Feature image: Courtesy of Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry. The story of the first artist residency at our aluminum foundry in Manitowoc By Chris Redmond and Sachin Shivaram Manitowoc, WI – Lenny usually says what is on everyone’s mind. He is one of our longest-serving employees at Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry. After 40 years of grinding, it outContinue reading “The Mandala in the Foundry”
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Rahr-West Art Museum Open House
feature image: Keith Haring, Dog Hoop. Courtesy of the Trimper Gallery. Submitted The Rahr-West Art Museum is pleased to present an Open House on Sunday, February 15, 2026, to celebrate the reopening of the Vilas-Rahr Mansion and the closing of the Keith Haring: Subway Drawings exhibit. Open House Schedule Quick Create: Keith Haring Buttons: 12:00-2:00 pm Guests of all ages areContinue reading “Rahr-West Art Museum Open House”
In Review: Keith Haring in Manitowoc, Wisconsin?
Feature image: Keith Haring: Subway Drawings, Rahr-West Art Museum. Photo: Artdose magazine. By Frank Juárez When I heard that a Keith Haring exhibition was coming to the Rahr-West Art Museum, I thought, “Keith Haring in Manitowoc?” I never imagined that a show like this would come to a city known as “Wisconsin’s Maritime Capital,” or put those twoContinue reading “In Review: Keith Haring in Manitowoc, Wisconsin?”
The Art of Tablesettings 2025 Exhibit at the Rahr-West Art Museum
Feature image: Courtesy of the Rahr-West Art Museum Submitted The Rahr-West Art Museum is proud to present 2025’s Art of Tablesettings exhibit and programming. This year is the 51st year of the exhibit and will bring over forty innovative tablescapes inspired by works of visual art. To honor the 75th Anniversary of the Rahr-West Art Museum, we offered aContinue reading “The Art of Tablesettings 2025 Exhibit at the Rahr-West Art Museum “
100 years of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Birch and Pine Tree No. 2 painting featured at Rahr-West Art Museum
Submitted On May 15, 2025, as part of the celebration of the 75th year of the Rahr-West Art Museum, the museum offers a day of programming in honor of the gem of our collection, Birch and Pine No. 2 by Georgia O’Keeffe. The painting was completed one hundred years ago, in 1925, and has been a part ofContinue reading “100 years of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Birch and Pine Tree No. 2 painting featured at Rahr-West Art Museum”
Free Saturday Tours of the Art Against the Odds: Wisconsin Prison Art Exhibition at the Rahr-West Art Museum
submitted The Rahr-West Art Museum is proud to host Art Against The Odds: Wisconsin Prison Art from June 4 through August 6, 2023. Art Against The Odds: Wisconsin Prison Art features more than 60 artists who turned to creative production to mitigate the de-humanizing conditions of incarceration. The museum will offer free guided tours of the exhibit each Saturday atContinue reading “Free Saturday Tours of the Art Against the Odds: Wisconsin Prison Art Exhibition at the Rahr-West Art Museum”
Art Slam to Award Prizes to Juried Artists
by Jody Kuchar for Lakeshore Artists Guild When the key members of Lakeshore Artist Guild began the structure for Art Slam as an event, it was quickly decided that to attract artists from outside the immediate area, there needed to be incentive, or motivation to participate by artists other than guild members. The committee quicklyContinue reading “Art Slam to Award Prizes to Juried Artists “
Manitowoc Readies for Art Slam 2018
written by Jody Kuchar for Lakeshore Artist Guild The 2018 Inaugural Art Slam kicks off with a private Reception for Art Slam Artists and Sponsors on Friday, September 14th, from 6 to 8 pm in The Riverview Room at The Wisconsin Maritime Museum. Artists who have not already done so can register at this event. ArtistsContinue reading “Manitowoc Readies for Art Slam 2018 “
Photographers, Corey and Cindy Hoppenrath to be featured in Art SLAM
Two early members of Lakeshore Artists Guild, Corey and Cindy Hoppenrath are Manitowoc residents, and Wisconsin based photographers, who have enjoyed traveling and the outdoors all of their lives. The last twenty plus years, they have been doing their favorite things together, cameras in hand. Their subjects vary from scenic, wildlife, still life, and mostContinue reading “Photographers, Corey and Cindy Hoppenrath to be featured in Art SLAM”