Category: Art
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The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County’s (UUFDC) Social Justice Committee is presenting an exhibit of posters, photos, memorabilia, crafts and poems reflecting how our right to protest promotes deeply held UU principles of equity, justice and the inherent worth and dignity of every person. PROTEST! Bearing Witness, Seeking Justice addresses issues such as immigration, […]
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Artwork-lyric pairings from Love On Holiday Love in all its forms took center stage Feb. 8 and 9 during the Love On Holiday concerts at Third Avenue Playhouse. More than 30 songwriters/musicians came together at the Holiday Music Motel over the course of a week to collaborate and create original songs inspired by the work […]
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Door County Reads Holds Gallery Walk
Martinez Studio will open its doors on Feb. 9 and 10, 9 am – 12 pm, as part of the Sturgeon Bay Library Gallery Walk, a 2019 Door County Reads program. Martinez Studio is listed with several other local galleries in tandem with this year’s featured books: Wintering by Peter Geye and The Death and […]
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TAP Hosts Love On Holiday Concerts Feb. 8 and 9
As the culmination of the weeklong Love On Holiday songwriting collaboration, Third Avenue Playhouse will host Love On Holiday concerts on Feb. 8 and 9. More than 30 songwriters spent a week writing and recording “songs of love … and love gone away,” and will share them at the concerts. This collaboration is different from […]
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Tips for beginner snow sculptors If you’re getting bored with building run-of-the-mill snowmen, now might be the time to try your hand at snow sculpting. With the unbearably cold temperatures and wind chills out of the forecast (at least for now), get outside and be creative. Here are a few tips for beginner snow sculptors. • Know your snow. […]
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Wisconsin’s Greenbelt Town Is Focus of Exhibit Talk
An exhibit talk and slide presentation by Milwaukee-based history writer Erin TerBeek will kick off a new year of free public programming in the Miller Art Museum’s 2019 Second Thursday Program Series. The event, scheduled for Feb. 14 at 10:30 am, will take place in the main gallery of the museum. It is free and […]
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Kress Pavilion and Miller Art Museum Collaborate on ‘The Water in You’
The Miller Art Museum and the Donald and Carol Kress Pavilion are working together to present The Water in You, an exhibit that celebrates art and water. The Miller Art Museum is lending the artwork on display to the Kress Pavilion and welcomes this opportunity to share works from its permanent collection in a different […]
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New Website for Northeast Wisconsin Arts Association
The Northeast Wisconsin Arts Association (NEWAA) is a creative network and grassroots social enterprise whose mission since 2017 has been to connect, celebrate and shine a spotlight on the creative communities of the 18 counties that make up the “New North.” NEWAA’s members are arts organizations and artists – visual artists, musicians, writers, performers, photographers, filmmakers, […]
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Lobby Gallery Winter Exhibit at Community Foundation
The Lobby Gallery Winter Exhibit at the Door County Community Foundation features works by Dan Cross, Arlene Stanger and Steven Stanger. Cross earned a bachelor of arts in art education, with emphases on painting, ceramics and photography, at the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. He lives in West Jacksonport and owns Idea Gallery/Studio, where he […]
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The Peninsula School of Art (PenArt) invites all ages to participate in its first annual Winter Print event: a family-friendly, hands-on art-making event held during Fish Creek’s Winter Festival. Head to the school in Fish Creek on Feb. 2, from 10 am to 2 pm. Participants can choose to do one – or all three […]
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Plum Bottom Gallery will hold its annual Valentine’s show on Feb. 2-3. Paper-quilling artist Heather Allard will be at the gallery for a demonstration on Feb. 2, 11 am – 2 pm. Allard’s delicate paper filigrees incorporate vibrant color, beautiful dimensions and textures. With nature as inspiration, Allard’s lilacs, daisies, roses, hearts and abstract compositions […]
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Wence and Sandra Martinez Juried into ‘Excellence in Fibers IV’
Martinez Studio’s weaving “Tronco” – designed by Sandra Martinez and woven by Wence Martinez – has earned an Award for Excellence in Fibers for wall or floor work, and they will be profiled in the winter 2019 edition of Fiber Art Now magazine. The work rose above a pool of several hundred entries judged by […]
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Paintings, Ceramics at James May February Exhibit
The James May Gallery’s February opening reception – to be held Feb. 1, 5:30-8 pm – will feature paintings by Brighton Smith and ceramic sculptures by Craig Clifford and Debbie Kupinsky. The sculptors will give a talk at 6 pm to discuss their process, inspirations, teaching and collaboration as artistic partners. Smith grew up in […]
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Love On Holiday Songwriting Retreat
Love On Holiday is the Holiday Music Motel’s winter collaborative songwriting retreat: an entire week during which the motel houses more than 30 songwriters who write and record a new batch of “Songs of Love … and Love Gone Away.” As with the motel’s other two events – Dark Songs and the Steel Bridge Songfest […]
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Sculptor Jeff Olson Helps Gibraltar Students Create Wooden Boats
In conjunction with the upcoming Winter Water Fest at Door Community Auditorium (DCA), Door County sculptor Jeff Olson helped Gibraltar Elementary School students create wooden boats, which are currently on display in DCA’s Link Gallery of Children’s Art. Olson, who lives in Egg Harbor but shows his work nationally (including appearances on Good Morning America […]
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Scandia Family and Friends in Latest Meadows Show
The next show at the Meadows Art Gallery in Scandia Village is Scandia Family and Friends. Every year the residents, staff, relatives and friends at Scandia Village take the stage to present the many different types of art they produce. The show features paintings, drawings, photographs, jewelry, fabric art and quilting. The artists ages range […]
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Plein Air Artist Brings Outdoor Drama Indoors
From now until Feb. 3, art lovers will want to see the artwork of Pam Flanders at the Hope Art Alcoves at the Hope United Church of Christ, 141 S. 12th Ave., Sturgeon Bay. In 1998, with the support of her family, Flanders left a nursing career to pursue a lifelong dream of being an […]
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Guest Artist Visits Family Art Day
Andy Rubin, of the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Tandem Press, was the guest artist at Peninsula School of Art’s Family Art Day on Jan. 19. Rubin demonstrated screen printing and helped kids create their own hand-printed Valentine’s Day cards. Rubin is one of the featured artists in the Peninsula School of Art’s current exhibit, […]
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Photography Exhibit at Community Foundation
The community is invited to attend a reception on Jan. 19, 4:30-6 pm, at the Door County Community Foundation (DCCF). The reception celebrates the Lobby Gallery’s winter exhibit, featuring works by Dan Cross, Arlene Stanger and Steven Stanger. The DCCF is located at 222 N. Third Ave. in Sturgeon Bay. Refreshments will be served by […]
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Turtle Ridge Art Camps Are Back
The Turtle Ridge Gallery team offers one of its most popular Art Camps — Make Your Tote Bag — on Jan. 19-20. The course starts with a Friday-night orientation and refreshments (on Jan. 18). It’s a six-hour class with two three-hour sessions on Saturday and Sunday, so there’s enough free time to explore Door County […]