{"id":3389,"date":"2013-07-29T13:24:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T18:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=3389"},"modified":"2014-12-02T14:06:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T20:06:32","slug":"3389","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2013\/07\/3389\/","title":{"rendered":"Postcards from America Coming to Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Postcards from America<\/em> coming to Milwaukee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Milwaukee, Wis.<\/strong> \u2013 The Milwaukee Art Museum announced that the City of Milwaukee be the next iteration of <em>Postcards from America<\/em>, a collaborative photography project that aims to capture, from multiple perspectives, the interactions and relationships that define places across America.<\/p>\n<p><em>Postcards from America: Milwaukee<\/em> will take place from August 2013 through April 2014, with eleven total photographers coming to the city, culminating in an exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far, <em>Postcards from America<\/em> has included trips through the Southwest; over the mountains to Utah; in Rochester, New York; and to Florida during the last Presidential election. The participating photographers are all represented by Magnum Photos, a photographic cooperative founded in 1947. This project explores and experiments with the concept of artistic and intellectual collaboration among Magnum photographers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to partner with the photographers on the next installment of <em>Postcards from America<\/em>,\u201d said Brady Roberts, chief curator for the Museum. \u201cI look forward to seeing the various images of Milwaukee through the lenses of these extraordinary artists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Milwaukee, the project will examine the unique quality of life in the Midwest, exploring ideas such as street fairs and labor unions. After the images are produced, a portfolio will enter the Museum\u2019s permanent collection.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Milwaukee Art Museum calendar\" href=\"http:\/\/mam.org\/calendar\/events\/index.php?eID=4685\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Postcards from America: Milwaukee<\/em> kicks off with an August 7 event featuring photographers Susan Meiselas, Martin Parr, and Bruce Gilden.<\/a> Other photographers contributing to the project include: Donovan Wylie; Alessandra Sanguinetti; Jacob Aue Sobol; Alec Soth; Jim Goldberg; Paolo Pellegrin; Mark Power; and Zoe Strauss.<\/p>\n<p>Additional <em>Postcards from America: Milwaukee<\/em> events are planned in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Postcards from America <em>is generously supported at the Milwaukee Art Museum by the Richard and Ethel Herzfeld Foundation.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>ABOUT THE MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM<\/strong><br \/>\nCelebrating its 125th anniversary in 2013, the Milwaukee Art Museum houses a rich collection of over 30,000 works, with strengths in 19th- and 20th-century American and European art, contemporary art, American decorative arts, and folk and self-taught art. The Museum campus is located on the shores of Lake Michigan and spans three buildings, including the Santiago Calatrava-designed Quadracci Pavilion and the Eero Saarinen-designed Milwaukee County War Memorial Center. For more information, please visit www.mam.org.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Postcards from America coming to Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wis. \u2013 The Milwaukee Art Museum announced that the City of Milwaukee be the next iteration of Postcards from America, a collaborative photography project that aims to capture, from multiple perspectives, the interactions and relationships that define places across America. 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