2018 Walker's Point Center for the Arts Member Exhibition

2018 Walker's Point Center for the Arts Member Exhibition

Back in September of 2017 I entered two pieces into the annual member show at the Walker's Point Center for the Arts in Milwaukee.

I have hidden my soul out of sight (2017)

No One at the Home Believed Dot Gale's Wild Stories of Her Youth (2016)

Each year at the member show, a juror picks four artists to have a member exhibition based on the art entered.  The juror this time was collage artist Della Wells, an artist whose work I have hanging in my house.  I was selected to be one of the four member exhibitors for 2018.  My dates are July 20th to October 6th.

Here is the art that makes up the exhibition.

As Light As the Rain Seems, It Still Rains Down On You

2017

$400

ironing board, nails, necklace, metal grate, goggles, collage

54" h x 20" w x 3" d

Too Chairish: Emma’s Dilemma

2017

$300

Metal folding chairs, cross, yarn, collage

31”h x 29”w x 3”d

Where Pain Makes Peace with Pleasure in Thy Song

2018

$200

Beach wood and collage

27"h x 9"w x 4"d

The Sea That Sings and Breaths in Strange Men’s Ears of Thee

2018

$200

Cigar box lid, Toy Boat, Belt, Collage

10"h (26" with rope) x 16"w x 4"d

To Render Visible Things That Are Normally Invisible

2018

$300 (SOLD)

Guitar, paint brushes, mannequin hand, Mr. Visible, cherub figurine, metal wheel, glass, jewelry, heart

42"h x 18"w x 11"d)

The Past Goes Down and Disappears

2016

$200

Collage, bark, chains

76"h x 12"w x 1"d

Clowning With Romance

2018

$150

Drawer and collage

15"h x 5"w x 1 1/2"d

The Essential Childhood Art of Imagining a Life Better Than Your Own

2018

$200 (diptych)

Collage on wood

12"h x 6"w x 1"d (each)

Clowns de papillons

2018

$100

Collage on wood block

12”h x 6”w x 1/2”d

Pure

2018

$100

Collage on wood block

8”h x 10”w x 1”d

Just Life Mom

2018

$100

Collage on wood block

8”h x 10”w x 1”d

Royal #1

2018

$100

Collage on wood block

8”h x 8”w x 2”d

Royal #2

2018

$100

Collage on wood block

8”h x 8”w x 2”d

Ah, no, Dios mio

2018

$100

Collage on wood block

6”h x 6”w x 1”d

Cheyenne

2018

$100

Collage on wood block

6”h x 6”w x 1”d

Grandpa

2018

$100

Collage on wood block

6”h x 6”w x 1”d

Grandma

2018

$100

Collage on wood block

6”h x 6”w x 1”d

Tell Me Not

2018

$100

Collage on wood block

6”h x 6”w x 1”d

The Next Chapter

2018

$100

Collage on wood block

6”h x 6”w x 1”d

Victorian Trilobite

2018

$100

Collage on wood block

6”h x 6”w x 1”d

Chains Have Been Torn

2018

$80

Collage on wood block

6”h x 3 1/2”w x 1”d

Enabling

2018

$80

Collage on wood block

6”h x 3 1/2”w x 1”d

The F*** Maiden

2018

$80

Collage on wood block

6”h x 3 1/2”w x 1”d

Trench Onions

2018

$80

Collage on wood block

6”h x 3 1/2”w x 1”d

We Should Search to Discover Its Origin

2018

$80

Collage on wood block

6”h x 3 1/2”w x 1”d

...and for whatever reason, the smallest piece in the exhibition is my favorite:

Visionary Insight

2018

$100

Collage on canvas

5”h x 5”w x 1”d

On Friday, July 20th, Walker's Point Center for the Arts held an opening for their youth show, Creative Discoveries: 6th Annual Youth Art Exhibition,  and my member exhibition.

Photo by Denice Niebuhr

Photo by Denice Niebuhr

Besides the joy of being able to share my art with my friends who showed up I was also able to act as a docent for the members of the public who dropped in for either the kid's art or because it was Gallery Night in Milwaukee.  

Although it should not be about the sales, there is always a special joy when a piece sells to a stranger.  In this case, a friend of my friends Theodore B. Hertel, Jr., and Maggie Ley had a granddaughter in the theatre program the kid's put on during the opening.  They fell in love with this piece and will take it home after October 6th.

If you have any interest in purchasing any of the art, please contact Walker's Point Center for the Arts prior to October 6, 2018.  http://wpca-milwaukee.org/2018/07/creativediscoveries

Gallery hours are Tues–Sat, Noon–5 pm at 839 S. 5th St., Milwaukee, WI 53204.

My thanks to Della Wells (juror), Evan Froiland (Community Outreach Specialist) for helping hang the show and especially Marcela Garcia, Executive Director of Walker's Point Center for the Arts.