Upcoming Art Events for 2009.

I hope to attend at least some of these upcoming 2009 Art Events. I put the information here as a service to Wisconsin readers. (Information, Dates and Times should be verified independently! :)

August 29, 2009: Saturday
237.5 Art Fair Event, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Former Paper Boat Gallery Space
2375 S. Howell Ave, Milwaukee, WI

September 5, 2009: Saturday
Hawthorn Hollow Art Fair, 10:00-4:00
Kenosha, Wisconsin

September 12-13, 2009: Sat-Sun
Trimborn Fall Art & Craft Fair, 9:30-4:30
Greendale, Wisconsin

September 13, 2009: Sunday ****
Mount Mary Starving Artists Fair, 10:00-5:00
92nd and Menomonee River Parkway
Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

September 19, 2009: Saturday ****
Holy Hill Arts and Crafts Fair
1525 Carmel Road, Holy Hill, Wisconsin

September 19-20, 2009: Sat-Sun
Cedarburg Wine and Harvest Festival, 10:00-5:00
Downtown Cedarburg, Wisconsin

September 24, 2009: Thursday ****
12 Hours of Warhol (member opening), 10:00-10:00
Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin

September 26, 2009: Saturday
Showcase Shorewood, 10:00-5:00
Shorewood High School Lawn, Wisconsin

October 9-11, 2009: Fri-Sun 2009 *****
Cedarburg Arts Weekend, Studio and Gallery Tour
Cedarburg and area, Wisconsin

October 10-11, 2009: Sat-Sun
Townline Art Fair
Hwy 42 in Ephraim, Door County, Wisconsin

October 16-17, 2009: Saturday
Gallery Night and Day,
20+ Galleries Downtown, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

October 17, 2009: Saturday
A Community Affair, 9:00-4:30
Menomonee Falls High School, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

November 13, 2009: Friday *****
Mequon Artisan Network Holiday Fair, 11:00-7:00
Logemann Center, Mequon, Wisconsin

November 14-15, 2009: Sat-Sun
Winter Art Fair 9:00-5:00; 10:00-4:00
Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, Wisconsin

Nov 20, 21, 22, 2009: Fri-Sun ****
2009 Holiday Market 9:00-7:00; 9:00-5:00; 9:00-3:00;
The American Club, Kohler Wisconsin

November 29, 2009: Sunday
Friends Art Fair, 10:00-4:00
Also billed as the Athena Artist's Group Holiday Art Show
Hart Park Pavilion, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

December 4-5, 2009: Fri-Sat ****
Cedarburg Artists Guild Holiday Art Show
10:00-8:00; 10:00-5:00
W63 N645 Washington Ave, Cedarburg Community Gym, Cedarburg, Wisconsin

Some of these events I have attended in the past and enjoyed, others I have only heard about. Maybe I'll see you there!






2023-2025 Updates.  
I am using this space to document art, theater and gardening event links, post pandemic.

Waukesha Art   Mar, May, Aug, Oct, Dec Plein Air Crawl

Ice Age Trail Studio Tour  Oct early Studio Tour

Doorcountynorth  Oct 3rd weekend Fall Art Crawl

Johnson Creek Art Tour  Oct late Studio Tour

Madison Art Tour   Sept Art Tour 

Christmas Fantasy House   Nov 4+ 2023 Decorated House, Saw in 2025 in Elm Grove,  

Kohler Holiday Market   Nov 17-18 2023 Kohler Market

Chicago One of a Kind Show   Dec 7-10 2023,  

UW-Madison Events   Nov UW-Madison Art Department Annual open Studio Day

Travel Wisconsin site   art fairs and more

2016-2025 now.  
I am using this space to document theater and gardening event links, for now.

Theater:

College:
Marquette University Theatre-Arts
3(4?) good shows a year, End of September, Mid November, Late February.
Shakespeare in March of 201x even years.   2025-2026 season

Great shows I saw included:
Liars (Feb 2015); As You Like It (Feb 2016); Hamlet (Apr 2014); Company (Apr 2015?)

Concordia University Mequon
Great shows I saw included:
Macbeth (2015); The Importance of Being Ernest (2015?); Great Expectations (2015?)
Acacia Theatre  4 shows a year July Oct Dec Mar
Shows included Freud's Last Session (Oct 2015)


University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Shows I saw included:
Shakespeare, Odd Greek play, 

Also UW Milwaukee

Hip Hop Shows, African and Salsa Shows, Spring Dances, Winter Dances

Wisconsin Lutheran College
Shows I saw included:  Ibsen's Dolls House (2016), Shakespeare - Multiple including Taming of the Shrew

Cardinal Stritch Theater
Shows I saw include:  Little Shop of Horrors (2016)

Carroll College

 

 

Milwaukee Repertory Theater  I saw: Sept 2016 Man of LaMancha
  Nov 2016 The Foreigner

Skylight music theatre
   Saw Pirates of Penzance (2016) and My Fair Lady (2015-16)

Milwaukee Chamber Theater Sept, Great Expectations in April 2017

Next Act Theater Saw Julius Cesare

Travel Wisconsin 

Milwaukee Broadway Plays 
saw Lion King, Book of Mormon, Newsies, Cabaret, Mama Mia, Wicked

Madison Theater

Broadway in Chicago


Marcus Center Calendar


University of Wisconsin Whitewater

Mid October 2 plays, 1 Shakespeare by a professional company
Late October 1 musical
Mid March 2 plays, 1 Shakespeare by a professional company


Great shows I saw included:
Faust
Much Ado about Nothing
Romeo and Juliet (Oct 20, 2015)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes (Oct 21, 2015)
Henry 5 (Mar 16, 2016) Also UW Whitewater

 https://union.wisc.edu/visit/wisconsin-union-theater/seasonevents/

 

High School Theater
Wauwatosa West High School Trojan Players
Great shows I saw included:  Jekyll and Hyde (Nov 2015); The Adams Family (April)

Dominican High School

Great shows I saw include:  Little Mermaid (Feb 2016), Phantom of the Opera
Dance Inspirations 7, 8, and 9 (2014-2016)
Once Upon an Island


Oconomowoc School District
Greatest show I saw included:  Singing in the Rain (2014)

Tosa East High School
Shows I saw include:  Into the Woods, Phantom of the Opera

Whitnall High School
Shows I saw include: High School Musical (2016)


Hamilton Sussex School District
more info...

Nicolet High School 2025


Holy Angels

New Berlin High School 

Homestead High School

Whitefish Bay High School
Facebook Whitefish Bay

Thoroughly Modern Mille,  Foot Loose,  Grease

Pius High School
One musical a year.  I saw Phantom (mimimalist version) 

Wis State Theater Festival   In Novemeber


Marquette High School saw Phantom (Jessica 2011?)

Community and other Theater

Shakespeare in the Park  Julius Cesar Aug 2016

The Bay Players   Facebook TheBayPlayers  
Stuck (Jan 2015)

Glendale Community Theater   Jan and July.  
Saw Next to Normal (Jan 2013) and Wedding Singer (Jan 2016)




Menomonee Falls Patio Players  Shows in Oct, Feb, April

Village Play House

Sunset Playhouse

 

Film Festivals

Italian film festival  April

French Film Festival   February

Latin Film Series   March

Gardening:

South Milwaukee Historical Society Garden Tour   Saturday, June 25, 2016  10am-2pm 

Menomonee Falls Garden Tour  Saturday, June 25, 2016  10am- 3pm

Cedarburg Garden Walk    Saturday, July 9, 2016  9-2pm
Port Washington Garden Walk    Saturday, July 9, 2016
Sheboygan Area Garden Walk    Saturday, July 9, 2016   9AM to 4PM, rain or shine

*** Wauwatosa 22nd Secret Gardens Tour   Saturday, July  9, 2016  10am-4pm

Riverwest Secret Garden Tour   Sunday, July 10, 2016 12-4pm
Garden Conservancy: Open Days    Multiple Days, July 16, 2016,  Aug 6, national

EastSide Garden Tour  Sunday July 24, 2016
Door County Garden Tour
Racine Garden Tour
Sturgeon Bay

Chicago Botanic Garden Antique and Garden Show   April 21-23, 2017

Chicago Botanic Garden Orchid Show  Feb 11-March 26, 2017


Waterford Balloon Festival   July 15-17, 2016 


Neat Links:
Mitchell Basketball
Down Syndrome Girl Basketball


Links for quality Art Classes in the area started 2020:
Cedarburg Cultural Center    Ann Thomas Pen and Ink, Deb Rolf Painting, Chuck Close 


Lynden Sculpture Garden    Marbled paper classes with Cary Suneja
Classes
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/enameling-feb-2020 Sun Feb 23
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/batik-natural-dyes-spring-2020
https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/experiments-mark-making

  

Wilson-center Brookfield WI       Art-classes 
https://www.wilson-center.com/art-classes/foundations-of-watercolor-i
https://www.wilson-center.com/art-classes/watercolor-wreaths-ages-16  Feb 26+
https://www.wilson-center.com/art-classes/foundations-of-watercolor-ii-ages-14 Mon Apr, May
https://www.wilson-center.com/art-classes/mixed-media-collage-ages-14-1 Wed April
https://www.wilson-center.com/art-classes/alla-prima-oil-painting-workshop-ages-14
Sat Apr 25
https://www.wilson-center.com/art-classes/exploring-color-through-landscape-ages-14 Wed May

Village Paper and Ink Greendale



Sur la Table
https://www.surlatable.com/beef-wellington/CFA-5997416.html?dwvar_CFA-5997416_classDateTime=Jan%2026%2C%2007%3A00%20PM&dwvar_CFA-5997416_storeId=94&cgid=in-store-classes#start=1
 

Sevim Surucu: Ebru Marbled papers

May is here.

It seems that I spent much of April waiting for spring, and now spring is racing past at a fast rate. Tulips are in bloom, and once again I didn't get to the Chicago Botanical Garden in spring. (Maybe for Mother's Day? Working on it...)

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May is always a busy month, and it seems that May is arriving earlier and earlier each year.

On Wed April 29 I spent 1/2 day of volunteering at my children's Middle School ("Community Day"), then went to Church to help set up the Church Rummage Sale.  

On Thursday April 30, I pinched my pinkie finger entirely through the nail, went to the Dr's office for shots and bandages... OUCH. Then I painfully entered new artworks into the Cedarburg Artist Guild's Main Street Gallery. Then, despite my husband's medical advice, that afternoon I had a booth at an art sale at a place called Le Club. (4:30-9:30 PM)

On Friday May 1st I chaperoned 7th graders at an all day field trip to the Titanic Exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Art Museum, followed by a long nap.

On Saturday May 2nd I worked 8:00 AM -3:00 PM helping out at the Crossroads Rummage Sale, then went to my niece's 1st communion service and party.

On Sunday, May 3rd - recovery from the previous week, and unpacking from the Thursday craft show. (the children unpacked from the church rummage sale, Kinex toys everywhere!)

On Monday, May 4th - More unpacking from the Thursday craft show. (But the deposit of the money from the sales is still not made...) And after school shopping for outdoor gear for my Grand Canyon Raft trip, Starting May 19! Wish me luck.

Oh, and there was a lot more running around in there. I do have children with lots of activities...

I did two art shows in the closing week of April, and I am glad now that my art show vending season is over for awhile. I've learned a lot that I hope to share someday, but for now I am just trying to dig myself out of the mess my house became while I was preparing for the shows.

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I have two more 2009 art shows I am hoping to participate in - AFTER September!!! Spring and Summer will be for creating, on-line sales and my consignment and card sales. So I say today.

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The rest of May now is prep for vacation and travel - Grand Canyon rafting here I come!

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The robin's nest photo above is from this May, and will be available in my on-line store shortly. The nest now has 5 eggs. (In composition, odd numbers are usually better, but I haven't gotten a photo with 5 eggs yet.) I am praying that the nest remains safe and hidden and that I get photos of the babies - in about 12 days... I hope they hatch before my trip.

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The banner is another find from The Cottage Hearth.

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A blog I read had an interesting blog on birds and featured one of my photos. You may enjoy checking it out here. Good bye for now, and go CREATE!

Time is flying by!

Well, April has come and time is flying by. In my Feb 28 blog entry, I said my goal for March was to post an item on my on-line store every day. I made my goal, missing only one day, the day I did my first craft show. I now have over 130 items in my store.

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I submitted an artwork to the 62nd annual Ozaukee County Art Fair (Artists are limited to 1 artwork in this fair), and my photograph "Evolution" won a ribbon. :) Notice - It is not a typo, the show has been held for 62 years! I also have 4 new pieces of art displayed in the Cedarburg Artist Guild's Main Street Gallery at the Cedarburg Cultural Center.

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In March I also did my 2nd show - selling photography at Mama Mayborne's open house ) On April 4, 2009 I participated in my first booth fee paying event, the MS Vendor Craft fair which had over 50 vendors located in a middle school - in the halls, gym and cafeteria.

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I guess my vision for my blog was to write about each of these events, and perhaps someday I will be able to achieve that vision. In the meanwhile I got a lot done - I just didn't find the time to blog about each event. We'll see what happens in the future.

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P.S. I plan on posting an item a day in my on-line store in April also. I don't plan on doing this particular goal in May. I won't be posting anything while on my scheduled vacation with my soon to be 10 year old daughter. We are supposed to pack light for our 180 mile raft trip through the grand canyon. No PC, no electricity, no buildings, just a lot of running water... I am taking some cameras though, so I hope I'll be bringing back some good photos...

Getting ready for my first art show....

On display at the Cedarburg Cultural Center

There are so many things happening so fast this month. I have lots of projects in the works and going, and on many days I feel like I am juggling. Today I dropped off 4 artworks to the Cedarburg Artist's Guild's Main Street Gallery for an Exhibit called "Bye Bye Blues". This was after a last minute run to the framers, of course.

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Most of the rest of the day I was preparing for my first art/craft mini mart. I am selling cards and photography at a church's women's retreat this Friday and Saturday. I will also be attending the retreat myself. I should be spiritually renewed if I'm not too stressed out!
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I've never before needed a cash box, receipt pads, cash for the cash box, and packaging (bags?) for sales. I've never really needed significant display stands for my products. And of course I have been creating those products - running to the photo lab for prints, making cards and packaging them. It is only a small retreat, of 50-60 women, but the craft fair experience - planning, transporting, setting up, selling product, and taking down the booth at a art fair type of setting will be a good experience. And if not, the religious retreat experience should be renewing.
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I purchased 3-4 card racks from a local business that is (unfortunately) going out of business. I spent enough on the card displays that I might not make enough sales to cover even the cost of the stands. See how small businesses are investing in the economy? I am hoping my sales will pay for the card displays. Cross your fingers for me!
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I have the potential for doing 2-3 more art or in-home shows in the next two months. I am going to decide whether or not to put money down for booth fees after this weekend - I'll keep updating my blog as the month progresses. Now I'm going to frame a couple of more prints.
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P.S. So far this month, I have posted at least one item a day in my on-line store.

New Artwork on Display!

On Tuesday, I entered two photographic works of art into the Cedarburg Cultural Center's Main Street Gallery's January show. One of my new year's resolutions is to enter artwork in each of the Cedarburg Artists Guild's five shows in 2009. Each Guild member can display 1-3 pieces of art for sale and display in each of the Guild's shows. The current show runs until March 4, 2009. Artworks displayed in the Guild shows can not be displayed again in future guild shows, (i.e. no repeats), so viewers get to see constantly changing work.

When I woke up on Tuesday, I didn't know exactly what artwork I was going to display. (I had ideas, options, and frames.) I got the children off to school and then went to pick up my photographic prints from 2 different locations. I raced to the framers to get a mat cut for one of the new prints. As I was unloading the prints, the glass from one of the frames shattered in the car. Great. The drop-off time for the show was between 10:00am and 1:00pm. I was still at the framers after 12:30.

I got to Cedarburg in time, and at least one other artist dropped off art after me, but I am wondering why do I procrastinate? Why didn't I have the works ready days ago? Actually, I always have works available since I sell artwork at Studio 6, an artist coop in Cedarburg, and I could go "pull something off the wall", but I wanted to present a new work. Hence the last minute pressure. I've an artist friend who said she does her best work under pressure, but I'm thinking I could do with a little less pressure, and a little more planning. Do other artist "cram" before shows and exhibits?

Either way, my goal was reached. Art displayed! I'll try to get photos up soon. A picture is worth a thousand words, so I won't try to describe the pieces I am exhibiting.
Good Bye for now!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to everyone! Early January is the time for New Year's Resolutions. Yes, I actually try to make some. My resolutions usually fall in the goal category...

On January 6, 2009 I'll be taking 2-3 pieces of art to the Cedarburg Artist's Guild's mini gallery. One of my goals is to be displaying new artwork in each of the Gallery's shows. It's a benefit of being a member of the CAG (Cedarburg Artist's Guild), which I joined in 2008. I had 3 framed photographs in the CAG's December 2008 show "Blizzard of Art".

Another goal for 2009 is to fill my online store at https://www.jselep.etsy.com/ and of course, get some sales! I also need to update my website at www.selepimaging.com

Make some goals of your own and list them here - I'll check up with you and encourage you to meet your goals! Have a great 2009.