The Art of Welding: A Reception to Celebrate a New Welded Sculpture and the Community Partnerships That Brought It To Life

Submitted The Center for the Visual Arts will host a public reception on Friday, May 10th from 5 -7 p.m. for a new community project done in partnership with NTC Alternative High and the NTC Welding program, funded in part by the Community Foundation of Northcentral Wisconsin. This project, born out of the idea toContinue reading “The Art of Welding: A Reception to Celebrate a New Welded Sculpture and the Community Partnerships That Brought It To Life”

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. An artist reception will take place on Saturday, May 11th, from 1 – 3 pm. Sarah Leuchtner’s work explores memory, loss and transformationContinue reading “Sarah Leuchtner: Processing Skies Past at OS Projects”

Everyday States of Awe: Selections from the Ceramic Work of Bill Gossman at the Rochester Art Center

submitted April 10 – September 8, 2024 Opening Reception | Saturday, April 13, 2024 | 3:00 – 5:00 PM Everyday States of Awe exhibits a selection from the ceramic work of New London-based potter Bill Gossman (1953 – 2020). Bill Gossman’s career in ceramics started in the early 1970’s. He gained a foundational knowledge of potteryContinue reading “Everyday States of Awe: Selections from the Ceramic Work of Bill Gossman at the Rochester Art Center”

Michael Pfleghaar: Moments and Memories

Frank Juárez I was introduced to the work of Michael Pfleghaar by artist and CULTIVATE director Mallory Shotwell. After looking at his website and scrolling through his Instagram, I knew I wanted to learn more about his work. I was drawn to how he approaches clay giving it its own identity through playful compositional elementsContinue reading “Michael Pfleghaar: Moments and Memories”

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”

Dyani White Hawk

Frank Juárez I was first introduced to the work of Dyani White Hawk by SchoolArts Magazine editor Nancy Walkup. This introduction led to writing an article in 2020 about White Hawk’s work through the lens of an art educator. Since then, I have been following her career via social media. In 2020 she contributed to the designContinue reading “Dyani White Hawk”

Light and Loss, Hope and Connection

Linda Marcus Jaymee Harvey Willms is masterful at putting things back together, especially after she purposefully breaks them. The assemblage artist and Director of the Villa Terrace and Charles Allis Art Museums current body of work involves taking quotidian objects and breaking them and remaking them into new sculptures. “I started to break things andContinue reading “Light and Loss, Hope and Connection”