tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80811348166814013932024-03-12T22:37:37.393-05:00The Armoury GalleryWe are a new contemporary art gallery located in Milwaukee's historic Fortress building. Our objective is to promote emerging and semi-established artists who are creating challenging work in a variety of media.The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-4143320866652278952010-01-20T15:51:00.005-06:002010-01-20T16:12:56.437-06:00Armoury @ The Cedar Gallery - Opening receptionHere are a few images from the opening reception on January 15th. You can view the rest of the images <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cassie-jessi/sets/72157623251145850/">HERE</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Katie Kraft<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPG86EOUJS5j12BuS21Ta3SxoSOPzHLBOwtjtUljgC27fN5J7UjLOq4zQeJe585wzwb3cFUi4m2VeIMHaYwfiu1r4pbo-W_-HjwGD-ny8Sm8b7uSNaJPuD3MVHLxdXtV4kB0Jx_ihpm8/s1600-h/IMG_0031.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPG86EOUJS5j12BuS21Ta3SxoSOPzHLBOwtjtUljgC27fN5J7UjLOq4zQeJe585wzwb3cFUi4m2VeIMHaYwfiu1r4pbo-W_-HjwGD-ny8Sm8b7uSNaJPuD3MVHLxdXtV4kB0Jx_ihpm8/s400/IMG_0031.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428946684764250818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlK95EIvAP4re4K94-9fqupDf0npi-Kz96b9-BSN5i7td1A9lPDk9O_Ir1IQqepNlIKv-TD3lz7bSkkAt-BiyjMBidmxKaMS5L_WuwzxnBv5gbCtynieshDtcxCt_LNfCDJRPEmIIpNo/s1600-h/IMG_0032.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlK95EIvAP4re4K94-9fqupDf0npi-Kz96b9-BSN5i7td1A9lPDk9O_Ir1IQqepNlIKv-TD3lz7bSkkAt-BiyjMBidmxKaMS5L_WuwzxnBv5gbCtynieshDtcxCt_LNfCDJRPEmIIpNo/s400/IMG_0032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428946680043144098" border="0" /></a><br />Karin Haas & James LaLonde<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeehveM8hjktqe6ycNhjikWZimj5AJXxjrbUhpssdnLFccAtAhrFLYmbwXpVp43aTd1pdVzKhsZFW743atCbYBrIt0Tef90UcAQbIX8jJALdYqZo3wR01mHT_A-qANPG0S4F0Occ8tn0/s1600-h/4285615285_5bafccbe41_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeehveM8hjktqe6ycNhjikWZimj5AJXxjrbUhpssdnLFccAtAhrFLYmbwXpVp43aTd1pdVzKhsZFW743atCbYBrIt0Tef90UcAQbIX8jJALdYqZo3wR01mHT_A-qANPG0S4F0Occ8tn0/s400/4285615285_5bafccbe41_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428946699446476018" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZDEfuLwkqj2zEZ9PZsJW-1Jb5GMTGjac5zonbJVQm2jcjW8hPzoGdLbIq6rRGLopjUgnRWXWsZsy-RfI7AiD15fIdOcB5cjZY3ab8VEIveKEyN5TERS2InezTPa-vyzvcxlF2aJmpXg/s1600-h/IMG_0036.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZDEfuLwkqj2zEZ9PZsJW-1Jb5GMTGjac5zonbJVQm2jcjW8hPzoGdLbIq6rRGLopjUgnRWXWsZsy-RfI7AiD15fIdOcB5cjZY3ab8VEIveKEyN5TERS2InezTPa-vyzvcxlF2aJmpXg/s400/IMG_0036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428946691495667426" border="0" /></a><br />Sophia Flood<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBFUl1HtmKaCrolqnj5Rg8GLRsCI6N5sCebkk4FUDgcacZoVJuMnsvsVbgb_5Hdsv1JOzaXQzGMpE4igA_62CTLblelVDpaUbSvlei5-tzUfpOJ8rxC19NCFMbG2L65ng45ITmTJLNc8/s1600-h/IMG_0020.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBFUl1HtmKaCrolqnj5Rg8GLRsCI6N5sCebkk4FUDgcacZoVJuMnsvsVbgb_5Hdsv1JOzaXQzGMpE4igA_62CTLblelVDpaUbSvlei5-tzUfpOJ8rxC19NCFMbG2L65ng45ITmTJLNc8/s400/IMG_0020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428945340970225058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpCvrAdQqhk9jdYMfPFWnF-whHimM6PKwn5Vc0BlzSdupNoyC6gfymoAkw1rRmchJtJlKk4QcJJdYWuzQCJyC96MD-7bHEPbW0_fCZpIYwo0rTG_ifcN-QEU3gx3Q-JlF2i_PUtEsiiE/s1600-h/IMG_0021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpCvrAdQqhk9jdYMfPFWnF-whHimM6PKwn5Vc0BlzSdupNoyC6gfymoAkw1rRmchJtJlKk4QcJJdYWuzQCJyC96MD-7bHEPbW0_fCZpIYwo0rTG_ifcN-QEU3gx3Q-JlF2i_PUtEsiiE/s400/IMG_0021.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428945349240016146" border="0" /></a><br />Kevin Giese<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7-7XhEGXkKkB7Sk4kEyJmeuq7cGd1dJfa-gZI25l1T9g2vS7-8tUq_Aruih7q9bfeL0T7TZ-KtQs_7Txddtw7iB-jezPIq_oX_BLMaQZ07ITIzLp7oVCiGUu-IReyp9u8604d5icoOc/s1600-h/KevinGiese2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7-7XhEGXkKkB7Sk4kEyJmeuq7cGd1dJfa-gZI25l1T9g2vS7-8tUq_Aruih7q9bfeL0T7TZ-KtQs_7Txddtw7iB-jezPIq_oX_BLMaQZ07ITIzLp7oVCiGUu-IReyp9u8604d5icoOc/s400/KevinGiese2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428946664249568258" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0jXqF4QNvXvIEZWzVmjssSZ43VHy0erAHFp81o1XBnrsMP3Rm8kkH6iOE9TgRNmo9T33KwYItFlse9BPicTpDJDtm2v_zrvOkbhIG0ghC7K7XGQYN-0994hFQExz0fTMVzRb-ngupjk/s1600-h/KevinGiese1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0jXqF4QNvXvIEZWzVmjssSZ43VHy0erAHFp81o1XBnrsMP3Rm8kkH6iOE9TgRNmo9T33KwYItFlse9BPicTpDJDtm2v_zrvOkbhIG0ghC7K7XGQYN-0994hFQExz0fTMVzRb-ngupjk/s400/KevinGiese1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428945357078593458" border="0" /></a><br />Ginger Lukas<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7WLQanf32OohZ1Ezk_c2VY8_J0jYphJ6skjIhH2m9yzqqbLNeQKsZhkrSV9TQdscoP4DW_lJM8eAaL3N0Mh5Ky7bToZHVCtC8g-XcCokevCv1PtbKculk2WMKp2umIpb6nt8apcUtkY/s1600-h/GingerLukas.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7WLQanf32OohZ1Ezk_c2VY8_J0jYphJ6skjIhH2m9yzqqbLNeQKsZhkrSV9TQdscoP4DW_lJM8eAaL3N0Mh5Ky7bToZHVCtC8g-XcCokevCv1PtbKculk2WMKp2umIpb6nt8apcUtkY/s400/GingerLukas.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428945323665882658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFwEX561mpnFWgxMSqS7m62FWCsDLZgKIkyAMyyL2pAg-D5KfIqreYaYIJ5GuodvF7HmPqq7ZKaey9Zw3UF_xx4FThf3dl7mGrGCKCIFjfsRYbKA4MPV_6_WcZkcC4L9p5zVrDr1Itos/s1600-h/IMG_0017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFwEX561mpnFWgxMSqS7m62FWCsDLZgKIkyAMyyL2pAg-D5KfIqreYaYIJ5GuodvF7HmPqq7ZKaey9Zw3UF_xx4FThf3dl7mGrGCKCIFjfsRYbKA4MPV_6_WcZkcC4L9p5zVrDr1Itos/s400/IMG_0017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428945335746183586" border="0" /></a>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-36567628606699001912010-01-06T22:19:00.002-06:002010-01-06T22:24:18.727-06:00Armoury @ The Cedar Gallery<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:10;" ><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" mce_="" >The Armoury returns for an exhibition in the Cedar Gallery for winter Gallery Night - Friday, January 15th 5-10pm</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jessica Steeber and Cassandra Smith of the </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank" title="Armoury Gallery" mce_href="http://www.thearmourygallery.com" href="http://www.thearmourygallery.com/">Armoury Gallery</a><span style="font-family: georgia;"> return for their first exhibition since closing the doors on their gallery this past spring. Gathering six of Wisconsin’s finest up and coming artists, the exhibition will be held at the Cedar Gallery in the 3rd ward through Saturday, March 13th. Gallery hours will be Wednesday through Saturday from 1:00 - 5:00pm.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Works by </span><b style="font-family: georgia;"><a target="_blank" title="Ginger Lukas" mce_href="http://www.lingergookas.com" href="http://www.lingergookas.com/">Ginger Lukas</a>, <a target="_blank" title="Sophia Flood" mce_href="http://www.sophiaflood.com" href="http://www.sophiaflood.com/">Sophia Flood</a>, <a target="_blank" title="Kevin Giese" mce_href="http://www.kevingiese.com" href="http://www.kevingiese.com/">Kevin Giese</a>, Katie Kraft</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and a collaboration between </span><b style="font-family: georgia;">Karin Haas and James LaLonde</b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> will fill the two floors of gallery space, opening to the public Winter Gallery Night.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Currently studying for her MFA at UW-Madison, Ginger Lukas’s colorful installations will take over the first floor of the gallery space. Simultaneously referencing our obsession with material, consumption and wealth, while rooted in a simpler time of chandeliers and grand balls, they draw comparison between the old and the new, the frivolous and the grand. Lukas earned her BFA at the Maryland Institute – College of Art, and has a host of scholarships, fellowships and grants to her credit.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Also studying for her MFA at UW-Madison, Sophia Flood’s mixed media assemblages reflect a sensitivity to color, shape and space, while drawing out unexpected relationships between her chosen materials. Flood earned her BFA in Sculpture from the University of Massachusetts, Ameherst, and has exhibited nationally.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">UW-Milwaukee fine art instructor Kevin Giese will be exhibiting new and old works, including new installation work. Heavily rooted in the natural world, Giese's works often include material elements taken directly from nature, reworked and displayed in ways questioning our relationship to landscape.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Milwaukee native Katie Kraft will have a new series of paintings on display. Graduating in 2008 from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Kraft’s work is playful and intelligent, challenging our perceptions of the ordinary. Aerial views of pool tables make up this series, a simple yet aesthetically purposeful look at a common pastime.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;">Finally, a collaboration between MIAD graduate Karin Haas and James LaLonde completes the exhibition. Straying from her delicate yet unnerving prints, Haas and LaLonde will install a herd of miniature zebras in the gallery space, an innocent take on relationships and the childlike qualities we so easily forget.</span></span><br /></div></span>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-32658357620272353682009-05-20T18:23:00.003-05:002009-05-20T22:38:54.249-05:00Thanks!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Thanks for all the support and well wishes! We're going to miss you guys too. Here are some great, thoughtful articles written about our closing.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From </span><a href="http://www.onmilwaukee.com/ent/articles/armouryclosed.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Julie Lawrence at OnMilwaukee.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From </span><a href="http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/45395947.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mary Louise Shumacher at Art City</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> (with great comments by Rex Winsome).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From </span><a href="http://milwaukee.decider.com/articles/rip-armoury-gallery,28161/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mollie Bouttel-Butler at Milwaukee Decider</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.crickettoes.com/blog/2009/05/rip-armoury-gallery.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mary Dally-Muenzmaier</span></a></span><a href="http://www.crickettoes.com/blog/2009/05/rip-armoury-gallery.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> at Cricket Toes</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></div>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-5842069133317533142009-05-18T20:41:00.000-05:002009-05-18T20:42:48.203-05:00Closing Letter<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Dear friends of the Armoury,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">As reluctant as we are to join the list of closing galleries and businesses around Milwaukee, it has unfortunately come time to announce that the Armoury officially closed with the end of our last show on May 2<sup>nd</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Due to a variety of reasons, not least of them being financial, we will no longer be continuing to run our space in the Fortress Building.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">While we will be closing the doors on the physical gallery space, we are looking forward to new projects and new ways to connect with artists both locally and nationally. It has been a wonderfully enriching experience both of us, and we have worked hard over the last 18 months, garnering numerous benefits personally and professionally. We hope to continue working, collaborating and connecting with people, expanding our horizons and channeling our energy into new projects in the near future.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Of course we want to thank all of the artists who showed with us this past year, along with anyone in the press who took the time to write about and promote our venture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>We would also like to thank everyone who has visited the Armoury for an opening or during gallery hours, shared kind words of encouragement and thanks, or recommended us to others. A special thank you to our ardent supporters and advisors: Jason Yi, Sonja Thomsen, Mike Brenner, Jill Sebastian, Josie Osborne, Pegi Taylor, Mary Louise Schumacher, and finally our parents, without whom we would not have enjoyed the fantastic food and drink at every opening. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p>We will continue to maintain the Armoury Gallery online as an archive of our past shows and you can still contact us at this email address if you have questions about the gallery or any past artists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Thanks again and take care!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Cassandra and Jessica</span></p> <!--EndFragment-->The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-51629819377892856512009-04-13T20:43:00.002-05:002009-04-13T20:48:03.397-05:00Night Work: Gallery OnlineOur <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://thearmourygallery.com/NightWork_Online.html">Gallery Online</a></span> is now complete for Night Work! Below are a few photos from the show, but please visit our website to see the entire exhibition. You can click around on each piece in the gallery and view it close-up. Enjoy!<div><br /><div>Also, we'll be open this Friday, April 17th for Gallery Night from 5:00 - 9:00 pm. It's a great time to come by and see the show if you haven't already.<br /><div><br /></div><div>Night Work runs until May 2nd with gallery hours on Saturday from noon - 5:00 pm.</div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1s95qnrt7CdDsN69BFpLOiSq39FjqCaiDy94bpeyIrXT3D2HboDihPkttZHr91jL6-5CCQUa_Z1JQNTq_m_fNvKREBX-98xpKZlfuJByxqz_6JoR6ByJKD1Ple2Cim1yiz11PRoEQI78/s400/Thomsen_Install.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324357734142535378" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif-PjHxJYpYZl0V-OxuU8gmrmwIG1ce_DIuM81Mb6YQ3EFCYH7M58dXs7EAKin-iCwOgmzLTv5CBg0H9iSvQwrzbBBb4jBN6BDu9UdIniqiQ9hB6f6TaoJv3wziS8gGrS3jKK95wd6BQo/s400/McCawBud_DraftUnravel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324357737114118818" /><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pkbvrQDG0hbLKuUJ9uNKKBhTr_yPXCawghyphenhyphenJO2sLqgr7nmcZd7ZTl-2UmAqo2OI0yPtsGn7U8CV4CmmamG5E0ILmxuqaN-Ascg5HCDcOlSF_yrDd-caqwihC-j6PmYi77VLQ_qkMyaw/s400/NightWork_GalleryFront.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324357728922012450" /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIH46dcCpenB7E_ufeIa7MbwlKh9SA2Xa5dUgWD-Xxbum-cR1Ow8XJEgUcguhLU3Y-rJ7oI8CXHlX7OYhnpd5UT0nsjuRJIhmWDebuc2wL4kaRWY3L1MtopISxYkMtYA9S_kqcmxQdlHU/s400/NightWork_GalleryBack.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324357731435693522" /></div></div></div>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-30276849581009815872009-04-03T09:54:00.011-05:002009-04-03T10:07:39.166-05:00Night Work: Reception photosHere are some photos from the opening reception on March 27th. You can view the rest of the photos <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cassie-jessi/sets/72157615653140588/">HERE</a> on our Flickr page.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDK6VxTSMpHO3HN_7c9gT310-BICZSEcgHa2Ow1jg-_zdJWP-Js4rK9dB_FYfxTW2hLE3sTg3-Hq4QShTFldh9SVFQ_XdNENtohPZKGG2IkpOx7Q5aQtcBJLkkCHWBiuBFF3w3Qy7hBao/s1600-h/3393245046_5507f27697.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320481169409912258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDK6VxTSMpHO3HN_7c9gT310-BICZSEcgHa2Ow1jg-_zdJWP-Js4rK9dB_FYfxTW2hLE3sTg3-Hq4QShTFldh9SVFQ_XdNENtohPZKGG2IkpOx7Q5aQtcBJLkkCHWBiuBFF3w3Qy7hBao/s400/3393245046_5507f27697.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQHodRxsGQkkB4tiyzNL0ghwcsKzmSMcedqJX6M_rc4yNSu_-OP_lHiGc0knb5IqJl8QO3l778ldy-ddqHShx92vi7zmAkuvHUGP4UuerrCD2I7N71mucRcGmN1FYjtteaW0KGkkI4E4/s1600-h/3393272356_310a957470.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320481115855594114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQHodRxsGQkkB4tiyzNL0ghwcsKzmSMcedqJX6M_rc4yNSu_-OP_lHiGc0knb5IqJl8QO3l778ldy-ddqHShx92vi7zmAkuvHUGP4UuerrCD2I7N71mucRcGmN1FYjtteaW0KGkkI4E4/s400/3393272356_310a957470.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjVKsWx44CHfeHP9QVo2uVmPbIMO53AP_55_PmTYwDtVPVl5qz2vehjvELQBBXy3W294uIshyj8WrRElzchL5yU6wWInLqbbrZytJenv3LYfaoonwB8CYAO0q83XEyzec6On-_0z9DE8/s1600-h/3392573843_d8f92c2174.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320480836220560690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjVKsWx44CHfeHP9QVo2uVmPbIMO53AP_55_PmTYwDtVPVl5qz2vehjvELQBBXy3W294uIshyj8WrRElzchL5yU6wWInLqbbrZytJenv3LYfaoonwB8CYAO0q83XEyzec6On-_0z9DE8/s400/3392573843_d8f92c2174.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZZtxNYnfzVwWVCYwOWDGRzMMxB7PFf0uvLD523bSVidW81SlstiwaRPAfXe2TFoFMQypANud7CbSF3z_-JM-muI0xJoi-WG1og7_GLgLQ33ojYwfiePHpIpBL43CzN8qvuvRfNnxdKg/s1600-h/3392466971_598ac8e52b.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320480690129887410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZZtxNYnfzVwWVCYwOWDGRzMMxB7PFf0uvLD523bSVidW81SlstiwaRPAfXe2TFoFMQypANud7CbSF3z_-JM-muI0xJoi-WG1og7_GLgLQ33ojYwfiePHpIpBL43CzN8qvuvRfNnxdKg/s400/3392466971_598ac8e52b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMhEyXsd7o-Taam0jAr1dSdn6OwfY8OmuSJ_lGZpeeQb2xltvvlmrt5lYcjjU9pJqWs8suS7snyimgEFPalF-KUrDSm5NnsMazxlpXANLuxvGHQad2QhyMmmZEkIgrHkDrnd7NP8qMQp0/s1600-h/3392533733_efc2a033e4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320480554012587330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMhEyXsd7o-Taam0jAr1dSdn6OwfY8OmuSJ_lGZpeeQb2xltvvlmrt5lYcjjU9pJqWs8suS7snyimgEFPalF-KUrDSm5NnsMazxlpXANLuxvGHQad2QhyMmmZEkIgrHkDrnd7NP8qMQp0/s400/3392533733_efc2a033e4.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div></div>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-53391523776624081912009-04-02T14:50:00.003-05:002009-04-02T14:54:39.730-05:00Susceptible to Image reviewWe got a short review of our current show on the Susceptible to Images blog by Kat Murrell. The original text is below, but it's part of a much larger post you should go check out <a href="http://susceptibletoimages.wordpress.com/">HERE</a>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SaZ_hweyBWGUsIMsVq0BhDYmQzQVjB0OWTMg14FxM2ZTpoaUAc_3-y1000lyDvWKLkxNMs_agtIeFv-tnXu6NW2PgkQo5gHJxUYFOl9cZqvTf2-5-M-Ii8A7S134UQwV26ypVBeHxYM/s1600-h/040109-1636-tempusfugit2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4SaZ_hweyBWGUsIMsVq0BhDYmQzQVjB0OWTMg14FxM2ZTpoaUAc_3-y1000lyDvWKLkxNMs_agtIeFv-tnXu6NW2PgkQo5gHJxUYFOl9cZqvTf2-5-M-Ii8A7S134UQwV26ypVBeHxYM/s400/040109-1636-tempusfugit2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320184694775923506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Night Work opening at the Armoury Gallery</span><br /><br />Openings at the Armoury Gallery are always interesting; they tend to have a good mix of people, the gallery itself is a unique space, but more than anything else, gallery proprietors Jessica Steeber and Cassandra Smith consistently put together intriguing shows. This time around, the exhibition is “Night Work,” pieces created by working art instructors. It may be night work, done after the obligations of the day (or so one could imagine), but these pieces are definitely not an afterthoughts or the remnants of creative energy.<br /><br />Six artists are featured in the show, and it’s impossible to get a really good look at everything during an opening. But, I have to say I’m impressed by Nathaniel Stern and Jessica Meuninch-Ganger, whose multimedia works blend elegant forms of drawing, collage, and art history tradition integrated with digital surprises. It’s a fascinating blend of old and new art technologies.<br /><br />In the Armoury Gallery, there is an additional room, a small and humble space but becoming one of my favorite gallery spots. Because it’s a closed area and set off from the general hubbub outside, it has an immediate feeling of separation, as though you’ve entered into a place where, even more so than in the main gallery area, anything can happen. This time, the room holds two works by Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg, both simple but captivating. Unravel links the three-dimensional reality with the two-dimensional possibilities of drawing, and the charming and surreal Draft simply opens up all sorts of imaginative wonderment. Elegant, simple, and inventive.The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-45564019264519397802009-03-23T09:20:00.003-05:002009-03-23T09:40:50.765-05:00Night Work @ the Armoury Gallery<strong>Opening reception:<br />Friday March 27, 6:00 - 10:00 pm<br />Show runs: March 27 - May 2</strong><br /><br />Featuring:<br /><a href="http://nathanielstern.com/">Nathaniel Stern</a><br /><a href="http://jessicameuninck.com/">Jessica Meuninck Ganger</a><br /><a href="http://www.machineanimalcollages.com/">Nicolas Lampert</a><br /><a href="http://www.mccawbudsberg.blogspot.com/">Shana McCaw & Brent Budsberg</a><br /><a href="http://www.sonjathomsen.com/">Sonja Thomsen</a><br /><br />The Armoury Gallery is pleased to announce its 8th exhibition: Night Work. Focusing specifically on professional artists working as art professors and instructors in Milwaukee, Night Work is an exciting cross section of some of Milwaukee's most talented and recognized artists; three of whom are featured in the Current Tendencies exhibition at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University. Night work includes two collaborative teams, Nathaniel Stern & Jessica Meuninck-Ganger and ShanaMcCaw & Brent Budsberg, as well as new 2D work by Nicolas Lampert and recent photographs by Sonja Thomsen.<br /><br />Along with teaching at UW-Milwaukee, <strong>Nicolas Lampert</strong> is a curator, a co-editor of a book on anti-war illustrations and an artist who works in a variety of media and has exhibited his work extensively across the country and abroad. Lampert co-curated a traveling political art show that toured 33 cities in Canada and the US during a five year run. He has work in the permanent collections at the Museum of Modern Art in NewYork and Milwaukee's own Art Museum. Lampert is also part of the Justseeds Radical Artist's Cooperative that is currently exhibiting an installation at UWM's Union Art Gallery.<br /><br />Taking over the installation room will be a collaboration by <strong>Shana McCaw </strong>and<strong> Brent Budsberg</strong>. In seven years of collaboration, McCaw andBudsberg's work has evolved from playful performances about human interaction and rites of passage toward miniature architectural installations investigating transition, space and the passage of time. For Night Work, McCaw and Budsberg will exhibit two new companion sculptures. Incorporating a mysterious wind and subdued atmospheric effects, both pieces create a perception of space beyond the gallery wall, while also suggesting an indirect narrative. McCaw teaches at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and Cardinal Stritch and Budsberg is a MIAD 3-d lab supervisor. As a collaborative team, they won a 2008Mary Nohl Fellowship in the Established Artist category.<br /><br />First time collaborative duo <strong>Jessica Meuninck-Ganger </strong>and<strong> Nathaniel Stern</strong> will present a new series of works. Playfully called "Distill Life," this series incorporates technologies and aesthetics from traditional printmaking – including Japanese woodblock and engraving circa the1800s, present-day etching, stone lithography, photogravure etc –with the technologies and aesthetics of contemporary digital, video and networked art, in order to create new forms. Hailing from South Africa, and currently studying for his PhD throughTrinity College in Dublin, Ireland, Nathaniel Stern joined the Milwaukee arts community in 2008 for his position with the Peck School of the Arts at UW Milwaukee. His work has been exhibited internationally, and he has a host of awards, residencies and fellowships to his credit. Jessica Meuninck-Ganger earned her MFA at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and currently teaches at the Peck School of the Arts, also having a host of honors, residencies and exhibitions to her credit.<br /><br />Earning her MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004, <strong>SonjaThomsen</strong> will present a series of new works from her time spent in 2008 at the Hermitage Artist Retreat in Englewood, Florida. Most recently featured in the aforementioned Current Tendencies exhibition at Marquette's Haggerty Museum of Art, Sonja has exhibited her work nationally and her photographs are included in the permanent collection at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Thomsen currently teaches photography classes at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and was a founding member of the Coalition of Photographic Arts (CoPA), serving as president until June of 2008.The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-8317566323751827732009-03-14T12:43:00.003-05:002009-03-14T12:46:20.699-05:00Night Work: PostcardsOur next opening:<div>NIGHT WORK</div><div>Friday, March 27 from 6:00 - 10:00 pm</div><div>Show runs March 27 - May 2</div><div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC0Fc5VPDS3a5vkvz6jcHpdrj9l6D5TKoCr3R54NHF97b9GSmCIhIM2ukLnWW11AiP_9fKrvbnn47kEDR1JqQlwJ2qeNRcn-f9cZTTuweb0wQr3qkCbpXHwCwdUo-feU812BL_lUJsvAA/s400/NightWork---Postcardfront.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313100887265810322" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDeiY_1uJHT33NFpDqGsV3kgHbuiAyVCMaJP3PGbLQa1hrPr7dtQanDiHqG3VS0jsFbbZvkF1a4jcZ51cNUwxyBxch55EgPrr2-Li0oF9OEk8954GQH_OIrfaT8KmQlXHKkXvZCdjq04/s400/NightWork---postcard-back.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313100892876564050" /></div>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-79994145181637972042009-03-03T10:36:00.002-06:002009-03-03T10:41:33.162-06:00We're Anonym.us Press Release<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Lost in a Volcanic Maze: Dispatches from We're Anonym.us<br /></span></strong>A one-night-only event showcasing over a year’s worth of work: the completion of the "We're Anonym.us” project by local filmmaker, Brian Perkins<br /><br /><strong>Friday, March 13th 2009<br />6:00 – 10:00pm</strong><br /><strong>screening at 7:30 pm<br /></strong>(Please note this event has been postponed from its original date of March 6th)<br /><br />The Armoury Gallery is pleased to announce its first ‘one-night-only’ event, featuring the videos, slideshows and text that comprise the “We’re Anonym.us” project. Accompanying paintings will be exhibited, created by the filmmaker Brian Perkins specifically for this event. The artwork will be on display until 10:00 pm and it will be accompanied by a related photographic slideshow.<br /><br />A video screening will take place at 7:30 and run about 40 minutes, featuring a newly edited assembly of all webisodes and slideshows created for the website, with new entr'acte video segments.<br /><br />A statement from the filmmaker, Brian Perkins:<br /><br /><em>“We're Anonym.us" is a multimedia, dream-like fable created in a format that is unlike anything we are aware of. Serialized in thirteen parts on the internet and told in videos, slideshows and text, it relates the story of the writing, delivery and reception of anonymous letters. Like a cross between "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Trial", "We're Anonym.us" is a mixture of fantasy, sly humor, and menace.<br /></em><br />For more information, please visit the “We’re Anonym.us” website: <a href="http://www.wereanonym.us/">http://www.wereanonym.us/</a>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-8416350150840143412009-02-27T08:25:00.004-06:002009-02-27T08:35:41.111-06:00We're Anonym.us PostcardsThis is the next event that we're having at the gallery. It is a one night event showcasing the work of local filmmaker Brian Perkins.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307485308074661378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 271px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlh2s9SL0FaXcpLNvuxRwQWf70p_klenOAKt_VUeIArE-8lnM1jkYjNQxvU4leAI3DH1X_EznBDw6o6NWc-bCUiKdhGNdhwfxa9CrT8nx9bosfHujqGQwNFWKiW_IV5nrS_kiWltW-E_g/s400/AnonymusPostcard-web.jpg" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoX3o25xESkYMKa2PKfggNioez_NgGRKsDQVwKAJwpDAtUx6xmqTq_B-D7rzH7VViGLnujLTaFa9Ose6y-xdHMe3SdSNFQXVeyDP79SoCoSSnXrlGr90SGpWzazyhREi6lVcp_7oZLwE/s1600-h/AnonymusPoscardBack-web.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307485313741688322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDoX3o25xESkYMKa2PKfggNioez_NgGRKsDQVwKAJwpDAtUx6xmqTq_B-D7rzH7VViGLnujLTaFa9Ose6y-xdHMe3SdSNFQXVeyDP79SoCoSSnXrlGr90SGpWzazyhREi6lVcp_7oZLwE/s400/AnonymusPoscardBack-web.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtmbask9wTJxFPqipUfBMkXESVYk9KPlSTkBnrbfC9FqmMlACT3AO7ARUTzvybGboq9ImBcU6FXUMrsO28UhqSS4e7tmkVU9BD6Vt3gAmA6xYTUO3ZKLppVTEwZxhDDPvT7JRZ0Mytzg/s1600-h/Anonymus+Postcard.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-4553368134367937702009-02-20T11:55:00.004-06:002009-02-20T12:06:22.575-06:00CoPA ShowTomorrow evening we are hosting the Coalitions of Photographic Art's 4th birthday party. Every year CoPA's celebrates their anniversary by throwing a party/fundraiser for their Photographic Educational Grant. This year we will be hosting the event which will be a silent auction of prints donated by CoPA members.<br /><br />The show will be from 6:00 - 9:00 pm on Saturday, February 21st.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304941246828569106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 388px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8NjX-yYiOrI_r8sF4VY7kWfw7oxSLRyxU5bvWarGL-7cYPxYjj_-uHcmdm_6XTpFrCNY95cKconDFd8bxUvwk2KB2viKT6xGWDmIYcBjutJHUl4FRy1kptwTjuhwE7qFbjp5E-itQwgQ/s400/4fourIV%2520flier.png" border="0" />The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-22565077380306639742009-01-07T19:12:00.004-06:002009-01-07T19:21:10.904-06:00Midwest Airlines Magazine ArticleThe gallery was recently mentioned in an article that ran in the Midwest Airlines in-flight magazine. The article focused on artists and galleries in Eastern Wisconsin. <a href="http://mymidwestmagazine.com/2009/01/01/a-sense-of-place/">HERE</a> is a link to the article. It is quite long, so below is just an excerpt of the section where we get mentioned:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Sense of Place</span></span><br />Eastern Wisconsin’s artists have visions for the future that look to the area’s heritage and landscape for inspiration<br /><br />by Sam Polcer<br /><br />“It was less than a month after we got back that we were looking for studio space to make our own art,” says Jessica Steeber, who, along with her friend and recent MIAD graduate Cassandra Smith, founded the Armoury Gallery (thearmourygallery.com) upon returning to Milwaukee after a six-month around-the-world journey. They found a spot just north of Downtown that was too nice to use as studio space and decided to fulfill their ambitions of opening a gallery. While only on its sixth exhibition, Armoury has built a solid name for itself and continues to attract attention. For example, kathryn e. martin, an artist garnering acclaim from the Wisconsin art cognoscenti, recently presented her work at the gallery (a large-scale installation of Martin’s, titled flotant, can be seen at the Kohler Arts Center through Jan. 11). Martin is impressed by entrepreneurs like Steeber and Smith, and with the spirit of comraderie that exists among the younger set of art lovers.<br /><br />“With these galleries popping up, the owners seem to always be there to help each other out, and the artists support each other—as opposed to stepping on each other to get where they need to be,” she says.The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-73179600111208528782008-12-29T23:47:00.005-06:002008-12-29T23:49:59.176-06:00Western States: Postcard Images<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuH6-8tHWLiW56voqRJh4sn7Pg9S3JIYZPOn7N1qa_Sf0EPgErz2h3Q0Ocpw63qfo8Y41nJll8HrhkAmyD9ECYKQooQYDiOG1PxCBeLFtlwUO1ICcat3x1ZYkMsnX9-hGEdM3T8TLMaWc/s1600-h/n1144425042_30280429_8095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuH6-8tHWLiW56voqRJh4sn7Pg9S3JIYZPOn7N1qa_Sf0EPgErz2h3Q0Ocpw63qfo8Y41nJll8HrhkAmyD9ECYKQooQYDiOG1PxCBeLFtlwUO1ICcat3x1ZYkMsnX9-hGEdM3T8TLMaWc/s400/n1144425042_30280429_8095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285456286484412498" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEyiz0zYI_ubLty5eJfc2YS9CXWs4Z67N0VIYMv58JP2Nisj439Lm6WAfdcZkttUPN1EtHXw341QlJZDpA_PvrsvhZM8erASNGLDzEVIgoBen6XjpxrWohWP_n2g23ZA8jZiWbMiDL1k/s1600-h/n1144425042_30280464_2439.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEyiz0zYI_ubLty5eJfc2YS9CXWs4Z67N0VIYMv58JP2Nisj439Lm6WAfdcZkttUPN1EtHXw341QlJZDpA_PvrsvhZM8erASNGLDzEVIgoBen6XjpxrWohWP_n2g23ZA8jZiWbMiDL1k/s400/n1144425042_30280464_2439.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285456192018395698" border="0" /></a>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-72768423117065643162008-12-29T23:22:00.004-06:002008-12-29T23:28:51.776-06:00Western States: Press ReleaseGallery Night: Friday, January 16th, 2009<br />Opening reception 5:00 – 10:00 pm<br />Show runs through February 14th<br /><br />The Armoury Gallery is pleased to announce its 7th, and possibly most ambitious exhibition to date: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Western States</span>. Gathering up some of the most promising new artists the western half of the country has to offer, Western States gives Milwaukee a unique glimpse into art happening West of the Mississippi.<br /><br />Aili Schmeltz, William Hundley, Gavin Brunner, Colleen Sanders, Adrianne Watson and Milwaukee’s own Colin Matthes will fill the gallery with a variety of 2-D, 3-D and installation work.<br /><br />Living and working in Los Angeles, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Aili Schmeltz</span> earned her MFA in 2003 from the University of Arizona. She has since had 10 solo exhibitions to her credit, over 30 group shows and a host of publications including “Best of the West Coast” in New York Arts Magazine. Schmeltz has also had three separate prints appear in Jen Beckman’s 20x200 project based out of New York.<br /><br />Hailing from Austin, Texas is photographer <span style="font-weight: bold;">William Hundley</span>. Earning his BFA in 1998, Hundley has since garnered international attention for his eerie-yet-playful images. With five solo exhibitions to date, and a bibliography that spans Poland, France, Germany, Chile, Spain, Italy, China and Argentina, we are pleased to be showing a series of his images this Gallery Night.<br /><br />Also from Los Angeles, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gavin Bunner</span> will be showing a selection of his 2-D works on paper. Appearing in New American Paintings in 2006, Artworld Digest and Studio Visit Magazine, along with three solo shows and a host of group exhibitions to his credit, Bunner is an artist to watch.<br /><br />Both hailing from San Francisco, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Colleen Sanders</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Adrianne Watson</span> round out the Western States line-up. Watson earned her MFA from the California College of the Arts in 2008, and her work appears in the current issue of New American Paintings. Sanders earned her Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 2005 before continuing on to earn her MFA from the California College of the Arts in 2008. Both artists currently have work showing at the Sam Lee Gallery in Los Angeles.<br /><br />Last but not least, Milwaukee’s own <span style="font-weight: bold;">Colin Matthes</span> will take over the installation space. Matthes’s artwork has been exhibited in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Denmark, Spain, and Austria. In 2009, Matthes will have a solo-exhibition at the University of Texas-Pan American and create a wall drawing for a group exhibition at the Haggerty Museum in Milwaukee. Matthes was also a 2008 Mary Nohl Fellowship recipient, and his work is currently on view in the Inova Gallery at UWM’s Kenilworth building.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">(Links to all artists websites can be found on the right side toolbar)</span>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-85187931028823674982008-12-17T22:27:00.002-06:002008-12-17T22:31:18.480-06:00Milwaukee's Own: Shepherd ReviewTodays Shepherd Express includes a review of our current show by the talented Angelina Krahn. You can read the review <a href="http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/article-4871-local-cross-section.html">HERE</a> or below.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Local Cross-Section</span></span><br />Art Review<br />By Angelina Krahn<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcP11Iwc9rLpmnUgVAGdIOIDD6ptXawzq8u_Zr_U-fCTt-gBF39Bbs_JBCOVrKdFUVtpdaEzGLz-mDCmEmPy7FsIff2cc-JHZWlQHycaSK23VFB_QPkh6ikZGYdG2FJFxCpqKPEQmzxCw/s1600-h/Martin_WhiteArmyDetail.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcP11Iwc9rLpmnUgVAGdIOIDD6ptXawzq8u_Zr_U-fCTt-gBF39Bbs_JBCOVrKdFUVtpdaEzGLz-mDCmEmPy7FsIff2cc-JHZWlQHycaSK23VFB_QPkh6ikZGYdG2FJFxCpqKPEQmzxCw/s400/Martin_WhiteArmyDetail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280982876569525650" border="0" /></a><br />In "Milwaukee's Own," the Armoury Gallery's last show of 2008, Cassandra Smith and Jessica Steeber bring together four emerging local artists, three of whom created site-specific installations. "Milwaukee's Own" is an academic cross-section of sorts: All four artists are or will be MIAD alumni, trained in Milwaukee in the past decade. Aesthetically, the show is tied together by a minimal palette of paper, polystyrene, graphite, and black and gold paint, and, with the exception of some of Mary DiBiasio's works on paper, by coolly detached formalism.<br /><br />Harvey Opgenorth's Space Debris: Objects of Desire (Hi-Vis Test #1) is the only piece in the show that rigorously incorporates the gallery's architecture. With a deceptively simple conceit, Opgenorth uses a corner of the gallery to paint a black square across walls and water pipes. The best seat in the house for viewing it is settled into the right corner of the gallery's settee, the vantage point at which the blocks of black paint converge to form the illusion of a two dimensional, flat black square festooned with amorphous globs of gold suspended in space.<br /><br />In the gallery's small back room, kathryn e. martin's White Army is amassed, at ease, its tiny Styrofoam soldiers assembled from the bottoms of cups and plastic spears. Outside in the main gallery, her Untitled (Case Study) cascades down the wall in two clusters of ribbon-like Styrofoam, the tendrils extended and repeated by shadows cast from the overhead lights.<br /><br />Colin Dickson's Reconnections takes advantage of the Armoury's high ceilings. Tightly-wound rolls of muslin printed with metallic gold are strung, clustered, and mounted to the ceiling. Similar in scale and shape, and placed sparsely throughout the gallery's aft, they hang like eight stalactites in a bright and commodious cave. Dickson's jointed strands, like the phalanges of plush fingers, rhyme visually with Mary DiBiasio's works on paper of traced and silhouetted hands.<br /><br />Where Opgenorth engages the brain through the eyes and Dickson and martin hint at organic forms, in "Milwaukee's Own" the artist's hand, as it were, is nearly invisible. DiBiasio, however, repeats hers, infusing the show with literal representations of the body. Traced heads in profile, hands and fingerprints are used liberally throughout DiBiasio's work. In Great Expectations, a vertical diptych, graphite is gently dragged up from the bottom of the page, where fingers of cactus-like outgrowths jut from the mouths of limned heads in the desert landscape of empty space. There is a sense of longing in the gesture, as if grasping for the hands above beyond reach.<br /><br />The artists of "Milwaukee's Own," are superficially linked by educational background and by geography, but each artist's voice is distinct. And while for now they belong to Milwaukee, their work is poised to alight and transcend it.The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-20620017550027711842008-12-17T22:22:00.002-06:002008-12-17T22:27:19.239-06:00Milwaukee's Own: Decider articleThe Onion has a new(ish) off-shoot website called The Decider. Each city has their own Decider website, and Mike Brenner is writing for the Decider Milwaukee. This month, in his column "Now Hanging", he mentioned our current show, as well as the shows at Dean Jensen and Paper Boat. You can read the article <a href="http://milwaukee.decider.com/articles/now-hanging,2615/">HERE</a> or below.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Now Hanging</span><br />Decider visits local galleries looking for stimulation<br />by Mike Brenner<br /><br />Mayuko Kono buys cheap plastic dog figurines from her local 100 yen shop, which is Tokyo’s equivalent of a dollar store. She then spends hours sanding them down until all the layers of fur (and sometimes the flesh and eyes) are removed to reveal exquisite little sculptures resembling chiseled marble, each with a distinct personality. Kono and the 40 other artists in Big, Big Bangs/Small, Small Bucks (Dean Jensen Gallery, through Jan. 24) comprise this who’s-who exhibition of artists with ties to Milwaukee. From silly, anti-art pieces like Scott Reeder’s Snake on Phone to more substantive works from Jensen’s stable of Milwaukee art professors—Sonja Thomsen, Lynn Tomaszewski, and Jason S. Yi—Big, Big Bangs/Small, Small Bucks showcases 100 works of art, all of which are priced at or under $750 and are well worth the investment.<br /><br />A minuscule number (by comparison) of circular remnants from the 50,000 Styrofoam cups used to create Kathryn E. Martin’s largest-to-date solo exhibition, Flotant (John Michael Kohler Arts Center, through Jan. 11), were saved by the artist and stuck together with cocktail picks to create the 250 robot-like soldiers in Martin’s even more recent work, White Army, Version 6.<br /><br />Milwaukee’s Own (The Armoury Gallery, through Jan. 2) features the work of three other Milwaukee Institute Of Art & Design grads: Mary DiBiasio, Colin Dickson, and Harvey Opgenorth. As the viewer moves about the gallery, Opgenorth’s Space Debris: Objects Of Desire (Hi-Vis Test #1) just doesn't seem right, almost incomplete or lacking, but when you’re on the very right side of the vintage yellow couch next to the gallery director’s desk, everything falls into place. What seemed like random geometric shapes becomes one solid, grounded square dotted with giant, golden meteors.<br /><br />Self-taught San Francisco artist and gallery director Lisa Congdon created a completely new body of work for her Milwaukee debut, Life In WonderMountain (Paper Boat Boutique & Gallery, through Jan. 11). Congdon’s first-ever three-dimensional installation juxtaposes pieces of thrift store crochet with found sepia-toned portraits that the artist embellished with multi-colored neon swatches of paint. The old and new are blended into an eerily satisfying altar to WonderMountain’s fictional inbred populous.The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-50691421734065320642008-12-16T19:59:00.007-06:002008-12-16T20:17:27.291-06:00Milwaukee's Own: Gallery OnlineFor each opening we create an interactive gallery online where you can view the entire show by clicking around on photographs of the gallery. <a href="http://thearmourygallery.com/MilwaukeesOwn_Opener.html">HERE</a> is the link to our Gallery Online for our current show, Milwaukee's Own. Below are some examples of the work from the show. On view until January 3rd with gallery hours on Saturdays from 12:00 - 5:00 pm.<div><br /><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">kathryn e martin</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD4yv62R6GZ-4e2vCnsPzgXTyhCpBoAZady8wtzrJUpp91NEPA3ixc7eoej0R8pD9yjs0vyQX-FL5ZQ4QO9TqhZZkv9r_QZKPdrEqll3zsGYJookbuByvfXi8JLKJfVHduv0O7FRalTdQ/s400/Martin_WhiteArmy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280576767419034818" /><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Harvey Opgenorth</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DhlUSDDqIkVw0mzAGCWW-2oHWz5RihFZRkh7QdXvPZwVNjSEG-TTRHzKbwxMerE-XklyMuglc3UuHlTRTeouCJEsP1IQXDmZB1-TUGDqLAqFO3tuGEdtF_1SzVZVfI9_sf-Xr6t9fNg/s400/Opgenorth_Space.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280575849372857906" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mary DiBiasio</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2UOdxppD3CySMTq7ypqIPIeCpq1i4Eqrw-P-Cl9d5lfYLf7k8pRt2dh-ek6-b70ZQkYl45wXEtP32ei5gqrw4gSLwsJuTJSyYGgmyAgMIL9UFOywoUSG5kbXUBypEFxGHodF2gy-1Pc/s400/DiBiasio_Bandits3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280574206431605058" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Colin T Dickson</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbXI7oOX2BQh0N07rLcysPFeJ8GDNMnaCX4Ln-OKA3fJ1o35c8ruW-EZ8OxZoastIFCrZS8ufihf-e66bAQhFlB5KY-P0wuNuLaWXcPUoG5NsvwJ_61jmShF19uN7bmNJkRSVQHBLw00/s400/Dickson_Reconnections2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280574215037042834" /></div></div>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-70223157523992296102008-12-03T20:57:00.004-06:002008-12-03T21:10:33.143-06:00Milwaukee's Own: Shepherd PreviewThis week's Shepherd Express has a preview of our show opening this Friday. You can see the original article <a href="http://www.expressmilwaukee.com/article-4722-site-specific-art.html">HERE</a>, or read an excerpt from the article below.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Site-Specific Art</span><br />By Peggy Sue Dunigan<br /><br />Also opening this week is the Armoury Gallery's new exhibit, "Milwaukee's Own." It features four recent Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design graduates, with work constructed specifically for the gallery.<br /><br />Nationally recognized artist <span style="font-weight: bold;">Harvey Opgenorth</span> paints optical illusions directly onto the walls, provoking dual visions of reality, while <span style="font-weight: bold;">Colin Dickson</span> fashions a muslin cave. In Dickson's first professional show since graduating in June, screen prints are combined with clusters of cotton to construct a large piece of art. <span style="font-weight: bold;">kathryn e. martin</span>, whose work is also on display at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center's "Flotant" exhibit, revisits her circles of Styrofoam cups to create spiral forms envisioning clouds. 2006 graduate <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mary DiBiasio </span>portrays hands and human figures through tracings and cutouts rendered in graphite wall hangings.<br /><br />These eclectic installations "create final products having more potential to shift," says gallery owner Cassandra Smith. The opening reception takes place on Friday, Dec. 5, from 6 to 10 p.m.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">kathryn e martin<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQiV3HTIo1YPyffFwL9gKB-STCeiQ93LDLJwpUeHzabHnDLq1xyP0W3xfAFqSTJZLfRWKLMUHtvTGL0ioEzVoxRU2_ITCzpRAhteBO7GV1h-6bxwS4tRHln9Db_XXVSc1_VrLjXAE9W8/s1600-h/KathrynEMartin1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirQiV3HTIo1YPyffFwL9gKB-STCeiQ93LDLJwpUeHzabHnDLq1xyP0W3xfAFqSTJZLfRWKLMUHtvTGL0ioEzVoxRU2_ITCzpRAhteBO7GV1h-6bxwS4tRHln9Db_XXVSc1_VrLjXAE9W8/s400/KathrynEMartin1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275765779197441410" border="0" /></a><br />Harvey Opgenorth<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sgLE3KJBe-XEBy4ilHpz1IODdq-QB6VwUK7qYNUS7Rdr9G6jLLl1nLSvBNrgwzvkyp66a-GY-FMTt-wdT8I0dAqvR310BIgSUvWbJsUdYQqPFee8O86MJ55sV3eoQvcUAezoHPcFgCg/s1600-h/HarveyOpgenorth1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sgLE3KJBe-XEBy4ilHpz1IODdq-QB6VwUK7qYNUS7Rdr9G6jLLl1nLSvBNrgwzvkyp66a-GY-FMTt-wdT8I0dAqvR310BIgSUvWbJsUdYQqPFee8O86MJ55sV3eoQvcUAezoHPcFgCg/s400/HarveyOpgenorth1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275765782953443634" border="0" /></a><br />Mary DiBiasio<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSdpwyFK4uTdwC5uS7zaTjpJ7E8CrRfx5cugKhQkBQvnmy48abVjn8LRdVnk6gNEQtMzUvasLQ7-V0WstRBSlJFPju0rcXekE3CV83oq_1BXF-LzItXCyEN7IQIxIkK3F4s-Kg1t7XCA/s1600-h/MaryDiBiasio1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoSdpwyFK4uTdwC5uS7zaTjpJ7E8CrRfx5cugKhQkBQvnmy48abVjn8LRdVnk6gNEQtMzUvasLQ7-V0WstRBSlJFPju0rcXekE3CV83oq_1BXF-LzItXCyEN7IQIxIkK3F4s-Kg1t7XCA/s400/MaryDiBiasio1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275765791363895986" border="0" /></a><br />Colin Dickson<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNKd2qyppOlbkFYu-Lz4RtMwyUKi4eKOs3FV-fRGeTJc3BdXVF5svikf8KRZ3gFoqENsDxm9vrHWm_Jf2PpdGnubxrU9ihirLKwVDvGj2FjvDqek7To6krYtIp_7kJNLh9m-qWeJy5kU/s1600-h/ColinDickson1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 372px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNKd2qyppOlbkFYu-Lz4RtMwyUKi4eKOs3FV-fRGeTJc3BdXVF5svikf8KRZ3gFoqENsDxm9vrHWm_Jf2PpdGnubxrU9ihirLKwVDvGj2FjvDqek7To6krYtIp_7kJNLh9m-qWeJy5kU/s400/ColinDickson1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275765790822848146" border="0" /></a><div> </div><div> </div>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-55373715793064730362008-11-19T20:17:00.004-06:002008-11-25T16:01:08.365-06:00Milwaukee's Own: Press Release<span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday, December 5th 6:00 – 10:00 pm</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Show runs December 5th - January 3rd</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>The Armoury’s next exhibition looks homeward, featuring four local artists – <span style="font-weight: bold;">kathryn e. martin, Harvey Opgenorth, Mary DiBiasio and Colin T Dickson</span>.<br /><br />The Armoury Gallery is pleased to announce its 6th and most experimental exhibition to date: Milwaukee’s Own. Featuring four of Milwaukee’s most exciting young artists, this not-to-be-missed exhibition will fill the gallery space almost entirely with installation work, including a stalactite cave of muslin, Styrofoam remnants in cloud-like formations, and an optical game involving two walls, a ceiling and giant gold nuggets.<br /><br />Milwaukee artists kathryn e. martin, Harvey Opgenorth, and Colin T Dickson will utilize the three week break between exhibitions to work in the gallery space, each creating site-specific pieces encompassing a majority of the exhibition space. Mary DiBiasio will present a new series of mixed media works to round out the exhibition. Each artist uses repetition of shape, form, and line in limited color palettes to examine our understanding, perception and relationship to objects and places, simultaneously redefining the interior spaces of the gallery.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kathrynemartin.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">kathryn e. martin</span></a>, having just unveiled her most recent solo exhibition at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, shifts focus to a more deliberately confined space for this exhibition, forcing her work to adapt and rebel against the limitations imposed by the walls. martin will engulf a portion of the gallery in masses of Styrofoam ringlets, cut from their previous life as cups and given new meaning as delicate objects of desire. martin is part-time faculty at both UWM and MIAD. In 2001, she earned her BFA from MIAD in Sculpture with an Art History minor, following that up with both her MA and MFA from UWM in InterMedia Studies.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Harvey Opgenorth</span> will also have a site specific installation, involving an optical wall painting and oversized gold nuggets, simultaneously challenging our relationship with and understanding of our environment. Best known for his “Museum Camoufluge” series that earned him national recognition, Opgenorth is inspired by everyday places and our perceptions of them, often using visual games and nostalgic objects to focus our attention on the often overlooked aspects of daily life. In 1999, Opgenorth received his BFA in Painting from MIAD with a minor in Sculpture.<br /><br />Presenting a new series of graphite drawings is <a href="http://www.bodiesuponbodies.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mary DiBiasio</span></a>. DiBiasio’s work presents the figure in contour. The ghost-like images exist as mere remnants of the human form, repeating, falling, running across the page, reminding us of our interconnectedness through the fragile nature of human life. Since graduating from MIAD in 2006 with her BFA in Printmaking, DiBiasio has shown consistently in the Milwaukee area, most recently with the Cedar Gallery on Fall Gallery Night, and at the Walker’s Point Center for the Arts.<br /><br />Finally, recent MIAD graduate <span style="font-weight: bold;">Colin Dickson</span> will create muslin stalactites to fill a portion of the gallery space with a cave-like creation. He will be using the installation to contrast the formality of the space, while establishing a dialogue with human movement, interaction and reaction. Graduating from MIAD in the spring of this year with a degree in Sculpture, Dickson’s work takes on a grand scale, the artist undaunted by cost, time nor space instead forging ahead in pursuit of his vision. Dickson received the 2008 Fine Art Excellence Award for “3 1/2 miles to the center of somewhere else”, his interactive senior thesis installation that, according to the MIAD website, “invites viewers to get lost in the geometrics of mass and illuminated space”.</div>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-45582399147277087932008-11-09T13:25:00.002-06:002008-11-09T13:29:10.202-06:00Milwaukee's Own: PostcardThis is the postcard for our upcoming show, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Milwaukee's Own</span>. Featuring installation work by four Milwaukee artists: kathryn e. martin, Harvey Opgenorth, Mary DiBiasio and Colin T Dickson. The opening reception is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Friday, December 5th from 6:00 - 10:00 pm</span>.<div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj24i1H6jO23T-ctqO2im9DqXMJ3hI6XKcutJKvNlLdpfjK63plzCf4NZtradCVO8qeS5M7yEgVbrIfcfFeZYfkqT1wNMPSuHIGbNXAyAi__nwwYKLOHjIrL-bjFqzLArFIlhi1f76GyE/s400/Milwaukee's---postcard-front.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266741833136918674" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigth-6gZFfiod6ot4649X3uC1T5hiLwBIFHUTLlxP7Wjjbx42MO8rUSdNliWSdk6qQmAJWRZSSWKRbgOqCNFvSFLzzv-nwWNCPzziUZAOHZtNRH47zXbrZvYeQVjd63QBEggLQlpbIiEE/s400/Milwaukee's-Own---postcard-back.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266741828389105618" /><div> </div><div> </div></div>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-17249405000349681902008-10-27T21:38:00.005-05:002008-10-27T21:56:50.213-05:00In Contour: Show ImagesThis is some of the work from our current exhibition, In Contour. You can view the entire show <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://thearmourygallery.com/InContour_Online.html">HERE</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">by clicking through the images of the gallery.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span><br /><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Sonja Peterson</span> (minneapolis)</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 335px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9I7hiuTlNoCVJA02o69Zwr9jzXrfL8q82RQtlqE23SV3vG4_-QndOAOKm3mmZlXHmLs-6MYkc5WqW1tRJOFEg8VRzyXc_Ta0P0mKoLXD4TTf0dpa45Y8JXNAIpSbevNb_zlVk8t2axrY/s400/Peterson_Reaped.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262032279469472898" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWv1CfBREd86lzXPEXKIcK-RqWPH86mCnfr5kxtKbJF7adiLAGf4Pm_8CbbMdydBGoaPTYhekAfTJkfAvezlAhOaQfk7Qw_8FiJjF6Fj5RYygYLO7ITHo7fy3TB_9H_cN04iLxFxC430/s400/Peterson_Reaped_detail.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262032263858657282" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 388px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVAVIWUczsCIRSRfpgFZa5PQPQyvbNQFWK_cKF73sApjti7gSrby5VG-GoTUicagtbyRatMEYpeVG1hePzc_XMjRhIwGJQ8cVnZ9nmPp7hIzyATMXIOFCkX_rv-jANkhD-lVh2WmhW2IA/s400/Peterson_Rootstock.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262032254088525682" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 387px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qb6kpIqPRrVLTwjGhUJiDZIwfYKzP6vxR5RFPal6Yo-E0AEEh-TKFWy-tx8saGfpyf35QSRoZLDPEfHbhILFioF8UfBW7ovFX1VOUOTYw9f7IK8rY2Ujnp8mBQyD34vUXblCvzMWLhc/s400/Peterson_SoyNurse.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262032251525590946" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Paul Kjelland </span>(milwaukee)</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdOZvap5ZUOkaBcYLzdIm1SDLznu2Wy57Wpd0R_uohNs0bXJTtmR-yPKVpieoJGrbu0wyzWV2TNbkz92cncd1puugybHtjYwFACzNrCsYezswgVdp_3b5gWBcIL3i1IfJ7JtLSUjQYCko/s400/Kjelland_Untitled8.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262031131994087522" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 392px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZ01KSpgB3GILGgf_gD93CGsE-Dm5nvGu9n1UBVraaPVGxVwb9bf4opgdXqB41EzeBkm7Gz27OS_qtWiwzWfjfFywGlL2ZlLw-92oVZTh_nsgFhiN_MpuzwqbViASeXPG9bCc241eTko/s400/Kjelland_Untitled5.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262031129405714898" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlGq4e5rzxL7AIXLIp6xCl29LYPK9hSyJOYEsAPoJesvcDI010ZVbrlhx-fpf3o16ltYbkDRZIUsYxAXJjxEEUmCmseDMlpD7Lx_MN3zTq31pRLAhb1RSOJ80HbcWqfkV5rUUqnTa1a8/s400/Kjelland_Untitled4.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262031119140394002" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 397px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifklSs5XeiYfPuOB3JvqfiNNAEiTUAqA98J83mmfUNQJt6U-wVQv59CSkYkYq1F8JiFz5omrelUOECxuqcDC8rlG9WDujXazU5Bp4CdIxzgyQwzU4xuXLA9fwi3DBJxw_ZyFUF1Md19O4/s400/Kjelland_Untitled2.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262031106429679458" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Julia Schilling</span> (milwaukee)</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9WjMCoxox2JsW-HlrJOuhud0_U75CKUWSswA_PF4K1yhhlOVrrl1os6PvB1zO-c128WCPe32ylVKjC9AwBNQGWcH8tvSt3ark8rmrEG-s3GBcFenFk4Cm6t44haBdZCy6eHnoW_m_nmw/s400/Schilling_Room_detail6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262030334085131538" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEHuxiI4EzE5kc_1uGNHr9jzzE9ijFWIyJOHQAbQFJKBURnQO9Hi-nsWkpobrzD7cgyUcV0noA5wRhhMfA85M-RNYanLPy6FdARdHKli9i8qIm-4HdYey6MSah7wO16Bklrn9niadbtw/s400/Schilling_Room_detail2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262030334023461714" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9KhvvO3EMVx4toFCwkP2MOEQ8qBBEyeYz0rD0e5zlvNCg2K0IRxWBg2eEXySyNVnkA0WkGJ4hFhLP_O3r9hI53SEqfsINI7Jv_AdUBuu8LjADSEC-XaPJVkQaNFBEyrZNPSGnwZLrLdQ/s400/Schilling_Room_detail3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262030324478780498" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoysn6sgevLT1720j92gZzbebYJSyyVrbnCRsfJjJwQmUOBx8fvFFiMgU3DBzWTw_d64a0t_6vnY6fL77tftgwqeeZRmwowlfXxXU2LAjqD3jReYgQ_oOqEwj9ZZxnSPgGP1KbwF_i_Gg/s400/Schilling_Room_detail5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262030315240120738" /></div>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-18036573006892628132008-10-20T16:48:00.003-05:002008-10-20T17:12:25.396-05:00In Contour: Reception Photos<div>Here are some photos form our fifth exhibition,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> In Contour</span>. It was held on Friday October 17th which was Milwaukee's Fall Gallery Night. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Artists Julia Schilling (left) & Sonja Peterson (right)<br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDj73RNKACNAf_mzrj_V8m48Ga6sjBdHul0SJXii3dG473ZfjKUcSK2VFqSNsNYEDAT4KAH4I49BB6F-1x72cSz3BNPiV2mYghevwusb7Uk8U51Jiy6KiFpfxuuzinFyirawpUKU44ZSE/s400/IMG_2981.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259358171818626354" /><div style="text-align: center;">Work by Paul Kjelland</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-XbscNhLa_5gx7D4ZdbFzmMFZmhmFXevbEPVLapLQ48oCpW8YvBbIH8FFao1CCueIso82eeqJRluKeBTH310fSDrnFOzUMu43p7tuW2FHUZ1HAleNFmLWUKw8-ny6VjSkheDA1R_b2g/s400/IMG_3016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259358176372972530" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Work by Sonja Peterson</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzPqJfyPWSpe7sR8RoEziPR38pAcqDsxKSO0EndsKxr1IFJBf32ca5L5c6WFChp5LHL8iwN2KgP4ky3IvJiIPXn7Rfea7M5dse5VHEEKJlUMZ_xr2j8EI87Nn-w-w6CIb7qDiIqwrzzI0/s400/IMG_3074.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259358183619195730" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Work by Sonja Peterson</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0JoVyTVUQMX6oGVBKyXTHPoPIWdSNVOiZSyePo3ONrJw64gzLUW8wufAMGNtn-aV1TAJfN8Diu2cQpj-WLc_RLlenWkYvBYptHsuP4bPfgA1stEfqFBBwkAFEOE7rB6boZVJPeAT_WM/s400/IMG_2975.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259358193948315218" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9bIwMl18v7HF9tGwOgtJUP9YxovaTQq8VDgBOnBfIDH0SAzYZ-JL5xZXUG-36PrTbDezBS7aHz0VFQlteWRRM37LkzNS1oaVQixtgPml6GzADcTFEVFRPoAtq4gk7-5xK3RuWtkIcN8/s400/IMG_3081.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259358196680271042" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-68383614272152242852008-09-26T10:10:00.004-05:002008-09-26T10:18:38.029-05:00Garden Variety: Journal Sentinel ReviewThe review mentioned in the previous post, that Mary Louise Schumacher wrote on her <a href="http://blogs.jsonline.com/artcity/default.aspx">Art City</a> blog, was also featured in the September 25th print edition of the <strong>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</strong>. It was along side a review of the <a href="http://www.thegreengallery.tk/">Green Gallery's </a>current show, <em>Cool White Cube</em>, featuring the photography of Paul Druecke. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250348892941571618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTs3qiM05YDq5u58defwzm0072CbUPW6gd-ZPr1jEDSDAjqqLj8cojKAOWMV76xMEDXit8d2m7UFpBV7EO-UtXaqklZe_H1hm8PEoDp-8e8ysUAaDbMxlSIX8RbHeDCSujU1o4i-MqLag/s400/IMG_2340.JPG" border="0" />The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8081134816681401393.post-88339754387820433152008-09-25T13:51:00.006-05:002008-09-26T10:09:54.668-05:00Garden Variety: Art City ReviewMary Louise Schumacher recently posted a review of Garden Variety on her <a href="http://blogs.jsonline.com/artcity/default.aspx">Art City</a> blog. You can read the review below, or in its original form <a href="http://blogs.jsonline.com/artcity/archive/2008/09/25/garden-variety-show-at-armoury.aspx">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><div><div></div><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc6600;">Garden Variety show at Armoury<br /></span>By Mary Louise Schumacher<br /></strong>Thursday, Sep 25 2008, 01:40 PM</div><div><br />Over at the Armoury Gallery, 1718 N. 1st St., Minneapolis-based artists Erika Olson and Joseph Sinness have art on view through Oct. 4.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250035048262552642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbneA6fNRNAZ2fwB7VBbTOTM03ORft-ZqRdGMiPFmnpuKNBihjJNMMO6NUVke81c_TZRMSwDZt1SsVwf5PmxvjOMYKECOMm_IeqCScbyQRKYVVh5ZNt1PpMVwgQgf2L_W06xwy8GHFj0/s400/olson.jpg" border="0" />Plump seeds and pods erupt across the page in an ecstatic surge, a cannonade of strange, organic matter gushing and <a class="" title="N_00930_82" name="N_00930_82"></a>commingling, in Olson's gouache and graphite works. That this rapturous bursting, an illusion to reproduction, both plant and human, is restrained into submission by Olson's almost computer-like fine lines, flat areas of color and subdued pastel colors creates an intriguing tension. The stop motion-like, precise manmade-ness of the scene demands careful inspection and begs the question: what is more beautiful, naturalism or idealism?<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250035062618102226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZz4biJ_NCKFK0NcVSvuvC-yUJnr6zJ0HFmf7RdkHSrPLRF6OOyLHZhEikazPG1MkuUFiAy4UbIgeT4Y7viFhmEsJnaZlzyyp20kifjjtQEZSnDX-UGwVAETja8teDwooKktDiANeFlw/s400/Sinness_Clouder.jpg" border="0" />What hurtles and collides in Sinness' visual garden, as opposed to Olson's stuff of earth, is more of the good-and-evil, metaphysical sort. Nature is on a punishing rampage, doing unprecedented things in many of Sinness' color pencil drawings. Giant sea barnacles appear to seize a red AMC Pacer in its tracks in one piece, while a monster, an amalgam of worms, weeds, bugs and fangs, prepares to pounce on a rabbit, unaware and innocently chomping on flowers in another.<br /><a href="http://blogs.jsonline.com/blogs/artcity/images1/Sinness_Clouder.jpg"></a><br />"Clouder" is a violent, upward outbreak of cat heads, all writhing, each one emerging from another like bizarre appendages. Imagine an epic cat melee concentrated into a single, explosive heap. There is a lush, fullness to this odd cornucopia of kitties, too. With ears perked, their blue and orange Bette Davis eyes dart this way and that, as if they've got prey in sight. The battle of evil and light is rarely this much fun. </div></div>The Armoury Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11424694191613397969noreply@blogger.com0