Lauren Semivan and the Choreographic Potential of the Artist’s Studio

Feature image: Nebulae, 2025, #1/5, archival pigment print, 40 x 50 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.  By Samantha Timm Lauren Semivan’s photographs are built worlds that trace her studio movements and propose probing questions about time and space.  Using an early 20th-century large-format camera, Semivan captures scenes that she creates in her studio throughContinue reading “Lauren Semivan and the Choreographic Potential of the Artist’s Studio”

Art Against the Odds: Surmounting the Insurmountable

Feature image: M. Winston, House with oatmeal carton roof Gary John Gresl The traveling exhibition titled “Art Against the Odds” is extraordinary in several ways. The roots of the exhibition began in 2021 and took 2 years to organize and plan. It exclusively includes art made by incarcerated men and women in the Wisconsin PrisonContinue reading “Art Against the Odds: Surmounting the Insurmountable”

Highlights: Milwaukee Gallery Night Fall 2023

Frank Juárez The excitement for Milwaukee Gallery Night & Day started about two weeks prior to the art event. Social media has been a great way to get a sense of which venues will participating as well as which artists will be exhibiting. This two-day event featured 50 venues located in four “neighborhoods” – HistoricContinue reading “Highlights: Milwaukee Gallery Night Fall 2023”

Field Notes: Must See Exhibitions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Guzzo Pinc at Tory Folliard Gallery Ends February 25, 2023 Tory Folliard Gallery, 233 N. Milwaukee Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin web A Woman’s Worth at Aquae Nguvu Gallery  207 E. Buffalo Street, Suite 130, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2023 Black Art & Design Juried Exhibition Ends March 1, 2023 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, 272 E. ErieContinue reading “Field Notes: Must See Exhibitions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin”