Feb 9, 2010 - Apr 11, 2010Culled from the permanent collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, this exhibition features paintings, photographs, prints and objects that address symbols of American identity. Included are works by Peter Saul, Susan Rothenberg, Gary Winogrand, Thomas Hart Benton, Roger ... View event details... |
Feb 9, 2010 - Mar 14, 2010The Chazen offers thirteen international artist-designed automata that surprise and delight as their hand-cranked mechanisms jolt to life. Crafted with wood, metal and wire, these mechanical and complex sculptures use their springs and tension to emanate an aesthetic of ... View event details... |
Feb 9, 2010 - Feb 27, 2010Drawing on Wisconsin’s driftless region, McCormick finds his muse within the backwoods of his stone farmhouse, painting images of farm fields, the surrounding prairie and trees within the area. DATES AND TIMES: Jan 2–Feb 27. Mon–Fri 9:30a–4p, Sat–Sun 12:30–4p. ...View event details... |
Feb 9, 2010 - May 9, 2010This collective exhibition honors dancer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham. The duo met in the early 1940s and collaborated for fifty years. Exploring the connections between dance and music, as well as poetry, language and visual art, their work influenced ... View event details... |
Feb 9, 2010 - Mar 21, 2010You know you like it—but if that’s all you know, stop by Olbrich and learn about chocolate’s (literal) roots in the South American cacao tree and its many uses today. DATES AND TIMES: Jan 4–March 21. Mon–Sat 10a–4p, Sun 10a–5p. ...View event details... |
Feb 9, 2010 - Mar 5, 2010A master gardener and experienced watercolor painter, Cynthia Quinn offers oil paintings focusing on botanical, figurative, still life and landscapes images as well as historic landmarks and the creative ways Wisconsin natives manipulate and develop their properties. Using soft pastel ... View event details... |
Feb 9, 2010 - Apr 4, 2010Organized by Julia Taylor, Home Sweet Home offers a print portfolio exchange to bring together emerging, professional and established print artists. Each contributing artist offers a piece on the theme of “home.” Asking their audience to question the meaning of home, ... View event details... |
Feb 9, 2010 - Apr 4, 2010Local artists Lisa A. Frank and Mary Hark offer works from domestic environments with a quality of complexity. Frank uses photographs, digital scans and found imagery from nature as a means to create her detailed compositions. Hark offers sewn and ... View event details... |
Feb 9, 2010 - Apr 4, 2010Miksang photography derives from the teachings of Shambala Buddist founder Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Miksang–meaning “good eye”–offers photographs that explore the phenomenal world showing beautiful images of what we often overlook. The Miskang group at the Shambala Center in Madison portrays ... View event details... |
Feb 9, 2010 - Feb 27, 2010Grace Chosy offers an exhibit of work from the acclaimed and accomplished Warrington Colescott in honor of his new cataloguie raisonne of prints. A California native, Colescott has an intrusive, intellectual and satirical story-style. DATES AND TIMES: Feb 5–27. Tues–Sat 10a–5p. ... View event details... |