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Grohmann Museum at MSOE

Fri: 5-9 p.m., Sat: 12-6 p.m.
1000 N. Broadway

Dave Clay’s Industrial Atmospheres

Milwaukee native Dave Clay is an artist, software architect, engineer and musician. Now hailing from Seattle, he works in a variety of media including digital collage, metal, large-scale interactive sculpture and painting. Among his diverse body of work, Clay’s industrial landscapes stand out as particularly novel and captivating. Though he works in a high-tech field, he is both drawn to and moved by the most elemental of industrial processes. Clay’s industrial paintings are at once exquisite, shadowy and other-worldly. They provide a virtual sensory experience, in which we not only see, but can almost feel the heat and smell the steam and smoke of the mills, foundries and forge shops he captures. These industrial landscapes and interiors provide an amazing opportunity for the Museum and its patrons as a compelling start to our 2026 exhibition season. Opening nights on Friday, Jan. 16, features an artist’s talk at 7 p.m.

Charles Allis Art Museum

Fri: 5-8 p.m. (live music 5:30 p.m.), Sat: 12-4 p.m.
1801 N. Prospect Ave.

Emerging Voices & Reimagined Objects

Explore one of Milwaukee’s most beautiful historic mansions and enjoy an evening of art and live music. Friday night includes the opening reception for the Winter Arts@1801 exhibition in the Great Hall, featuring student artwork from the museum’s youth arts program. Enjoy light and live music, followed by time to explore Bated Breath: Neglected Possessions, on view throughout the home. Featuring Milwaukee artists Leah Schlageter, Catherine Martin, and Sea Green, the exhibition transforms discarded and overlooked materials into imaginative mixed-media works—inviting visitors to reflect on resilience, reinvention, and the beauty found in what we leave behind.

David Barnett Gallery

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

Revolution Against the Rational: Surrealist Art at David Barnett Galler

The show will feature over 20 color lithographs produced by the estate of René Magritte, as well as works by Salvador Dalí, André Masson, Joan Miró,and others. These artists rejected logic in favor of embracing the unconscious. Influenced by the writing of Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx, Surrealism became an international intellectual and political movement. The Surrealist Manifesto by André Breton critiqued bourgeois rationality and embraced the irrational, the fantastical, and the world of dreams. The exhibition explores the myriad ways visual artists interpret Surrealism historically and today.

David Barnett Gallery Attic

Fri: 5-8:30 PM, Sat: 11 AM-4 PM
1024 E. State St.

Cooler in the Attic

Climb the stairs and brave the cold in the third-floor Attic at the David Barnett Gallery. Pick up your free “Cooler in the Attic” sticker. Those making it up the stairs Washingatond into the frigid attic to view some of the best local art from established Wisconsin artists, will receive an “I Am Cool” button to show their dedication to fine art. Media includes oil, watercolor and acrylic paintings, stone sculpture, fabricated and cast metalwork, fine art photography, mixed media, collage and fibers. The 24 exhibiting artists include Deb Van Eyck, Kim Cunningham, JJ Joyce, Thomas Buchs, Tom Smith, Cherie Raffel, Gene Daoust, Gwen Granzow, Kristine Hinrichs, Tree Lind, Lee Grantham, Jan Mirenda Smith, Sandy Achterberg, Ken Vonderberg, Ruth Vonderberg, Denise Schanz, Joyce Eesley, Bonnie deArteaga, Erico Ortiz, Jane Gates, William Lemke, Laura Easey-Jones, Barbara Friedman and REGs Scheeler.

Duotone Modern

Fri & Sat: 5-9 p.m.
534 N. Water St.

Contemporary Works: Oils, Collage, & Photography

Join us at Duotone Modern for a special exhibition of contemporary local artists. Evocative oil paintings of Kimberly Burnett, inspired textural collage/mixed media of Ross Severson, and the captivating 35mm photographs of Luis Mora will be available to view and purchase.

Saint Kate – The Arts Hotel

Fri: 5-9 p.m.
139 E. Kilbourn Ave.

Artist in Residence & Saint Kate Galleries

Join us for Winter Gallery Night with Saint Kate Artist in Residence (AIR) Julia Bradfish. Guests are invited to step into the AIR studio to meet Julia and experience her abstract painting practice. Explore the balance between intention and accident, structure and spontaneity, along a playful journey of creative experimentation. Then grab a creatively inspired cocktail from the Bar and spark a conversation with Saint Kate’s Curator in Residence, Shane McAdams, and visit our galleries to view all new exhibitions.

The Pfister Hotel

Fri: 5-9 p.m., Sat: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
424 E. Wisconsin Ave.

Woodland Wonders, The Red Hat Series

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 to locals and visitors alike through our extensive Victorian art collection and esteemed Artist in Residence program. Join us for Winter Gallery Night to interact with The Pfister Hotel’s 16th Artist in Residence, figurative oil painter Sasha Kinens, in her studio located at the lobby level of the hotel. Sasha’s Latvian heritage influences her work, capturing thought-provoking moments through landscapes and expressive subjects.

The Village Church

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

Villagers and Friends

Village Church is welcoming members and friends to share their art – 2D, 3D, poetry, music, food.

Woodland Pattern

Fri: 4-7 p.m., Sat: 12-7 p.m.
720 E. Locust St.

Think Something Revolutionary, Think Change: Work by Evelyn Patricia Terry

From Evelyn: Accepting my predicament of nonstop navigating forward into a blind future, I surrendered to my exhibition title. The underlying premise opens outward to deeply encourage viewers to join in and contemplate personal change in four ways: painted prayer drawings,
a tribute to Fred Hampton’s last speech on power to the people rendered with smaller assemblages (honoring the exhibition title), and two books celebrating and embracing all American inhabitants as immigrants living together in America. Each piece’s title serves as a directive, a closing gesture, a final thread binding feelings and processes to ongoing discovery, vision, revolution, and change.

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Grohmann Museum at MSOE

Fri: 5-9 p.m., Sat: 12-6 p.m. 1000 N. Broadway

Charles Allis Art Museum

Fri: 5-8 p.m. (live music 5:30 p.m.), Sat: 12-4 p.m. 1801 N. Prospect Ave.

David Barnett Gallery

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

David Barnett Gallery Attic

Fri: 5-8:30 PM, Sat: 11 AM-4 PM 1024 E. State St.