Mary Jones: Navigating a Place of Being Through Memory and Imagination

Feature image: “Mary Jones: Coddiwompling”, March 8 – April 13, 2019, at the Tory Folliard Gallery. Image courtesy of Tory Folliard Gallery. Frank Juárez One of the joys of experiencing art is connecting the dots. My first introduction to Mary Jones’s work was in a group exhibition at Tory Folliard Gallery in the Historic ThirdContinue reading “Mary Jones: Navigating a Place of Being Through Memory and Imagination”

Purple Window Gallery Collective 

Featured image: Fuzz, 2023 Installation: Works by 54 fiber and textile artists. Documentation by Amy Shelton. Curated by Lauren Iacoponi and Naomi Elson. Linda Marcus Don’t be surprised if when you visit Purple Window Gallery inside Mana Contemporary in Chicago, Illinois, you won’t find the color purple and there’s no window. The name functions now moreContinue reading “Purple Window Gallery Collective “

Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts Hosts 15th Anniversary Indiana Green 2024 Invitational

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Information Frank Juárez, Publisher + Curator, artdosemagazine@frankjuarez Shannon Kupfer, Executive Director + Curator, shannon@thelmaarts.org Fond du Lac, Wisconsin – Artdose Magazine is pleased to announce its 15th Anniversary Indiana Green 2024 Invitational featuring works by Hector Acuna, Pamela Anderson, Ann Baer, Brandon Bauer, Stephanie Barenz, Siara Berry, Lois Bielefeld, Kendra Bulgrin, Pamela Callahan, Tony Conrad,Continue reading “Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts Hosts 15th Anniversary Indiana Green 2024 Invitational”

Sarah Leuchtner: Processing Skies Past at OS Projects

Submitted Racine, Wisconsin – OS Projects is pleased to present Processing Skies Past featuring work by Chicago artist Sarah Leuchtner. The exhibit opens May 11, 2024, and continues through July 13, 2024. Sarah Leuchtner’s work explores memory, loss and transformation through a painterly lens while reflecting on what it means to be an artist inContinue reading “Sarah Leuchtner: Processing Skies Past at OS Projects”

A Tour of the Factories, VAR Gallery, Hawthorn Contemporary, and Walker’s Point

Frank Juárez What started off by picking up a couple of paintings from The Art Department Exhibition easily transitioned into walking through a very small part of Walker’s Point in Milwaukee. Nowadays, it seems that our daily lives are back to pre-pandemic routines by going from point A to point B, point C to pointContinue reading “A Tour of the Factories, VAR Gallery, Hawthorn Contemporary, and Walker’s Point”

Friends, Neighbors, and Distant Comrades: Selections from the Moore Collection of ’80s NYC Art at the Milwaukee Art Institute of Art and Design

Featured image: Keith Haring, Pop Shop – AM/FM Radio with box, 1985, red transistor radio, paper, plastic. The radio was functional differing from the Kiki Smith radio to the left made from wood, paint and a leather strap. Keith Haring’s Pop Shop project ran in NYC from 1986-2005, and in Tokyo from ‘86-’88.  Frank Juárez AtContinue reading “Friends, Neighbors, and Distant Comrades: Selections from the Moore Collection of ’80s NYC Art at the Milwaukee Art Institute of Art and Design”

Bringing West Africa to the Midwest

Kaleb Williams On the surface it may not seem that athletes and artists have much in common, but acrylic painter Sahr Ngekia is blurring the lines in his own way and at his own pace. A modern renaissance man, Sahr (pronounced “saw”) seesaws back and forth between the analytical complexities of medical sales to hisContinue reading “Bringing West Africa to the Midwest”

Water Shields & Damselflies: Katherine Steichen Rosing at Center for the Visual Arts

June 7 – August 12, 2023 Opening Reception June 23, 5 – 7 pm Caroline S. Mark Gallery CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS WAUSAU 427 North Fourth StreetWausau, Wisconsin 54403 Hours: Wednesday – Friday 10am-4pm, Sat 12pm-4pm This exhibition is supported (in part) by the Women Artist Forward Fund and the Forward Art Prize and the WisconsinContinue reading “Water Shields & Damselflies: Katherine Steichen Rosing at Center for the Visual Arts”

A Trip to the Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum

Frank Juárez Photos by Artdose Magazine On February 18th, I headed to the eastside of Milwaukee to see the current exhibition at the Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum. The last time I visited this museum was 2018 for the Forward Wisconsin exhibition. This visit was long overdue.   The Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum is underContinue reading “A Trip to the Sarah Ball Allis Art Museum”