Historic Third Ward

Lily Pad | West

Exhibition: January 21 to February 20
Event Hours: Friday 5 to 9pm | Saturday 11am to 6pm
215 N Broadway  |  414-509-5756

Into the Mystic

Into the Mystic dances the line of realism and abstraction. Gene Costanza and Christopher Groves employ painterly brushstrokes and vivid colors to create dreamlike landscapes that beg viewers to meander through familiar yet spectacular spaces. Gene Costanza finds inspiration in the coastal waterways and mountain ranges of his surrounding Cascadia, while the work of Christopher Groves sings its praises to his native marshlands and forests. Groves works in the in-between of realism and abstraction, and Costanza borrows from many schools to create his characteristic “ecclesiopressionism.” Into the Mystic encourages exploration through imagination to arrive at newfound perspectives of previously known terrains.

Gallery 218

Exhibition: January 21 to March 1 | Event Hours – Friday 5 to 10pm; Saturday 12 to 5pm
207 E Buffalo Street, Suite 218 | 414.643.1732

Group Show: Gallery 218 Artists

Cooperative gallery features contemporary abstract and experimental art by regional artists. Media includes painting, photography, mixed media, clay. Artists exhibiting: Judith Hooks, Bernie Newman, Scott Onsager, Carol Liesenfelder, Denise Presnell, Hillary Johnson, Sheree Wood, Maria Page. Live jazz by String Theory, appetizers, cash bar Friday night. Accepting artists’ applications. Regular gallery hours Saturdays 1-5pm and by appointment. Second floor of the Marshall Building.

COVID Protocol: Masks are required. We may limit the number of guests in the gallery at one time.

MARN ART + CULTURE HUB

Exhibition: January 21 to March 20
Event Hours: Friday 8am to 8pm; Saturday 8am to 8pm
191 N Broadway | 414.485.0033

On View

The MARN ART + CULTURE HUB is Milwaukee’s newest creative hub, with a full-scale gallery and exhibition hall, local artist marketplace, coffee and wine bar, and conference center. The installation for Gallery Night MKE is to be determined, but you can always see works from local artists here in the forms of paintings, mixed media installations, earrings, t-shirts, potholders, and more. We love our new space and our artists, and we know you will, too.

COVID Protocol: We kindly ask all guests be vaccinated and masked.

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

Exhibition: January 17 to March 12
Event Hours: Friday 5-9 pm | Saturday 10am-5pm
273 E Erie Street | 414-847-3200

Presence and Persistence: Visions of American Blackness

The work of Sandra Bridges, David Anderson, Chrystal Gillon, and Jerry Jordan all depict Black lives in America from their own perspectives, ranging from black and white renderings to paintings and collage work. The essential humanity and spirit embodied in these artworks speaks out in opposition to the continued marginalization and racism that continues to plague our country in the 21st Century.

COVID Protocol: MIAD requires all visitors to wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status. Guests are encouraged to maintain social distance as they move through the galleries.

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design

Exhibition: January 21 to March 5
Event Hours: Friday 5-9 pm | Saturday 10am-5pm
273 E Erie Street | 414-847-3200

Great Ideas of Humanity: Posters for Thought

The Design Museum of Chicago has brought the 1950-1975 “Great Ideas of Western Man” series into the 21st century and commissioned contemporary artists and designers to create visual responses to Great Ideas of Humanity. The exhibit features posters and art objects by 60+ artists and designers, alongside reproductions of the original advertising campaign.

COVID Protocol: MIAD requires all visitors to wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status. Guests are encouraged to maintain social distance as they move through the galleries.

Oil, A City Gallery

Exhibition January 21 to March 1
Event Hours: Friday 5 to 9pm; Saturday 12 to 4pm
207 E Buffalo Street, First Floor | 414-426-8353

New & Rediscovered

Oil introduces the next installment in its show of new Wisconsin landscapes by resident artist Richard W. Patt and urban landscapes on exhibit at Oil for the first time by founding artist Hal Koenig.

Sally Duback | Barbara Manger Studio

Event Hours: Friday 5 to 9pm; Saturday 12 to 4pm
207 E Buffalo Street, Suite 301 | 262-389-5534

Paintings and mini prints by Barbara Manger and Sally Duback

Come view our one-of-a-kind prints and see how we make them.

Tory Folliard Gallery

Exhibition: January 7 to February 26
Event Hours: Friday 5 to 9pm  |  Saturday 11am-4pm
233 N Milwaukee Street |  414-273-7311

CHROMA

Emphatically linked by intense color, each artist employs individual modes of personal expression and media for wonderfully varied results. CHROMA features paintings by Mary Bero, Caitlin Bradford, TD Brenner, Derrick Buisch, Marion Coffey, Ben Grant, Michael Hedges, Anna Kunz, Shane McAdams, Dennis Nechvatal, Guzzo Pinc, Jason Rohlf, George Shipperley, and TL Solien. Also included in this dynamic collection of new work are Richard Taylor’s aluminum sculpture, Jeremy Popelka’s hand-blown Murrini glass vessels, and Stephanie Trenchard’s narrative-driven cast glass sculptures.