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Visual Art
Issue #147 March 11, 2010
EC Middle School Artwork on Display at State Capitol
Having your art exhibited in an important building – say, the state capitol – is something many artists would jump at the chance for. This is a reality for four talented young locals.
words by Bailey Berg
Visual Art
Issue #147 March 11, 2010
Posters & Pin-Ups
Steve Bateman returns to Tangled Up in Hue this month with a new show
Steve Bateman returns to Tangled Up in Hue this month with a show entitled Posters & Pin-Ups. As the owner of Postergirl Art, he has designed and created a dynamic collection of screen-printed posters.
words by Betty Rae Matthews
Visual Art
Issue #146 February 25, 2010
Downtown EC Art Venues Consider Monthly Crawls
Drew Seveland, co-owner of Infinitea Tea House, appreciates the many art events going on in Eau Claire; now he just wants to coordinate a way for a cluster of them to happen on the same night.
words by Betty Rae Matthews
Visual Art
Issue #145 February 11, 2010
SecretPost
citywide art project asks people to divulge secrets
Some call it therapeutic or cathartic, but I’m going to just go ahead and call it art.
words by Trevor Kupfer
Visual Art
Issue #144 January 28, 2010
Your Daily Dose of Fiber
Fiber Arts Festival to showcase 20 fiber artist/demonstrators
Until recently, the contemporary art world politely dismissed fiber art as “traditional,” “practical,” or “domestic” art. The Fiber Arts Festival is attacking that viewpoint.
words by Bailey Berg
Visual Art
Issue #144 January 28, 2010
Justin Dancing Hawk Flies Into Heyde Center
Stop by the Heyde Center to view the artwork of Justin Dancing Hawk, February’s Artist of the Month.
words by Heidi Kraemer
Visual Art
Issue #144 January 28, 2010
Gallery 111
ten Menomonie artists launch a new art Co-op
“As a student-organized cooperative art gallery, Gallery 111 strives to fuse the ideals of a ... member-driven gallery with the ideals of a fine art gallery.” – from Gallery 111’s mission statement
words by Mitchell See
Visual Art
Issue #143 January 14, 2010
Genesis
illustration exhibition showcases popular film, book artists
The Foster Gallery is hosting a show appealing to fine artists and media junkies alike ...
words by Betty Rae Matthews
Visual Art
Issue #143 January 14, 2010
Big Work
large-scale artist starts local art co-op
“If you work out the amount of time they put into their craft with how much money they make, sometimes it ends up being pennies per hour.”
words by Aryn Widule
Visual Art
Issue #143 January 14, 2010
Industrial and Organic Clash in Library Art Show
The art of Eric Lee and Jason Lanka could comfortably meet somewhere in the middle, like a Venn diagram.
words by Betty Rae Matthews
Visual Art
Issue #143 January 14, 2010
Tangled Up in Suspensions
If you haven’t gone to Tangled Up In Hue for an art show yet, let Sammy Jean Wilson’s show Anatomical Autonomy be your ice-breaker.
words by Betty Rae Matthews
Visual Art
Issue #142 December 24, 2009
Holy Mackerel
family members create jaw-dropping mixture for gallery
Though this gallery exhibition includes works from three members of the same Medford-based family, I can safely say that it is the most crazily eclectic and awesomely odd art show in recent memory.
words by Trevor Kupfer
Visual Art
Issue #142 December 24, 2009
Dynamic Ceramic
Jennifer Thomas’s unique approach to pottery
“I looked at it and thought, ‘well this is so pretty, maybe I should stop eating out of it and starting wearing it.’”
words by Bailey Berg
Visual Art
Issue #142 December 24, 2009
Contest Calls for Scotch Tape Sculptures
Want to win $5,000 and a whole butt-load of packaging tape?
words by Mitchell See
Visual Art
Issue #141 December 10, 2009
Following the Pattern
kente exhibit visits the Chippewa Valley Museum
An exquisite model of African culture is visiting the Chippewa Valley in the form of kente.
words by Brittany Landorf
Visual Art
Issue #139 November 12, 2009
Traveling Full Circle
Andy Schansberg stages Eau Claire exhibition
“My hope is to cause a shift in the viewer’s perspective when they come in contact with my work.” – L.A. artist Andy Schansberg
words by Christina Witt
Visual Art
Issue #139 November 12, 2009
(re)VISIONS: (di)VISIONS
internationally known collage art coming to Foster Gallery
“Some of the big names in contemporary collage are coming to Eau Claire.”
words by Mitchell See
Visual Art
Issue #138 October 29, 2009
Money Maker
local artist Mallory Prucha Rishoi wins “Green Coin” design contest
Local artist Mallory Prucha Rishoi is making money, and it’s not just for her wallet.
words by Heidi Kraemer
Visual Art
Issue #137 October 15, 2009
Cell-ing Out
big-time comic artists with local ties exhibit work
We can now add two comic book artists to our list of locals who have gone on to do great things.
words by Jenna Campbell
Visual Art
Issue #137 October 15, 2009
Stout’s Recyclable Art Contest Open to Public
In an effort to make the footprint left by humans a little smaller, UW-Stout is hosting the third annual Recyclable Art Competition.
words by Bailey Berg
Visual Art
Issue #136 October 1, 2009
Down the Hallway
faculty and alumni join forces for UWEC art display
UWEC's Art Department has invited recent accomplished alumni to join the faculty art show in Foster Gallery.
words by Trevor Kupfer
Visual Art
Issue #136 October 1, 2009
Raw Photography
Four local artists have conjured up a show with the idea of dichotomy in mind.
words by Bailey Berg
Visual Art
Issue #136 October 1, 2009
Ka-Blammy! (Exploding Peacocks at Infinitea)
An art exhibit featuring exploding peacocks?! What could possibly be more entertaining?
words by Mitchell See
Visual Art
Issue #136 October 1, 2009
A Mural on Wax Paper
local artist gives familiar building a “face” lift
Many of you probably have wandered past a business on the corner of Water Street and Sixth at some time or another, wondering what it was, or if it was even open.
words by Mitchell See
Visual Art
Issue #136 October 1, 2009
Local Strokes
well-traveled artist loves painting local
“I think too many artists today feel that everything they do is precious at every moment. I try to fight that. I dirty it up, make it un-precious.”
words by Bailey Berg
Visual Art
Issue #135 September 17, 2009
Spotlighting the Art Makers
Regional Arts Center puts art on stage with liveART 2
liveART consists of about 20 visual artists, each of whom will take the stage and over the course of five hours will be confined to their own personal eight-by-eight-foot “art studio,” and challenged to create their own unique piece of art
words by Bailey Berg
Visual Art
Issue #134 September 3, 2009
Attraction Guide Needs Your Photos for Cover
Enter your photo representing tourism in Chippewa County in the Fifth Annual Chippewa County Tourism Photo Contest.
words by Katie Venit
Visual Art
Issue #134 September 3, 2009
Touring the Fresh Art
During the 12th Annual Fresh Art Fall Tour held October 2-4, sixteen galleries and studios of Pepin and Pierce counties will throw open their doors.
words by Katie Venit
Visual Art
Issue #133 August 20, 2009
Beading the Way
handmade jewelry shop supports family center
This is happening in our communities, to people that we know. Something’s got to be done."
words by Emily Kuhn
Visual Art
Issue #132 August 6, 2009
Get Your Artwork in State Building Projects
Wisconsin Arts Board’s Percent for Art Program is currently accepting applications for its 2009-10 Direct Purchase Program.
words by Gillian Ekern
Visual Art
Issue #132 August 6, 2009
Local Artists Named Best in Bayfield Show
Two Eau Claire local artists won awards at one of Wisconsin’s largest art festivals on July 25 and 26.
words by Gillian Ekern
Visual Art
Issue #131 July 23, 2009
ARTIST PROFILE: Another Man's Treasure
Roger Adams uses trash for art materials
“It’s my life. And if by doing this I can make people smile, chuckle, get angry, then I’ve done something right.” – Roger Adams
words by Brittany Landorf
Visual Art
Issue #130 July 9, 2009
Sharp Art
local artist Hanna Agar lands deal with Sharpie
All it took for recent UWEC art graduate Hanna Agar was a rep from Sharpie to make a convenient click of the mouse.
words by Trevor Kupfer
Visual Art
Issue #130 July 9, 2009
Top Draw-er
Menomonie’s children’s book illustrator Beth Peck
“I could probably have illustrated the book without doing research, but it just adds richness, I think ... and it enriches my experience of doing it.”
words by Kinzy Janssen
Visual Art
Issue #130 July 9, 2009
Stockholm Art Festival Joins Over 100 Artists
Wisconsin regional artists are featured at the Stockholm Art Festival on July 18 in Stockholm Village Park on Lake Pepin from 10am to 5pm.
words by Brittany Landorf
Visual Art
Issue #128 June 11, 2009
Forté Gallery
ECRAC’s Visual Art Committee hangs their own work up
For the first time ever, the Visual Art Committee of the Eau Claire Regional Arts Center is coming together to show their own artwork.
words by Gillian Ekern
Visual Art
Issue #127 May 28, 2009
Open Air Festival of the Arts
annual arts event features more artists than ever before
words by Kinzy Janssen
Visual Art
Issue #127 May 28, 2009
Register for Chalkfest!!!
Chalkfest will be back in August ...
Looking for a way to jazz up your summer – or at least a good-sized hunk of concrete in downtown Eau Claire? Add a little color to your life at Chalkfest ...
words by Emily Kuhn
Visual Art
Issue #125 April 30, 2009
Loose Ends
first opening at Menomonie café features local illustrators
Menomonie's Acoustic Café gets a triple shot of illustration.
words by Aryn Widule
Visual Art
Issue #124 April 16, 2009
Menomonie Artist Wins Book Arts Competition
Local artist Brianna Capra has been showing off her creative abilities ...
words by Briana Krantz
Visual Art
Issue #124 April 16, 2009
Infinitea Photo Exhibition Goes Kind of International
Infinitea is hosting this showing of the Chippewa Valley’s store of international photos.
words by Briana Krantz
Visual Art
Issue #124 April 16, 2009
Fashionable Program
UW-Stout’s outstanding apparel design outfit
“It’s great when people ask you where you got a shirt and you can say ... I made that.”
words by Lisa de Felice
Visual Art
Issue #123 April 2, 2009
Holy Art: Recreating Creation
huge art project involves illustrating the Bible
In an illustration of Adam and Eve, Jackson expresses the couple as African Americans ...
words by Briana Krantz
Visual Art
Issue #123 April 2, 2009
Senior Art Students Fill Foster Gallery
UWEC showcases the work of 10 senior fine art students Apr. 3-15.
UWEC showcases the work of 10 senior fine art students Apr. 3-15 @ the Foster Gallery.
words by Nicole Humphrey
Visual Art
Issue #122 March 19, 2009
His Business Is Vrooming
artist Bob Heller stages mini-motorbike show
In one years’ time, he created 300 one-of-a-kind junk-art sculptures.
words by Kinzy Janssen
Visual Art
Issue #121 March 5, 2009
Judge & Jury
a judge’s process to award one piece of art from 251
It comes down to pink slips and green slips. Art juror Scott Stulen has a stack of both.
words by Kinzy Janssen
Visual Art
Issue #121 March 5, 2009
Open Air Festival Needs Awesome Open Air Artists
The Open Air Festival of the Arts is now accepting applications for its 2009 celebration of art.
words by Tyler Griggs
Visual Art
Issue #120 February 19, 2009
Faithful Images
church exhibition of famous Chinese watercolorist He Qi
Most people would not think of a church for a progressive, modern art gallery.
words by Arya Roerig
Visual Art
Issue #120 February 19, 2009
Paw Over Some Animal Art!
The Mabel Tainter is hosting a an animal-themed silent and live art auction.
The Mabel Tainter is hosting a an animal-themed silent and live art auction.
words by Briana Krantz
Visual Art
Issue #120 February 19, 2009
Art, Music Get a Raw Deal
Menomonie restaurant Raw Deal will host a monthly art and music show.
words by Kinzy Janssen
Visual Art
Issue #119 February 5, 2009
Enter Arts West Soon
Artists are invited to enter the ArtsWest, the LE Phillips Library’s annual juried art show.
words by Nicole Humphrey
Visual Art
Issue #119 February 5, 2009
Elk Mound Artist’s Works on Display at Library
A mixed-media selection by artist Rhonda Willers is on display a the library ...
words by Kinzy Janssen
Visual Art
Issue #119 February 5, 2009
Artist Gives New Life to Northern WI
"This exhibit links art and nature to attention to and generate a deeper appreciation ..."
words by Thadeus Logan
Visual Art
Issue #119 February 5, 2009
Art-Crawling Through Banbury Place
Banbury Place artists band together for event
“Building 13 is more the artist-type personality ... they just seem to gel a little bit better."
words by Carrie Weiss
Visual Art
Issue #118 January 22, 2009
Art Crawl at Banbury Place
glass artists Laurie Bieze, Adam Fuller organize event
On the first weekend in February, 25 local visual artists will fill historic Banbury Place ...
words by Carrie Weiss
Visual Art
Issue #118 January 22, 2009
Tattoo Shop Owner Starts Art Co-Op in Downtown EC
Missing Link dropped into 221 N Barstow St. in early January.
words by Trevor Kupfer
Visual Art
Issue #118 January 22, 2009
New Exhibit True to Title
Drawing Beyond Edges is the upcoming exhibit in UW-Eau Claire’s Foster Art Gallery.
words by Kinzy Janssen
Visual Art
Issue #118 January 22, 2009
Incendiary Tactics
artist Eric Lee has a fiery visual technique
Sprinkling his work with gunpowder and different dried plants, Lee ignites the gunpowder ...
words by Theresa Schneider
Visual Art
Issue #117 January 8, 2009
Multi-green-dia
15-artist show features interpretations of “green”
“Green is big right now. The whole thing is, ‘what are we going to do to save the world?’”
words by Emily Thierfelder
Visual Art
Issue #117 January 8, 2009
Acoustic Café’s Floral Visions
Susanne has a greenhouse. Susanne is a photographer.
words by Aryn Widule
Visual Art
Issue #116 December 18, 2008
Jazz Festival Looking for Visual Artists of All Kinds
Eau Claire Jazz Festival wants the creative folks of the Chippewa Valley to submit original work
words by Caitlin Heidbrink
Visual Art
Issue #116 December 18, 2008
Research Shows Earnings Gap for Men, Women Artists
According to recent research, there may be one crack left in that obnoxious glass ceiling.
words by Caitlin Heidbrink
Visual Art
Issue #116 December 18, 2008
A Body of Quirk
the unconventional style, flair of Paula Gorski’s art
Gorski hopes to express humor and playfulness through narrative paintings and wrapped sculpture.
words by Caitlin Heidbrink
Visual Art
Issue #115 December 4, 2008
Festival of Trees
holiday event raises funds for The State Theatre
The Eau Claire Regional Arts Center will be hosting its first ever Festival of Trees.
words by Lisa de Felice
Visual Art
Issue #115 December 4, 2008
UWEC Seniors Exhibit Works in Foster Gallery
As the best and brightest of UW- Eau Claire’s art students embark on creative endeavors ...
words by Caitlin Heidbrink
Visual Art
Issue #115 December 4, 2008
Local Artists Chip in for Annual Holiday Art Fair
From Dec. 4 to 23, the Eau Claire Regional Arts Center will host the annual Holiday Art Fair.
words by Emily Thierfelder
Visual Art
Issue #114 November 20, 2008
Flesh and Bonsai
student’s art exhibit showcases man against nature
Infinitea is now the proud home of Flesh and Bonsai, an art exhibit by Kaz Kuroki.
words by Caitlin Heidbrink
Visual Art
Issue #114 November 20, 2008
A Jewel of a Find
new Chippewa gallery features 22 artists’ work
Holiday shopping in downtown Chippewa Falls just got a little more cultured.
words by Theresa Schneider
Visual Art
Issue #114 November 20, 2008
Foster Gallery Goes Digital
Foster Gallery features "Changing the Way We Think…New Media Art" show.
words by Caitlin Heidbrink
Visual Art
Issue #112 October 23, 2008
The Gallery of a Lifetime
professor selling her life’s work to support renovation
Janet Carson’s painting career is a journey that spans both decades and a myriad of styles ...
words by Caitlin Heidbrink
Visual Art
Issue #111 October 9, 2008
Artwork with Teeth
Shark’s Ink exclusively made for Foster Gallery
Shark’s Ink put together the Shark’s Ink Revisited show specifically for Foster Gallery.
words by Caitlin Heidbrink
Visual Art
Issue #110 September 25, 2008
Chuck's Good Luck
Chippewa Falls animator “draws” attention
Lucky Radish Studios has been very lucky indeed.
words by Caitlin Heidbrink
Visual Art
Issue #110 September 25, 2008
Confluence Influence
artist Anders Shafer receives first place honors
Anders Shafer, of Eau Claire, received first place honors for his acrylic on paper masterpiece.
words by Caitlin Heidbrink
Visual Art
Issue #110 September 25, 2008
Stout Student Snags Hepatitis Poster Prize
UW-Stout art student and Colfax native Kayla Langhans took first place ...
words by Caitlin Heidbrink
Visual Art
Issue #109 September 11, 2008
On The Spot
artists take over State Theatre stage
The State Theatre will be home to a unique style of art exhibit on Sept. 26.
words by Thadeus Logan
Visual Art
Issue #109 September 11, 2008
Global Lens
Mark Aumann exhibits photos of Vietnam
Mark Aumann hopes that his pictures will show the dignity of the people of Vietnam.
words by Megan Ault
Visual Art
Issue #107 August 14, 2008
Merging Metal
Bob Heller creates one-of-a-kind motorcycle sculptures
Bob Heller may call his Bike Dreams creations "junk art collectibles," but ...
words by Thadeus Logan
Visual Art
Issue #106 July 31, 2008
Getting Pretty Handsy
For the past few years the Children's Museum has used a new way to raise funds ...
words by Claire Jeffries
Visual Art
Issue #106 July 31, 2008
Chalk It Up
Volume One`s Chalkfest brings temporary art to Wilson Park
This year will mark Chalkfest`s official launch as an event all its own ...
words by Claire Jeffries
Visual Art
Issue #105 July 17, 2008
Steven Braker
photographer's work includes the '60s, top commercial jobs, studio in the woods
You have to compose the picture by searching, by watching. Sometimes I come out for days ...
words by Thadeus Logan
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