Museum of Wisconsin Art

A Different Kind of Museum

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Exhibitions On View

Lon Michels

Disrupting Patterns

Opening Party October 28 | 2:00–4:00

MOWA | West Bend

The exhibition will feature forty-five paintings displayed within a re-created lounge environment of leopard-painted Buddha sculptures, a taxidermy bear, a 1961 camper van, a VW, and plush household furnishings.

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Vaughan Larsen

Everything I Could Ever Want

Opening Party October 13 | 5:00–7:00

MOWA | DTN inside Saint Kate—The Arts Hotel

Using the camera as a tool of self-inquiry, Vaughan Larsen explores personal perceptions of identity.

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Members' Show 2023

November 18–January 7

MOWA | West Bend

Each year, the State Gallery lights up with more than 200 artworks submitted by MOWA members of all ages and levels of experience. Collectively, the works reveal what is engaging the minds, hearts, and brushstrokes of MOWA members.

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A Year by the Lake

September 1, 2023–December 3, 2023

MOWA on the Lake
 inside Saint John's On The Lake

Showing remarkable commitment and perseverance, every day from September 2020 to September 2021, four Milwaukee residents and friends, Phyllis Bankier, Heather Ho, Diane Rychlinski, and Kathy Smith, photographed the Milwaukee County shoreline as the sun rose.

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Winter Week

December 27–30! Drop in anytime the last week of the year for art-inspired fun. Create your own art and explore the museum with tours and gallery activities. Free for members.

Member Appreciation Hot Chocolate Bar | All Day
Have a hot chocolate on us! It’s our way of saying thank you for your support this year.

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Celebrating Our Creative Communities

Wisconsin Visual Art Achievement Awards

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Comics and Politics: From Ripon to the RNC

The Museum of Wisconsin Art is proud to issue a call to Wisconsin visual artists to submit comics about today’s political climate for an exhibition at its Milwaukee location in the Saint Kate—The Arts Hotel in downtown Milwaukee.

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Our Artists

Allow us to introduce you to some of our artists

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Featured Artist

Lois Ireland

Waunakee 1928 — Eden Prairie, Minnesota 2020

Featured Artist

John Nicholson Colt

Madison 1925 — Amherst, Massachusetts 1999

Featured Artist

Theodore Czebotar

Milwaukee 1915 — Fishkill, New York 1996

Featured Artist

Tom Uttech

Merrill 1942

Featured Artist

Rosemary Ollison

Portland, Arkansas 1943

Locations

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.

MOWA | West Bend

The Mothership

MOWA | DTN

Milwaukee

MOWA on the Lake

Milwaukee

MOWA | Governor’s Residence

Madison

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.

Celebrate the Arts and Culture of Wisconsin

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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