Last week my husband and I stepped out for a day and headed up to the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA). It was a bit impulsive, but, oh, so worth the trip. MOWA is located in West Bend and is a delightfully unpretentious, yet highly cultivated celebration of Wisconsin art. The museum was initially founded in 1961 to showcase the works […]
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Milwaukee’s Color Rush
Two weeks ago, I was able to drag my husband to an AIGA guided tour of the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Color Rush: 75 Years of Color Photography in America. I was particularly interested in this exhibit because, back in September, the museum’s graphic design team gave us AIGAers a peek of their studio deep within the underbelly […]
An Afternoon with Toulouse-Lautrec
Earlier this month, I had a super fun day with my goddaughter at the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM). I’m a huge fan of poster art and she likes fashion, so we checked out the Posters of Paris exhibit. It fit our tastes beautifully. “In the 1890s, Paris was celebrated as a city of posters,” describes the exhibit details. […]