Wisconsin Arts News for March 31

A Service of the Wisconsin Arts Board 

QUOTE OF THE DAY
Twinspeak

Hold our feet, our four that are not fingers.

We so like to be petted. We've been missing

 

you. We sick, gray, would like a distillation

of all experience we might miss so better

 

to make the decision. What we're after is

I want a boat-ride. I want Alaska. Everywhere

 

is full of greenery; the difference is the sea

level but how are we to divide. We saw

 

the hawk perched on the thrush — still flying

however pinioned — and did nothing.

 

This means that we identified. So who

the hawk and who the thrush. No one wants

 

to be the hawk but otherwise the equation

would not work. Won't you join us. With you

 

coming around the stars must necessarily scratch

the sky, meaning we are still, the rest keeps moving.

 

We'll take the blue from your eyes and give it away

so we are more alike. Hold us first in your way,

 

with warmth and a certain ambiguity. We'll quiet

then we'll not. We'll speak in the singular.

 

Frances Justine Post

Frances Justine Post grew up on Sullivan's Island, outside of Charleston, SC. She received an MFA in poetry from Columbia University's School of the Arts. She is the recipient of a 2008 "Discovery" / The Boston Review Poetry Prize judged by Jorie Graham, Reginald Shepherd, and James Tate, as well as the 2006 Amy Award from Poets & Writers Magazine. Her poems have appeared, or are forthcoming, in The Boston Review, The Massachusetts Review, Seneca Review, Quarterly West, Western Humanities Review, and others. She lives in Manhattan.

 

VIDEO OF THE DAY
Video Seen: Opera on State Street

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/video/vmix_0c0ce3e0-3c33-11df-be11-001cc4c03286.html

 

FROM THE WISCONSIN ARTS BOARD

NEW:  Selected Visions - An Exhibition of Artwork by the 2010 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellows

James Watrous Gallery

April 23 - June 13

Reception:  April 25/2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Artist Talk:  April 30 – Jessica Calderwood

Artist Talk:  May 7 – Reginald Baylor

"This exhibition will feature several artworks by each of the seven winners of the 2010 Wisconsin Arts Board Visual Arts Fellowships. New this year is the inclusion of the 2010 Media Fellowship recipient. The result of a highly competitive program, these fellowships honor outstanding Wisconsin artists from all parts of the state who work in a wide variety of media."

http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/galleries/index.php?category_id=3536&subcategory_id=6570#54328

 

New Work Development Residency

Wisconsin Arts Board

Application Deadline April 9

NOTIFICATION: The New Work Development Residency program application is now available.  The New Work Development Residency will allow an individual or collaborative team to take up residence at Edenfred and create a new work at Overture Center for the Arts during the month of August, 2010. The new work must fall into a performance discipline – dance, music, theater, performance art, media or interdisciplinary collaborations – helping to advance the state of those art forms in Wisconsin. New Work Development Residency guidelines or application, both documents may be found on our website: http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov .

If you have any New Work Development Residency program questions, Contact: George Tzougros: george.tzougros@wisconsin.gov or 608/266-0190

If you have technical questions or problems concerning eGRANT

Contact:  Dale Johnson: dale.johnson@wisconsin.gov or 608/261-8217.

 

 "Wisconsin As Inspiration" – Wisconsin Arts Board Gallery

Through April 30

Exhibiting:  Rhonda Bengtson - Dick Hazaert – Ken Marsden

The Wisconsin Arts Board Exhibit Space in the Department of Administration Building was specifically designed to promote the work of Wisconsin visual artists from all corners of the state. Ample wall space has accommodated group shows as well as spacious display cases have allowed the exhibition of handmade jewelry, ceramics, sculpture and books, as well as unique "outsider art."

http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/static/DOAlobby.htm

 

Hello Riders and Friends, the 30th annual ride is fast approaching

UPAF

June 6

"The 30th annual ride is fast approaching.  Mark your calendar for Sunday, June 6th, 2010.  Do it for you, for them, for us! Why should you ride? Do you love the performing arts? Would you like to see performing arts groups thrive in Milwaukee? The Ride alone has raised over $6.7 million for the United Performing Arts Fund! Do you believe in your community? Your pledges to UPAF directly impact people of Southeast Wisconsin."

https://events.upaf.org/OFR/dsp_EventRegistration.cfm?IDER=1&reginit=1

 

Molly Johnson Selected as Premier Exhibiting Artist in the MacArthur Conference Room – Department of Administration Building (In response to a request by Secretary Morgan for Wisconsin artists to exhibit their work)
Through June 30
"Molly Johnson of Denmark, Wisconsin, is a member of both Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the Oil Painters of America. Her formal education included intense study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago . The work she has chosen to exhibit represents personal life moments. Whether it's the people around her, her family, fresh picked Wisconsin produce, or the beauty of Wisconsin countryside and lakefronts, she has been moved to capture memories on canvas or paper. Molly can be contacted at

molly@mollyjohnsonstudio.com

 

IN THE NEWS
Visual Arts/Museums

Art in America cover artist at Inova

Art City/Mary Louise Schumacher of the Journal Sentinel

"The work of current Art in America cover artist, Tatiana Trouvé, can be seen right here in Milwaukee as part of the Spatial City show at Inova/Kenilworth. The show is open through April 18. Here is the AiA piece, my preview of the Inova show and Kat Murrell's Third Coast Digest review of it. Below is a slideshow of Tatiana's work from Art in America.'

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/89594437.html

 

            Tatiana TrouveBy Francesca Pietropaolo 3/1/10

Art In America

"In her installations, sculptures and drawings, the Paris-based artist Tatiana Trouvé tackles the uncertain boundaries of fiction and reality, the mental and the physical, and explores notions of time, space and memory. Her breakthrough work was Bureau d'Activités Implicites (Bureau of Implicit Activities), or B.A.I., an open-ended project begun in 1997 and developed over a decade, and which she now considers dormant. Drawing on the often frustrating experiences of establishing herself as a professional artist, she conceived the large-scale installation as a structure in which she might place her accumulated drawings and projects for works as yet unrealized, as well as give some form of visibility to her search for support as an artist. B.A.I. consists of 13 "modules" of various sizes and forms, shown sometimes as a whole and at other times in smaller clusters."

http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/features/tatiana-trouv/

 

For Photographers, the Image of a Shrinking Path

New York Times

"By the time Matt Eich entered photojournalism school in 2004, the magazine and newspaper business was already declining. But Mr. Eich had been shooting photographs since he was a child, and when he married and had a baby during college, he stuck with photography as a career. "I had to hit the ground running and try to make enough money to keep a roof over our heads," he said. Since graduation in 2008, Mr. Eich, 23, has gotten magazine assignments here and there, but "industrywide, the sentiment now, at least among my peers, is that this is not a sustainable thing," he said. He has been supplementing magazine work with advertising and art projects, in a pastiche of ways to earn a living. "There was a path, and there isn't anymore."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/business/media/30photogs.html?ref=technology

 

Leonardo or Michelangelo: who is the greatest? Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo – who was the greater artist? A close look at their two masterpieces offers clues – but in fact the truth had already been established in an extraordinary competition

Guardian UK

"People are pushing at my back and trying to shove me aside, so they can pose, smiling, in front of the most famous smile in the world. Every photographic device the 21st century can invent, from the slenderest mobile phone to the most phallic telephoto lens, is being raised above the crowd to point at the woman isolated in her glass box. Her twilit painted world is jarred by flashbulbs as if by lightning. This is the Louvre, in March 2010, and there are no prizes for guessing what painting is causing the fuss on this ordinary day. It seems, every time you see the Mona Lisa, crazier. As I cling to the crash barrier to stare as hard as I can, I can't deny it's a bit bizarre to see a painting idolised like a star at a movie premiere. But in truth, this is wonderful. Here is a painting that is five centuries old – a relic from history, some would say. And yet it gets more visitors, from more places, than any modern work of art."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2010/mar/30/leonardo-da-vinci-michelangelo-greatest

 

Charles Ryskamp, Director of Morgan and Frick, Dies at 81

New York Times

"Charles Ryskamp, a literary scholar and art collector who was the director of two of New York's most prestigious small museums, the Pierpont Morgan Library and the Frick Collection, for nearly 30 years, died Friday in Manhattan. He was 81 and lived in Manhattan and Princeton, N.J.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/arts/design/30ryskamp.html?ref=obituaries

 

Arts and Creativity in Education

8,000 good ideas coming to Racine Unified

Racine Journal Times

"We didn't realize that the Racine Unified School District was collecting antiques. Fortunately the School Board changed that on Monday when it voted to lease 8,000 new computers and dump 6,500 old ones. Those were the antiques. Computers in some cases sat unused because they were 15 years old, which in computer terms is roughly equivalent to the age when humans were rubbing sticks together to make fire in their caves. One can live in a cave and create fire by friction if there is no other option, but that lifestyle wouldn't be the best preparation for the modern world. The same point applies to old computers. For the most basic needs - not including the Internet which is light years away from where it was a decade ago - these computers might be suitable, but they would not help students prepare for what they find outside of school."

http://www.journaltimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/article_326c9752-3c78-11df-bde4-001cc4c03286.html

 

As Colleges Make Courses Available Free Online, Others Cash In

New York Times

PARIS — "A computer in Logan, Utah, holds syllabus details, lecture notes, problem sets and exams from more than 80 Utah State University courses: but this is no secret cheat-sheet site put together by rogue hackers and pirates. Anyone, anywhere, with an Internet connection — from Bill Gates down — can log on and download these materials without cost. The site, Utah State OpenCourseWare, http://ocw.usu.edu, is part of the OpenCourseWare network, itself part of an educational resources movement dedicated to opening and reshaping global access to higher education."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/education/31iht-riedopen.html?ref=technology

 

Community Arts

Catalano Square may be spot for music and art

Art City/Mary Louise Schumacher of the Journal Sentinel

"Catalano Square, the only public park in the Historic Third Ward, may soon become the site of weekly music events and regular art fairs, if the Historic Third Ward Association and business improvement district get their way. This morning, the Common Council's Public Works Committee voted to begin negotiations with the two organizations to lease the land to them. This would allow the groups to oversee the mainenance and landscaping of the park and to hold events without going through the approval process. A number of area retailers and restaurants have been working on plans for more events on that end of the Third Ward, said Ron San Felippo. chairman of the BID. Some of the ideas on the table include having live music one night a week and a small, regular arts festival."

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/89516942.html

 

Gallery owner sees the arts as city's niche (Thank you Wendie Thompson, Facebook)

Living Lake Country

"Oconomowoc's Paul Schultz is steeped in art. By profession, Schultz is an architect who purchased and transformed a Wisconsin Avenue storefront into a cooperative art gallery known as Griffin Gallery, where he pursues his avocation, as a painter. His office, Sunarc Studio in located in the rear of the building and his residence on the renovated second floor. The exposed brick walls, original wood flooring and streaming natural light, provide a beautiful home for the dozen or so talented artists that work the gallery. "This is our sixth year," for the gallery, Schultz said. "I had this space in the front of the building and I knew a group of artists that I painted with that I've known for quite a few years. I asked them if they were interested in starting a cooperative gallery. We agreed upon it and found some other artists to join us," he said."

http://www.livinglakecountry.com/oconomowocfocus/89027757.html

 

Literary

Mama Banks' spiritual poetry is on tap

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Some poets read from the screens of their cell phones. Some hold wrinkled sheets of white paper. Mama Banks recites her verse from memory. Her poem is a sermon:

"With one swift stroke

Of His mighty pen

All of my sins

Are laid across heaven for him to see," Banks begins. The small, dark stage at the front of Brooklyn's Restaurant and Lounge on Fond du Lac Ave. is her pulpit. No one shouts, "Amen," but the response is nonetheless spirited. "C'mon!" one woman yells. "All right!" calls another. "Yes!"

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/89339827.html

 

Media Arts

Delivering Movies in Slow Motion - Postal Service cutbacks could hurt Netflix's bottom line.

The Big Money

"In the face of naysayers who have long predicted its demise, Netflix (NFLX) has had a remarkable few years. In 2005, the Los Gatos, Calif.-based DVD rental service boasted 4.2 million subscribers and enjoyed net earnings of $41.9 million. Last year, the company netted $115.9 million, and its bright red envelopes made their way into the homes of 12.3 million subscribers nationwide. The company's NASDAQ-listed stock price tripled in that period (see chart)."

http://www.thebigmoney.com/articles/judgments/2010/03/29/delivering-movies-slow-motion

 

Ka-ching! SUPERMAN breaks record again with $1.5M comic book

Washington Post

"You know Batman couldn't knock down Superman without soon getting clocked himself with a haymaker. At least where the comic-book collectibles industry is concerned. A copy of the 1938 edition of Action Comics No. 1 -- in which Superman made his debut -- sold Monday afternoon in New York for a record-setting $1.5-million through the auction/consignment site ComicConnect.com, the site told Comic Riffs."

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/03/ka-ching_superman_breaks_recor.html

 

Unleashing the Camcorder Within Your Phone, via Apps

New York Times

"I once pitied owners of early iPhones and other older smartphones because their devices lacked at least one incredibly useful feature — a video camera. Putting that single function on a phone has caused a major buildup of dust on the $500 camcorder I bought a few years ago. The iPhone captures video of adequate quality, at adequate lengths. Instantly e-mailing clips or posting them on Facebook is a bit of magic far beyond what my camcorder will ever do. Now the magic comes to even the oldest iPhones, as well as a number of other smartphones, as long as you have a buck or two to spare. That's the going rate for three apps — iVideoCamera (99 cents), Qik Video ($1.99) and Camera Plus Pro ($1.99) — that upgrade your device's still camera to video."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/technology/personaltech/25smart.html?ref=technology

 

In E-Book Era, You Can't Even Judge a Cover

New York Times

"Bindu Wiles was on a Q train in Brooklyn this month when she spotted a woman reading a book whose cover had an arresting black silhouette of a girl's head set against a bright orange background. Ms. Wiles noticed that the woman looked about her age, 45, and was carrying a yoga mat, so she figured that they were like-minded and leaned in to catch the title: "Little Bee," a novel by Chris Cleave. Ms. Wiles, a graduate student in nonfiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College, tapped a note into her iPhone and bought the book later that week."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/books/31covers.html?th&emc=th

 

Ancient book inspires classic animation of 'The Secret of Kells' - The Oscar-nominated Irish film adapted Celtic designs from the Book of Kells and Celtic lore for the story in the hand-drawn feature.

Los Angeles Times

"As advances in technology allow for ever more realism in animated features, the artists behind "The Secret of Kells" -- the little-known Irish film that caught even insiders by surprise when it edged out the likes of "Ponyo" and "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" for an Oscar nomination -- turned instead to the intricacies and grace of an ancient text to celebrate the curves and angles of traditional hand-drawn animation. Using the scrollwork designs and microscopic detailing of the Book of Kells, an illuminated manuscript of the Four Gospels likely dating to the early 8th century, "The Secret of Kells," which opens in L.A. on Friday, evokes the feel of Celtic tradition and a culture long past.'

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-kells31-2010mar31,0,470383.story

 

Technology Coalition Seeks Stronger Privacy Laws

New York Times

SAN FRANCISCO — A broad coalition of technology companies, including AT&T, Google and Microsoft, and advocacy groups from across the political spectrum said Tuesday that it would push Congress to strengthen online privacy laws to protect private digital information from government access.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/technology/31privacy.html?ref=technology

 

Performing Arts

Dance

The Dark Man Behind the Sunny Ballet

New York Times

LONDON — "To what extent should we dwell on the psyche of the artist who makes the art? "La Fille Mal Gardée" (being performed here by the Royal Ballet) and many other Frederick Ashton ballets celebrate innocence, yet Ashton once told his celebrated ballerina Margot Fonteyn that he  himself had never been innocent and that he had always been able to see through to the hearts of people. And he told his biographer that as a child he had been abused by his older brothers. Does one of the ultimate losses of childhood innocence explain Ashton's celebration of innocence in his ballets?"

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/the-dark-man-behind-the-sunny-ballet/

 

Bolshoi Theater Planning Fall 2011 Reopening

New York Times

"Closed since 2005 for a renovation project that is running years behind schedule, the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, home of both the Bolshoi Ballet (backstage in 2001, above) and Bolshoi Opera, is now aiming at October 2011 for its reopening, Agence France-Presse reported. "We are assuming that the Bolshoi Theater's historic building will be opened on Oct. 2, 2011," the theater's deputy general director, Anton Getman, said, according to Agence France-Presse.'

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/arts/dance/30arts-BOLSHOITHEAT_BRF.html

 

Bolshoi to re-open in October 2011: report

Google News (AFP)

MOSCOW — Russia's famed Bolshoi Theatre is due to re-open its doors after a controversial major restoration in October 2011, the Interfax news agency reported Saturday quoting a top official of the theatre. "We are assuming that the Bolshoi Theatre's historic building will be opened on October 2, 2011," deputy general director Anton Getman said as quoted by the agency.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jwbMxlgrEFdphGmcuqk39EUhYaPg

 

London Dance Journal: A Ballet Company to Watch

New York Times

LONDON — "The British company Ballet Black was founded in 2001 "to provide role models to young, aspiring black and Asian dancers." The company's profile has risen markedly in the last two years, and in January it won the Critics' Circle National Dance Award for outstanding company. Its six dancers are highly accomplished. The program at the Royal Opera House here was choreography-oriented – four world premieres (by Henri Oguike, Raymond Chai, Robert Hylton and Christopher Hampson, all British-based choreographers) — and there's reason to hope Ballet Black will acquire a repertory of real substance. (Maybe live music too.)"

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/london-dance-journal-a-ballet-company-to-watch/

 

Music

Waukesha symphony becomes Wisconsin Philharmonic

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"The Waukesha Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Alexander Platt, performs during a 2007 concert at St. John's Military Academy chapel in Delafield.

Close Waukesha - The Waukesha Symphony Orchestra will now be known as The Wisconsin Philharmonic, a name that reflects a broader group of musicians, a wider audience and the high level of performance, board president Mary Korkor announced Monday. Alexander Platt, music director and conductor in his 13th season with the 62-year-old part-time orchestra, said at a Waukesha news conference unveiling the new name, "It was time for a new name that transcended any sense of competition with any other ensemble but rather acknowledged and celebrated our own great traditions of extremely high quality music in this part of Wisconsin."

http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/89400647.html

 

Present Music blends sounds of toons, inventiveness to get at art of creation

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"No work of art exists in a vacuum. From the visual art of Rembrandt to compositions by John Adams, all art is influenced by works that preceded it and by the artist's life at the time of the new work's creation. Present Music put the idea of inspiration on stage Saturday evening with a program that, in part, examined the inspiration of Adams' 1992 "Chamber Symphony." Music director Kevin Stalheim used members of the Present Music ensemble and taped musical examples for elucidation, tracing the music of Schoenberg that Adams was studying and the cartoon music of Raymond Scott that Adams could hear through the wall while working, as his child watched television."

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/89360242.html

 

Madison musicians work hard to build a fan base

Dane101

"Eddie Vedder claims he never wanted to be famous. But he can't pretend he didn't work his ass off to get noticed. Any semi-serious musician knows they have to attract attention to fuel their art. Every band faces the same dilemma: how do we earn fans? Even Madison's most talented, hardest working bands play to empty rooms on regular occasions. "Promotion takes up 60 percent of my time; actual rehearsal and performance is only about 40 percent," says Mark Croft, a pop/rock Madison musician who puts in long hours forming an online community with his fans. Croft gives fans a role in his music, encouraging them to post pictures and videos of shows they attend.'

http://www.dane101.com/music/2010/03/30/madison_musicians_work_hard_to_build_a_fan_base

 

Branford Marsalis to Compose Music for 'Fences' Revival

New York Times

"The Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis announced on Tuesday that he will make his Broadway debut this spring as the composer of original music for the forthcoming revival of August Wilson's "Fences." The leader of a jazz quartet bearing his name, and a frequent soloist with classical ensembles, Mr. Marsalis said in a statement that working on the Broadway production, which will star Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, was "a dream come true."

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/branford-marsalis-to-compose-music-for-fences-revival/

 

Charleston Symphony Orchestra Suspends Operations

New York Times

"The Charleston Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina has canceled the rest of its season and suspended operations, saying it has run out of cash to pay its expenses, The Post and Courier of Charleston reported. The board president, Ted Legasey,  said in a telephone interview on Tuesday that the critical issue was a decline in fund-raising. He said that major gifts were down 60 percent from last season, creating a shortfall of about $400,000.  People who had purchased tickets for the final concert of the CSO's season, on April 17, are being offered refunds.'

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/charleston-symphony-orchestra-suspends-operations/

 

Theater

Fire alarm at Overture brings opera rehearsal, swing dancing to State Street

77 Square

"On Saturday, a mid-afternoon fire alarm prompted the evacuation of the Overture Center for the Arts. Kiddy-oke had wrapped up a short time before on the Rotunda Stage, and several arts groups were in the middle of rehearsals. As people filed out of the building, a few random singers harmonized with the sound of the alarm.'

http://host.madison.com/entertainment/arts_and_theatre/article_d00c6730-3c32-11df-a302-001cc4c03286.html

 

Other

The End of Morphoses

Michael Kaiser/Kennedy Center for the Arts

"When Christopher Wheeldon announced he was leaving Morphoses, the company he founded three years ago, it reminded me just how hard it is to start an arts organization.

Chris had everything going for him when he began his company; he is remarkably successful and famous, deeply loved by many in the dance world, and admired by even more. He claimed headlines in the New York Times when he announced his organization and received reviews from serious critics for every performance. Numerous presenters, including we at the Kennedy Center, lined up to present Morphoses. We had planned for Chris and his dancers to be part of our Ballet Across America series this Spring and to have a week of their own next season."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-kaiser/the-end-of-morphoses_b_516758.html

 

International Exchange Is Eyed by Theaters

New York Times

"Fresh off its acquisition of 16 additional theaters in the West End of London and across Britain, the Ambassador Theater Group is seeking business deals with theater owners and producers in the United States to create a cross-Atlantic distribution network for shows, one of the company's co-founders said Monday. The executive, Howard Panter, said he had received final approval from the British government on March 24 for Ambassador's purchase of two additional West End theaters — which now house the hit musicals "Wicked" and "The Lion King" — and 14 regional British theaters from Live Nation for £90 million (about $136 million). The sale, first announced in November, increases the company's theater holdings to 12 in the West End and 27 regionally, making it the dominant theater owner in Britain."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/theater/31panter.html?ref=arts

 

WHEN YOU GO
For more arts and cultural events, please go to www.portalwisconsin.org.  Have you entered your events on Portal?  Do it today!

Visual Arts/Museums

The impossible buildings of Filip Dujardin in 'Imaginary Architecture' at the Chazen

The Isthmus

Through May 16

"Although he hails from Ghent, Belgium, an old city filled with storybook canals and picturesque buildings, that's not the sort of world photographer Filip Dujardin conjures up in his show "Imaginary Architecture".  Instead, the 40-year-old artist has taken photographs of nondescript, often depressing modern buildings and remixed them using Photoshop to create strange hybrids. The results may be fantastical, but could never be described as whimsical."

http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=28660

 

Dujardin's photos, on view at the Chazen Museum of Art through May 16, depict lonely, gritty places, full of hard, industrial materials like concrete, glass and corrugated metal. Forty Artists. Six days to paint. One incredible event

Door County Plein Air Festival

July 19 - 24

Over 100 years ago, artists made the move from the studio, to painting outdoors en plein air. Artists sketched the landscape in paint to bring forth its full light and color. Today's plein air painters have mastered the art of capturing the changing light on a scene. Bold, painterly strokes and luminous colors define the brilliance of the fourth annual Door County Plein Air Festival artists.

http://www.doorcountypleinair.com/

 

Arts and Creativity in Education

The Art Farm - Summer Art Camp for Kids

Press Release from Julia Flanagan

Spring & Summer Classes 2010

We are pleased to offer classes for the 6th year. Thank you to our supporters, parents, and the wonderful children who enjoy art with me every year! We have now added ceramics to our curriculum. We have a variety of animals and a new pasture for our sheep.Summer Art Camp for Kids Each session features a variety of mediums including ceramics, sculpture, drawing, painting, mixed medium and more. Every session is unique, so if you sign up for more than one you will have new experiences. We ALWAYS have fun! We experience art in the barn and around the farm. Class size is limited to guarantee personal attention and interaction. Cost is $100 for 15 hours of instruction. All materials and snacks included. All classes run from 1-4 pm every day for a week. Sign up at address below.

Session 1: June 14-18

Session 2: June 21-25

Session 3: June 28-July 2

Session 4: August 16-20

Session 5: August 23-27

About your instructor: I am Julia Flanagan. I am a licensed art teacher with 16+ years of experience. I have 2 bachelor degrees in art and art education, and a masters degree in educational leadership. I currently substitute teach in Omro and teach continuing education classes at UWO and UW Ext. I love art and sharing art with children. Occasionally, I am joined by other artists who demonstrate in their area of expertise. Reserve your spot in a class by sending name, class desired, and payment to: The Art Farm, 5512 Springbrook Road, Omro, WI 54963 Questions?

Art.farm@yahoo.com  

 

Community Arts

Milwaukee Repertory Theater Prop and Costume Garage Sale

Milwaukee Repertory Theater

April 3

Items to be sold will include costume pieces, props, furniture and set decoration from such favorite Rep productions as: THE CHERRY ORCHARD (19th century-look electric train, transformer and 12 foot circle of track); A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY (Victorian bookcase); THE NIGHT IS A CHILD (pub table and stool); HULA HOOP SHA-BOOP ('57 Chevy cutout); THE GOAT OR, WHO IS SYLVIA? (mission-style arm chair); THE FOREIGNER (bronze branch chandelier); HAPPY NOW? (couch, chairs, book case, rolling butcher block kitchen island, coffee table and dining table from); SHEAR MADNESS (Plexiglas furniture and mirror) and a whole bunch of items from ROUTE 66. Payment by cash or check will be accepted. All purchases are cash and carry, and must be removed from The Rep by the end of the day.

 

Performing Arts

Dance

PANdemonium - The Ballet Ball 2010

Milwaukee Ballet

April 17

"Join us as we celebrate Milwaukee Ballet's 40th season and the world premiere production of Michael Pink's Peter Pan! Experience an evening of never-ending adventure, intrigue and revelry with Milwaukee Ballet's dancers including:

Cocktail Bacchanalia"

http://www.milwaukeeballet.org/performances/peter-pan

 

Music

Wisconsin Chamber Choir "Bach's St. John Passion"

The Isthmus

April 2

"Continuing its tradition of performing major choral works by J. S. Bach, the Wisconsin Chamber Choir is proud to announce its forthcoming performance of Bach's St. John Passion on Friday, April 2 at 8:00 pm in the Atrium Auditorium of Madison's First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison, WI."

http://www.thedailypage.com/theguide/details.php?event=237793

 

Cork and Bottle String Band Free

Overture

April 7

"Bring your banjo, jug, washboard, kazoo ... whatever you got! The Cork 'n Bottle String Band show will culminate in a one-of-a-kind Bluegrass Jam! The Cork 'n Bottle String Band of Madison, Wisconsin was formed in 1996 by like-minded bluegrass enthusiasts.  The band took its name from the Cork n' Bottle liquor store on East Johnson St, where many of the band members worked and where the group practiced. In May of 1996 the band moved its practices to a sleepy tavern called Ken's Bar, just off the Capitol Square on Butler Street.  The band played 6pm to 9pm at Ken's Bar every Wednesday night from May of 1996 until November of 2002 when the bar was torn down. After a series of downtown taverns the band found a new home, and currently resides on the campus of the University of Wisconsin at the Memorial Union Rathskellar and Terrace."

http://www.overturecenter.com/production/cork-and-bottle-string-band

 

MADISON BACH MUSICIANS Bach BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS

G major, #4 • D major, #5 • B-flat major, #6

Madison Bach Musicians

April 10

For information (608) 238-6092

www.madisonbachmusicians.org 

 

Racine Symphony Orchestra Season Finale - Young Musicians invited to play Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor with the RSO

Press Release

April 17

The Racine Symphony Orchestra announces the final concert for the 2009-10 season on Saturday, April 17 at First Presbyterian Church, Seventh and College Avenue, beginning at 7:30 pm. Maestro Andrew Massey conducts Mozart, Ravel and Beethoven. Mozart's Overture to The Magic Flute begins the evening. Chicago Symphony Orchestra and RSO's harpist, Kelsey Erdahl plays Ravel's Introduction and Allegro joined by an ensemble of flute, clarinet and strings. The finale for the evening will be Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor. Local high school students selected through an audition process for the inaugural RSO Youth String Invitational will play, seated next to professional members of the orchestra.  Join us for a 'Thank YOU' reception following the concert in Ihrman Hall, celebrating our audiences, musicians, patrons, and Andrew Massey who have all helped to stabilize the RSO this season as we end the year in the black. Displayed next door in the church Chapel is the "Watercolor Rondo" exhibit. The Wustum Watercolor Studio Class, lead by prize-winning local artist, Jean Thielen premieres a new exhibit of original watercolors created by class participants.  Please join us as we celebrate the close of a successful concert season. Tickets are available by calling the RSO office, 636.9285 or going online at

www.racinesymphony.org .

 

Madison Area Music Awards Announces 2010 Nominees

Channel 3000

May 8

MADISON, Wis. – "Nominations have been released for the 2010 Madison Area Music Awards as the first round of voting has come to a close. Overall, there are 212 nominations going to 139 unique nominees, according to a news release."

http://www.channel3000.com/entertainment/23004698/detail.html

 

Eric Clapton Still Alive – Who Knew – and coming to Summerfest

WLUK-TV

June 28

MILWAUKEE - Eric Clapton is set to perform at this year's Summerfest. The performance is scheduled for June 28 at 7:30 p.m. at the Marcus Ampitheater, organizers said. The 18-time Grammy winning guitarist is known for hits like "Layla," "Cocaine," "Wonderful Tonight" and "Tears in Heaven."

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/entertainment/music/eric-clapton-coming-to-summerfest-roger-daltrey-to-open

 

Theater

'It's Your Mother' has a familiar message - Boulevard Theatre play is ripped from answering machine

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Opens March 31

"The Boulevard Theatre's new production "It's Your Mother!" was midwifed into being two decades ago by that famous writer's friend, the answering machine. Actress-singer Patricia Durante and her friend and roomie, theater teacher Betsy Tuxill, came home from brunch to two messages on the machine. The first one, Durante said, was "Hi Patty, it's only me." Click. Her mother. The second, she said, was Tuxill's mom, who took up the rest of the tape filling in her daughter on the goings-on in the neighborhood. Durante took her coat off, went to the bathroom, and came back into the living area. Tuxill's mom was still talking. "I said, 'That's a play,' " Durante remembered."

http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/arts/89274127.html

 

Other

OPPORTUNITIES

Fine artists, artisians invited to festival

Spooner Advocate

Deadline June 30

Fine artists and artisan crafters are invited to participate in the Burnett Arts Festival (BAF) set for August 7 at the Lakeview Event Center in Siren. The festival showcases works by Wisconsin artists and fine crafters, particularly in Burnett and neighboring counties. The event is organized by the Burnett Area Arts Group  (BAAG) and co-sponsored by North Wind Arts. The festival is open to any artist or artisan crafter who produces high-quality, original, handmade works of fine art in any medium.  Up to 45 indoor and 30 outdoor booth spaces are available. Electricity can be accessed for a small fee. Registration is open on a first-come, first-served basis. Application deadline is June 30."

http://www.spooneradvocate.com/articles/2010/03/29/community/doc4baa056da924e060894231.txt

 

Art Internships for High School Students

MPS Arts Internship Program

Various Deadlines

Through partnerships between MPS and local arts organizations, the MPS Arts Internship

program will provide high school students with paid internship opportunities to explore careers in the arts while also gaining practical and applicable job skills and work experience. Arts Internships will span a total of at least 40 hours and will take place during after school, weekend and summer hours from now until the end of summer 2010. Interns will be paid $8 per hour and provided with bus tickets or a bus pass. Each student intern will work closely with a supervisor/mentor, will be offered opportunities to attend a job readiness training session and will strive toward the following objectives:

• become more prepared for future work experience

• gain confidence in applying for future jobs

• learn new skills and abilities in the area of focus of their internship

• gain a deeper understanding of the production and work that goes into completing a work of art or project in the area of focus of their internship.

http://www.milwaukeerecreation.net/jobs/Arts_Internships.pdf

 

So Your Band Wants to Play Summerfest - Here's how to apply

Deadline March 31

"Summerfest is one of the most coveted gigs for many local bands. Unfortunately, it can also be one of the most elusive, given the festival's preference for familiar faces over newcomers. The festival does accept applications, though. Each year Summerfest selects 60 bands to play through the Web site Sonicbids, where bands can post electronic press kits. Bands can apply through this page: www.sonicbids.com/summerfest . They have until March 31."

http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/blog-4774-so-your-band-wants-to-play-summerfest.html

 

Joyce Foundation to Announce Call to Entry for the 2011 Joyce Awards

Joyce Foundation

Deadline: April 6, 2010 (Letter of Inquiry)

"Four grants of $50,000 each will be awarded in 2010 in the areas of dance, music, theater, and visual arts to organizations in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and St. Paul/Minneapolis. Groups must be well established, demonstrate strong organizational capacity, and have a track record of presenting programs of the highest artistic caliber. Additionally, organizations must demonstrate a commitment to serving diverse audiences through evidence of current programming, community-based education, outreach, and other activities."

http://www.joycefdn.org/pdf/Joyce_Awards_CFE2011.pdf

 

Announcing the 2010 VSA arts Playwright Discovery Call for Scripts

VSA Arts

Deadline:  April 15

The VSA arts Playwright Discovery Program invites middle and high school students to take a closer look at the world around them, examine how disability affects their lives and the lives of others, and express their views through the art of playwriting. Playwrights may write from their own experience or about an experience in the life of another person or fictional character. Scripts can be comedies, dramas, or even musicals—be creative! Young playwrights with and without disabilities are encouraged to submit a script. Entries may be the work of an individual student or a collaboration by a group or class of students. The winning play will be professionally produced or staged at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The winning playwright receives $2,000 and a trip to Washington , D.C. , to see his or her play performed. All submissions must be received by April 15, 2010, for consideration. For application materials:

http://www.vsarts.org/x244.xml

 

Winter Art Festival Call for Wisconsin Artists - Applications Now Available

Due April 16, 2010

Festival Date: November 13 and 14, 2010

Where: Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, WI

What: Fine art/ Fine craft fair accepting applications for ceramics, fiber, glass, graphics, jewelry, 2-D mixed media, 3-D mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture and wood.

Wisconsin Artists only may apply. Contact information: Web site to download applications or to be sent an application for the Winter Art Festival: artcraftwis.org.

Contact Person: Sue Werner at 608-204-9129

http://portalwisconsin.org/opportunity.cfm?rid=57794&oppvar=op2&startrow=1

 

Call for Prairie Artists

Tina Didreckson - Stevens County Historical Society & Museum

116 W 6th Street, Morris , MN 56267, 320-589-1719

Deadline:  April 23

We have opened the Call for Artists for our 4th Annual Horizontal Grandeur.

Inspired by an essay of the same name by Minnesota poet Bill Holm (1943-2009), this fine art exhibition has grown each and every year.  Last year we had 93 entries from 11 prairie states for the 50 exhibit spaces in our historic national award winning space.  Because of the success, the call has opened up earlier this year.  January 15th - April, 23rd, 2010 has been set as the open submission time.  To print out a hardcopy of our call brochure, and mail in the entries with a check or money order, you can download a pdf file at this link:

http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/Forms/2010Grandeur-call.pdf.   

If you have never read Bill Holm's essay, you can download a pdf file of it by visiting  http://www.stevenshistorymuseum.com/grandeur/billgrandeur.pdf

 

Announcing an open call for entries to the 2010 Metlife Foundation Innovative Space Awards

Leveraging Investments in Creativity

Deadline: April 23

"Leveraging Investments in Creativity, in collaboration with MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, and supported by a funding partnership of the MetLife Foundation and the Ford Foundation, announces an open call for entries to the 2010 MetLife Foundation Innovative Space Awards,  a grant-making program of Space for Change: Building Community through Innovative Spaces."

http://www.lincnet.net/

 

Partners in Performance Accepting Applications

Partners in Performance

Deadline: June 15, 2010

"Partners in Performance is now accepting applications for the program cycle beginning in the 2011/2012 season. Application forms and full eligibility guidelines can be downloaded from www.pipmusic.org. In fifteen venues across America , Partners in Performance concerts have had striking results in the hosting communities. PiP's new Young Artists Program and recitals by violinist Midori have stimulated interest in chamber music, attracted new audiences and new donors and have helped the respective organizations expand their education and performance programs."

http://www.pipmusic.org   

 

The Art of Applied Design

DHM Digital Gallery

Deadline:  July 15, 2010

"The DHM Digital Gallery invites designers working with clay, fiber, glass, plastic, metal and/or wood to participate in The Art of Applied Design, an international juried competition.  Deadline:  July 15, 2010.  All submitted works must be functional objects commonly used within interior spaces, such as furnishings (hard or soft), utensils, fixtures, or containers.  Objects that are purely decorative are not eligible.  Evaluation will be based upon uniqueness and creativity, craftsmanship, and quality of the submitted digital image.  The online exhibit (from Sept. 15 to Dec. 1, 2010) will include e-mail addresses of accepted artists to facilitate independent sales of work.  For a prospectus and entry form, visit http://ches.okstate.edu/dhm/gallery.   

 

Michigan is Doing it Again:  ArtPrize 2010 Dates Announced

ArtPrize

September 22 – October 10, 2010

"It's been a little over a month since ArtPrize 2009 ended and we've been up to our eyeballs in gathering and analyzing feedback. Although I have nothing to say yet about changes you may see in 2010, you can mark on your calendar when the event will happen.Venues and artists, look for registration to begin in Spring of 2010. Want important announcements emailed to you in the future? Sign up for Announcements in the upper right hand corner of this blog."

http://blog.artprize.org/2009/11/19/artprize-2010-dates-announced/     

 

Princess Grace Foundation-USA Announces 2010 Princess Grace Awards Applications in Theater, Playwriting, Dance, Choreography, and Film

The Princess Grace Foundation-USA

Various Deadlines

"The Princess Grace Foundation-USA has announced the availability of applications for the 2010 Princess Grace Awards in theater, playwriting, dance performance, choreography, and film. Founded in 1982 in memory of Princess Grace (Kelly) of Monaco , the foundation identifies and assists emerging artists in theater, dance, and film and has awarded grants in excess of $7 million to nearly five hundred individuals nationwide."

http://www.pgfusa.org/  

 

IMPORTANT ARTS BOARD RELATED LINKS

http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov

http://portalwisconsin.org

http://www.creative.wisconsin.gov

http://filmwisconsin.net

 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR 2010

Wisconsin Arts Board Meetings

May 14: WAB Board Meeting, Madison

September 10-11: WAB Board Meeting, Green Bay

December 10: WAB Board Meeting, Madison

 

Wisconsin Arts Board – Office Closed 2009

May 28: WAB office closed for State furlough

May 31: WAB office closed for State holiday

 

Grants Related Deadlines

April 12-13: Creation & Presentation Grants–Multidisciplinary panel meeting, Madison

April 15: Creation & Presentation Grants–Presenting panel meeting, Madison

April 16: Creative Communities Grant–Arts in Education panel meeting, Madison

April 19: Creative Communities Grant– Folk Arts panel meeting, Madison

April 23: Creative Communities Grant– Local Arts panel meeting, Madison

 

Meetings and Conferences 

March 14 - 16, 2010: Governor's Conference on Tourism, Milwaukee
http://industry.travelwisconsin.com/en/Industry+Events.aspx

 

The less art kids get, the more it shows.
Are yours getting enough?
Art.  Ask for More.
http://www.artsusa.org/public_awareness  

 

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