Ozaukee County Guide

2020 Wisconsin Artists Biennial: Opening Party, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Jan. 25, Museum of Wisconsin Art, 205 Veterans Ave., West Bend. Arrive early to hear from jurors Amy Baur, Brian Boldon and Tylonn J. Sawyer as they discuss their process of selecting work for the Biennial. Meet the artists and explore their work, make art in the studio and see what's trending in Wisconsin. 262-334- 9638, www.wisconsinart.org. Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking, through Feb. 9, Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Museum Drive, Milwaukee. Featuring about 100 edition prints, many from the Milwaukee Art Museum's Landfall Press Archive, that are the result of collaboration and experimentation at Landfall. Stories from the workshop are brought to life through photographs, videos, and documents, and a lithography press and printing materials showcase the hand-printing process that the workshop sustains and advances. mam.org. "Portrait of Milwaukee" exhibit, through March 1, Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee. The exhibition shows slices of life, from civil rights marches to motorcycle manufacturing, from the era in which Milwaukee came of age as a city. It includes perspectives from photojour- nalists, commercial photogra- phers and artists, most of whom were living in Milwau- kee at the time. mam.org. "The Nature of Wisconsin" exhibit, through March 20, The Warehouse, 1635 W. St. Paul Ave., Milwaukee. The Warehouse hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Opening reception will be held 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jan. 17. 414-252-0677, www.the- warehousemke.org. Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Jan. 25 through March 29, Museum of Wisconsin Art, 205 Veterans Ave., West Bend. Every two years the Museum of Wisconsin Art showcases the most compelling, engaging, inventive, and unique art from a state rich in creative capital. The 2020 Wisconsin Artists Biennial is open to all contem- porary artists from throughout the state, representing a wide spectrum of media and cre- ative perspectives. 262-334-9638, www.wisconsinart.org. "Rosalie Waranius Vass | Light Layers: Watercolors," Jan. 16 through April 8, Saint John's On The Lake, 1840 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee. Over six decades of creative activity, Vass has developed a unique watercolor technique that involves adding layer upon layer of the delicate, translucent paint to create a vibrant surface that shimmers with color. The richly detailed compositions evoke a longing for close-knit communities of yesteryear with a beguiling simplicity of style that updates American folk art traditions. 262-334-9638, www.wisconsi- nart.org. Toward the Texture of Knowing Exhibit, through May 24, Haggerty Museum of Art, 1234 W. Tory Hill St., Milwaukee. Artists included in this exhibition have engaged in slow and intentional exami- nation of everyday points of contact - encounters with peo- ple, with emotion, with time, and with the world - as sites of curiosity and impact. 414-288- 7290, marquette.edu/haggerty. Bookseller and Coffee Shop, Milwaukee Central Library, 814 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwau- kee. Visit the Bookseller, the library's used book store. 414-286-2142. The Creative Writing Collec- tive, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednes- day, Milwaukee Public Library - Tippecanoe Branch, 3912 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee. OZAUKEE COUNTY GUIDE • JANUARY 22, 2020 • 5 GMTODAY.COM • CALENDAR OF EVENTS •

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