LFOA June 18-20

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION

WorkingWisconsin

at the

Grohmann Museum

April 16 - Aug. 20, 2010

Hand-selected from the Museum of Wisconsin Art Collection, this exhibition is certain to evoke memories of Wisconsin’s working heritage. Farming, fishing, services and industry are all depicted in this collection of Wisconsin art by Wisconsin artists.

Charles Thwaites [American, 1904-2002], The Binary, ca.1938, oil onmasonite, 16 x 22 in.

Hours: Monday-Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday: Noon - 6 p.m. Sunday: 1 - 4 p.m.

1000North Broadway (414) 277-2300 www.msoe.edu/museum

Villa Terrace

decorative arts museum

United States. “T ere’s a consistency of quality,” says

Dan Keegan, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, who exhibited as a pot- ter in the 1982 festival. For Keegan, price doesn’t determine the quality of a particular piece. “Inexpensive things need to be made well also,” he says. “Our jury, consistently year after year, fi nds the wid- est choices of exhibitors, and the quality is consistent across the board.” Of the approximately 1,300 artists who

apply for inclusion in the festival, only about 13 percent earn spots. T e process is “very thorough, very fair and very profes- sionally handled,” says Larry Oliverson, a fi ne art photographer, former festival co-chair and the incoming president of Friends of Art, the volunteer group behind the festival planning.

The Jury and The Verdict

Oliverson explains how the jurying process works: T ree jurors – this year a practicing artist, a curator of photography for the Art Institute of Chicago and an art professional with Smithsonian experi- ence – simultaneously view six images of the artist’s work projected onto a large wall screen. Without knowing the artist’s name or discussing the images, the jurors score applicants on a scale of 1 to 7. T e highest scores result in acceptance.

Other artists who get invitations are those who received an award at previous shows, artist advisers, a design competition win- ner and the current year’s poster artist. T is year’s poster was done by Shelby Keefe. “[T e artists] know it’s a great show,

Waukesha’s Boutique Art Gallery

Jewelry | Ceramics | Sculpture

More than 100 artists in beautiful 1,800 sq. ft. gallery

Art Glass | Original Paintings

The paintings are done by a very popular Milwaukee artist who is always at the Lake Front Festival of the Arts – Shelby Keefe.

RSVP@RiversEndGallery.com

www.RiversEndGallery.com

380 W Main Street, Waukesha, WI 53186

262-896-8875

VILLA TERRACE DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM

2220 N. Terrace Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53202 www.villaterracemuseum.org 414-271-3656

6 2010 LAKEFRONT FESTIVAL of ARTS ♥ www.mam.org/lfoa

Every Sunday this summer 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Currently on view:

Enjoy an enchanting morning in the Mercury Courtyard as friends gather to enjoy music, breakfast and conversation.

CAFÉ SOPR MARE

DAN NAUMAN: EXPRESSIONS IN IRON

Trough June 27, 2009

so you’re getting top-quality artists ap- plying to this one show from all over the country,” says Jim Wilbat, a Chicago- area glassblower who’s exhibited at the Lakefront Festival of Arts for more than a dozen years. “Milwaukee and the mu- seum have done everything the right way. You’re going to see high-quality artists do amazing things.”

New Year, New Artists

You’ll also see a fresh crop of artists, because every year there are “new artists who’ve never been to Milwaukee before or who haven’t been here in three or fi ve years,” says Oliverson. “T e nature of the event is that it’s fresh every year.” Although there are plenty of things to

do at the event – from letting your kids participate in children’s art activities to wandering the Museum’s galleries and