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.