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David Barnett Gallery

Fri: 5-9 p.m., Sat: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
1024 E. State St.

Two one-person exhibitions: John Hallett: From Bark to Bronze & Daniel Klewer: Stripes: Textured Relief 

Hallett, a sculptor who works primarily in bronze and glass, is a retired veterinarian whose oeuvre is influenced in part by his former profession. His sculptures of animals display a sensitive attention to detail, and his most recent works incorporate glass and bronze in organic settings. Klewer, a painter in color-saturated acrylic and mixed media, has all but abandoned the paintbrush for an abstract textural striped surface that projects off the canvas. His playful and often alliteratively titled compositions take on geometric form.

 

Charles Allis Art Museum

Fri: 5-8 p.m., Sat: 12-4 p.m.
1801 N. Prospect Ave. 

Strike at Allis Chalmers and other Wisconsin Stories

This exhibition explores the struggle of the Allis-Chalmers workers in their heroic strike for union security and higher wages at the West Allis plant first in 1941 and 1946. These workers organized a powerful union, United Auto Workers 248, which became the backbone of the broader Congress of Industrial Organizations in Wisconsin. Their strike was met with repression, water cannons, and armored vehicles. The union’s militant story is told through a large scale woodcut, historical photos, film and ephemera. This Exhibition also explores other Wisconsin working class history, social movements, and folk culture, depicting a history and art practice for the many.

Creative Counseling of Milwaukee

Fri: 5-8 p.m.
2266 N. Prospect Ave., Suite 204

What are Word-Drawings? 

 Sometimes an artist’s works are so unique that they can’t be categorized in the usual way. Suzanne Rosenblatt’s word-drawings are of that type. What are “word-drawings?” Rosenblatt is a gifted poet and a spontaneous pen and ink sketcher. One day she had the idea to draw what she was thinking as she captured the moment in a sketch. The result was fantastic. Come see her word-drawings — you’ll be amazed and amused!

 

Our Creative Spirit Soars

Creating art can bring joy, solace, healing and growth — all at the same time! Come see paintings by Creative Counseling clients whose vivid and arresting works attest to the enduring creative spirit we all possess.

David Barnett Gallery Attic

Fri: 5-9 p.m., Sat: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
1024 E. State St.

Get Bewitched! There is Magic in the Attic! 

The Attic is a place where imagination misbehaves, where materials take on unexpected lives, and where artists conjure work that feels discovered rather than made. It’s cozy, a little mischievous, and absolutely alive with creative magic. Step through the doorway, ascend into the rafters, and get bewitched!

Grohmann Museum at MSOE

Fri: 5-9 p.m. (Gallery Talk at 6:30 p.m.), Sat: 12-6 p.m.
1000 N. Broadway

Lina Bertucci: Railroad Voices

The first women to work in the Milwaukee Road yards, Lina Bertucci was hired in 1974 as a brakeman. She was only the second woman to work in the Milwaukee Road yards, following her aunt, Cindy Angelos. They both entered training on the same day, and their arrival immediately sent tremors through the male-dominated field. They settled in by demonstrating full competence in their many challenges. As an aspiring artist, Bertucci arrived armed with her camera. Before long, she was accepted by most of her colleagues and set about chronicling her experience and daily toil. She notes “these photographs were never simply creative memories of a personal experience, but a record of a social and historical moment — a communal cultural and industrial transformation that intersected with my own identity as I stood witness to its passing.”

Haven Cafe

Fri & Sat: 7-11 p.m. (poetry and short story reading Fri 8-9 p.m.)
1201 N. Van Buren St.

Where We Leave Our Marks: Healing Through Creative Expression

In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, join us as we explore survival, healing, and creative expression. Featuring Tittie Pix by Milwaukee social worker, Reproductive Justice organizer, and domestic violence survivor Carly Joelle, this emerging artist’s series uses her breasts to create paintings and photographs the process as an act of reclamation; transforming a body once objectified, controlled, and harmed into a source of autonomy and artistic expression. The exhibition will also feature poetry and short story readings from survivors sharing their recovery journeys. Enjoy a DJ, refreshments from Haven Café, and community centered on resilience and healing.

 

 

Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel

Fri: 12-9 p.m., Sat: 12-8 p.m.
139 E. Kilbourn Ave.

40 Years of Tandem Press & Artist in Residence Julia Bradfish

Saint Kate is your one-stop for a full Gallery Night experience. First, the all-new exhibition, “40 Years of Tandem Press: 1986–2026,” traces four decades of one of Wisconsin’s great art institutions, showcasing the prints, processes, and techniques behind them. Down the hall, Julia Bradfish — Saint Kate’s first Artist in Residence to be offered a second year — debuts new work from her latest series alongside a catalog capturing her first year at Saint Kate. 

The Deep Groove

Fri: 4-10 p.m.
1200 E. Brady St.

Wulff One

In her first gallery exhibition, Erica Wulff offers a collection of experiments, experiences, movement, hauntings, and small exorcisms. Her paintings began to emerge in 2018 and have grown into a collection she’s ready to share. Working with painted body pressings, palette, knives, aluminum foil, and brushes, she transfers images onto canvas, and something of herself with them. Raised by homesteading artist-educator-builders in the woods of Northern Wisconsin, she was surrounded by creative forces from all walks of life. She graduated from the UWM Fine Arts Program, and spent years dancing with Wildspace Dance Company. She has raised a family, renovated houses, traveled all over the world, and has lived her life collecting stories and inspiration from amazing friends and family.

 

The Pfister Hotel

Fri: 5-9 p.m., Sat: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
424 E. Wisconsin Ave.

Victorian Art Collection & Artist in Residence Studio 

For over 130 years, The Pfister Hotel has been an icon of prestige and timeless excellence, bringing history, exceptional hospitality, and a celebration of art through an extensive Victorian art collection and esteemed Artist in Residence program. This Gallery Night, meet Artist in Residence and figurative oil painter Sasha Kinens in her studio on the lobby level. Her unique exhibition is both a tribute to her Latvian Heritage and the relatives that inspire the work, exhibiting rare pieces from her collection, and drawings and paintings that have shaped her career.

Village Church Arts

Fri: 5-9 p.m., Sat: 1-3 p.m.
130 E. Juneau Ave.

Stable: A Perspective of the Equine

 On canvas the interaction with the horse is seen with a different lens. Using different perspectives, high contrasting colors and a various spectrum of hues, artist Julie Anna Freund, sees a horse of a different color. This stable of unique horses is an exploration of seeing the horse in a distinctive way.

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