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10 • Exploring the Arts • N e w s G r a p h i c & D a i l y N e w s • M a r c h 2 0 1 4 Mark your calendar for our 2014-15 season! June 28-29, 2014 September 21-22, 2014 February 21-22, 2015 October 11-12, 2014 Mid-November through Christmas cedarburgchristmas.com www.cedarburgfestivals.org F estivals of C ed arb u rg 237337001 By Nina Matti Conley News Service CEDARBURG — Although the Cedarburg Art Museum occupies a beau- tiful Victorian-style home, the art within its walls is not restricted to Victorian portraits. The museum has become a kind of archive of Cedarburg. Museum curator Jill Hepburn said the museum aims to become a "repository of Cedarburg art history over time." Built in 1898 to serve as the home of Johanna and Diedrich Wittenberg, the "amazingly intact" Victorian structure is the museum's "largest work of art," Hepburn said. Along with the permanent works, two exhibits will be shown until April 27. "The Allure of Cedarburg" is a collection of works by Edmund Schildknecht and Chris Olson, both of whom painted Cedarburg landscapes during the 1920s. The Cedarburg Gallery room within the museum displays "Illuminations: Paintings of Landscape, Light and Likeness" features the Midwestern land- scape paintings of Sherwood artist James Hempel. Hempel was the winner of the Cedarburg Artists Guild Plein Air Event in 2002 and 2004. An exhibit dis- playing the works of plein air p a i n t e r R o b e r t S c h n e i d e r will be unveiled in the fall. The show will showcase paintings alongside the photo- graphs Schneider used as inspiration. The museum also features work by local art students and is always willing to accept donated pieces, whether they are historical or modern. "Our mission is to not only support downtown Cedarburg, but the entire local art community," Hepburn said. The museum honors this mission through providing educational opportu- nities. Stitch@the Museum is the third Tuesday of every month from 7- 8:30 p.m. Attendees are invited to knit, crochet, bead and embroider. Conversations — Stories from Creative Lives allows community mem- bers to hear key note speakers "talk about the creative process," Hepburn said. The last session of the three-part series is April 17 and costs $15. A book club is hosted the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. and a sketch club has been created for area teens. An upstairs drop-in art studio creates a "vibrant environment" for children to make crafts, Hepburn said. The museum also provides a scavenger hunt for chil- dren "to get them to slow down and actu- ally look at the art." As the museum is nonprofit, the entire venue is available for rent. The museum is almost completely volunteer run. For information on get- ting involved, email info@ c e d a r b u r g a r t m u s e u m . o r g or call 262- 377-6123. Structure an 1898 Victorian-style home The Cedarburg Art Museum a work of art