Julie Ganser and Jeremy Wineberg
The Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration
Denis Sargent and Michael Velliquette
Stitched Ground: Four Artists Embroider the Land
Selected Visions: An Exhibition of Artwork by the 2010 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellows
Carl Corey and Lisa Koch
The Wisconsin Academy's James Watrous Gallery is devoted to Wisconsin artists, Wisconsin art and craft history, works owned by Wisconsin collectors, and exhibitions that bridge the sciences, arts and humanities. It is a program of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, an independent, nonprofit membership organization that connects people and ideas from all areas of knowledge and all walks of life to advance thought and culture in our state.
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The James Watrous Gallery is proud to celebrate its fifth year on the third floor of the Overture Center for the Arts. The Gallery presents its
2009-2019 exhibition season:
Julie Ganser and Jeremy Wineberg
Side-by-side solo exhibitions
August 25-October 4, 2009
Opening reception Friday, August 28, 5:30-7:30 pm
Artists' talks begin at 6:30 pm
Fall Gallery Night Friday, October 2
Gallery talk begins at 6:30 pm
Sun Prairie artist Julie Ganser's multi-layered assemblage/paintings combine craft and plant materials, found objects, and sheer fabrics to form a "shadow box" effect. Ganser investigates how seasonal or periodic changes in climate can serve as visual metaphors for cyclical changes in human mood states. Madison installation artist Jeremy Wineberg utilizes drawing, painting and sculptural practices as a way to mirror natural and cultural events and to build form in a complex way. Wineberg uses a dramatic sense of movement between these processes to create an environment that questions assumptions about the everyday culture we live in.
These exhibitions are supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Ongoing support comes from DoubleTree Hotel-Madison and Robert & Carroll Heideman. The Wisconsin Academy thanks these sponsors for their generous support.
Jeremy Wineberg / Julie Ganser
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The Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration
October 11-December 6, 2009
The Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration will present the work of several of Wisconsin's most accomplished illustrators of children's books, including Laura Dronzek, Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Lois Ehlert, Kevin Henkes, Renée Graef, David McLimans, and Ellen Raskin. Several gallery events are planned, including the opening reception during the Wisconsin Book Festival and workshops with the Madison Children's Museum.
Sunday October 11: Opening reception, 2:00-5:00 pm
Includes panel discussion with artists Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Laura Dronzek, Lois Ehlert, Renée Graef, Kevin Henkes, & David McLimans.
Moderated by Kathleen T. Horning, Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center, UW-Madison.
Panel begins at 2:30 pm in Wisconsin Studio, directly across from the James Watrous Gallery. Reception is held in conjunction with the 2009 Wisconsin Book Festival.
Saturday, October 24: 1-3:00 pm, Gallery tour for families followed
by a collage workshop at the Madison Children's Museum.
Sunday, November 8: 2:00 pm, Gallery Talk by Ginny Moore Kruse,
Director Emerita, Cooperative Children's Book Center, UW-Madison.
Sunday, November 8: 1-3:00 pm, Gallery tour for families followed
by a diorama workshop at the Madison Children's Museum.
Related community events and programs:
Madison Public Library
Lois Ehlert will be featured in the Preschool Storytime program at the
branch libraries this fall. Coloring sheets and a book display related to
the show will be featured at the Central Library. For more information,
visit www.madisonpubliclibrary.org.
Glendale School outreach project
This fall, fourth and fifth grade classes at Glendale Elementary School
in Madison will create their own illustrated books based on their visions for the future.
November 17-January 8, 2010: Exhibition of selected artworks from the project will be on view in the Playhouse Gallery at the Overture Center for the Arts.
November 28, 3:30 pm: Students will read selections from their books on the Rotunda Stage at Overture.
This exhibition is supported in part by the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation. Additional support comes from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts; by a grant from the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission with additional funds from the American Girl's Fund for Children, the Evjue Foundation, and the Overture Foundation; by Stephen & Melanie Watrous, William & Lynne Watrous Eich, and Tom Watrous & Suzanne McKegney; and by Bruce Jacobs. Ongoing support comes from DoubleTree Hotel-Madison, Anita Been in memory of George Parker, and Robert & Carroll Heideman. The Wisconsin Academy thanks these sponsors for their generous support.
Denis Sargent and Michael Velliquette
Side-by-side solo exhibitions
December 15, 2009-February 7, 2010
Opening reception Friday, December 18, 5:30-7:30 pm
Artists' talks begin at 6:30 pm
Milwaukee artist Denis Sargent's series entitled Schemata references nomadic textiles from a variety of cultures. Michael Velliquette, of Madison, creates intricate and ornate cut paper works which are inspired by his interest in subjects ranging from world mythologies and folk art to Symbolism and Art Brut.
These exhibitions are supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts; and by a grant from the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission with additional funds from the American Girl's Fund for Children and the Overture Foundation. Ongoing support comes from DoubleTree Hotel-Madison, Anita Been in memory of George Parker, and Robert & Carroll Heideman. The Wisconsin Academy thanks these sponsors for their generous support.
Denis Sargent (detail) / Michael Velliquette
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Stitched Ground: Four Artists Embroider the Land
February 23-April 11, 2010
Opening reception Friday, February 26, 5:30-7:30 pm
Guest curator Jody Clowes, director of the UW-Madison's School of Human Ecology's Design Gallery, sees
Stitched Ground as an exploration of landscape through the painstaking and richly textured medium of fabric and embroidery. Each of the artists in the show—Terese Agnew (Lacrosse), Chris Niver (Milwaukee), Leah Evans (Madison) and Sarah Gagnon (Madison)—use needle and thread to create work that, while unabashedly beautiful, embodies the contradictions implicit in our relationship to the land.
Friday, February 26, 5:30-7:30 p.m., exhibition reception with gallery talk led by guest curator and Design Gallery director Jody Clowes. Exhibiting artists will be present. Gallery talk begins at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 7, 2:00 p.m., Gallery talk with exhibition artist Terese Agnew
Sunday, March 21, 2:00 p.m., Gallery talk with exhibition artist Leah Evans.
Saturday, March 27, 1-3:00 p.m., Children's tour and workshop with the Madison Children's Museum and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art; pre-registration required.
Stitched Ground: Four Artists Embroider The Land is supported by the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts, by a grant from the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation and the Overture Foundation, by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Anonymous Fund, by Suzanne and Richard R. Pieper Sr., and by Ann Neviaser. Ongoing gallery support comes from DoubleTree Hotel-Madison and Robert & Carroll Heideman. The Wisconsin Academy thanks these sponsors for their generous support.
We would also like to thank the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum for their loans of Terese Agnew's pieces to the exhibition. Finally, we thank the exhibition artists, Terese Agnew, Leah Evans, Sarah Gagnon, and Chris Niver, for their enthusiastic participation in this project..
Artwork details from Stitched Ground
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Selected Visions: An Exhibition of Artwork by the 2010 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellows
April 23-June 13, 2010
Opening reception Sunday April 25, 2:00-5:00 pm; opening remarks by Lieutenant Governor Barbara Lawton and Arts Board Executive Director George Tzougros at 2:30 pm
Friday, April 30, Gallery Talk by Jessica Calderwood begins at 5:30 pm
Spring Gallery Night, Friday, May 7, Gallery Talk by artist Reginald Baylor begins at 6:30 pm
This exhibition will feature several artworks by each of the seven winners of the 2010 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowships. New this year is the inclusion of the 2010 Media Fellowship recipient. The result of a highly competitive program, these fellowships honor outstanding Wisconsin artists from all parts of the state who work in a wide variety of media.
The 2010 Fellowship recipients are:
Visual Arts
• Reginald Baylor, Painting, Milwaukee
• Jessica Calderwood, Metal, Menasha
• Lisa Gralnick, Metal, Madison
• Kay Knight, Painting, Milwaukee
• Shayna Leib, Metal, Madison
• T.L. Solien, Painting, Madison
• Roy Staab, Sculpture, Milwaukee
Media Arts
• Douglas Rosenberg, Media Arts - Interdisciplinary, Oregon
This exhibition is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Ongoing support comes from DoubleTree Hotel-Madison and Robert & Carroll Heideman. The Wisconsin Academy thanks these sponsors for their generous support.
Details from works by Selected Visions artists (l to r) Baylor, Calderwood, Knight, Gralnick, Leib, Solien, Rosenberg, and Staab
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Carl Corey and Lisa Koch
Side-by-side solo exhibitions
June 22-August 8, 2010
Opening reception Friday, June 25, 5:30-7:30 pm
Artists' talks begin at 6:30 pm
In his large-scale photographs, Carl Corey isolates parts of the built environment such as expressway underpasses, swimming pools and suburban backyards that have become so mundane that we no longer pause to examine them closely. Glass artist Lisa Koch uses the reflective properties of float glass and mirrors to involve viewers in her work and to reflect the passage of time.
These exhibitions are supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Ongoing support comes from DoubleTree Hotel-Madison, Anita Been in memory of George Parker, and Robert & Carroll Heideman. The Wisconsin Academy thanks these sponsors for their generous support.
C. Corey / L. Koch
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