Wednesday, April 27, 2011

embodied placemaking (part two)



FREE and open to the public
When: Friday, April 29
Where: UWM Campus, Curtin Hall Room 175 (3243 N. Downer Ave)
Time: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Embodied placemaking occurs on streets, along edges of buildings, and in interiors and plazas. It happens momentarily or persists over days, repeats seasonally or remains a historical memory of an event from the past. Its very ordinariness and ethereality speak of deeply engrained cultural practices and knowledges that are so integral to our experiences and expectations of a city that we never question them.

Our speakers address embodied placemaking from a range of disciplinary perspectives and at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Several explore how buildings and cities can be designed in order to encourage and enhance possibilities of such engagements; others present case studies of such processes in contemporary cities. Several theorize on the cognitive and sensory processes by which individuals make place while others study the politics of embodied placemaking.

Speakers include: Rachel Breunlin (U of New Orleans), Elizabeth Currid-Halkett (USC), Emanuela Guano (Georgia State), Jennifer Geigel Mikulay (Alverno), Carl Nightingale (SUNY-Buffalo), Janet Zweig (Brooklyn, NY).

embodied placemaking is sponsored by C21 (College of Letters and Science, with the support from the Graduate School, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Check here for more information: http://bit.ly/9x74db


Sunday, April 24, 2011

Samuel Williams Exhibition






























This even is FREE and open to the public.
Date: Friday April 1 through June 19
Time: Opening reception: Friday, April 1, 5-8 p.m.
Gallery hours are Wednesday - Sunday, Noon- 5 p.m., open late Thursdays until 8 p.m.
Location: INOVA/Kenilworth

Samuel Williams is a British artist working primarily in sculpture and video. His work tends to focus on limitations of materials and time (for example, his series of 20-second sculptures, made from whatever is at hand within the one-third minute time constraint). For this exhibition, Inova will fully engage Williams' inventive capabilities, and the limitations of his living in a country an ocean away.

For the first time ever, at the beginning of the show the gallery will be empty. Each day the gallery is open (including opening night) throughout the run of the show, Williams will send instructions, via fax, e-mail or telephone, for one sculpture to be made on site. A collection of volunteers, drawn from students in the Peck School of the Arts and the Milwaukee community, will sign on to help realize these works, gradually filling up the gallery at the pace of one sculpture per day that the gallery is open. By the end of the show, if all goes as planned 38 Williams sculptures will occupy the space.

For more information please contact the box office at 414.229.4308.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Paolo Ruffino and the artist collective IOCOSE



The Peck School of the Arts and the Center for 21st Century Studies present "IOCOSE: the future is a reconstruction," a film screening & lecture by Paolo Ruffino from the University of London, about the artist collective Iocoose (http://www.iocose.org/) , at 3 pm, Tuesday, April 12, Curtin 175. See c21.uwm.edu and arts.uwm.edu/artistsnow.

Saturday, April 09, 2011

Spring Gallery Night and Day presented by The Historic Third Ward Association



























The Downtown Milwaukee Area
Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16
FREE Admission to all venues during event hours

Presented by the Historic Third Ward Association, the 23-year-old Gallery Night and Day is the premier art event in Milwaukee for both the experienced art connoisseur and most beginning admirer. An evening of gallery hopping and art viewing begins Friday, April 15 and continues during the day on Saturday, April 16. This Spring, the quarterly event showcases 57 venues throughout the downtown Milwaukee area.

For an easy tour, catch the free Friday Gallery Night Xpress and enjoy a six-stop route which will take you from the Third Ward to East Town and back. The 14-passenger bus makes a continuous loop from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday with stops approximately every 15 minutes.

For a more information and a detailed list of event venues, visit http://ow.ly/4wPl.