{"id":4920,"date":"2018-08-15T14:49:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T19:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/?p=4920"},"modified":"2018-08-15T14:49:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T19:49:52","slug":"milwaukee-art-museum-celebrates-one-millionth-child-benefiting-from-kohls-cares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2018\/08\/milwaukee-art-museum-celebrates-one-millionth-child-benefiting-from-kohls-cares\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Art Museum Celebrates One Millionth Child Benefiting from Kohl\u2019s Cares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Sophia Monson of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin was presented a prize package and cake in honor of Museum milestone-<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Milwaukee, Wis. \u2013 August 14, 2018 \u2013<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Milwaukee Art Museum<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> proudly congratulated 8-year-old <\/span><b>Sophia Monson <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>one millionth child<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reached by Kohl\u2019s Cares programming at the Museum. While building a sculpture in the <\/span><b>Kohl\u2019s Art Generation Studio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Sophia, her father and baby sister were surprised with a prize package made up of Milwaukee Art Museum merchandise, a gift bag of art supplies, a $250 Museum gift card and a cake to share with other families at the Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are so proud that we could celebrate the one million milestone with Sophia, her dad and sister,\u201d said <\/span><b>Emily Sullivan, Director of Youth and Family Programs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Milwaukee Art Museum. \u201cSince Kohl\u2019s began their support in 2008, Kohl\u2019s Cares has helped us make the Milwaukee Art Museum a truly family-friendly world-class art museum, opening up new possibilities for families and children from the entire region.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2008, Kohl\u2019s Cares has supported a variety of family-friendly programs including the Kohl\u2019s Art Generation Studio, the Kohl\u2019s Art Generation Lab: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haitian Art<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Kohl\u2019s Color Wheels out in the community, Kohl\u2019s Family Sundays, Kohl\u2019s Storytime in the Galleries, and the Kohl\u2019s Art Generation Touch Tour app. In 2017, Kohl\u2019s Cares also took on sponsorship of the Museum\u2019s policy of free admission for kids 12 and under, keeping the program intact.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sophia said her favorite parts of the Museum are \u201clooking at the art and making art.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kids 12 years old and under are free every day the Museum is open thanks to Kohl\u2019s Cares.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-Sophia Monson of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin was presented a prize package and cake in honor of Museum milestone- Milwaukee, Wis. \u2013 August 14, 2018 \u2013 The Milwaukee Art Museum proudly congratulated 8-year-old Sophia Monson of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, the one millionth child reached by Kohl\u2019s Cares programming at the Museum. While building a sculpture in the Kohl\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/2018\/08\/milwaukee-art-museum-celebrates-one-millionth-child-benefiting-from-kohls-cares\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Milwaukee Art Museum Celebrates One Millionth Child Benefiting from Kohl\u2019s Cares<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1501,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4921,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4920\/revisions\/4921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mam.org\/info\/pressroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}