Call for Artists 2011 Artwalk

A community celebrating the creative spirit!

Each year at the height of the fall season, artists of the Riverwest neighborhood put down their rakes and open their doors for one of the finest walking art tours in the Great Lakes region. Now in its twenty-seventh year, ArtWalk 2011 is the first and largest in the city of Milwaukee and has spawned numerous other neighborhood artwalks including Bay View, Washington Heights and Waukesha. ArtWalk 2011 provides an interface for artist and arts appreciator by inviting the public into artists’ studios, homes, businesses, and galleries in the Riverwest neighborhood.

1. Deadline: is July 1st, 2011

2. Fees: Fees for this year’s ArtWalk are:

$5 for your artwalk site,

$10 to participate in the member show,

$15 to do both.

3. RAA will do a catalog this year with the

ArtWalk map.

4. Participating artists should send a jpeg

of their art (300ppi) before July 1st. Send

a high resolution digital image to

riverwestart@gmail.com.

Mail this application to: ArtWalk 2011

926 E Center Street • Milwaukee, WI 53212

visit our website for a printable version of the artwalk and membership application

www.riverwestart.org

PLEXUS: Exhibit of Experimental Architecture

New Exhibition at the Riverwest Artists Association's Jazz Gallery, 926 E. Center St.
May 5th through May 20th with gallery hours:
Thursday 5-8pm and Saturdays Noon-5pm, 7-9pm

Seared wood. Voluptuous aluminum. Sinuous veneer. Thirteen designers transform salvaged material and post-manufacturing scrap into provocative architectural installations. Sounds yummy.

For more info: www.microcosmstudio.blogspot.com, riverwestart.org,
& riverwestartistassociation.blogspot.com

Artists Leaving the Country SALE!

Hi everyone, please come to our "Artists Leaving the Country Sale" ( yes , that is us, we are going to Spain)
Cristian and I want to leave our art made in Milwaukee in Milwaukee!!!!
There will be paintings, weavings, and glass, silver and other types of one of a kind jewelry; All priced to sell!!!!!
Where: at Riverwest Artist Association 926 E center Street (Corner of Center and Weil)
When: Saturday April 30th from 10:00 to 7:00
I hope to see you there.
we will be hanging around until the summer, so we will have time to say our good byes!!!!!!!!
We hope to see you there!!!
besos

RAA ArtWalk LOGO Exhibit opens this Saturday!

Stop by the Jazz Gallery this Saturday, April 9, 12-5 pm to view the ArtWalk 2011 logo submissions and cast a vote for your favorite. Exhibit up through Thursday, May 5th.

Riverwest ArtWalk 2011 Logo Contest

Be part of a 30-year creative tradition! There's still time to submit your logo design to the Riverwest ArtWalk 2011 Logo Contest/Exhibition. Bring your gallery-ready original design to the Jazz Gallery, 926 E. Center St, this Saturday, April 2nd, anytime between Noon and 5 pm. Logo exhibit will open Saturday, April 9th.

Find inspiration in past RAA ArtWalk logos...

... then start designing!

ARTIST CALL - Logo Exhibit

Riverwest Artist Association is looking for a design/logo for the annual Artwalk event. Deadline for design challenge is April 2nd. Gallery Opening April 9th. Designers will have the chance to have their work shown in a gallery setting, receive catalogue, t-shirt, fliers with use of logo for portfolio, and Riverwest Artist Association membership for a year. Please forward this if this fits into any of your programs and have those interested contact Susan Buss at susanjamiereddy@yahoo.com - she can forward past logos and ideas, and the history of our 30 years of the event.

Some ideas might include thinking about the neighborhood, walking, fall/autumn. there is no set idea or criteria.however, we would like it to utilize the logo for a variety of things, brochures, tshirts, pamphlets, buttons. a simplfied single image or icon that can be translated into black and white is preferred.

Riverwest Artists Asociation's ADMIT ONE FILM SERIES PRESENTS:

All film screenings at the Jazz Gallery, 926 E. Center St in the Riverwest

Family Day - Saturday, January 15th, 3pm

Social Action Night - Thursday, January 20th, 7 pm

Peace Action Center presents "Rethink Afganistan"

Good Eats Night - Thursday, January 27th, 7 pm

Riverwest Co-op presents "Fresh"

Milwaukee Night - Thursday, February 3rd, 7 pm

RAA presents films by local artists

Weaving Workshop Weekend!

Riverwest Artists Association Weaving workshop weekend, January 6th, 7th, & 8th. If there is interest for another weaving workshop let us know! you can created a patterned scarf in three days. condensed and easy way to learn, class is limited to six and the cost is $100. materials not included however you will be emailed a material list, reasonable to pricey fibers. contact susanjamiereddy@yahoo.com

Kristmas Kitsch

Gallery will be open and artwork on sale on the following dates: 12-5 pm on Sat 12/11, Sun 12/12, Sat 12/18, and 5-8 pm on Thursday 12/16.

Warped Milwaukee Opening Reception

The Warped Milwaukee Fiber Art Exhibition opens today,

Saturday November 13th, 6 pm at the Jazz Gallery in

Riverwest. The Gallery is located at 926 E. Center St. We

would like to turn this show into an annual event with each

year getting bigger and better so come out and show your

support. We got wine and art, two of the finer things in life.

Here are a couple of sneak peaks....

(post courtesy of Warped Milwaukee)

"Aries Tjhin: Recent Works" opens tonight!

Enter a world of visual enchantment and mythology, 7-10 pm tonight. Show continues Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons through September 25th.

Riverwest ArtWalk 2010!

Monoprint with bike parts on canvas, bonus checkpoint activity by riders in RW24 (logo design by Maureen M. Kane)

Below are applications for the Riverwest ArtWalk 2010 and RAA membership. (Go for it! You know you want to!)

Thank you COA Youth & Family Centers!!!

We thoroughly enjoyed sharing the Skyline Music experience with everyone! What a winning combination: music, art, balmy weather, beautiful downtown skyline, hanging out with friends and neighbors. Tonight, while listening to Paul Cebar-Tomorrow Sound, we made hula hoops and then discovered how our hips can move! See our final photos for the season below, and hope to see you all on the hill again in 2011!
Creatively yours,
Sue, Shannon, and all of us at the Riverwest Artists Association

Aries Tjhin: Recent Works

September 4th - 25th
Opening reception Saturday, September 4th, 7-10 pmTjhin's current work deals with stories and mythologies read from childhood until present day. Fragments of words form into pictures, culling narratives and weaving them into something new, that reference the stories of different cultures. Using unconventional materials such as spray paint, shellac and hole-punch, paper is transformed into a medium that conveys narrative. Each piece contains a story within a story, where the viewer may see something full of depth, visual documentation of epic experiences translated onto paper. The result is a diverse tapestry of intricate narratives that neither end nor start; always in flux as if the artist's mind is in a state of delirium. It is this idea that fuels this current body of work.

Artist Bio:
Aries Tjhin was born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1982. He moved to the states with his mom and sister to California where he completed his BA in painting and printmaking at the University of California in Santa Cruz in 2004. In 2008 Aries completed his MFA in printmaking at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He is currently living in Milwaukee and completing an artist residency at Redline Milwaukee.

RW24 bonus checkpoint at the Jazz Gallery

Congratulations riders! Visit the Jazz Gallery during Center Street Daze, Saturday September 11th, to see your completed gearhead canvases plus more art on exhibit!

Let's go fly a KiTE!!!

Another exceptional evening on a windy hill in the Riverwest... the music of Midnight Groove courtesy of COA's Skyline Music and free kitemaking by RAA. Only one Tuesday left to the 2010 Skyline Music series, so be sure to join us next week for Paul Cebar. We will be making hula hoops!

Bubble wands & the magic of Skyline Music

Thank you COA for another evening of fun in the park! While listening to the music of De la Buena, we made bubble wands and then tried our best to use them, contending with the science of homemade bubble solutions and the conditions at the top of a beautiful, yet windy hill!
Persistence paid off!


Chasing bubbles!

Faux Show Opening

A Real Welcome, grass and daisies by Susan Buss

A Real Welcome greets you at the front door of the Jazz Gallery, cluing you into the fact that you are in for a real treat. The Faux Show opened on Friday with a collection of works that are notable for their clarity, yet still succeed in deceiving.

Untitled (2005),Pinewood by Scott Van Vreede

Swan, painted polyester resin by Joseph Bolstad

Photoshopped, oil on canvas by Sean Bodley


In addition to the unique collection of art, visitors during Gallery Night enjoyed the music of The Atomics. If you missed the opening, there's still time to enjoy the exhibit Thursdays, 5-8 pm and Saturdays, 12-5 pm through August 21st.

Faux Show opens this Friday

For sure, you don't want to miss this one; a exceptional collection of work that plays with our perceptions. Live music by the Atomics. Here is a sneak preview:Can of Nails, Turpanoid Can, and Solvent Can
Stoneware pieces by Vijay V. Paniker

The best paper hat artists at Milwaukee's best outdoor music series!

At Skyline Music last night, we were stylin' to the music of the Alex Wilson Band. Next week it's bubble wands and the music of De la Buena. What could be better?