The Wisconsin painter Craig Blietz is the toast of his native state, thanks to two exhibitions on view this season. His solo show at the Museum of Wisconsin Art features a new body of 30 works that depict the cows so beloved in this dairy-minded state.
Read MoreMary Jones Named As A 2018 Iowa Arts Council Fellow
A panel of of Iowa arts professionals selected visual artists Noah Doely of Cedar Falls, Mary Jones of Indianola and Julia Franklin of West Des Moines along with writer and illustrator Lauren Haldeman of Iowa City and photographer Molly Wood of Des Moines as this year's fellows from a pool of 66 applicants. The five new fellows were honored Wednesday during a ceremony with Gov. Kim Reynolds and Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg at the State Capitol.
Read MoreGallery Owner, Tory Folliard, Featured In Milwaukee Magazine
ONE OF MILWAUKEE’S BEST-KNOWN GALLERY OWNERS, TORY FOLLIARD, CELEBRATES 30 YEARS IN BUSINESS
Read MoreTerrence Coffman Exhibition Review In The Shepherd Express
The Inner Landscapes of Terrence Coffman
What color is Zen? Wisconsin painter Terrence Coffman seems to know. He ostensibly treads in abstract expressionism’s historical modernism.
Read MoreTerrence Coffman's Work Featured In Chicago Life Magazine
Check out Terrence Coffman's paintings in the Summer 2018 edition of Chicago Life Magazine.
Read MoreCathy Martin And Michael Noland Exhibitions Reviewed In The Shepherd Express
Cathy Martin’s ‘eye(scapes)’ and Michael Noland’s ‘Under a Falling Sky’ at Tory Folliard Gallery
Closing in on its 30th anniversary this July, the Tory Folliard Gallery shows no signs of slowing down. The gallery presents two new exhibitions opening on Saturday, March 24.
Read MoreFred Stonehouse Featured On Juxtapoz Website
Often encompassing religious or surreal contexts, his paintings are a materialization of his nostalgia for familiar cartoon figures of the past, blended with the artist's own delicate balance of humor, beauty and derangement. The artist, a Milwaukee native, has enjoyed over fifteen museum exhibitions across the country including a retrospective at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and has been featured in Blab and other magazines.
Read MoreBreehan James Featured In The American Scholar
Wisconsin-native Breehan James has spent the past 10 years depicting her home state and the Boundary Waters of Minnesota. A professor at Boston University, James says the works of 19th-century Nordic landscape painters have greatly influenced her own compositions. Here, she discusses how painting from life is liberating, the benefits of immersing oneself in nature, and why the wilds of Wisconsin always refresh her spirit.
Read MoreRodger Bechtold and Richard Taylor Exhibitions Reviewed In The Shepherd Express
Two solo exhibitions opening Jan. 5 at Tory Folliard Gallery find two regional artists meditating on the singular beauty of Midwestern landscapes.
Read MoreWisconsin State Journal Reviews Gerit Grimm's MOWA Exhibition
Many fairy tales begin on an ordinary day. Then, something extraordinary happens.
That’s what occurred in the art studio of ceramicist Gerit Grimm in 2010. Grimm, who had long created ceramics with light colored clay and bedazzling glazes, came across some raw, dark clay that somebody had left behind.
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