Published May 18, 2013
Recently, four Milwaukee creatives opened the Cocoon Room, 820 E. Locust St. The goal of the group is to provide artists and musicians a space to share and sell their work as well as provide educational outreach to the community.
Published April 22, 2013
Donna Tronca is a mixed media artist who recycles plastic into art. She has nine pieces in the 2013 Channel 10 Auction, which airs from April 26 to May 4. She also has synesthesia which causes the stimulation of one sense to lead to automatic, involuntary experiences in another sense.
Published April 19, 2013
"Gene and Joan in Lodi, etc." is open to the public in an East Side apartment tonight and will feature 11 projectors simultaneously playing slides of peoples' vacations from the 1940s to the '70s. The slides were collected from thrift and estate sales over the past 10 years.
Published April 18, 2013
The Milwaukee Art Museum announced today the appointment of Tanya Paul as the Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator of European Art.
Published April 15, 2013
You'll find the plaster work of Eugene Orlandini, owner of Orlandini Studios in Walker's Point, at the Oriental Theater, Plaza Hotel, Central Library and many homes. His grandfather and uncle contributed to the Eagles Ballroom and the Marcus Center. Find out more about these talented, behind-the-scenes craftsmen and artists.
Published April 11, 2013
"Eggs Benedict," a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI that's made from 17,000 condoms, was installed at Portrait Society Gallery. It will be on display starting Thursday, April 11. The opening reception is from 6 to 9 p.m.
Published March 17, 2013
Shorewood's Niki Johnson, a MIAD instructor and artist, recently finished a piece called "Eggs Benedict," a portrait of the pope made from 17,000 colored, non-lubricated condoms.
Published March 6, 2013
Based on popular demand, the footer of the OnMilwaukee.com home page is now available as a 9x24-inch print. It was created by OnMilwaukee.co designer, Jason McDowell.
Published Feb. 27, 2013
The historic Pfister Hotel, 424 E. Wisconsin Ave., has chosen its next Artist-in-Residence. Painter Stephanie Barenz will begin working in the hotel's studio space in April.
Published Feb. 6, 2013
ART Milwaukee is once of four recipients of the 2013 Joyce Awards.
Published Feb. 4, 2013
Milwaukee's Mary Overman paints with blood and she is currently showing 16 of these pieces in a show, "We Are Dust, Like The Moon," which runs through March 5 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. What kind of blood, you ask? Read on ...
Published Feb. 2, 2013
The Katie Gingrass Gallery, 241 N. Broadway, will move around the corner to the Marshall Building, 207 E. Buffalo St., on April 1.
Published Jan. 18, 2013
Gallery Night and Day is a cultural gem that Milwaukee is lucky to have and other cities are right to envy. But for some - especially those who are in the beginning stages of their art connoisseurship - the scope of the event can be a little daunting. That's where the ART Bus comes in. For the past two years, Jeremy Fojut and his team at ART Milwaukee have been chauffeuring Gallery Night participants all around the city to and from the hottest galleries - but the ART Bus is so much more than just a convenient way to hitch a ride.
Published Jan. 10, 2013
With a little resourcefulness and a lot of honed talent, local artist and mom Beth Eaton Knepler is building a successful career as a ceramicist.
Published Jan. 9, 2013
Caring for an athlete's concussion is more important than ever. Take the Packers' Greg Jennings, for example. In this blog, Dr. Therese Miller explains how she'd treat Jennings, both immediately after his concussion and down the road, to get him back in action as soon as possible.
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