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SUMMARY:Open Call: Home is a Teddy Bear
DESCRIPTION:A handmade gift from a cherished friend. \nA favorite song that takes you back to your childhood. \nA photograph you look at every day. \nWhat if the answer to the question\, “where are you from?” was not a place\, but the thing that feels like home? \nWisconsin residents living within 125 miles of the Arts Center and JMKAC members are invited to submit an object\, artwork\, or short story to the open call Home is a Teddy Bear exhibition\, inspired by John Green’s essay\, “Teddy Bears.” Green writes\, “Home is a teddy bear\, but only a certain teddy bear at a certain time.” The exhibition of submitted works will share the objects and stories that\, at one time or currently\, feel like home. \nCall closes Friday\, October 12\, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. CST. Exhibition opens late 2023\, date to be announced. \nVisit jmkac.org/events for full guidelines.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/open-call-home-is-a-teddy-bear/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240219
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SUMMARY:Bea Fremderman: Weeds Compared to Flowers
DESCRIPTION:In a bay on the Atlantic Ocean\, the tides slowly expose closed landfills littering coastal zones with Depression-era glass\, soles of shoes\, and conglomerations of inorganic and organic materials. Artist Bea Fremderman collects discarded detritus from this shoreline\, imagining personas of those who may have used or cast the objects away. \nAfter a deep cleaning process\, Fremderman assembles her gatherings in a technique similar to that used for making stained-glass windows or Tiffany lamps. The sculptures are then internally illuminated\, emanating the textures of their parts and refracting forms and color resulting in an immersive installation. \nThrough the re-presentation and re-creation of waste\, the work visualizes human interconnection with disposable objects\, the Earth\, and our unknown future. \n  \nImage: Bea Fremderman\, installation view of the exhibition Barren Island at Prairie Gallery in Chicago\, 2021. Photo courtesy of Prairie Gallery.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/bea-fremderman-weeds-compared-to-flowers/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T193000
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SUMMARY:TL;DR League (Too Long; Didn't Read)
DESCRIPTION:Thursdays—New session each month \nLocations vary \nFREE \nLearn more and RSVP at jmkac.org/events \nPart social hour\, part show-and-tell\, part book club—TL;DR League (Too Long; Didn’t Read) brings the Arts Center’s Considering Kin theme into sharper focus through short-form content such as flash fiction\, short films\, articles\, music\, podcasts\, and recipes. Each meeting will be led by an artist\, writer\, or activist who will select conversational material that requires very little preparation. \nSession 1:\nScreening of Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am\, led by Andrea Chung\, Tao Leigh Goffe\, and Kelli Morgan\nFilm Screening: Thu.\, Sep. 21\, 5:00 p.m.\,  JMKAC Theatre\nFilm Discussion: Thu.\, Sep. 28\, 6:00 p.m.\, Zoom—RSVP online to receive link\nJoin the virtual conversation about the documentary and its connection to the exhibition Andrea Chung: if they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away. \nSession 2:\nScreening of Border\, led by Patricia Piccinini\nFilm Screening: Thu.\, Oct. 19\, 5:00 p.m.\, JMKAC Theatre\nFilm Discussion: Thu.\, Oct. 26\, 6:00 p.m.\, Social STUDIO\nJoin the conversation about the Swedish fantasy film directed by Ali Abbasi and its connection to the exhibition Patricia Piccinini: encounters of another plot.\nLight refreshments will be served. \nContent and leaders for Sessions 3–6 to be announced at a later date. \n 
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/tldr-league-too-long-didnt-read/2023-09-21/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240204T160000
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SUMMARY:Recent Acquisition: Mary Jo Schwalbach
DESCRIPTION:Recent Acquisition: Mary Jo Schwalbach will showcase a selection of the artist’s so-called “collages\,” made from detritus gathered on the shores of Lake Michigan. These assemblages are part of a recent gift to the Arts Center from her son\, Fitz Gitler\, and the Kohler Foundation\, Inc. \nBorn in Wisconsin in 1939\, Schwalbach followed her artistic passions to New York City. There she became known for soft sculptures composed of rags\, paper\, and glue\, often capturing scenes of sporting events. On trips to her family’s cottage in Belgium\, Wisconsin\, she would comb the beach for scraps\, incorporating them into whimsical depictions of animals set in plaster. These were shown in her first New York exhibition in 1966. \nOn view for the first time at the Arts Center\, these works celebrate Schwalbach’s connection to Lake Michigan and her playful artistic vision. \nImage: In-process images of works by Mary Jo Schwalbach\, n.d. Photo courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/recent-acquisition-mary-jo-schwalbach/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
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SUMMARY:Chair City Celebration
DESCRIPTION:James Tellen Woodland Sculpture GardenSunday\, August 6\, 1:00–4:00 p.m.5634 Evergreen Dr\, Sheboygan\, WIFREE and Open to All Ages \nSpend an afternoon exploring the James Tellen Woodland Sculpture Garden and celebrating the Arts Center’s current theme of kinship with each other\, creatures\, and the land. \n  \nThis family friendly event will include tours\, presentations\, live music\, art making\, and more. The Arts Center’s Culinary Art Car will be onsite for visitors to purchase food and beverages. \n  \nPlease RSVP in advance at jmkac.org/events to save your space for the tour. Drop-ins are welcome; however\, space is limited. Limit 25 people per tour. \n  \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/event/chair-city-celebration/ 
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/chair-city-celebration/
LOCATION:James Tellen Woodland Sculpture Garden\, 5634 Evergreen Drive\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230722T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240107T160000
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SUMMARY:Asberry Davis: Run Your Own Way
DESCRIPTION:Asberry Davis began making “things\,” as he called them\, in the early 1970s\, on land in the Congaree Swamp in South Carolina. \nIn the late 1960s\, a widow named Ella Riley had moved onto the land near Davis\, living in a one-room construction he built for her. After her death\, in 1973\, Davis stacked all of her possessions into a pseudo-mausoleum memorial\, which he planted with flowers and tended to for the rest of his life. This act of remembrance stirred a creativity in the artist\, leading him to a decades-long artistic practice. \nDavis made costumes comprising elaborately wrapped and twisted bracelets and belts. Many of his sculptural pieces were used for a game of his own invention that involved a combination of tug-of-war and jousting. Over time\, his homestead became an amalgamation of scattered constructions\, ad-hoc modes of transportation\, old farm equipment\, and forms hung from trees. He lived there until his death in 1999. \nIn 2022\, the Arts Center acquired four works by Davis as part of a larger gift from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation. They are believed to be the only surviving pieces from his now-destroyed site and will be on view at the Art Preserve with a selection of documentary photographs. \nImage: Asberry Davis\, group of untitled work\, c. 1998. Souls Grown Deep Foundation Collection (20491)\, Southern Folklife Collection at Wilson Special Collections Library\, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Photo: William Arnett. \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/asberry-davis-run-your-own-way/
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/asberry-davis-run-your-own-way/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230715T100000
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SUMMARY:Midsummer Festival of the Arts
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars for the Midsummer Festival of the Arts 2023 in Sheboygan\, Wisconsin. \nSaturday\, July 15\, 2023\n10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. \nSunday\, July 16\, 2023\n10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. \nFree Admission \n100 Artist Booths • Live Music • Exhibitions • Demonstrations • Art Making • Food Trucks \nNow in its fifty-third year\, the Midsummer Festival of the Arts has been a Sheboygan tradition for finding special works of art and meeting their makers. One hundred artist booths will feature paintings\, photographs\, jewelry\, wearables\, wood carvings\, ceramics\, glass\, leather goods\, textiles\, and more. \nThis event also offers live music and performances\, hands-on art making\, demonstrations\, food\, and fun on the grounds of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and Sheboygan’s City Green. \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/event/midsummer-festival-of-the-arts-15/ \nImage: Midsummer Festival of the Arts\, July 16\, 2022. \n 
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/midsummer-festival-of-the-arts/2023-07-15/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Fair
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230622T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230622T210000
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SUMMARY:Levitt AMP Sheboygan Music Series
DESCRIPTION:Levitt AMP Sheboygan Music Series is back for the 2023 season! \nSince 2015\, Thursday nights during the summers have meant gathering with friends and family in downtown Sheboygan to listen to live music. Beginning June 22\, this tradition returns—bringing the community together for an impressive\, genre-spanning lineup of free\, live performances. \nThe ten-concert series is accompanied by a lineup of local food trucks\, a beverage tent\, and art-making activities for all ages. \nMost concerts in the series happen Thursday evenings on the City Green\, but there are a few exceptions. See the concert schedule below for details. \nThese performances leverage the power of free\, live music to strengthen the social fabric of communities–creating places people love while amplifying local pride\, injecting joy into underused public spaces\, and fostering more equitable\, thriving\, and sustainable communities one concert at a time. \nThe Levitt AMP Sheboygan Music Series is supported in part by the Levitt Foundation\, which partners with communities across the United States to activate underused public spaces through the power of free live music\, creating welcoming\, inclusive destinations where people of all ages and backgrounds come together. levitt.org. \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/engage/programs/levitt-amp-sheboygan-music-series/ \nLevitt AMP Sheboygan performance by The Reminders\, 2022.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/levitt-amp-sheboygan-music-series/2023-06-22/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240225T160000
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SUMMARY:Rose B. Simpson: Counterculture
DESCRIPTION:The seven cast-concrete figures in Rose B. Simpson’s Counterculture are witnesses—reminders that the natural world is continuously watching humanity. Despite their over ten foot height\, the feminine-bodied forms show grace in their vigilance and space taking\, carrying necklaces made of ceramic beads instead of taking up weapons. \nSimpson’s sculptures are traveling to different sites across the country\, including the grounds of the Art Preserve\, where they will observe the seasons shift from summer to fall and into winter. Their presence suggests that we\, too\, should listen and humble ourselves to the natural world\, tuning into the ways in which we are responsible for the exploitation of our environment’s limited resources. \nIf we know something greater than ourselves is watching\, will we do things differently? \nCounterculture was created for and originally installed on the ancestral lands of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican Indians\, in present-day Williamstown\, Massachusetts. The sculptures’ move to Wisconsin traces the path of forced removal experienced by the Stockbridge-Munsee Community\, which today is located on their reservation in northeastern Wisconsin\, with members also living in other parts of Wisconsin\, the United States\, and the world. \nImage: Rose B. Simpson\, Counterculture\, 2022; dyed concrete\, steel\, clay\, and cable; seven sculptures\, 128 x 24 x 11 in. each. Courtesy of the artist\, Jessica Silverman\, San Francisco\, and Jack Shainman Gallery\, New York. On view at Field Farm\, Williamstown\, MA\, June 2022–May 2023. Photo: Stephanie Zollshan. \nRose B. Simpson: Counterculture
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/rose-b-simpson-counterculture/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230617T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231029T160000
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SUMMARY:Regional Responses to the Art Preserve
DESCRIPTION:In the summer of 2022\, the Arts Center invited Wisconsin-based artists and Arts Center members to submit proposals for work in any medium that makes tangible the feelings of wonder\, curiosity\, and exploration awakened by the collection of artist-built environments on the first floor of the Art Preserve. \nThis exhibition includes five responses to the work of Mary Nohl\, Eugene von Bruenchenhein\, Levi Fisher Ames\, and James Tellen by artists Clara McElfresh\, Christina Wilke-Burbach\, Kristin Plucar\, Sarah Rose\, and Jennifer Kaiser. \nImage: James Tellen Woodland Sculpture Garden (site detail\, roadside fallen log fence with Native Americans and bears tableau\, 1997)\, Black River\, WI\, c. 1942–1957. John Michael Kohler Arts Center Collection\, gift of Kohler Foundation Inc. Photo: Ron Byers. \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/regional-responses-to-the-art-preserve/
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/regional-responses-to-the-art-preserve/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Patricia Piccinini: encounters of another plot
DESCRIPTION:As a storyteller\, Patricia Piccinini gathers information from scientific research and current events to envision genetically and physically adapted organisms. These creatures\, predominantly constructed with fiberglass\, silicone\, and hair\, are geared for survival against human impact and rapidly changing environmental conditions. The creatures’ reconfigured bodies and new survival mechanisms hint at possibilities of new earth-dwelling species\, modes of resilience\, and evolutionary potentials in response to our changing Earth/home. \nInspired by local ecosystems\, a life-size diorama constructed with recycled materials shelters Piccinini’s sculptures. The diorama is accompanied by a film following the journey of a human animal and a fictional Earth being walking through landscapes from Piccinini’s home of Australia. \nPiccinini’s work illustrates scenes of mothering\, fear\, and alertness. Her depiction of recognizable physical and emotive mannerisms offers viewers the chance to connect with the sculptures\, possibly inciting responses such as empathy\, disgust\, and fear. The sculptures’ mammalian bodies and expressions reduce the option for dissociation; any discomfort that may arise is that of making eye contact with an unfamiliar relative. \nPatricia Piccinini\, A Tangled Path Sustains Us (installation view\, Hosfelt Gallery\, 2022). Courtesy of the artist and Hosfelt Gallery. Photo: Miles Petersen. \nPatricia Piccinini: encounters of another plot
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/patricia-piccinini-encounters-of-another-plot/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230520T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20240421T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
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SUMMARY:Sharing The Same Breath
DESCRIPTION:In her 2021 essay “A Family Reunion Near the End of the World\,” botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer contemplates our kinship with nature and proposes a road map for deepening our care and respect for all living things. \n“Being a relative\,” she writes\, “is more than shared blood from a common past. Real kinship arises when we realize that we have a common future\, that our fates are linked.” She goes on to suggest\, “Real kinship comes when you live it. It’s not a noun\, but a verb\, it’s not a thing\, it’s what you do.” \nThe cultivation of kinship with the living world is the foundation for Sharing the Same Breath. The exhibition brings together nine artists who consider the world’s complex web of relations through artworks that emphasize human\, nonhuman\, and interspecies forms of kinship and connectivity. These relationships are explored through a wide range of mediums including sculpture\, photography\, drawing\, video\, film\, and installation. Together the works form a kincentric viewpoint that challenges narratives of human exceptionalism and encourages us to regard our symbiotic relationship and shared fate with our more-than-human family with greater attention and care. \nArtists in the exhibition include Juan William Chávez\, David Freid\, Lindsey French\, Emilie Louise Gossiaux\, Nina Katchadourian\, Cannupa Hanska Luger\, Marie Watt\, William Wegman\, and Dyani White Hawk. \nImage: Emilie L. Gossiaux\, True Love Will Find You in the End\, 2021; polystyrene foam\, aluminum pipes\, papier-mâché\, epoxy resin\, and acrylic matte medium. Courtesy of the artist and Mother Gallery. Photo: Ronald Amstutz.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/sharing-the-same-breath/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231008T170000
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SUMMARY:Kea Tawana: I Traveled into the Future in a Dream
DESCRIPTION:Kea Tawana (c. 1935–2016) is known for creating the Ark\, an 86-foot-long\, three-story ship she built in Newark\, New Jersey\, starting in 1982\, with the intention of making it her home. \nFor decades prior\, she had collected salvaged wood\, glass shards\, and other materials from abandoned buildings in the city’s Central Ward. Incorporating those materials\, she built the Ark on an empty lot; it was still unfinished when the city condemned it in 1987. Unable to find a new location\, Tawana dismantled her ship in 1988. She spent the decades after the Ark’s destruction traveling\, eventually settling and dying in Port Jervis\, New York. \nThe Arts Center recently acquired the contents from her small apartment there\, which included about thirty handmade boxes containing collaged and tied “encyclopedic files” and personal effects; Tawana’s blueprints for utopic\, unrealized building projects; handmade stained-glass windows; and hundreds of sketches and manuscripts. \nKea Tawana: I Traveled into the Future in a Dream represents the first museum show of Tawana’s work\, and the first exhibition outside of the northeastern United States. Many of the objects are on view for the first time. It recontextualizes her work and life in several ways\, including her long-running and largely unknown roles as architect\, community activist\, historian\, educator\, and craftsperson. \nImage: Kea Tawana\, untitled\, n.d.; glass and wood; 21 x 17 x 1/2 in. Kea Tawana’s work presented in cooperation with PCK Media\, Gallery Aferro\, and the Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity\, Culture\, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/kea-tawana-i-traveled-into-the-future-in-a-dream/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230820T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
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SUMMARY:A/I Highlights
DESCRIPTION:In 1974\, Ruth DeYoung Kohler II founded the Arts/Industry residency in partnership with Kohler Co. Today\, the program annually hosts twelve artists who make new works of art in the company’s factory in Kohler\, Wisconsin. The artists work in studios located on the factory floor\, alongside Kohler Co. associates who offer support and information as the residents encounter industrial machines and materials that advance their artistic practice. \nArts/Industry Highlights presents handwritten letters\, postcards\, sketches\, and photos dating from the late 1970s to the late 1990s to contextualize the meaningful relationships Ruth and Kohler Co. associates developed with the artists-in-residence. These records reveal evidence of friendships that were built during and continued long after a resident’s time in Kohler\, and how those affinities contributed to the significance of the artworks created. \nNot only do these materials affirm community building within the history of the Arts/Industry program\, their presentation honors the kinds of interactions that give shape to kinship. \nImage: Casey O’Conner\, detail of untitled sketch for the Children’s Studio washroom\, 1998.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/a-i-highlights/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230311T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230917T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
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SUMMARY:Moisés Salazar Tlatenchi:  A Quién le Importa
DESCRIPTION:A nonbinary artist and first-generation Mexican American raised by undocumented parents\, Moisés Salazar Tlatenchi infuses their work with their lived experience. \n  \nSalazar’s art frequently addresses the lack of agency and freedom the marginalized face in physical and theoretical spaces\, and the trauma and barriers specific to queer and immigrant bodies. They create works using materials and techniques—such as faux fur\, glitter\, and sequins\, crochet\, and tufting—that honor Salazar’s familial cultural heritage and speak to the legacy of queer craft. \n  \nFor A Quién le Importa\, Salazar reimagines the gallery as a sanctuary of inclusivity and acceptance\, filling it with mixed-media paintings and soft sculptures exploring alternative forms of identity\, belonging\, and community through the lens of queer kinship. The exhibition’s title is taken from a pop anthem beloved by the world’s Spanish-speaking LGBTQ community that celebrates self-affirmation and openness about one’s sexuality. Drawing from the song’s fierce spirit of pride\, self-respect\, and liberation\, Salazar’s glittering\, jewel-like portraits of their queer kin extol the joy that comes from the mutual support and love provided by friends and chosen family. \n\nImage: Moises Salazar\, Angel\, 2022; faux fur\, glitter on board\, and sequin applique; 36 x 24 in. Courtesy of the artist and Mindy Solomon Gallery.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/moises-salazar-tlatenchi-a-quien-le-importa/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Michael Kohler Arts Center":MAILTO:generalinfo@jmkac.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230307T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230716T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
CREATED:20230302T190315Z
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SUMMARY:Morehshin Allahyari: ماه طلعت Moon-faced
DESCRIPTION:In ancient Persian literature\, the adjective ماه طلعت (moon-faced) was used to describe the beauty of an individual\, regardless of their gender identity. Today\, the word refers to the beauty of women only. \nA similar shift in gender representation occurred in Persian visual culture—as evidenced in portrait paintings of Iran’s Qajar dynasty (1786–1925)—when Western modernization\, European realistic painting\, and camera technology were introduced. These elements overshadowed and ended the queer representation of genders that historically characterized these paintings\, largely known for their fluid depiction of gender. \nIn her video work\, ماه طلعت Moon-faced\, artist Morehshin Allahyari collaborated with an artificial intelligence program to repair such cultural and artistic changes that brought an end to the queer representation in Iranian portraiture. Using a carefully researched set of keywords and digital images of Qajar dynasty portrait paintings\, a series of videos was generated featuring new genderless portraits. In doing so\, the machine program and Allahyari intervene within the history of Westernization to undo conditions that ended nonbinary gender representation in Persian visual culture. \nA musical score by Iranian designer and musician Mani Nilchiani\, whom Allahyari commissioned\, accompanies this video work. His work combines Iranian classical music with glitch-like interludes to establish an immersive and contemplative viewing experience. \nImage: Morehshin Allahyari\, ماه طلعت Moon-faced\, 2021–present; video\, color\, and sound; 2 minutes 5 seconds. Courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/morehshin-allahyari-%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%87-%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%aa-moon-faced/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Michael Kohler Arts Center":MAILTO:generalinfo@jmkac.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230226T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230402T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
CREATED:20230302T190315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230302T190315Z
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SUMMARY:Youth Art Month
DESCRIPTION:The annual Youth Art Month exhibition showcases exceptional student artwork from Sheboygan County and beyond. Elementary\, middle\, and high schools\, as well as other youth-serving organizations\, are featured in this year’s show. Visitors will see the many ways that students have interpreted the works of environment builders and contemporary artists found in the Arts Center’s collections and exhibitions. Youth Art Month is a national event held every March\, highlighting the talent and creativity of students as well as the achievements of educators. \nImage: Collaboration by Milwaukee High School of the Arts students (Teacher Fellowship Program 2023)\, Native Wisconsin Landscape Mural\, 2022; acrylic paint on canvas.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/youth-art-month/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Michael Kohler Arts Center":MAILTO:generalinfo@jmkac.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230211T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230707T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
CREATED:20230302T190315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230302T190315Z
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SUMMARY:Otis Houston Jr.: My Name is My Word (in response to Jesse Howard)
DESCRIPTION:Otis Houston Jr. (born 1954) is best known for his public performances and installation work on FDR Drive by New York’s East River\, where he has been working since 1997. His site-specific installations and performances include writing\, poetry\, singing\, found objects\, and fruit\, which are used as both props and materials. A series of spray-painted towels and canvases succinctly express Houston’s beliefs and protests. His work often addresses racism\, poverty\, and addiction\, while promoting messages of health\, love\, and self-acceptance. \n  \nClose to a half century prior\, in the 1950s\, a landowner in Fulton\, Missouri\, Jesse Howard (1885–1983)\, began filling twenty acres with hand-painted signs and objects that communicated his views. The signs\, often whitewashed\, present meticulously ruled\, lettered\, and composed biblical verse\, religious and patriotic decrees\, and social commentary. This accumulation of text-based sculptures came to be called Sorehead Hill. Over time\, countless drivers passed the site\, and it became a destination for visitors worldwide. \n  \nDespite the geographic and cultural separations\, both men prioritized free speech\, using signs to communicate their worldviews and concerns. \n  \nHouston’s life in Harlem prompts viewers to understand that their spiritual\, physical\, and emotional health is indivisible from their broader community. In stark contrast\, Howard’s mid-century rural Missouri community led him to a more individualized relationship to religion and politics. The sites chosen and methods of communication implanted by each artist demonstrate a desire to provoke the passerby. \n  \nFrom October 3–7\, 2022\, Houston was at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, making new work for his two-part exhibition Otis Houston Jr.: My Name is My Word. While in Sheboygan\, he spent time with Howard’s work. Houston produced several signs in direct response to the encounter\, which are on view in this second iteration of the exhibition. The first iteration of the show was presented at the Arts Center from October 3\, 2022–January 14\, 2023. \nImage: Otis Houston Jr.: My Name is My Word installation view at the Art Preserve\, 2023.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/otis-houston-jr-my-name-is-my-word-in-response-to-jesse-howard/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231002
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
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SUMMARY:Andrea Chung: if they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away
DESCRIPTION:In a new multiroom installation\, artist Andrea Chung confronts the legacy and trauma of slavery from the perspective of an Afrofuturist utopia. \nFor this work\, Chung activates the possibility of a new world\, a “Black Atlantis” called Drexciya\, to subvert the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. Drexciya is an underwater world populated by the amphibious offspring of women thrown from slave ships during the Middle Passage. It was conceived by the eponymous and enigmatic electronic music duo active in Detroit in the 1990s and early 2000s. \nChung’s installation is a meditation on the laws of Black physics. It highlights the ways Black people relate and respond to time and space in order to navigate a world full of dangerous and harmful systems. Within her evocation of this watery realm we can inhabit imagined pasts\, presents\, and futures to craft alternative realities forged by liberation\, adaptation\, resilience\, defiance\, and survival. \nImage: Andrea Chung\, Filthy Water Cannot Be Washed\, 2017; cyanotype and watercolor; 88 x 240 in. Courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/andrea-chung-if-they-put-an-iron-circle-around-your-neck-i-will-bite-it-away/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Michael Kohler Arts Center":MAILTO:generalinfo@jmkac.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221215T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230301T235959
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
CREATED:20221221T235940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221221T235941Z
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SUMMARY:Midsummer Festival of the Arts 2023 – Call for Artists
DESCRIPTION:Interested in being an artist at the Midsummer Festival of the Arts? \nApplications are now being accepted–from December 15\, 2022\, through March 1\, 2023. Acceptance notifications will be sent to artists April 4\, 2023. \nArtists must apply through ZAPPlication (https://www.zapplication.org/event-info.php?ID=10971) \nThis year’s festival will be July 15-16. The event will feature up to 100 juried artists including returning award winners from last year. The Arts Center will also host an emerging artist area for up to five artists\, offering an opportunity for collegiate and rising artists to learn about business in the arts. In response to the exhibition on view during the festival\, Cloth as Land: Hmong Indigeneity\, and in celebration of the Sheboygan Hmong Summer Festival happening the same weekend\, an additional minimum of five artists of Hmong heritage will be selected to be featured inside the Arts Center. The Arts Center may also designate additional spaces for local and community partnerships coordinated and selected by Arts Center staff. \nFor questions or more information\, please email midsummerfestival@jmkac.org.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/midsummer-festival-of-the-arts-2023-call-for-artists/
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Michael Kohler Arts Center":MAILTO:generalinfo@jmkac.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221130T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230416T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
CREATED:20221201T212924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221201T212924Z
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SUMMARY:Angela U. Drakeford: In bloom at the end of the world
DESCRIPTION:For her evocation of a sanctuary space\, In bloom at the end of the world\, Angela U. Drakeford calls forth stillness and rest. \nWith books\, comfortable seating\, bird song recordings\, and an abundance of plants that fill the gallery\, Drakeford prioritizes an atmosphere that allows for processing grief of all kinds—including loss of memories\, cultural traditions\, and communal support. \nIn bloom at the end of the world will be on view during colder months\, when gray skies and dormant outdoor plants can be seen through the windows of the Glass Gallery\, where Drakeford’s immersive installation resides. The strong contrast between the outdoor surroundings and the inviting interior acts as a reminder for the warmth and growth to come—both environmentally and personally. The promise of this comfort stimulated by nature and prioritizing wellbeing\, however\, requires time to witness the processes of rejuvenation. \nDrakeford will lead a series of workshops at JMKAC focusing on tending to plants and grief (view artist page below for details). Attendees will be guided in cultivating their own awareness of changes in themselves as well as in plants that surround them every day. Workshops will include exploring processes of wellness\, communication\, and self-love as they too grow and form roots. Therapeutic groups will also be invited to meet in the gallery to discuss death and strategies to understand loss. \nIn bloom at the end of the world is part of JMKAC’s Ways of Being theme\, wherein artists ask\, “What if?” Through the interplay of invitation and engagement\, Drakeford posits\, “What if we took respite?” \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/angela-u-drakeford-in-bloom-at-the-end-of-the-world/ \nImage: Angela U. Drakeford: In bloom at the end of the world installation view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 2022
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/angela-u-drakeford-in-bloom-at-the-end-of-the-world/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Michael Kohler Arts Center":MAILTO:generalinfo@jmkac.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221008T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230219T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
CREATED:20220926T141733Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T141733Z
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SUMMARY:Sky Hopinka: I’ll Remember You as You Were\, Not as What You’ll Become
DESCRIPTION:An elegy to the late Native American poet Diane Burns\, Sky Hopinka’s I’ll Remember You as You Were\, Not as What You’ll Become is a meditation on mortality\, reincarnation\, and the forms the transcendent spirit takes while descending upon landscapes of life and death The film continues Hopinka’s exploration of the ways his indigenous homeland\, language\, and identity interconnect. \nIn his carefully composed and thickly layered film\, Hopinka weaves together original and found images and sounds to form a visual and aural montage that is sublime and otherworldly\, yet grounded in reality. Archival footage of Burns—a poet known for challenging Native American stereotypes—is punctuated with powwow dancers filmed by Hopinka\, and ethnographic texts on Ho-Chunk concepts of rebirth and the afterlife written by American anthropologist Paul Radin. The rhythmic sound of Sacred Harp singing and ambient electronic music form the film’s soundtrack. \n  \nImage: Sky Hopinka\, I’ll Remember You as You Were\, Not as What You’ll Become\, 2016; HD video; 00:12:31. Image copyright of the artist\, courtesy of the Video Data Bank at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago\, www.vdb.org.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/sky-hopinka-ill-remember-you-as-you-were-not-as-what-youll-become/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Michael Kohler Arts Center":MAILTO:generalinfo@jmkac.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221003T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230114T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
CREATED:20220926T141754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T141754Z
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SUMMARY:Otis Houston Jr.: My Name is My Word
DESCRIPTION:Living in Harlem\, New York\, Otis Houston Jr. acts as an alchemist. He mixes everyday items\, movements\, and thoughts to create multimedia assemblages\, paintings\, performances\, and text-based signs. \nHouston is best known for his public performances and installation work on FDR Drive by New York’s East River\, where he has been working since 1997. These site-specific installations include his writing\, poetry\, singing\, found objects\, and fruit\, which are used as both props and materials. Otis Houston Jr.: My Name is My Word will be the artist’s first museum exhibition. \nHouston’s artistic journey began in the 1990s when he worked on a series of print-media collages while incarcerated. Since then\, he has cultivated an ongoing journaling practice\, recording his experiences and beliefs. These insights are some of his many missives and protests spray-painted on a series of towels and canvases and displayed in public spaces and performances. His work often addresses racism\, poverty\, and addiction\, while promoting messages of health\, love\, and self-acceptance. \nThe fluidity of his practice generously invites viewers to both give and receive. He encourages public engagement and accepts environmental influences in his open-air studio and stage. \n*Houston will be at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center October 3–7\, sharing his assemblage work and performances. He will be working with the exhibitions team to install some of his existing work\, while also making new work on-site. During that time\, he will have open hours to share his process and converse with visitors. After he leaves\, the gallery will close for a week as we prepare to open an exhibition of this work\, on view from October 15\, 2022–January 14\, 2023.  \n  \n  \nImage: Otis Houston Jr.\, The Thangofmajig\, 2018; found and altered objects and mixed media; 38 x 26 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. Courtesy of Gordon Robichaux\, NY. Photo: Gregory Carideo.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/otis-houston-jr-my-name-is-my-word/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event,Exhibition
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Michael Kohler Arts Center":MAILTO:generalinfo@jmkac.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20221002T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230219T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
CREATED:20220926T141813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220926T141813Z
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SUMMARY:SPACES Spotlight: Vollis Simpson
DESCRIPTION:In the mid-1980s\, retired repairman Vollis Simpson (1919–2013) began using his collection of old farm equipment to construct monumental whirligigs in the fields around his Lucama\, North Carolina\, home. The site became a tourist attraction\, enticing visitors to his rural property. In 2010\, the nearby town of Wilson announced a plan to work with Simpson to move\, restore\, and reinstall thirty of the sculptures in a new park in its unpopulated downtown district. Kohler Foundation\, Inc.\, joined the project in 2016.  After the restoration\, the Arts Center was the recipient of several Simpson works\, including the large piece installed in front of the Art Preserve. Since the park’s opening\, Wilson has experienced a revitalization\, with over $3 million annually brought in by associated tourism. \nThis spotlight features the work of several photographers\, including Larry Harris\, and documents the evolution of Simpson’s whirligigs from a private passion to a source of communal pride and benefit. \n  \nImage: Vollis Simpson\, untitled (detail)\, n.d.; metal\, paint\, and reflectors; 300 x 144 x 144 in. John Michael Kohler Arts Center Collection\, gift of Kohler Foundation Inc.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/spaces-spotlight-vollis-simpson/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Michael Kohler Arts Center":MAILTO:generalinfo@jmkac.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220522T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20221002T160000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
CREATED:20220404T171829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220404T171829Z
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SUMMARY:Alexander Stewart: Void Vision
DESCRIPTION:Alexander Stewart’s Void Vision is an abstract science-fiction short film in which the line between the real and the simulated are blurred and distorted; a space where doubles\, twins\, duplicates\, re-creations\, and copies merge. \nCombining a science-fiction sensibility with the aesthetic of early CGI animation experiments\, Stewart presents rotating arrangements of lasers and duplicated women that fade in and out\, appearing as both photographed scenes and computer-modeled recreations. The audio track\, incorporating text from Philip K. Dick’s 1981 novel Valis\, features an improvised electronic score and a voice articulating theories about the mind and the universe. \nAlexander Stewart: Void Vision is part of the Arts Center’s Ways of Being theme. The featured visual and performing artists recontextualize our past\, reorient our present\, and project new\, viable futures. Collectively they ask\, what if? \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/alexander-stewart-void-vision/ \nImage: Alexander Stewart\, still from Void Vision\, 2018; 16mm as digital file; 7:45. Photo courtesy of the artist. \nTuesday\, Wednesday\, Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\nThursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. extended hours\nSaturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/alexander-stewart-void-vision/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Michael Kohler Arts Center":MAILTO:generalinfo@jmkac.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220521T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220521T210000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
CREATED:20220512T151702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220512T151702Z
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SUMMARY:Ways of Being Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy an evening at the Arts Center exploring reimagined ways of being in our world. Join us as we celebrate the launch of the Ways of Being exhibitions. \nSaturday\, May 21\, 2022\n7:00–9:00 p.m.\nConversation\, appetizers\, cash bar\, and music\nFree\nOpen to the public \nReserve your tickets for the Ways of Being Celebration at: https://www.jmkac.org/engage-events/ways-of-being-celebration/! \nWays of Being exhibition series is supported by the Kohler Trust for Arts and Education\, the Frederic Cornell Kohler Charitable Trust\, Kohler Foundation\, Inc.\, and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. \nImage: Regina Broussard\, untitled\, n.d.; ink on paper; 22 x 30 in. Photo courtesy of Creative Growth.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/ways-of-being-celebration/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="John Michael Kohler Arts Center":MAILTO:generalinfo@jmkac.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220521T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230521T170000
DTSTAMP:20260409T091535
CREATED:20220404T171850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220404T171850Z
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SUMMARY:Creative! Growth!
DESCRIPTION:Creative! Growth! will be the first exhibition to consider the history of Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland\, California. \nFounded in 1974 by artist Florence Ludins-Katz (1912–1990) and her psychologist husband Elias Katz (1913–2008)\, Creative Growth emerged from the larger social\, cultural\, and political narratives associated with the Bay Area in the late 1960s and early 1970s—including the women’s\, gay\, and civil rights movements. The arts and disabilities movement\, which championed the civil rights of disabled persons and fought against their marginalization in arts and culture\, flourished during this era. The Katzes were among that movement’s most farsighted and committed advocates. \nCreative! Growth! is curated by Matthew Higgs and will consider the organization’s history and legacy through the lens of the present. Now approaching its fiftieth anniversary\, Creative Growth is the preeminent center for artists with disabilities in the United States\, and has\, in turn\, become a model for similar centers nationally and internationally. At Creative Growth\, the Katzes established a unique and fiercely independent environment where disabled individuals are empowered to explore their creativity at their own pace. \nThe staff at Creative Growth\, almost exclusively practicing artists\, are not teachers in any conventional sense\, as no formal instruction takes place. Rather\, the staff members work alongside the artists with disabilities\, introducing them to new materials and processes\, offering practical and technical assistance where necessary\, and supporting their idiosyncratic approaches to self-expression. \nCreative! Growth! will consider the organization’s history and legacy through the lens of the present. There are a number of discrete solo presentations by key artists who were—or remain—affiliated with Creative Growth\, including Judith Scott (1943–2005)\, Dwight Mackintosh (1906–1999)\, William Scott\, Dan Miller\, Monica Valentine\, Tony Pedemonte\, Nicole Storm\, and John Martin. Photographer and documentary filmmaker Cheryl Dunn will present a selection from her twenty-plus-year archives documenting the artists at Creative Growth. \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/creative-growth/ \nImage: Creative Growth studio interior. Courtesy of Creative Growth. Photo: Ben Blackwell. \nTuesday\, Wednesday\, Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\nThursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. extended hours\nSaturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/creative-growth/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Archive Dive: Eccentric Machines
DESCRIPTION:In 1987\, the Arts Center organized Eccentric Machines\, a group exhibition including twenty-six large-scale sculptural works created by twenty artists\, including internationally renowned artists Alice Aycock\, Dennis Oppenheim\, and Jonathan Borofsky. The show presented a range of contemporary mechanical and kinetic artworks highlighting the complex\, ever-evolving relationship between machines and humans. \nThe interconnections of mechanics and daily life were further explored through the Great Cardboard Boat Regatta and in-gallery performances by Kanopy Dance Company. In addition three artists collaborated with area residents in the creation of Mechanical Marvels\, a large assemblage of mechanical waste and objects on the Art Center’s east lawn. \nArchive Dive: Eccentric Machines revisits the 1987 exhibition through a selection of archival materials\, including photographs of the Mechanical Marvels installation\, public programs\, and events; artist correspondence; and curatorial writing. \nThis dive into the archive reflects on the continuing conversation about technology. How do these moments of movement\, tinkering\, and discovery between human and object from more than three decades ago connect with our current engagement with technology? How do these kinetic artworks change our perspective of contemporary devices? How do artists encourage us to examine technology’s role in our lives? \nImage: Lewis Alquist\, States of Matter Undergoing Habitual Rotation\, 1983; welded steel bed frames\, glass\, electric motors\, and milk substitute. \nArchive Dive: Eccentric Machines \n \nTuesday\, Wednesday\, Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\nThursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. extended hours\nSaturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/archive-dive-eccentric-machines/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:In the Adjacent Possible
DESCRIPTION:In the Adjacent Possible is a response to sociologist Ruha Benjamin’s suggestion to “imagine and craft the worlds you cannot live without\, just as you dismantle the ones you cannot live within.” \nEach of the five artists’ installations provides a vantage point for viewing the many potentialities that lie just beyond what we know. They conjure worlds that are not quite here\, yet are within our grasp. They place us in the adjacent possible\, a space where we can dream alternative ways of being in the world. \nThe exhibition forms a speculative architecture that explores myriad approaches to and understandings of proposed and promised strategies of living. These artists offer prospective blueprints of other worlds\, often constructed from the remnants of our current one. Engaging issues of colonialism\, feminism\, queerness\, identity\, and stereotypes\, In the Adjacent Possible suggests ways we can reimagine the present and explores the infinite horizon of opportunities at the boundaries of our reach. \nhttps://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/in-the-adjacent-possible/ \nImage: In the Adjacent Possible artists (clockwise from upper left): Suchitra Mattai\, Haleigh Nickerson\, Yasmine K. Kasem\, Nyugen E. Smith\, and Jessica Campbell. \nTuesday\, Wednesday\, Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\nThursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. extended hours\nSaturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
URL:https://artinamericaguide.com/event/in-the-adjacent-possible/
LOCATION:John Michael Kohler Arts Center\, 608 New York Avenue\, Sheboygan\, WI\, 53081\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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