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Carol Emmons is an internationally acclaimed artist who creates mostly site-specific installations, often in overarching series. Site-specificity (an individually tailored response to each site) can be seen in two installations she made for the Wisconsin Academy's James Watrous Gallery, both part of the Surveying Desire series. The first,...
Space and Place
Academy Evenings in Milwaukee
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Charles Allis Museum Charles Allis Museum 1801 Prospect Ave.
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Space and Place features a conversation between visual artists Martha Glowacki (Madison) and Carol Emmons (Green Bay), whose work is currently on view as part of the Charles Allis Museums' centenary celebration. The director of the Wisconsin Academy's James Watrous Gallery, Martha Glowacki is also a sculptor who explores the human understanding of the natural world through two areas of inquiry: the history of science and scientific illustration. Carol Emmons is an internationally acclaimed installation artist specializing in large-scale, site-specific works. She is currently Frankenthal Professor in the Arts and Visual Design at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Presented in partnership with the Charles Allis Museum, this Academy Evenings conversation is free and open to the public.
SERIES OVERVIEW
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters will present a series of three exciting talks this fall in Milwaukee celebrating Wisconsin art and artists and Wisconsin labor history.
