Decade of Art: Artwork from the Wisconsin Academy Gallery
James Watrous and Friends: The Legacy and Influence of James Watrous
In Good Company:
An Exhibition of Artworks by the 2004 Wisconsin Arts Board
Visual Arts Fellows
Bird Ross and Tom Loeser, side-by-side solo exhibitions
Paula Schulze and Scott Espeseth, side-by-side solo exhibitions
Jamie Young and Christine Holtz, side-by-side solo exhibitions
Dorota Biczel Nelson and Douglas Holst, side-by-side solo exhibitions
Warrington Colescott
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Decade of Art: Artwork from the Wisconsin Academy Gallery
September 18 - October 31, 2004
Saturday, September 18, 1-4 p.m., opening reception featuring artists John Wilde and Warrington Colescott. In the Overture Center's Wisconsin Studio.
Saturday, October 16, 7-9 p.m., panel discussion featuring exhibiting artists. In the Wisconsin Studio.
John Wilde
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A Decade of Art pays tribute to the rich array of Wisconsin artists who have exhibited with the Wisconsin Academy during the past 10 years. This exhibition features 100 artists working in a wide range of media and styles, including John Wilde, Warrington Colescott, Carol Emmons, T. L. Solien, Tom Uttech, and Dona Look.
John Wickenberg
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James Watrous and Friends: The Legacy and Influence of James Watrous
November 12, 2004-January 9, 2005
Sunday, November 14, opening reception with talk by Art Hove.
Nancy Eckhom-Burkert
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A tribute to James Watrous, one of the most influential figures in Wisconsin visual art. Watrous taught art history and art at UW-Madison from 1934 to 1976, where he helped shape the departments of art history and art and mentored many students who went on to great accomplishments. Through art work, photographs, and text, this exhibit brings to life Watrous' many roles and his legacy. Artists shown include Nancy Eckholm Burkert, Robert Burkert, Robert Grilley, Doug Safranek, Sylvia Fine, Dan O'Neill, John Wickenberg, and Sylvia Walters Solachek.
Related Presentation
Tuesday, November 16, 7-9 p.m.
Academy Evening featuring Millard Rogers, a close colleague of James Watrous and the first director of the Elvehjem Museum (now the Chazen Museum of Art).
In Good Company:
An Exhibition of Artworks by the 2004 Wisconsin Arts Board
Visual Arts Fellows
January 23 - March 13, 2005
Friday, January 28, 5-8 p.m., opening reception with artists' talk
Nancy Mladenoff
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An exhibition showing artwork by the seven winners of Visual Arts Fellowships from the Wisconsin Arts Board in 2004. This highly competitive program draws several hundred submissions from artists all over Wisconsin working in a wide variety of media. Artists in this exhibition are Terese Agnew, of Milwaukee (fiber); John Balsley, Brown Deer (sculpture); Kim Cridler, Sheboygan (sculpture); Susan Dupor, Lake Geneva (painting); Briony Jean Foy, Madison (fiber); Nancy Mladenoff, Madison (painting); and Mark Mulhern, Milwaukee (painting).
Bird Ross
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Bird Ross and Tom Loeser, side-by-side solo exhibitions
March 22 - May 1, 2005
Friday, April 1, 5-8 p.m., opening reception with artists' talk
Tom Loeser
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Madison artists Bird Ross and Tom Loeser will inaugurate a series of side-by-side solo exhibitions in the Wisconsin Academy's James Watrous Gallery. Loeser, an art professor at UW-Madison and an internationally known art furniture maker, will exhibit his elegant (and often whimsical) painted and carved furniture pieces. Bird Ross will show mixed media constructions that combine her interests in materials, process, and performance.
Scott Espeseth
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Paula Schulze and Scott Espeseth, side-by-side solo exhibitions
May 6 - June 19, 2005
Gallery Night: Friday, May 6, sponsored by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Friday, May 13, 5-8 p.m., opening reception with artists' talk
Paula Schulze
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Madison artist Scott Espeseth's drawings utilize texture, atmosphere, and illusion arrived at with translucent layers of graphite on paper. His art involves narrative images aimed at elucidating the bitter sweetness and uncertainty of day-to-day life. Paula Schulze's mezzotint prints are explorations in abstractions inspired by maps, the history of ornament, and the art and architecture of pre-Renaissance Italy. Both artists work in
black and white in small size to draw the viewer in and to focus on miniature worlds of story and design.
Jamie Young (detail)
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Jamie Young and Christine Holtz, side-by-side solo exhibitions
June 28 - August 7, 2005
Friday, July 1, 5-8 p.m., opening reception with artists' talks.
Christine Holtz
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Photographers Christine Holtz (Platteville) and Jamie Young (Madison) each use space and landscape as the subject matter for their artwork, but in a contrasting manner. Holtz's imagery of everyday environments creates conceptual landscapes that are stark and minimalist. Young's panoramic photos depict the lush Midwestern landscapes in vivid color with a painterly quality.
Dorota Biczel Nelson
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Dorota Biczel Nelson and Douglas Holst, side-by-side solo exhibitions
August 16 - September 25, 2005
Friday, August 19, 5-8 p.m., opening reception with artists' talks.
Douglas Holst
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Milwaukee artists Dorota Biczel Nelson and Douglas Holst work in the traditions of minimalism and abstraction, but with decidedly new twists. Nelson's pairs of textural acrylic paintings shown next to the collographic prints made from the same paintings ask the viewer to examine what is "real" and what is simulated. Holst's large, brightly colored paintings are part cool abstraction and part Sputnik-era design fun.
