursday, September 8, 2022, 6-7:30 pm. She will also offer three Q&A sessions: Friday, September 16, 12 noon-1 pm; Saturday, September 24, 10-11 am; Thursday, September 29, 6:30-7:30 pm. All sessions are free, but you must register in advance. If you are unable to attend these sessions on Zoom, they will be recorded and posted on the web.
COMING UP IN OCTOBER
October is a quieter month as we work on the Nohl Fellowship applications (applications are due October 6) and begin to prepare the grounds for winter. Tuesdays in the Garden continues on its weekly schedule, and we begin new 7-week sessions of the Art + Nature Labs toward the end of the month. HOME is entirely virtual in October, with a Multilingual Story Time on October 19, a meeting of the Book Discussion Group on October 20, and the first of a two-part Conversation about Forced Migration in the wake of the war in Ukraine (October 22 and November 12). Dog Day is October 15, and Chuck Stebelton’s Bird Walk is October 16, as is the fall version of our tree walk, Discovering the Urban Forest. The Bonsai Exhibit closes down at some point in October, so call ahead if you would like to visit.
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. Admission is free. 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. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
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