The John Michael Kohler Arts Center is accepting applications for the 2022 residency program through March 14.
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gener8tor Art Provides Grants and Workshops for Artists in Its Top-ranked Accelerator Program
Three spaces in this free 12-week program in Milwaukee, WI, are reserved for applicants from the area, while the fourth is open to visual artists anywhere in the US.
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Tender, Yet Monumental Figures Crafted From the Tides
In Soles of My People, Khari Turner channels elements of Midwestern waterways into figures awash with global histories of triumph and struggle.
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Milwaukee Art Museum Workers Seek to Unionize
More than 150 employees are organizing to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents the museum’s security guards.
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Residency at John Michael Kohler Art Center Synthesizes Creativity and Technical Craft
Apply to the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s 2021 Arts/Industry residency for the chance to explore the creative potential of industrial materials and techniques. Applications will be accepted through March 13.
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The Transcendent, Spiritual Fiber Art of Lenore Tawney
More than 40 textile works dating from the 1950s to her death in 2007, at age 100, float in the artist’s retrospective at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
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Apply Now for the Arts/Industry Residency Program at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center
The Arts/Industry residency program connects artists with the resources, technology, and materials of Kohler Co. in Wisconsin. 2020 residency applications are open through April 1st.
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50 Years of Celebrating, and Saving, Artist-Built Environments
The John Michael Kohler Arts Center is hosting a yearlong series of exhibitions marking their 50th year celebrating, and saving, art environments.
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Saving the Art and Home of Mary Nohl, Whose Neighbors Called Her a Witch
The John Michael Kohler Arts Center is restoring the Wisconsin art environment of Mary Nohl to what it looked like around 1998, when it was filled with art from floor to ceiling.
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University Plans to Remove Two WPA Murals for Colonial Depictions
Two WPA murals at the University of Wisconsin–Stout are planned to be removed from public view due to their colonial views of Native Americans.
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When a Piece of History Disappears
I was touched by a post written by art critic Mary Louise Schumacher, who blogged about the disappearance of a beloved frieze on the facade of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper building, where she works.
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Dispatch from Sheboygan: Week Three
On Wednesday evening at 6 pm CST I was standing in a domestic violence shelter introducing my project “Everyone We’ve Never Met from Memory and Imagination” to a group of about twenty women. They listened politely as I showed them drawings of people like Gene Simmons, Brittany Spears (Snarling, head shaved), 1950s Elvis vs Vegas Elvis, Martha Stewart, Oprah and shared some of the memories other people had written about the subjects. After I finished the introduction, I passed out some brainstorming worksheets. One woman completed her list almost immediately.