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In Part I of our newsletter, you will find information about the upcoming WRAP show in Lake Mills, current and upcoming exhibitions at the Chicago Art Institute, Milwaukee Art Museum and Chazen Museum in Madison, as well as information about art shows throughout Wisconsin.
| KEY ARTWORKS NEWSLETTER
- Spring-Summer, 2008 - Part II |
UPCOMING WRAP EXHIBITS/WORKSHOPS (alphabetically):
| BELOIT Artwork due: Dates to be determined Workshop: Dates to be determined Place: Beloit Fine Arts Incubator, 520 East Grand, Beloit, WI 53511 Entry Blank Due: Dates to be determined Make check payable to: Mary Lou Lindroth. Coordinators: (Please sent registrations to Mary Lou). Mary Lou Lindroth, 13773 Chevron Dr., Rockton, IL 61072, (815) 6248504, marylou1_1950@yahoo.com. Vance Hirst, Sr., 1175 Krupke Rd., Caledonia, IL 61011-9567, (815) 389-3830, vancehirstsr@hotmail.com BLACK RIVER FALLS Artwork due: Dates to be determined Workshop: Dates to be determined Place: Black River Falls Memorial Library, 222 Fillmore Street, Black River Falls, WI 54615 Entry Blank Due: Dates to be determined Make check payable to sponsor: Ginny Schuld Coordinators: Ginny Schuld and BRAG, W12658 Charcoal Road, Hixton, WI 54635-8629, (715) 963-3200, poodlpad@centurytel.net EAGLE RIVER Artwork due: Saturday, May 10, 2008, 9am-11am Workshop: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 9am-4pm Place: Olson Memorial Library, 203 North Main Street, Eagle River, WI 54521 Entry Blank Due: Saturday, May 3, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Headwaters Art League Coordinators: Jane O'Brien and Eleanor Lapp, P.O. Box 517, Eagle River, WI 54521, (715) 479-8329, darby@newnorth.net FOND DU LAC Artwork due: Wednedsay, April 2, 2008 9 am-noon Workshop: Saturday, April 19, 2008, 10 am-noon Place: Fond du Lac Public Library, 32 Sheboygan Street, Fond du Lac, WI 54935 Entry Blank Due: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Fond Du Lac Artist's Association Coordinator: Fran Schmid, 1220 Winchester Ave., Fond du Lac, WI 54935, (920) 322-0495, Email: dhschmid@charter.net JANESVILLE Artwork due: April 26, 2008, 9:00 am-11:00 am Workshop: May 17, 2008 9:30 am-3:00 pm Place: Janesville Performing Art Center, 408 S. Main St., Janesville, WI 53545 Entry Blank Due: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Janesville Art League Coordinator: Marilyn Keating, 32 S. Martin Rd., Janesville, WI 53545, (608) 752-8827 LA CROSSE Artwork due: July 15 & 16, 2008 noon-5 pm Workshop: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 9:00 am-3:00 pm Place: The Pump House Regional Art Center, 119 King St., La Crosse, WI 54601 Entry Blank Due: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: La Crosse Society of Arts & Crafts; Please send registrations & checks to Becky Herlitzke Coordinators: Becky Herlitzke, W5649 Skyline Dr, Coon Valley, WI 54623, (608) 788-4182, beckyherlitzke@gmail.com and Mary Lou Fergusen, 2408 Park Dr., La Crosse, WI 54601, (608) 782-6391 |
LAKE
MILLS Artwork due: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 10 am-4 pm Workshop: Saturday, July 19, 2008, 9 am-3 pm (followed by a brief reception open to the public) Place: Sweet Lips Art & Gift Gallery, 201 North Church Street, Lake Mills, WI 53551 Entry Blank Due: Saturday, June 28, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Key Artworks Coordinators: Carolyn Liedtke, Key Artworks, PO Box 281, Lake Mills, WI 53551, (920) 648-7816 or (920) 222-9327, carolyn@keyartworks.com MAZOMANIE Artwork due: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 9 am-noon Workshop: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 9:30 am-3 pm Place: Mazomanie Historic Art Center, 103 Crescent St. Mazomanie, WI 53560 Entry Blank Due: Friday, August 29, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Susan Klabak Coordinators: Susan Klabak, PO Box 12, Mazomanie, WI 53560. (608)438-0002, E-mail:sklabak@gmail.com MENOMONIE Artwork due: Dates to be determined Workshop: Dates to be determined Place: Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater, 205 Main Street, Menomonie, WI 54751 Entry Blank Due: Dates to be determined Make check payable to sponsor: Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater Coordinators: Sarah Tennessen, Visual Arts Manager, Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater, (715) 235-9726 ext. 19, stennessen@mabeltainter.com MINERAL POINT Artwork due: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 1-3 pm (2-piece limit per artist) Workshop: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 9 am-3 pm Place: Shake Rag Alley, Smeja Studio Annex, 30 Doty St, Mineral Point, WI 53565 Entry Blank Due: Sunday, June 1, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts Coordinators: Sharon Stauffer, 390 Merry Christmas Lane, Mineral Point, WI 53565, (608) 987-1560, srssharon@aol.com MONROE |
PLATTEVILLE Artwork due: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 10am-4:30pm or Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008, noon-4:30pm Workshop: Saturday November 22, 2008 Place: Rountree Gallery, 385 E. Main Street, Platteville, WI 53818 Entry Blank Due: Fri., October. 3, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Rountree Gallery Coordinators: Nicole Felder, Rountree Gallery, 385 E. Main Street, PO Box 780, Platteville, WI 53818-0780 (608) 348-6719 (Rountree Gallery) rtgallery@yousq.net PRAIRIE DU SAC Artwork due: Monday, January 21, 2008, 2-7pm (limit 2 pieces per artist) Artist's Reception: Saturday, February 16, 2008, 9am-3pm Workshop: Saturday, February 16, 2008, 9am-3pm Place: River Arts Center Lobby, Sauk Prairie High School, 105 9th Street, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578 Entry Blank Due: Monday, January 14, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Cheryl Breunig Coordinators: Cheryl Breunig, E10699 Keitel Rd., Prairie du Sac, WI 53578 (608) 643-2016 cherylb@merr.com RHINELANDER Artwork due: Monday, May 19, 2008, 10 am-noon Workshop: Saturday, June 28, 2008, 9 am-3 pm Place: Nicolet College Art Gallery, LRC Building, Nicolet College, Highway G, Rhinelander, WI 54501 Entry Blank Due: Friday, May 9, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Jack Pines Artists Coordinators: Ann Yentzer, 133 N Oneida Ave, Rhinelander, WI 54501 (715) 362-3817 alyentzer@charter.net Katy Ralph, Nicolet Art Gallery Director (715) 365-4556 kralph@nicoletcollege.edu ROTHSCHILD Artwork due: Saturday, June 28, 2008, 10 am-6 pm and Sunday, June 29, 2008, 10 am-5 pm Workshop: Saturday, June 28, 2008, 9 am-3 pm Place: Waterstreet Art (Central Wisconsin Art and Deli) 10209 Market Street, Rothschild, WI 54474 Entry Blank Due: Monday, June 16, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Wisconsin Valley Art Association (make the checks to WVAA) Coordinators: Lynn Ott, 409 N 11th Street, Wausau, WI 54403 (715) 848-1204 lynnie63@verizon.net, Lynn Block, 3190 Evergreen Road, Marathon, WI 54448 (715) 443-2151 lblock@dwave.net TOMAH Artwork due: Dates to be determined. Workshop: Dates to be determined. Place: F&M Bank, 1001 Superior Ave., Tomah, WI 54660 Entry Blank Due: Dates to be determined. Make check payable to sponsor: Ruth Gamerdinger Coordinators: Ruth Gamerdinger, N2446 Mohns Rd., Elroy, WI 53929 (608) 462-8512 |
WAUSAU Artwork due: To be determined Workshop: To be determined Place: The Loft, The Center for the Visual Arts, 427 4th Street (downtown on the square), Wausau, WI 54403 Entry Blank Due: To be determined Make check payable to sponsor: Wisconsin Valley Art Association (33% commission charged on any works sold) Coordinator: Lynn Ott, 409 N. 11th St., Wausau, WI 54403, (715) 848-1204, Email: lynnsie63@msn.com WAUTOMA Artwork due: June 7, 2008, 9 am Workshop: Saturday, June 7, 2008 10:00 am- 3:30 pm Place: Watoma Public Library, 410 W Main Street, Wautoma, WI 54982 Entry Blank Due: May 31, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Rural Rembrandt Art Club Coordinator: Audrey Bunchkowski, W5871 Fountain Ct., Neshkoro, WI 54960, (920) 293-8969, Email: abunch@localnet.com WEST ALLIS Artwork due: Saturday, May 3, 2008, 9:30 am-noon Workshop: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 9:15 am-3:30 pm Place: Library Square Retirement Community, 1820 South 75th St., West Allis, WI 53214, (Immediately south of the West Allis Library at the southeast corner of W. National Ave. and S. 75th St.) Entry Blank Due: Saturday, April 19, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: West Allis Art Alliance Coordinator: Bob Skowera, 3660 S. 96th St., Milwaukee, WI, 53228-1415, (414) 321-4850, E-mail: robertskowera@hotmail.com WHITEWATER Artwork due: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 9:00 am-11:00 am (2-piece limit) Workshop: Saturday, June 21, 2008, 9 am - 3 pm. Place: Crossman Gallery, Center for the Arts, UW Whitewater, Main St-Hwy 12, Whitewater, WI Entry Blank Due: Saturday, May 31, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Mary Lou Lindroth Coordinator: Mary Lou Lindroth, 13773 Chevron Drive, Rockton, IL 61072, (815)624-8504. E-mail: marylou1_1950@yahoo.com WOODRUFF Artwork due: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 9am-11am Workshop: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 9am-3pm Place: Howard Young Medical Center, 240 Maple Street, Woodruff, WI 54568 Entry Blank Due: Saturday, September 27, 2008 Make check payable to sponsor: Lakeland Art League Coordinators: Jeanette Krueger, 11180 Fox Fire Road, Woodruff, WI 54568, (715) 356-6420, E-mail: foxfire@newnorth.net and Kaye Schirle, 6064 Highway 51, Hazelhurst, WI 54531, (715) 356-9619 |
JURIED ART SHOWS IN WISCONSIN - SPRING, SUMMER 2008
| Watertown
Arts Council's 44th Annual Outdoor Juried Art Festival. Sunday, June 15, 2008 (no rain date), from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Riverside Park Island, Watertown, Wis. Deadline for artist applications: May 1, 2008. Enjoy a peaceful island setting, complimentary artist breakfast, food concessions, children's art pavilion, live music, convenient parking, and water park/children's playground nearby. Contact information: David Pawl at (608) 655-3437 or visit www.watertownart.com for an application. URL: www.watertownart.com/festival.htm The Zen Gallery in Cambridge, Wis., seeks artists interested in having their work either exhibited or for purchase in a small gallery in an artisan small town. The Gallery seeks artists whose works would be available in the late summer-early fall season, as the gallery will be moving to a large location in the very busy arts district. Contact information: Nancy Kaashagen, 111 S. Spring Street, Cambridge, WI 53523; P.O Box 261; thezengallerystudio@gmail.com; 608-423-2093 2nd Annual Women Artists Show (Neenah) All 2-D and 3-D art mediums accepted. Please submit jpgs or disk of your work. Each artist can enter 1-3 pieces. All pieces must be ready to hang or be displayed on a pedestal. All dimensions and medium should be listed with the artist name and contact information. Contact information: Rachel Kramer, The Hang Up Gallery of Fine Art, 204 W. WIsconsin Ave., Neenah, WI 54956; E-mail: HangUpGallery@aol.com; Phone: 920-722-0481 |
The
Summer's Bounty September Show (Neenah) The Hang Up Gallery of Fine Art is seeking artwork in all mediums, 2-D or 3-D, that depicts fruits and vegetables, harvests of the summer season. All pieces must be ready to hang or sit on pedestals. Please include jpgs or photos of your work clearly labeled with artist name, dimensions, medium, and contact information. 1-3 pieces will be accepted based upon response and area needed for display. Contact information: Rachel Kramer, The Hang Up Gallery of Fine Art, 204 W. Wisconsin Ave., Neenah, WI 54956; hangupgallery@aol.com; 920-722-0481 Winter Art Festival (Madison) Applications are available for artists to submit images for jurying in the Winter Art Festival, November 15-16, 2008 at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis. Exhibitors must be Wisconsin residents age 18 or older. 4 slides of your work and 1 slide of your display are required. Contact information: Beth Ann Hamilton, 608-798-4814, waac@artcraftwis.org; URL: www.artcraftwis.org 46th Annual Juried Exhibit The Hardy Gallery, Door County's oldest and most unique visual arts gallery, offers a highly visible, accessible space for artists to exhibit their work. Professional and amateur artists working in all media are encouraged to submit work for consideration in the popular exhibit, which is scheduled to open on June 7 and run through July 13, 2008. Contact information: To obtain a copy of the prospectus, contact the Francis Hardy Center for the Arts at info@thehardy.org, (920) 854-2210, P.O. Box 394, Ephraim 54211 or download at www.thehardy.org; URL: www.thehardy.org/ Appleton Art Center's 48th Annual Art in the Park One-day event scheduled for Sunday, July 27, 2008; Held in Appleton's historic City Park, Art in the Park features 200 artists from the Midwest and beyond. Contact information: Timothy Riley, Executive Director, Appleton Art Center; URL: www.appletonartcenter.org |
ArtFest
at Greenway Station (Middleton)The fourth annual Greenway
Station ArtFest invites entries by June 1, 2008. The
Festival takes place August 2-3, 2008, at
Greenway Station Shopping Center in Middleton, Wis. Booth
space: $80.00. Jury fee: $20.00. Accepted media: original
fine art and fine craft in the categories of 2-D Mixed
Media, 3-D Mixed Media, Ceramics, Fiber/Leather, Glass,
Graphics (drawing/prints), Jewelry, Painting,
Photography, Metals, Sculpture, Pottery and Wood. Contact information: Corey Kautzky, 1620 Deming Way, Suite 104, Middleton 53562; 608-824-9111; ckautzky@greenwayshopping.com; URL: newgws.waittdesigngroup.com/news.asp Art Fair in Library Park (Kenosha) The Friends of the Kenosha Public Museum announce the 44th Annual Art Fair in Library Park on Sunday, July 20, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications for artists are available at the Kenosha Public Museum. $1,700 in cash and purchase prizes will be awarded this year. Artists working in painting, sculpture, photography, jewelry, metal, ceramics, basketry, woodwork, stained glass, leather, quilting, weaving clothing or other medium are welcome to enter. This is a juried show and limited spaces are available. Each exhibitor is allotted 18 feet of frontage space. All materials are provided by the exhibitor. The registration fee is $85 before the May 1 deadline. Contact information: Applications may be requested by mail or in person at the Kenosha Public Museum, 5500 First Avenue Kenosha, WI 53140 or phone 262-653-4140. URL: www.kenosha.org/museum |
2nd
Annual Open Air Festival of the Arts (Eau Claire) Saturday, June 14,2008, at Phoenix Park in Eau Claire, Wis. This art fair is held along the Chippewa River at Phoenix Park, in unison with the Eau Claire Downtown Farmers' Market. Featuring artwork on display and for sale by regional artists from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with performances throughout the day. There will be food and children's activities, including a People Powered Procession and a concert from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Labyrinth. Seeking fine art vendors (max. 100), performers of all kinds, poets, public art and community involvement. We are currently accepting submissions and proposals for this event. Application deadline for art vendors is May 1, 2008. Applications available at www.ecoafa.org after March 1. Contact information: OAFA, P.O. Box 2171, Eau Claire, WI 54701-2171; E-mail: artists@ecoafa.org; URL: www.ecoafa.org Lake Mills Arts Festival Deadline for entries is May 1, 2008. The Festival takes place July 19, 2008 (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.) in downtown Lake Mills, Wis. Booth space: $60.00. Jury fee: $15.00. Accepted media: original fine art and fine craft in the categories of painting, photography, mixed media, sculpture, fiber, glass, jewelry and pottery. Contact information: Robin Untz, Artist Coordinator, N5923 Hwy. 89, Lake Mills, WI 53551; 920-648-4368; jruntz@jefnet.com; URL: www.lakemillsmainstreet.org/lmaf/artindex.html Racine Art Guild’s annual Starving Artist Fair This well-attended fine art fair is located near the shores of Lake Michigan in Racine, Wis. Date is August 3, 2008. Artists are welcome to inquire about participation. There is a non-refundable jury fee of $10. The booth fee is $85. Contact information: For more information or an application, please contact JoAnne Nissen by phone at 262-554-9090. 21st Annual Northern National Art Competition Open to artists 18 and over living in the U.S. working in any 2-D medium. Over $8,500 in prize money. Three $1,000 Awards of Excellence. Entry by 35 mm slide or digital images on CD. Digital images must be PC compatible jpeg files no larger than 300 dpi at approximately 4 x 6 inches. Judge: Terry Suhre, curator of Gallery 210 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Entries must be postmarked by May 16, 2008. Gala opening reception July 22. Exhibit runs July 22–September 11. Prospectus available mid January. Contact information: Katherine Ralph, 715-365-4556; kralph@nicoletcolege.edu; URL: www.nicoletcollege.edu/artgal/artgall.htm |