SPARK! Florentine Opera Baumgartner Studio Artists
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
At the Museum of Wisconsin Art, we believe that where we live is important and we are passionate about everything Wisconsin.
We also believe enjoying art should be easy and welcoming, not an exclusive privilege. That’s why instead of single-day admission, your entrance fee is an affordable membership providing unlimited museum access for an entire year. Learn more
February 3–April 14
MOWA | West Bend
The Biennial showcases contemporary works by fifty-two Wisconsin artists selected from more than 400 artist submissions by and 1200 works of art. Explore works across nearly all mediums and subject matter.
Vulnerable Homes
February 3–April 14
MOWA | West Bend
Cropper begins by constructing wood-frame structures to attract wrens and tree swallows eager to build nests in the early Wisconsin spring. In the fall, working with scientific rigor, she “harvests,” studies, and documents the abandoned modular houses and their nests and assembles them into meticulously-arranged art installations.
Ecstasy and Escape at the Swan Song Motel
Opening Party January 19 | 5:00–7:00
MOWA | DTN inside Saint Kate—The Arts Hotel
Murphy’s family owns a motel in rural Wisconsin that inspires the transformation of MOWA | DTN into the “Swan Song Motel,” a familiar setting and refuge for women escaping domestic abuse.
ukwé·tase (newcomer/stranger)
March 13–January 2025
MOWA | West Bend
At once installation, sculpture, and architectural form, this building like structure with a title in the Oneida language was designed for the 2023 Chicago Architectural Biennial. An accompanying land acknowledgment statement reminds visitors that the building stands on what was once indigenous land.
Musings on Dairy Farms
April 11—June 23
MOWA on the Lake inside Saint John's On The Lake
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
MOWA | West Bend
205 Veterans Avenue, West Bend, WI 53095
A network of locations and community partners
MOWA can be found around the state with two permanent venues—the West Bend “Mothership” and MOWA | DTN in downtown Milwaukee—and two partnering community organizations that make its programs and collections accessible and free.
Land Acknowledgment Statement
The Museum of Wisconsin Art stands on the ancestral lands of the Ho-Chunk, Menominee, and Potawatomi people. We pay respects to their elders past and present and acknowledge the Ho-Chunk, Menominee, and Potawatomi people who have stewarded this land through the generations.
To our members, donors, and community partners—thank you for being an important part of our journey.
Your contribution to the 2022 MOWA Fund will help MOWA continue to fulfill its special role in the arts and culture of our state for generations to come.
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locations around the state
175+
programs & community events per year
200k
annual visitors