Friday, April 29, 2016
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Art In the Park 2nd Saturdays 11-3pm May-Sept, Humboldt Park
Art in the Park 2016 kick off!
We are only a few weeks away from our opening day for Bay View Art in the Park.- Fine Art & Craft from over 36 artists
- Our sponsor Bay View Homes joins us
- Art workshop for the kids from non-profit WLCV
- Living Statue Performer Alice Wilson
- Food, Beer and Polka at the Beer Garden
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http://www.bvartinthepark.com/
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Milwaukee Sketch Club Summer Plein Air Painting Guide 2016
Tuesday mornings & evenings
Wednesday Afternoons
(Tuesday)
- PDF version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5keKdoSk_TnVmF0eG9KLTNsWTg/view?usp=sharing
- Spreadsheet version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5keKdoSk_TnWjJ3UGdSVGE1ZXc/view?usp=sharing
Wednesday Afternoons
- Google Doc: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5keKdoSk_TnNVhqM1ZJMmE0WWM/view?usp=sharing
- PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5keKdoSk_TnSVhwdDhuZE16dEE/view?usp=sharing
(Tuesday)
Wednesday (Thank you Bonnie!)
Saturday, April 23, 2016
Mel Tess 1926 - 2016
From: Thomas Piedt <piedt1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 10:26 AM
Subject: Sad News
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On Apr 21, 2016 10:51 PM, "Joyce Eesley" <joyce_eesley@msn.com> wrote:
http://www.wisconsinart.org/ archives/artist/melvin-e-tess/ profile-3236.aspx
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From: <gunny@wi.rr.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 6:08 PM
Date: Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 10:26 AM
Subject: Sad News
Morning everyone
Joyce informed me Mel Tess has passed away.
Joyce had been contacted by Arline Flores. Arlene said she had brought Joe to sketch on Tuesday
night; however, Joe was so worried about Mel he asked Arline to
stop by Mel's on the way to check on him. There was no answer and Joe
at some point contacted Mel's daughter.
I'm not sure if Mel was in the hospital at the time Arline and Joe stopped by or had passed away at home.
Mel has been a cherished member of the sketch club for many years and will be missed by all.
Tom
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/jsonline/obituary.aspx?n=melvin-e-tess-bud&pid=179707211&fhid=5691 --------------------
Joyce - Thank you for providing this wonderful bio on Mel.
I'll forward to the members.
Tom
On Apr 21, 2016 10:51 PM, "Joyce Eesley" <joyce_eesley@msn.com> wrote:
http://www.wisconsinart.org/
From: <gunny@wi.rr.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 6:08 PM
Last Demo night on Tuesday, I was bored(blocked view), and
looked to sketch someone interesting. Mel!!! What made me draw
you? Look how alive and attentive Mel is. Still
learning and inspiring us.
I know you are happy with your son in the non-physical.
God bless.
Mike G
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
2nd Annual March Mini Madness Reception April 22, 2016 6pm-9pm
The Martini Girls Gallery Presents Mini Madness
The Martini Girls, Marcia Hochstetter, Debbie Callahan, and Marcia Hero are proud to announce their 2nd annual Mini Madness exhibit and sale of gorgeous, one-of-a-kind small works. The show will open with an Artist Reception on Friday, April 22, 2016, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at The Martini Girls Gallery, 6909 W. North Avenue, Wauwatosa Wisconsin.
The Martini Girls, Marcia Hochstetter, Debbie Callahan, and Marcia Hero are proud to announce their 2nd annual Mini Madness exhibit and sale of gorgeous, one-of-a-kind small works. The show will open with an Artist Reception on Friday, April 22, 2016, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., at The Martini Girls Gallery, 6909 W. North Avenue, Wauwatosa Wisconsin.
Sunday, April 17, 2016
newlsetters
Austin kleon
eyes to hear, ears to see
just keep going
buttnekkiddoodles
coffee shop captures
john
sketching bootcamp, Washington state, april 21-23
fine art connoisseur
Keiser 'day painting'
Shelly beach
Weekly challenge #262
Weekly challenge #261
Weekly challenge #260
Inspired by zentangle primer vol:1
shattuck
The painters keys
signature moves
going for the light
art and social enterprise
a wonderful line
art and protest
your thinking words
Cory Trepanier, into the wild
that's all i need
extreme painting
Plein Air Today
why she painted the barn from the road
painting ireland
ken auster
Jivan lee
Quick Draw Staunton, Va April 21-23
Plein Air convention April 15-19 Tucson AZ
How pros ship paintings
Cuba in chicago
Plein air milwaukee May 7-14
Big Easy
London parks
Petoskey Paint outs
bill murphy
annette power, cuba
george strickland, starting off on the right foot
Painting models in costume, September 16-18, Canada
embracing the inexactness of the tool
artmuse contest
Plein Sight, Oct 4-9, golden, Co
Shelby keefe at forgotten coast en plein air May 6-15
women painters in glacier
addressing the need in cuba
ready to roll, ready to paint
be brave
evelyn dunphy, cuba
Urban sketchers - Drawing Attention
April 2016
pink seat
Urban Sketchers Midwest
Forest Park
humble drawing tools
trying out new tools
lunchtime sketches
historical record
plein air pastel
world's fair pavilion
eyes to hear, ears to see
just keep going
buttnekkiddoodles
coffee shop captures
john
sketching bootcamp, Washington state, april 21-23
fine art connoisseur
Keiser 'day painting'
Shelly beach
Weekly challenge #262
Weekly challenge #261
Weekly challenge #260
Inspired by zentangle primer vol:1
shattuck
The painters keys
signature moves
going for the light
art and social enterprise
a wonderful line
art and protest
your thinking words
Cory Trepanier, into the wild
that's all i need
extreme painting
Plein Air Today
why she painted the barn from the road
painting ireland
ken auster
Jivan lee
Quick Draw Staunton, Va April 21-23
Plein Air convention April 15-19 Tucson AZ
How pros ship paintings
Cuba in chicago
Plein air milwaukee May 7-14
Big Easy
London parks
Petoskey Paint outs
bill murphy
annette power, cuba
george strickland, starting off on the right foot
Painting models in costume, September 16-18, Canada
embracing the inexactness of the tool
artmuse contest
Plein Sight, Oct 4-9, golden, Co
Shelby keefe at forgotten coast en plein air May 6-15
women painters in glacier
addressing the need in cuba
ready to roll, ready to paint
be brave
evelyn dunphy, cuba
Urban sketchers - Drawing Attention
April 2016
pink seat
Urban Sketchers Midwest
Forest Park
humble drawing tools
trying out new tools
lunchtime sketches
historical record
plein air pastel
world's fair pavilion
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Jeanne Nikolai Olivieri & KJ Prodigy Collaborate on Gallery Night! April 15 5-9pm
From: Jeanne Nikolai Olivieri <jnoart@gmail.com>
Jeanne
Dear Art Friends,
April
Gallery Night 2016 will be a special occasion at J Nikolai Art! I am
excited to collaborate with poet Kavon Cortez Jones, aka KJ Prodigy, who
will perform his anthology, illustrated by me, in public for the first
time. Join us at a reception on Gallery Night, Friday, April 15 from 5-9pm. KJ will perform the anthology and two other pieces at 7:00pm. See the colorful interpretation of KJ's words, created by yours truly.
KJ
Prodigy performs his works with energy and character. He is highly
expressive and creative, seeking to surprise and engage audiences. KJ states: “I am (a) Harambee-Milwaukee home-grown performance artist of avant-garde poetry.”
My
newest paintings will be exhibited as well. I am a Milwaukee artist,
working in watercolor, acrylics and mixed media. My current body of
work, Cabled Together, focuses on the frequently overlooked power lines, cables and wires that support us, divide our space and change our landscape.
My studio also features ceramics by Randall Becker, an established, nationally known and highly regarded ceramic artist from Mazomanie, WI.
Hope to see you on Friday night or on Saturday, Gallery Day, open 10-4:00!
Cheers,
Jeanne
James Hempel has moved his studio
from: jwhempel
@hotmail.com
***Please note! My classroom studio has moved to 1407 N. 54th St. Milwaukee 53208 (54th and Vliet St. northwest corner)
After
teaching in the same studio for sixteen years, developers have finally
reached my Walker's Point studio building and the tenants have been told
to vacate. The building was a great creative community in it's heyday
as a home to five floors of working artist studios over the last thirty
years.
My
new teaching studio and exhibiting gallery will be located in a street
level boutique storefront in a lovely arts and crafts building in the
vibrant Washington Heights neighborhood.
I hope you can join us!
-James
Weekly Drawing & Painting Classes
Mid April- May 2016 Class Schedule:
3 Tuesday Mornings:
April 12, 19, 26
10AM-12:30PM
3 Wednesday Mornings:
April 13, 20, 27
10AM-12:30PM
4 Saturday Mornings:
April 16, 23, 30
10AM-12:30PM
My
weekly classes offer individual mentoring in media of your choice
across a broad range of traditional drawing and painting techniques in a
supportive group setting. All levels of experience are welcome and
encouraged.
I offer a 1 hour complementary painting/drawing demonstration in various media for enrolled students before all my classes from 9AM - 10AM.
Tuition
is $120 per 4 class ($90 per 3 class) session. You may prorate @
$30/class if you're unable to attend an entire session, but if you need
to miss a class you may make it up during any other class time or carry
it over to the next session. My classes run continuously year round
other than the times I'm competing in a local or national plein air
event or teaching a workshop away from home.
Please
contact me if you have any additional questions about classes, my
instruction style, any needed artist materials, or for directions to my
studio.
Hope you can join us soon!
Best Regards,
-James Hempel
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Art in the City Milwaukee Museum Mile Plein Air Painting competition forms
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 10:36:06 -0600
Subject: Registration and Prospectus
From: jsterr@cavtmuseums.org
To: jsterr@cavtmuseums.org
Subject: Registration and Prospectus
From: jsterr@cavtmuseums.org
To: jsterr@cavtmuseums.org
Plein Air Painters,
Please
find attached the registration form and prospectus for our inaugural
Art in the City Milwaukee Museum Mile Plein Air painting competition.
Payment is to be made out to St. John's On The Lake. Thank you for your
inquiries. I look forward to meeting you in May!
(Click on thumbnails to make larger)
Ken Vonneburg, Pastel Demo Tonight, Tuesday 4/12/16 at 7pm
From: Thomas Piedt <piedt1@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 5:44 PM
Date: Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 5:44 PM
Hi everyone
Art informed me Ken Vonneburg is doing a pastel portrait from a live model tomorrow night.
Hope to see you there.
Tom
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Plein Air MKE, May 7-14
from: pleinaircollector.com
Five museums in Milwaukee have joined forces to draw visitors to a two-mile stretch of cityscape featuring diverse subject matter. It’s called Plein Air MKE, and it’s scheduled for May 7-14.
The participating museums are along a mile-long stretch of Milwaukee’s lakefront and consist of the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, North Point Lighthouse, the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, and Saint John’s on the Lake, a retirement home with an outpost of the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. Painters in the event will be asked to paint in that area, which contains bucolic scenes, dramatic vistas incorporating Lake Michigan, historic buildings, an Olmsted park system, and other landmarks — plus the bustle of city life. Best of Show earns an artist $2,000, and more than $2,000 in other awards will be given. Pamela Ruschman will serve as a judge. There’s a Quick Draw planned on Milwaukee’s famous Brady Street. A portion of sales will go to the five museums hosting the event.
John Sterr, executive director of the Charles Allis & Villa Terrace Art Museums, says it only makes sense for the five institutions to band together for initiatives in the current climate surrounding arts and cultural organizations. “These are challenging times for small and medium-sized arts organizations,” says Sterr. “The more we can work together to bring people to the Miracle Mile of museums, the better. Each museum stands on its own, for sure, but the effort of the smaller organizations on the historic East Side of Milwaukee to pool our resources and brand a part of the city is unique.”
Sterr says that the group hopes to make Plein Air MKE an annual event, but first they must get one edition under their belt. “We will learn a lot our first time out,” he says. “Taking on anything of this magnitude, you learn a lot in the trenches. Certainly, one of the things that we want is to build up our sponsor base for the event. We’re starting to do that.”
The event is limited to 75 artists. For more information, view the prospectus here.
Milwaukee Museums Band Together, Host Plein Air Event
Bob Bahr Reporting
Editor, PleinAir TodayFive museums in Milwaukee have joined forces to draw visitors to a two-mile stretch of cityscape featuring diverse subject matter. It’s called Plein Air MKE, and it’s scheduled for May 7-14.
The participating museums are along a mile-long stretch of Milwaukee’s lakefront and consist of the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, North Point Lighthouse, the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, and Saint John’s on the Lake, a retirement home with an outpost of the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. Painters in the event will be asked to paint in that area, which contains bucolic scenes, dramatic vistas incorporating Lake Michigan, historic buildings, an Olmsted park system, and other landmarks — plus the bustle of city life. Best of Show earns an artist $2,000, and more than $2,000 in other awards will be given. Pamela Ruschman will serve as a judge. There’s a Quick Draw planned on Milwaukee’s famous Brady Street. A portion of sales will go to the five museums hosting the event.
John Sterr, executive director of the Charles Allis & Villa Terrace Art Museums, says it only makes sense for the five institutions to band together for initiatives in the current climate surrounding arts and cultural organizations. “These are challenging times for small and medium-sized arts organizations,” says Sterr. “The more we can work together to bring people to the Miracle Mile of museums, the better. Each museum stands on its own, for sure, but the effort of the smaller organizations on the historic East Side of Milwaukee to pool our resources and brand a part of the city is unique.”
Sterr says that the group hopes to make Plein Air MKE an annual event, but first they must get one edition under their belt. “We will learn a lot our first time out,” he says. “Taking on anything of this magnitude, you learn a lot in the trenches. Certainly, one of the things that we want is to build up our sponsor base for the event. We’re starting to do that.”
The event is limited to 75 artists. For more information, view the prospectus here.