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About the Wisconsin Academy: Founded in 1870, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters connects people and ideas across our state. The Wisconsin Academy provides a place where people who care about culture, nature, and the challenges of our times can gather for fruitful discourse and meaningful action. Wisconsin Academy programs include the James Watrous Gallery at the Overture Center for the Arts, a gallery by and for Wisconsin artists; Wisconsin People & Ideas, our quarterly magazine about Wisconsin thought and culture; Academy Evenings, our statewide series of public forums; and the Wisconsin Idea, a public policy program—the most recent of which focuses on “The Future of Farming and Rural Life in Wisconsin.”
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The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Lewis Koch is scheduled to have a solo exhibition at the James Watrous Gallery June 24-August 7, 2011. Can't wait until then? Here's a new book of his 'found text' photography, hot off the press.
Location:lewiskoch@yahoo.com
Time:3:00PM Tuesday, November 10th
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Join us on Tuesday evening November 17 to hear a lecture by UW-Madison Professors, Erica & Richard Halverson on how digital media is changing the way we learn. This free lecture begins at 7 pm in the lecture hall of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.
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On Sunday November 8 at 2 pm, Ginny Moore Kruse, director emerita of the CCBC on campus, gave a Gallery Talk for the exhibition, The Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration. Kruse shared her wonderful wealth of knowledge, stories, and anecdotes about the seven artists on view in the Gallery. If you haven't seen the ex...hibition yet, it's on view through December 6. For more information call the Gallery at 608/265.2500.Read More
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Heat Waves and High Water: Climate Change, Public Health, and the 2050 Wisconsin Landscape
November 15, 2009, at 2:30 pm in the UW Arboretum Auditorium, 1207 Seminole Highway --held in conjunction with the UW Arboretum as part of their 75th Anniversary Celebration.
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Academy Evenings Presentation Explores Effects of Global Climate Change on Wisconsin Environment, Health MADISON (10/28/2009)
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Join us at 2:00 pm on Sunday,
November 8 for a gallery talk by Ginny Moore Kruse, director emerita of the Cooperative Children’s Book Center. Kruse will
speak about the seven artists and their work on-view in the exhibition, "The Fine Art of Children’s Book
Illustration". Free and open to the public. For more information call the James Watrous Gallery at 608.265.2500
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Join us Sunday November 8 for a collaborative tour & workshop with Madison Children's Museum. Come to the James Watrous Gallery at 1 pm Sunday for a tour of "The Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration" and learn how authors and illustrators come up with ideas. Then head over to the Museum for a workshop on creating d...ioramas. Exhibition tour is free and workshop is $5 per child. To register please contact McKenzie Glynn at 608-256-6445 ext. 18.Read More
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Art of Note. Co-Director of the James Watrous Gallery, Randall Berndt painted a violin for the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra fundraiser. See Berndt's and all the artistic violins at the University Bookstore in Hilldale, now through November 8.
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On Thursday evening, October 29, a group of Lakeland College Alumni visited the James Watrous Gallery for a private tour of "The Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration". Co-curator, Randall Berndt led the tour and Lakeland College Associate Professor of American Literature, Peter Sattler discussed children's literatu...re and the art of visual story telling.
If you have a group you would like to bring to the Gallery please call, 608/265.2500.Read More
If you have a group you would like to bring to the Gallery please call, 608/265.2500.Read More
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Mary Helimann is one of the artists featured in the "Art:21" episode
'Fantasy', which the James Watrous Gallery will present as a community screening on
Thursday October 29 at 5:30 pm in the Overture Center's Rotunda Studio (lower level).
Source: blog.art21.org
DOWNLOAD VIA ITUNES | SUBSCRIBE VIA RSS EXCLUSIVE: In her Long Island studio, Mary Heilmann discusses two inspirations for her work: tea bowls that
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Please join us this Thursday, October 29, for the free screening of ARt:21, Episode 5, "Fantasy". The Wisconsin Academy's James Watrous Gallery is hosting the screening, beginning at 5:30 pm in the Rotunda Studio, Overture Center for the Arts. Introduced by Gallery Co-director Martha Glowacki with a post-screening disc...ussion led by Nancy Mladenoff, Associate Professor in the Department of Art, UW–Madison. Here's a sneak peek of what will be shown Thursday evening:Read More
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The above video is excerpted from the Season 5 episode Fantasy, premiering on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 10pm (ET) on PBS (check local listings).
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Attention artists! Ever wanted to exhibit your work at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center? Did you know they've issued a Call for Artists?
If you are a resident of Sheboygan, Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Ozaukee or Washington counties you should consider applying to be part of an exhibition at the... John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan. For more info go to http://www.jmkac.org/EightCountiesRead More
If you are a resident of Sheboygan, Brown, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, Milwaukee, Ozaukee or Washington counties you should consider applying to be part of an exhibition at the... John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan. For more info go to http://www.jmkac.org/EightCountiesRead More
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An Invitation The John Michael Kohler Arts Center invites all artists—for whom art is either a profession or an avocation—to enter this major exhibition representing the eight-county area. The EIGHT COUNTIES exhibition is the twelfth in a series of survey
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters On Tuesday, October 20, the James Watrous Gallery staff welcomed a group of Girl Scouts to the Gallery. Martha Glowacki, co-curator, gave a guided tour of the exhibition, The Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration. The tour ended with a reading of Kevin Henkes book, A Good Day.
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On Tuesday, October 20, the James Watrous Gallery staff welcomed a group of school children to the Gallery. Randall Berndt, co-curator, gave a guided tour of the exhibition, The Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration, and then the students made sketches to create their own books.
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Collage! A Family Workshop.
Join us Saturday October 24 at 1:00 pm for a guided tour of The Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration exhibition. The tour will focus specifically on the collages of Lois Ehlert. After the tour go to the Madison Children's Museum to create your own collages to tell a story. For more info visit
http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/gallerie
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Attention all Lois Ehlert fans! If you missed her at our James Watrous Gallery opening reception on Oct. 11, travel up to beautiful Sheboygan this Saturaday, Oct. 24, and vist the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Ehlert will be there in celebration of her newest book, "Boo To You!"
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Saturday, October 24, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Award-winning children’s picture-book creator, Lois Ehlert of Milwaukee, visits the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in celebration of her newest title, Boo to You!
