Showing posts with label Gallery Night. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gallery Night. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

What a Night!

If there’s ever a reason to clear your calendar and make time for art, Gallery Night is it. Organized twice a year by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, the event creates the perfect storm of diverse art, local artists, an art-loving audience and venues that range from traditional to unusual.

Held this Friday from 5 to 9 p.m., Gallery Night allows people to gallery hop through museums, galleries and other businesses, viewing art, meeting artists, and experiencing receptions, tours and demonstrations along the way.

Katie Kazan, director of public information at MMoCA, says Gallery Night started out in the 1980s and has since grown into a citywide tradition with a record fifty-nine participants this year.

“People like the variety of events that are available: demonstrations, openings, opportunities to meet artists, etc.,” she says. “Many people also like the fact that they can gallery-hop in their own neighborhood or another neighborhood around the city. Because participation in Gallery Night is low-cost, it’s a way for non-art businesses (exercise or yoga studios and pet stores, for example) to show and promote temporary exhibitions in an affordable way.”

The following are the participants in Spring 2009 Gallery Night. But new this year is an online map—check it out to navigate your course for the evening.

West

Art in the Afternoon 3606 Deer Path Rd., Middleton. 469.2994. artintheafternoon.net

The Bohemian Bauble 404 W. Lakeside St. 333.2646. bohobauble.com

The Century House 3029 Unversity Ave. 233.4488. centuryhouseinc.com

Chiripa, Artisan Crafts of the Americas 636 S. Park St. 441.8808. chiripashop.com

DeRicci Gallery 1000 Edgewood College Dr. 663.2263. edgewood.edu/community/studioart.aspx

Douglas Art and Frame 3238 University Ave. 441.9948.

Fine Earth Studio & Gallery 2207 Regent St. 843.1933, fine-earth.org

Grace Chosy Gallery 1825 Monroe St. 255.1211. gracechosygallery.com

Higher Fire Clay Studio 2132 Regent St. 233.3050. higherfireclaystudio.com

Janus Galleries 2701 Monroe St. 233.2222. janusgalleries.com

Long Term Care Institute 6502 Grand Teton Plaza, Suite 107. 233.7042.

Macha Teahouse and Gallery 1934 Monroe St. 442.0500. machateahouse.com

Milward Farrell Fine Art 2701 Monroe St., Suite 200. 238.6501. milwardfarrellfineart.com

Mound Street Yoga Center 1342 Mound St. 442.6792. moundstreetyoga.com

Quarry Arts Building 715 Hill St. 770.3729. quarryarts.com

Spectacular Spectacular 1414 S. Park St. 345.4954

Studio Jewelers 1306 Regent ST. 257.2627. studiojewelerswi.com

TileArt 1719 Monroe St. 255.8453. tileartdesign.com

Unearthed 2501 University Ave. 441.1993. unearthedmadison.com

Downtown

16 Hands Studio 104 King St. 219.0342.

Ancora Coffee 112 King St. 255.2900. ancoracoffee.com

Anthology 218 State St. 204.2644. anthology.typepad.com

Chazen Museum of Art 800 University Ave. 263.2246. chazen.wisc.edu

Curved Artists at Café Montmartre 127 E. Mifflin St. 698.6232. getcurved.com

Hyart Gallery 133 W. Johnson St. 442.0562. hyartgallery.com

Little Luxuries 230 State St. 255.7372

Madison Children’s Museum 100 State St. 256.6445. madisonchildrensmuseum.org

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art 227 State St. 257.0158. mmoca.org

Madison Senior Center 330 W. Mifflin St. 266.6581. madisonseniorcenter.org

Overture Galleries 201 State St. 258.4961. overturecenter.com/galleries

Porter Butts and Class of 1925 Galleries Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St. 262.7592. union.wisc.edu/art

Raw Materials 408 E. Wilson St. 268.0451

Savoir Faire 5 N. Pinckney St. 819.8066. sfcardsandgifts.com

State Street Gallery 109 State St. 819.0304. statestreetgallery.com

Steep & Brew Gallery 544 State St. 256.2902. steepnbrew.com

UW Art Department 7th Floor Gallery 455 N. Park St. 262.1660. art.wisc.edu

Wisconsin Academy’s James Watrous Gallery Overture Center, 201 State St. 265.2500. wisconsinacademy.org

WYOU Community Television at Dance Fabulous 212 N. Henry St. 258.9644. wyou.org

East

Absolutely Art 2322 Atwood Ave. 249.9100. absolutelyartllc.com

Arts 4 All at Escape Java Joint 916 Williamson St. 249.7333.

ArtSPACE Twenty-Two Eleven 2211 Atwood Ave. 257.9443.

Azena Photography 202 S. Dickinson St. 245.2797. azenaphoto.com

bad dog frida 2094 Atwood Ave. 442.6868. baddogfrida.com

The Black Earth Kiln Group 149 Waubesa St. 244.5040.

Carta StudioWorks 2001 Atwood Ave. 669.4329. cartastudioworks.com

Common Wealth Gallery 100 S. Baldwin St. 256.6565. cwd.org

DNA Studios 2057 Winnebago St. 244.0111. dnastudios.us

Earley Design 1231 E. Wilson St. 256.5171

Eastside Bazaar 836 E. Johnson St. 320.4611. eastsidebazaar.com

Jackie Macaulay Gallery at Social Justice Center 1202 Williamson St. 227.0206. socialjusticecenter.org

Lucent Room Studio 305 S. Livingston St. 316.1644. lucentroom.com

Madison Shambhala Center 408 S. Baldwin St. 217.2132. herspiral.com

Pong Gallery 1976 Atwood Ave. 206.2759

Radiant Glass 100 S. Baldwin St., Suite 100. 446.2830. radiantglass.com

Renéeglass Factory 100 St. Baldwin St., Suite 100. 255.1000. reneeglass.com

Studio Paran 2051 Winnebago St. 242.1111. studioparan.com

The Skin Source 845 E. Johnson St. 251.6511. theskincaresource.net

Winnebago Studios 2046 Winnebago St. winnebagostudios.org

Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired 754 Williamson St. 255.1166. wcblind.org

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Art Everywhere!

Mark your calendars—Gallery Night is a week and a half away.

The twice-annual event, in which galleries, museums and businesses open to the public to showcase art and offer receptions and demonstrations, is October 3 from 5 to 9 p.m.


This year, fifty-four organizations across town are participating. That number has grown steadily over the years, says Katie Kazan, director of public information for the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, the group that’s organized the event for over twenty years. “I think that’s the clearest indication as to how important this event is to the community,” she adds.

In addition to museums galleries, a unique aspect to Gallery Night is the diversity of businesses that showcase art. Some places, such as frame shops and coffee shops, have a natural connection to the arts, Kazan says. And others are just fun additions.

“Now we have upholstery shops and veterinary services and acupuncture centers,” she says. “We’re really happy that they’re participating.”


And the special events that art part of Gallery Night—from artist meetings to watching demonstrations to listening to live music—attract a broader audience than traditional art events typically do, according to Kazan.

Additionally, a few galleries—such as Absolutely Art and Wisconsin Union Galleries—have artists participating in PhotoMidwest, the biennial photography fest sponsored by The Center for Photography at Madison, with exhibits, lectures and workshops around Madison during the month of October.

Read on for the lineup of organizations taking part in Gallery Night—or find a list and more info on the MMoCA website. Remember, it’s not too early to start plotting your course.


East Side

Absolutely Art
2322 Atwood Ave.

ArtSPACE Twenty-Two-Eleven
2211 Atwood Ave.

Atwood Acupuncture Center
2045 Atwood Ave., Suite 105

Body Conscious PilateSpa
2045 Atwood Ave., Suite 107

Bungalow 1227 1227 E. Wilson St.

Bungalow Pros
229 North St.

Cafe Zoma
2326 Atwood Ave.

Common Wealth Gallery
100 S. Baldwin St.

EVP Coffee
1250 E. Washington Ave.

Lucent Room Studio 305 S. Livingston St.

Morris Altman Studio
1149 E. Dayton St. 


Off-Center Studios 2716 Atwood Ave.

Radiant Glass
100 S. Baldwin St., Suite 100

Reneéglass Factory
100 S. Baldwin St., Suite 100

Spiritual Vibes 2733 Atwood Ave.

The Straight Thread—Furniture Upholstery
2033 Atwood Ave.

Studio Paran 2051 Winnebago St.

Theo Streibel Photography 202 S. Dickinson St.

U-Frame-It Gallery
857 E. Johnson St.

Willy Street Co-op 1221 Williamson St.

Winnebago Studios 2046 Winnebago St.


Downtown

16 Hands Studio
104 King St.

Anthology 218 State St.

Architecture Network, Inc.
116 E. Dayton St.

Broden Gallery, Ltd.
218 N. Henry St.

HYART Gallery 133 W. Johnson St.

Little Luxuries, Inc.
230 State St.

Madison Children’s Museum 100 State St.

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art 227 State St.

Madison Public Library 201 W. Mifflin St.

Raw Materials
408 E. Wilson St.

State Street Gallery 109 State St.

Wisconsin Academy’s James Watrous Gallery
201 State St., 3rd floor in the Overture Center for the Arts

Wisconsin Union Galleries
800 Langdon St., Rm. 507


West Side

The Bohemian Bauble 404 W. Lakeside St.

Century House 3029 University Ave.

Chiripa, Artisan Crafts of the Americas
636 S. Park St.

Douglas Art and Frame
3238 University Ave.

Edgewood College—DiRicci Gallery 1000 Edgewood College Dr.

Fine Earth Studio & Gallery 2207 Regent St.

Gardens Gallery at Independent Living Retirement Community
602 N. Segoe Rd.

Grace Chosy Gallery 1825 Monroe St.

Higher Fire Clay Studio 2132 Regent St.

Hilldale Shopping Center
702 N. Midvale Blvd.

Janus Galleries 2701 Monroe St.

Lakeview Veterinary Clinic 3518 Monroe St.

Ma-Cha Teahouse and Gallery 1934 Monroe St.

Meuer Art & Picture Frame Company 8448 Old Sauk Rd.

Milward Farrell Fine Art 2701 Monroe St.

Orange Tree Imports
1721 Monroe St.

Spirals Antiques & Interiors
1843 Monroe St.

Studio Jewelers 1306 Regent St.

TileArt
1719 Monroe St.

unearthed
 2501 University Ave.


Photos top to bottom are works by Robert Barnes at MMoCA, Paula Swaydan Grebel at Bungalow 1227, Lane Hall and Lisa Moline at the James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Connie Frisch-Cherniak at the Wisconsin Union Galleries and Yueh-mei Cheng at Grace Chosy Gallery.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

A Photo a Day

Many artists will tell you the key to being good at their craft is practice, practice, practice. And consistency is also a crucial part of the equation. 

Angela Richardson is learning this firsthand—in an entirely new way—through her latest artistic endeavor.

The Madison visual artist and performer is known in a lot of circles around town (she’s a founding member and performer at Cherry Pop Burlesque, runs Dr. Sketchy's Anti Art School Madison and is often known by the stage name “Olive Talique”).

Yet Richardson is returning to an early love of photography by participating in Project 365 on the photo-sharing website Flickr. The premise of Project 365 is simple: Participating artists must post a photo every day for a year.

Of course, actually doing this isn’t so simplistic. Richardson has found the daily practice of taking and sharing a photograph has had profound and sometimes surprising impacts.

Richardson started her own Project 365 site on January 22 and has since captured such varied subject matter as a bird silh
ouetted in a tree, a piece of chocolate cake, doodles on a notebook page, a pair of legs (hers) in fishnet stockings and hot-pink stilettos, local architecture and myriad faces.

“I don’t have any preconceived notions,” she says of what scenes catch her attention. “I really do approach every day as, ‘OK, I’m going out into the world.’”

But over time—she’s now only about a third of the way into the project—she’s learned to spot a good shot.

“As I go along, my eye becomes more finely tuned,” she says. “When I see a picture, I know to 
stop and take it.”

When Richardson posts a photo, she also offers a written entry “to provide context, share info, vent, crack a joke, tell a story,” she explains on her site. In her words as well as her images, she typically presents a mix of humor, optimism, thoughtfulness and beauty.

When viewed together on Richardson’s site, the photos appear to have been chosen as a collective, not a piecemeal accumulation. That the images complement one another is testament to the strength of each person’s individual vantage point, she says.

“The fact that they look neat together is because it’s seeing the world through one person’s eyes,” she says. “I tend to be optimistic. I try to see the beautiful. I have faith in the world and I look for images that reinforce that.”

Taking the time to capture an image every day, as opposed to breaking out a camera only for special occasions, has had a slowing, almost meditative, effect on Richardson.

“It’s also taught me to look really carefully and pay hyper-attention to things,” she says. “I’ve been really moved by the fact that there’s absolute abundant beauty everywhere. It’s been very joyful in that way.”

Over the past few months, Richardson also has learned to trust the process, that she will get a photo every day, even if it comes later than she’d like. “Images are absolutely everywhere,” she says. “I can’t even escape them—and I mean that in the best way.”

She reached her one-hundredth-photo milestone just before Gallery Night last Thursday, and showcased her images at Winnebago Studios. She also hopes to have a show next year after she wraps the project.

Richardson isn’t sure what she’ll photograph before then or what her feelings on the project will be at that point. But she’s grateful for the chance to be “forced” into working on her photography on such a regular basis and adopting a daily practice.

“I didn’t really question the wisdom of that before, but I didn’t understand what that meant,” she says.

For more information on Angela Richardson—or to see her photography or purchase a print—visit her Flickr page or artist site, or email her at angela-art@charter.net.

Richardson’s photos shown above are Sometimes…, This is the beginning of a new story, Contrast and Ha ha ha!


COMING UP: A few events to check out this week

Jazz lovers should check out Tunes at Monona Terrace this evening when MadiSalsa Latin Jazz performs.

Madison Opera offers its first production of tragic opera Lucia Di Lammermoor on Friday and Sunday. Meanwhile Encore! Studio for the Performing Arts debuts its first full musical, Found Money, on Saturday; the production runs through May 24.

The Chazen Museum of Art transforms into a big top on Saturday with circus performers, entertainment and, of course, art. Also on Saturday is the Madison Area Music Awards at the Barrymore Theatre.

Don’t forget Mom this weekend. Olbrich Botanical Gardens presents a Mother’s Day Concert Sunday afternoon, while the UW Arboretum offers a Birding before Brunch walk, Mother’s Day Brunch and Mother’s Day Walk.

And next Tuesday through Sunday, Overture Center presents the musical comedy Monty Python’s Spamalot.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

An Artistic Addition

Madison has a newcomer to its visual arts scene: Bungalow 1227, a laid-back enclave for artists and art lovers at 1227 E. Wilson St.

Set in a cozy brick bungalow, the gallery is the latest undertaking of Pat Dillon, a Madison artist and writer (she’s written about travel for Madison Magazine).

“This is one thing I’ve been wanting to do for a long time,” she says.

Dillon transformed the former home into a rustic gallery, exposing stone walls and keeping the original wood floors intact. Paintings and drawings fill the walls—as well as windows covered with sheets of corrugated metal—and pottery is displayed on shelves and tables.

That the gallery was a concept brewing in Dillon’s mind for years allowed her to keep tabs on artists she’d one day like to represent. She created Bungalow 1227 to be a relaxed space where local and regional artists can display their work. But she’s thrown some international artists into the mix, too.

Dillon also intends for the gallery to be welcoming the public. Art lovers of all stripes can pop in straight from the adjacent bike path or from a stroll along East Wilson Street to look, shop and talk art.

The gallery’s opening is May 2, in conjunction with the city’s spring Gallery Night. Her first show is Women Inspired Art, which runs through June 30.

Proceeds from all her shows will benefit a charity, this time the YWCA’s Third Street Program.


COMING UP: A few events and performances to check out this week.

Design MMoCA takes over the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Friday through Sunday for a showcase of interior design based on works from the museum’s permanent collection.

Thursday through Saturday, the UW Dance Program offers its Spring Program Concert at Lathrop Hall.

The Madison Symphony Orchestra brings the sounds of Russia to Overture Center with concerts Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Also at Overture is a free Community Hymn Sing Saturday morning in which the public can sing along with the concert organ.

The city will be filled with runners taking part in the 27th Annual Crazylegs Classic on Saturday. The 8K run starts and the Capitol Square and makes its way throughout the downtown.

And hundreds of alpacas and fans of the fuzzy animals will meet up at the Alliant Energy Center Saturday and Sunday for the Great Midwest Alpaca Festival.