Focus Gallery

The Path of Discovery: The Christine LaJoice Collection of Bernhard Schneider Photographs

January 9 – March 30

Opening Reception and Gallery Talk: Sunday, February 17th at 2:30 p.m.
(Snow date, February 24th)

Developed from a hoard of glass negatives that have remained unseen for over a century, these photographs by Panorama Painter and photographer Bernhard Schneider offer a unique and casual glimpse of Cedarburg and Milwaukee at the end of the 19th century.

At the public lecture Christine will tell the tale of discovering the negatives, her research on how they came to be identified as those of Schneider and her personal connection to these century-old images.

Professional Dimensions Collection

April 2 – June 29

Professional Dimensions is a membership organization that promotes the professional and personal growth of women through social and business exchanges and through community participation. In 1982 it inaugurated the Sacagawea Awards for women who exemplified their values and this exhibition will feature many of these awards created by some of Wisconsin’s finest women artists.

Arthur Thrall: The Sensuous Line

July 2 – September 28

Opening reception and artist talk, Sunday, September 7th

An artist and teacher of tremendous accomplishment, Arthur Thrall’s prints and paintings over many decades have been united by his delicate, controlled but sensuous use of line. This selective retrospective will showcase the best of an artist who is still active and committed to his work.

A Sense of Place: The Photographs of A.J. Mueller

October 1 – January 4, 2009

Opening Reception and Gallery Talk: Sunday, February 17th at 2:30 p.m.
(Snow date, February 24th)

A.J. Mueller was a staff photographer for the Appleton Post-Gazette from 1942 to 1966 and as such traveled throughout the Fox Valley taking pictures of people, places and events. This exhibition will evoke great nostalgia for many Wisconsinites as well as reveal a long-lost snapshot of rural life.