Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 12/27/19

Riverwest Elders 3rd Annual Art Exhibit 1/4-2/1, 2020

Riverwest Elders presents the....
Riverwest Elders Artists 3rd Annual Art Exhibit
January 4 - February 1, 2020

Opening Reception
Saturday, January 4, 2020 6-8pm
at the
Jazz Gallery Center of the Arts
926 East Center St.
Milwaukee WI 53212

Exhibit can also be viewed 5 Saturdays from 1-5pm on
January 4, 11, 18, 25, and February 1.

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 191220

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 12/13/19

Some sayings from a starbucks regular who we have drawn.

Jim Hempel Demo at Milwaukee Sketch Club this Tuesday 12/10/19

here's a link to his facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/james.hempel

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 12/06/19

Sat on stools today for a different view

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 11/22/19

Woops! one of us is not in the picture

(didn't meet week of thanksgiving)

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 11/15/19

Looks like we will be at Starbucks for the rest of the winter.

Shaken Not Stirred 12/6/19

The Martini Girls present
Shaken Not stirred
Gallery 2622
2622 West Wauwatosa Ave, Milwaukee WI
December 6, 6:00PM to 8:00PM

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 11/8/19

Gallery Night Sunday 12/8/19 Chabad of the East Side

(From Bonnie)

Join us for Gallery Night: an evening of art, wine, and inspiration by local artists.

Hear the stories, peruse and purchase local art.
Enjoy select kosher wines and gourmet appetizers.

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to local charity.

Featuring the art of: Bonita Bruch, Jonathan Ellis, Amy & Jonathan Gelfman, Lizzie Katz, Barbara Schaefer, Miriam Susham.

This event is FREE and open to ALL.

Click here to let us know that you'll be there!

Looking forward to seeing you soon,

Rabbi Yisroel & Mushka Lein

https://www.chabadoftheeastside.com/art

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks 11/1/19

"The Last Coffee"
Snowed quite a bit yesterday but probably will melt.

Mini tiny art at tiny prices, Opening Friday 11/1/19

The Original "mini" art show is The Largest "tiny" art show of its kind... (that I know of.) This show will feature 170 artists showing over 2000 pieces of art, all priced under $100. The Opening night is at 7 pm sharp on Friday, November 1st, 2019. We will re-load the show daily with new art until December 29th. Shop early & shop often! See ya!

Friday, November 1, 2019 at 7 PM

Art*Bar 722 E Burleigh St, Milwaukee WI ref: https://www.facebook.com/events/artbar/art-bar-mini-show/297144320389836/

Sketching at the Milwaukee County Zoo (free day)

The other Milwaukee sketch club is sketching at the Milwaukee County Zoo from 10am - 4pm on 11/2/19.
For details and to sign up see https://www.meetup.com/Milwaukee-Sketch-Club/

Saturday Nov 2, 2019 10AM - 4 PM
Sketching at the Milwaukee County Zoo (Free Day!)
Milwaukee County Zoo 10001 W Bluemound Road, Milwaukee WI

How to find them

"First we'll be meeting in the main building at the front entrance at 10am. Every two hours after that (Noon, 2pm and 4pm) we'll be meeting inside the Flamingo Cafe. Look for the folks with sketchbooks!"

Details

Join us for a fun day of sketching on Saturday, November 2nd from 10am to 4pm at the Milwaukee County Zoo! Admission to the Zoo will be free on the 2nd (parking fees still apply). This is a longer meetup than our usual time of 2 hours, since the zoo is so large and there's so much to see/draw. The meetup will be a total of six hours and broken up into three two-hour blocks of sketching.

Please do not feel obligated to attend the entire meetup! This is a long one, so if you can only make it for a couple of hours that's totally fine, we're happy to have you!

Sketching Block 1: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Sketching Block 2: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Sketching Block 3: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

We will first be meeting up inside the main building at the front entrance at 10:00am. From there we'll spread out, sketch for two hours, then meet up as a group again at 12:00 inside the Flamingo Cafe (near the front entrance) to show what we've been working on. Feel free to get lunch while we're there! After that we'll spread out again until 2pm, where we'll meet at the Flamingo Cafe again for another round of show and tell. We'll have one more two-hour long drawing session after that until our final regrouping at 4pm, again at the Cafe.

Unless there's a complete monsoon outside, we will be meeting rain or shine! If the weather is crummy there are plenty of indoor spaces at the zoo to sketch.

If you have any questions or may arrive later in the day, feel free to message Bryan and let him know. Hope to see you there!

Where: Milwaukee County Zoo
When: Saturday, November 2nd from 10am - 4pm
Admission and Parking: Entrance to the Zoo will be free, parking fees apply.
What to bring: Your favorite drawing/sketching supplies.

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Seven Bridges 10/18/19

Thank you Gary for the picture.
It was quite chilly so only Gary went outside on Friday, the rest went to the atrium.

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Atrium 10/11/19

Figure Drawing Live with Celeste Contreras 11/6/19 6pm

November 6, 2019

Wednesday   6:00 PM

Milwaukee Public Library, Mitchell Street Branch

2320 North Cramer Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211

Map

PERFORMERS:

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FIGURE DRAWING LIVE WITH CELESTE CONTRERAS

Arts & Crafts Calling all Milwaukee Artists! You are invited for a special figure drawing experience. We have invited México Indígena, traditional Mexica ( MEH-SHEE-KHA), also known as Aztec, dancers to spend the evening with us, posing and sharing traditional stories of Día de Muertos, their handmade clothing and more with the community. Bring your drawing boards, sketchbooks and drawing supplies for a truly unique and special night of live drawing at the library!

Location: Mitchell Street Community Room

LINKS:

Event details mpl.org!

ref: https://milwaukee.eventful.com/events/figure-drawing-live-celeste-contreras-/E0-001-131461538-5

Thank you Sharon for sharing this!

MIlwaukee Sketch Club at Seven Bridges 10/4/19

 A bit chilly 50F but sunny

Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour October 11-13, 2019

ref: https://cedarburgartistsguild.com/coveredbridgeartstudiotour.html

Your tour begins anywhere YOU want to visit. No tickets, No reservations.
​
​New Hours :
Friday, Oct 11 4-8
Saturday AND Sunday : 10- 5

FREE Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour is a 37 year tradition for art enthusiasts. 54 artists from Mequon to West Bend will open their studio spaces to the public on the weekend of October 11-13, 2019 . Thirty-seven years ago, this event began as a studio and gallery tour in historic Cedarburg. Today, it is a unique opportunity for people to get an up close and personal look at some of Southeastern Wisconsin’s
finest artists and the spaces in which they work.

​Artists invite you into their creative spaces, whether it be a spare bedroom in a suburban ranch home, a remodeled chicken coop, an industrial garage, a restored 19th century barn or stone house, an 1850‘s stone woolen mill, a walk-out basement, or a tent . The rural drive between locations encompasses farm fields, pumpkin patches, Lake Michigan shoreline, rivers, picturesque small towns and even the last remaining
wooden Covered Bridge in Wisconsin. Most of the artists will be creating art during the event; all are happy to explain their artistic process and inspirations. This is your chance to purchase a unique piece of art directly from the artist along with its “ story of creation”.

Look for the red arrows
While on the tour, be sure to watch for the red arrows to direct you towards the open studios.

Pick up a map at Main Street Gallery inside the Cedarburg Cultural Center.

Stay Connected
Follow the CBAST Blog for up-to-date news, sneek peeks into artists' studios, and more!

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Art Studio Tour Map

Meet the Artists

Participating Artists Directory

From: Milwaukee Magazine <info@milwaukeemag.com>

ref: https://www.milwaukeemag.com/milwaukee-fall-arts-guide-2019/

Gallery Night & Day 3rd Ward: https://historicthirdward.org/experience/events/gallery-night-and-day/

Day of the Dead: https://milwaukeedomes.org/day-of-the-dead

Contemporary craft exhibition and sale: https://uwm.edu/arts/event/contemporary-craft-exhibition-and-sale/

A Modern Vision: https://www.phillipscollection.org/collection/touring-exhibitions

John Wilde - 100: https://toryfolliard.com/events/john-wilde-100

Ben Shahn: https://www.marquette.edu/haggerty/benshahn.php

Lenore Tawny: https://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/2019/mirror-of-universe.html

Rosemary Ollison: https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/exhibitions/rosemary-ollison

Art Meets Literature with Author Lindsay Starck at Gallery 2o7!

From: Jeanne Nikolai Olivieri <jeanne@gallery2o7.com>

 Art Meets Literature with Author Lindsay Starck at Gallery 2o7!

Dear Art Friends,

We are excited to host author and Milwaukee native Lindsay Starck at Gallery 2o7 on October 4! Six artists have each created an original piece of art based on her novel Noah's Wife.  Lindsay will do a presentation/Q&A regarding her book, and each artist will make a brief statement regarding their work. Book signing to follow (books available for purchase). See below for details!

 Opening Reception:  October 4 from 6 to 9:00 pm

Author presentation/ Q&A at 6:45

Artist presentation:  7:15

Exhibition dates October 4 – 24, 2018

Gallery 2o7

207 E. Buffalo Street, Suite 130

Milwaukee, WI  53202

Open weekly Thurs, Fri 11-4, Sat noon to 4

Jeanne Nikolai Olivieri

Gallery Director/Visual Artist

Gallery 2o7

Gallery:  414-431-2368

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Jeanne Nikolai Olivieri

Visual Artist, Gallery Director

Gallery 2o7

207 E Buffalo Street, Suite 130

Milwaukee, WI

Featuring original works by 

Jeanne Nikolai Olivieri

Ann Baer

Robert Zondag 

David Schaefer 

---For Immediate Release---

Wisconsin Author Lindsay Starck collaborates with Artists at 

Gallery 2o7

Lindsay Starck, Milwaukee native and author of novel Noah’s Wife, collaborates with six artists for an evening of art and literature at Gallery 2o7. Each artist will present a unique piece of art inspired by Starck’s debut novel. At the opening reception on Friday, October 4, 2019 at 6:00 pm at Gallery 2o7, 207 E Buffalo Street, Suite 130, Milwaukee, WI, Starck will do a brief presentation followed by a Q & A session. Each of the participating artists will explain the inspiration for their work. Books will be available for purchase and for signing by the author following the presentation.

 Participating artists include Ann Baer, Jeanne Nikolai Olivieri, Stacy Ollmann, David Schaefer, Julia Taylor, and Robert Zondag. Exhibition will be up until October 24, 2019.

Born in Milwaukee, Lindsay Starck spent much of her childhood at the Milwaukee Public Library. An avid reader and daughter of then librarian Lorelei Starck, she went on to earn her B.A. in Literature from Yale, her M.F.A in Fiction from Notre Dame, and her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently works as an Assistant Professor of English at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, where she also co-directs the MFA program. 

Starck’s novel, Noah’s Wife, was published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in January 2016. Loosely drawing on the tale of Noah’s Ark, Starck developed a modern fable which brings to mind climate change, feminism, the strength of the human spirit, community and hope.

“Starck's unusual, often charmingly phrased fable is constructed around the responses of a band of individuals to life's unpredictable challenges. . . Variously romantic, symbolic, philosophical, feminist, and fanciful, this is an atmospheric tale that meanders to a sweetly rousing conclusion. Forget the ark, forget the patriarch. It's the women who tend to triumph in this modern take on an Old Testament parable.” – Kirkus Reviews

“Noah’s Wife by Lindsay Starck is a riveting fable based loosely on the biblical story of Noah’s Ark. Only this time, it is Noah’s wife herself who embraces the ideas of faith and community, and her strength and compassion give this story a powerful, modern twist. Although the novel is filled with such exquisite detail that you may want to read this while sitting under an umbrella, Starck’s strength is in her characters. She peoples the sodden town with compelling, often hilarious individuals, each of whom will remain with you long after you turn the last page.”  —Melanie Benjamin, New York Times–bestselling author of The Aviator’s Wife

“Noah’s Wife may be a contemporary allegory, but Lindsay Starck is a classic storyteller dealing with human folly in the face of nature’s ungovernable force.  Her novel is an engrossing fusion of wisdom and beautiful writing.” —Mary McGarry Morris, internationally bestselling author

Fred Bell Objects Art Show 10/4-31/19

from fred@fredbellpaintings.com

I post a new work regularly on

my website at fredbellpaintings.com  Facebook, facebook.com/fred.bell.33

Instagram, instagram.com/fredbellpaintings 

Tudor Oaks Exhibit with members pieces 1-3pm 9/29/19 reception

From: Thomas Piedt <piedt1@yahoo.com>

 The Milwaukee Sketch Club is showing of a number of member’s pieces at Tudor Oaks Senior Living Community in Muskego.  

The exhibit runs through 25 October 2019.  

There will be a “Meet the Artist Reception” on Sept 29, 2019 from 1-3pm.  

The event is in the “Private Dining Room” at Tudor Oaks. The room will be open every day from 9 to 6pm.  Before your visit, please call the reception desk [414-529-0100] to make sure there is not an event in the Private Dining Room.

Directions:  Tudor Oaks Senior Living Community,
                    S77 W12929 McShane Drive Muskego, WI 53150
From the west:  Take Moorland Ave south, half way through the roundabout at Woods Road, then follow the sign for Durham Rd.  Take the 3^rd street to the left [McShane] and drive .8 miles to the entrance of Tudor Oaks.  Follow signs to park at the main entrance. 
From the east:  When at the intersection of Hwy 100 [108^th St] and Forest Home Ave, take Forest Home [Holz Motors should be on your right] southwest to the first stop light which is North Cape Road.  Turn right, then follow the curve to the left for North Cape Road.  Continue straight -- past the intersection at Rawson Ave and then at St. Martins Road. Take the next right turn –McShane Dr – follow to the entrance of Tudor Oaks on the left -- follow signs to park at the main entrance. 

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From: "bastorey@execpc.com" <bastorey@execpc.com>

 Hi Gents...Tom, could you send this out to the MSC members, please.  Thanks from Betty

I was with Judy Radish, the Marketing Director of Tudor Oaks, this morning and the closing date for our show has been changed to Saturday OCT 26 from 9am-noon [NOT Sunday Oct 27].  I will be here the entire time to help take down and pack up pieces. If the artist is unavailable that morning, I will store the art in my apartment until we can make arrangements. Betty 

 

Portrait Models wanted

From: MSC President Arthur Bartkowiak <artbartkowiak@gmail.com> 

Subject: Fresh new dependable portrait models ACHTUNG! ACHTUNG! ATTENTION! ATTENTION!  Now is time to HELP club and ME, contact your Friends, Family, Romans, Countrymen, for portrait sittings, 30.00+tips. Send them my way at..      artbartkowiak@gmail.com    Tell them we’re a wonderful, cool group, with generous breaks.  Humbly, the prez

Other Sketch Clubs in Milwaukee

I don't know if these are the same group or different but it might be fun to sketch with them.

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Bryen hosts events on Meetup: the next event is 10/3/19 at 6pm at Milwaukee Art Museum

https://www.meetup.com/Milwaukee-Sketch-Club/events/264653436/?gj=co2&rv=co2&_xtd=gatlbWFpbF9jbGlja9oAJGI1NDRmOWI1LWYwNTktNGI4Mi1hY2YwLWYwMTVhZTAyYWFlMQ

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I think this one on Facebook is hosted by Mike Rupsch?
https://www.facebook.com/groups/312714792529179/

Welcome to Urban Sketcher MKE! We are the local Milwaukee chapter of Urban Sketchers: http://www.urbansketchers.org All are welcome to join our local sketch events, no matter your skill level! We meet up regularly to create watercolor sketches at location in and around Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Starbucks on 9/27/19

Rain on and off today so went indoors.

Came up with a list of places to go;

• 7 bridges at Grant Park
• Sled hill above mallard pond in Whitnal Park
• Wadewitz
• Greenfield Park

Alternatives for rainy days

• Starbucks
• Atrium

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Delafield Fish Hatchery 9/20/19

I'm now caught up on posting outings until the next outing.

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Forest Home Cemetery 9/13/19

Milwaukee Sketch Club at West Allis Historical Society 8/30/19

Thank you Jim for this nice picture.

Very neat portable watercolor kit

Another water color kit