MONROE - Monroe Arts Center's Frehner Gallery will present "Eye Candy," a multimedia group show by members of the Driftless Area Artists, from Dec. 7 through Jan. 25.
The exhibit features the work of 14 artists from south central Wisconsin, representing the cities of Monroe, New Glarus, Monticello, Blanchardville, Argyle, Blue Mounds and Gratiot.
The exhibiting artists include Sarah Aslakson, Jeanne Ausmus, Elsie Berget, Kathleen D'Angelo, Tina Duemler, Jocelyn Kline, Jane Olson, Carey O'Shea, Nikki Saugstad, Terri Schmit, Joan Stackpole, Helen Staufffer, Jeanne Stietz, and Terry Tackett.
A wide variety of art mediums have been used in the pieces created for this exhibit. They include watercolor, acrylic, gouache, oil painting, photography, colored pencil, gourds, and various other mediums.
An opening reception is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in the Frehner Gallery. A brief curator talk will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be followed by a poetry reading by poet, Richard Merelman, Madison.
Merelman has selected artwork from this exhibit and composed poems relating to those particular pieces. Merelman is professor emeritus of political science at University of Wisconsin-Madison, holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and also taught at Wesleyan (Conn.), UCLA, the University of Maryland, and the University of Essex (England).
He is the author of several books and articles on culture and politics in Western democracies. His poetry has appeared in a number of literary journals, and he has won awards from the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, the 2011 Helen Schaible International Shakespearean/Petrachan Sonnet Contest, and the Milwaukee Art Museum poetry contest. The event is free and open to the public.
The exhibit has been made possible by Monroe Arts Center Corporate Underwriter Colony Brands, Inc.; and Season Media Underwriters Monroe Publishing, LLC and Big Radio;
with additional support from Michael and Shelley Muranyi.
For more information, contact MAC
at (608) 325-5700, (888) 596-1249,
or online at www.monroeartscenter.
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The exhibit features the work of 14 artists from south central Wisconsin, representing the cities of Monroe, New Glarus, Monticello, Blanchardville, Argyle, Blue Mounds and Gratiot.
The exhibiting artists include Sarah Aslakson, Jeanne Ausmus, Elsie Berget, Kathleen D'Angelo, Tina Duemler, Jocelyn Kline, Jane Olson, Carey O'Shea, Nikki Saugstad, Terri Schmit, Joan Stackpole, Helen Staufffer, Jeanne Stietz, and Terry Tackett.
A wide variety of art mediums have been used in the pieces created for this exhibit. They include watercolor, acrylic, gouache, oil painting, photography, colored pencil, gourds, and various other mediums.
An opening reception is scheduled for 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, in the Frehner Gallery. A brief curator talk will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be followed by a poetry reading by poet, Richard Merelman, Madison.
Merelman has selected artwork from this exhibit and composed poems relating to those particular pieces. Merelman is professor emeritus of political science at University of Wisconsin-Madison, holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and also taught at Wesleyan (Conn.), UCLA, the University of Maryland, and the University of Essex (England).
He is the author of several books and articles on culture and politics in Western democracies. His poetry has appeared in a number of literary journals, and he has won awards from the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, the 2011 Helen Schaible International Shakespearean/Petrachan Sonnet Contest, and the Milwaukee Art Museum poetry contest. The event is free and open to the public.
The exhibit has been made possible by Monroe Arts Center Corporate Underwriter Colony Brands, Inc.; and Season Media Underwriters Monroe Publishing, LLC and Big Radio;
with additional support from Michael and Shelley Muranyi.
For more information, contact MAC
at (608) 325-5700, (888) 596-1249,
or online at www.monroeartscenter.
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