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Museum of Wisconsin Art 205 Veterans Ave., West Bend, WI

JIM SHIELDS Saturday, April 8 | 2:00 Jim Shields is the visionary architect behind MOWA’s modernist Mothership. Celebrated for his innovative, sustainable, and destination-making design, Shields is uniquely attuned to the ways that structures shape …

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Museum of Wisconsin Art 205 Veterans Ave., West Bend, WI

DELLA WELLS Saturday, May 20 | 11:00 Self-taught artist Della Wells sees herself as both a storyteller and an artist. Although her professional career in the arts began at the relatively late age of 42, …

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Museum of Wisconsin Art 205 Veterans Ave., West Bend, WI

MICHELE GRABNER Saturday, June 17 | 11:00am Michele Grabner is an artist-alchemist who transforms humble domestic objects into high art. Her hypnotic variations on the theme of gingham have won the Wisconsin native an uber-prestigious …

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Museum of Wisconsin Art 205 Veterans Ave., West Bend, WI

TOM UTTECH Saturday, July 15 | 11:00 Tom Uttech needs no introduction. The elder statesman of Wisconsin art has long enraptured viewers with otherworldly paintings of the natural world at its most magical.

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Museum of Wisconsin Art 205 Veterans Ave., West Bend, WI

JASON S. YI Saturday, August 5 | 11:00am Raised in South Korea until the age of eleven, Jason S. Yi’s bi-cultural background inspires his boundary-crossing artistic practice. His use of humble, utilitarian materials like packing …

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Museum of Wisconsin Art 205 Veterans Ave., West Bend, WI

FRED STONEHOUSE Saturday, September 23 | 11:00am Fred Stonehouse’s paintings marry wide-ranging art-historical influences with inscrutable symbols according to a strangely compelling dream logic. The bravado Neo-Surrealism of his work has secured Stonehouse a place …

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Museum of Wisconsin Art 205 Veterans Ave., West Bend, WI

VAUGHAN LARSEN Saturday, October 7 | 11:00am Vaughan Larsen’s photography defies dichotomies. The non-binary artist situates themself at the center of their work to explore the fluidity of identity and the public reception of non-conforming …

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Museum of Wisconsin Art 205 Veterans Ave., West Bend, WI

LON MICHELS Saturday, November 18 | 11:00am After working with renowned sculptor Louise Nevelson in New York City during the 1980s, Lon Michels returned to his home state of Wisconsin, where he developed a vibrant …