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Are we making place or pep rallies with ArtPlace funds?

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Art City 2013-05-21 08:55:09
With a lot of excitement and no expertise, how will these ArtPlace-funded projects pan out?

Cassandra Smith at Sky High Gallery

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Art City 2013-05-21 08:30:00
Cassandra Smith, an independent curator, has work on view now at the Sky High Gallery in Bay View. The "Out of the Wild" show is up through June 1.

Summer art books: '9.5 Theses on Art and Class'

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Art City 2013-05-21 07:45:00
As we count the days until our big, summer reading list arrives (in the Cue section of your Sunday paper), I thought I'd recommend a few reads for art lovers.

Summer art books: 'I'm Trying to Reach You'

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Art City 2013-05-21 05:45:00
This week, in anticipation of our big summer reading section (look for it in Sunday Cue, May 28), I'll share some recommendations for good summer books for art lovers.

Amazon to begin selling fine art

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Art City 2013-05-21 05:10:39
The online book giant makes one of its most novel moves yet -- and gets into the art business.

GMC and MiKE get $350,000 ArtPlace grant

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Art City 2013-05-20 05:45:00
ArtPlace America, a consortium of national and regional foundations and banks that works with the National Endowment for the Arts and other federal agencies, will award a $350,000 grant to the Greater Milwaukee Committee’s MiKE initiative.The money will go to MiKE, which stands for Innovation in Milwaukee, for “Creational Trails,” a proposal to activate a former rail corridor in the Harambee …

Review: 'Uncommon Ground' at the Kohler Center

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Art City 2013-05-16 10:43:16
A show at the Kohler Arts Center explores our connection -- and lack of connection -- to the natural world.

Calling all contributors: A weekend of art

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Art City 2013-05-15 11:12:51
Art City contributors are not the types to be sitting by the phone on a Saturday night. No, indeed. In fact, we're picking up the phone to help you make your weekend plans. As you know, we are a multi-platform gang and never to be outdone in any media. So, starting this week, the contributors are calling the good, old-fashioned Art …

'Sign Painter' film gets anticipated Milwaukee premiere

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Art City 2013-05-14 09:29:55
Sometimes, a custom has to be on the verge of vanishing to be properly reconsidered, celebrated and carried on. Such is the case for skilled sign painting, the exacting and finicky craft of hand lettering on a bakery storefront window, the gold-leaf bank banner, a GAP ad or a simple sign offering cows for sale on a farm.

Wisconsin 'hall of fame' artists announced for 2013

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Art City 2013-05-14 09:05:10
Winners of the 10th annual Wisconsin Visual Art Lifetime Achievement Awards -- essentially a state "hall of fame" for artists, art figures and organizations -- have been announced.

Art City Asks: Kevin Miyazaki

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Art City 2013-05-10 11:33:18
Artist and photographer Kevin J. Miyazaki traveled the 1,800-mile perimeter of Lake Michigan, staying off major highways and as close to the water’s edge as he could, in order to create a portrait of the people who are drawn to this expanse of fresh water, the fifth largest lake in the world.He traveled alone and with a portable studio, setting it …

Milwaukee's first TEDx conference happens today

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Art City 2013-05-09 08:37:37
The now famous TED conferences have the tag line "ideas worth sharing."These days the TED model for building excitement around innovative idea gets shared in a new way, through local, independently organized TED-esque gatherings called TEDx. (TED stands for technology, entertainment and design, by the way)Milwaukee's first TEDx conference takes place today from noon to 4p.m. in the Harambee neighborhood. Some …

Sam Durant's "What #isamuseum" at the Getty Museum

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Art City 2013-05-08 07:13:41
The notion that marketing forces have invaded the temples of art has long been a fait accompli. The line between art and promotion is too often too hard to locate, and the art world has plenty of controversies to show for it.With a recent project at the Getty Museum, artist Sam Durant is taking advantage of that slippery boundary by breaching …

AIA Wisconsin awards announced

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Art City 2013-05-08 07:08:25
A modernist home nestled into Wisconsin?s driftless region and a pragmatic fix for a 1960s dorm building are among the architectural projects that will be recognized Thursday by the AIA Wisconsin.

Mayor's Design Award winners announced

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Art City 2013-05-07 16:14:38
Milwaukeeans are a practical bunch, a city of savers. This comes through in the winners of the Mayor’s Design Awards, which praise projects that contribute design excellence to the urban landscape.From the revamping of an asphalt playground into a park, an old school into senior housing, an unremarkable but historic building in to a citywide call to caffeination, a brewery building …

Film about Saul Leiter to screen Thursday

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Art City 2013-05-07 06:00:00
A free screening of the film "In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter" will take place on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Discovery World

Furniture made from the former Sydney Hih posted to Craigslist

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Art City 2013-05-06 09:26:33
If you'd like a memento of the Sydney Hih, that conclave of counterculture that was demolished last year, here's your chance. Some crafty and art-minded woodworkers have just posted some custom-made coffee tables made with wood and materials that came from the buildings.The tables are described as "straight from the belly of the beast" on Craigslist, where they are offered for …

Emily Belknap at the Chazen Museum of Art

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Art City 2013-05-03 06:00:00

James Franco blogs about Milwaukee artist David Robbins

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Art City 2013-04-26 07:15:31
What is a public intellectual anyway?

Design Ideas: Jake Pettry's culinary sculptures at MIAD

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Art City 2013-04-26 06:45:00
MIAD industrial design senior Jake Pettry creates lovely, modernist sculpture for food.

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