October 9, 2007-January 13, 2008
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CLASSES<\/strong><\/p>\n Thursdays, September 27-November 15, 4:30-6:00 p.m. Thursdays, September 27-November 15, 6:15-7:45 p.m. LECTURES AND GALLERY TALKS<\/strong><\/p>\n Friday, October 5, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 9, 1.30 p.m. Thursday, October 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, October 11, 6:15 p.m. Join local experts John Gurda and Arnoldo Sevilla for an engaging discussion on Latino heritage in Milwaukee. From its faint stirrings in the 1800s to the first large-scale migration of the 1920s, the Latino community has grown to be one of the most influential in Milwaukee. This program features two historians: John Gurda, who will provide the context for Latino Milwaukee; and Arnoldo Sevilla, who will share stories and photographs from more than 30 years of research into his community’s history.<\/p>\n Saturday, November 3, <\/strong>10:30-12:30 p.m. Thursday, November 8 EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n Thursday, October 4, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 10:00 a.m. Join local writer and historian John Gurda for a walking tour of Walker’s Point. Held in conjunction with the Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/em> exhibition, this two-hour glimpse at “Milwaukee’s oldest neighborhood,” with its vibrant Latino community, begins and concludes on the steps of Holy Trinity-Guadalupe Church, 613 S. 4th<\/sup> Street. Available spaces will be filled based on paid reservations, first-come, first-served. To register, contact Fran Serlin at 414-224-3840.<\/p>\n Sunday, October 21, 12:00-4:00 p.m. Thursday, November 1, 6:15 p.m. Friday, November 30, 8:00 p.m. Thursday, December 13, 5:00-9:00 p.m. 5-7:00 p.m. 7-9 p.m. 5:30, 6:00, or 6:30 p.m. Sunday, January 13, 2:00-3:00 p.m.Drawing in the Galleries for Kids: Ram\u00edrez and Folk Art<\/h1>\n
\nAges 6-10 and 11-15
\n$170\/$150 Members
\nTake an eight-week studio class tied to Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/em>. Call 414-224-3826 to register.<\/p>\nDrawing in the Galleries for Adults: Ram\u00edrez and Folk Art<\/h1>\n
\nAges 16 and up
\n$170\/$150 Members
\nTake an eight-week studio class tied to Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/em>. Call 414-224-3826 to register.<\/p>\nMembers-Only Gallery Talk<\/h1>\n
\nLubar Auditorium
\nFree to Members
\nJoin exhibition curator Brooke Davis Anderson in the Museum’s Lubar Auditorium for insider insight and background on Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez.<\/p>\nGallery Talk with Joe Ketner<\/h1>\n
\nBaker\/Rowland Exhibition Galleries
\nFree with exhibition admission
\nTake a walking tour of Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/em> with Joe Ketner, chief curator of the Milwaukee Art Museum.<\/p>\nTours for Teachers: Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/em><\/h1>\n
\nLubar Auditorium, Baker\/Rowland Exhibition Galleries
\n$2\/Free with teacher membership
\nAttend a lecture on Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez in the Museum’s Lubar Auditorium, and stay afterwards for a self-guided tour of the exhibition to learn more. For more information, call 414-224-3827.<\/p>\nLatino Heritage in Milwaukee<\/h1>\n
\nLubar Auditorium
\nFree with general admission<\/p>\nSymposium: Inside the World of Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/em><\/h1>\n
\nLubar Auditorium
\nBrooke Davis Anderson, curator of Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/em> and author of the accompanying catalog, Victor M. Espinoza, biographer of the artist and contributor to the exhibition catalog, and Randy Vick, Chair of Art Therapy at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago will share their insights into the therapeutic, sociological, and art-historical significance of the artist’s life and work. Following a presentation by the speakers, Kristin Espinoza, contributor to the exhibition, will moderate a panel discussion to explore how the questions raised in the study of Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez inform our understanding of self-taught artists in the twenty-first century.<\/p>\nMart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez in Context<\/em><\/h1>\n
\nLecture 6:15 p.m., Reception 7:15-9:00 p.m.
\nLubar Auditorium
\nFree with general admission
\nAttend this lecture by Russell Bowman, former director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, on the Museum’s folk art acquisitions and their ties to Ram\u00edrez. Bowman will discuss the history of the Museum’s distinguished collection of folk and self-taught art, the various collections within it, and how these provide a context for a single commanding figure such as Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez. The lecture is followed by a reception featuring tours of the folk art galleries by Friends of Art as well as a lively musical performance by the renowned IberoAmerica Ensemble. Contact the Museum for more information at 414-224-3200 or visit www.mam.org.<\/p>\n<\/h1>\n
Member Preview Celebration<\/h1>\n
\nLecture, 6:15 p.m.
\nCome and celebrate the opening of Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez, <\/em>and listen to the sounds of Trio Alma Latina, a group of three talented guitarists led by J. Alberto Cardenas who perform on guitarron, vihuela, and requinto in the tradition of the Latin American music known as Trio-Romantic. Also, join fellow Members for an informative talk on the exhibition with Brook Davis Anderson, Exhibition Curator and Director of the American Folk Art Museum’s Contemporary Center, in Lubar Auditorium. The United Community Center Youth Mariachis will perform in the auditorium before the talk, from 5:30-6:00 p.m. Light appetizers, family activities and a kid-friendly menu, and a cash bar round out the evening. Members get in free; general admission is $20.<\/p>\nWalking Tour of Walker’s Point<\/h1>\n
\nHoly Trinity-Guadalupe Church
\n$20\/person, limited to 30 participants
\nWalker’s Point is the center of Latino culture in Milwaukee. The neighborhood is filled with churches, restaurants, and shops that may have visitors thinking they’ve been transported south of the border. But Walker’s Point is also the sole survivor of three rival settlements that made up frontier Milwaukee, and its streets are a living museum of 19th-century architecture. Join us for this on-the-ground tour of a neighborhood with multiple personalities-all of them fascinating.<\/p>\n<\/h1>\n
Target Family Sundays: Day of the Dead<\/h1>\n
\nFree with general admission
\nVisit the Milwaukee Art Museum for a full day of fun activities to commemorate this year’s Day of the Dead! Try out traditions like face painting and skeleton making, or create some colorful tissue flowers for a community ofrenda,<\/em> a special monument to relatives and ancestors. Developed with Milwaukee’s United Community Center, the afternoon also features the festive music of the Bruce Guadalupe Jazz Band. Co-sponsored by Assurant Health. For more information, call 414-224-3200 or visit www.mam.org.<\/p>\nMAM Film: Drawing on Film<\/h1>\n
\nLubar Auditorium
\n$7\/$5 Members
\nThe Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/em> exhibition inspired this program featuring works of animation by filmmakers such as Pierre H\u00e9bert, Caroline Leaf, and Norman McLaren. Curated by Jonathan Jackson, MIFF program director. For more information, contact Fran Serlin at 414-224-3840.<\/p>\nThe Ram\u00edrez Box<\/h1>\n
\n$7\/$5 Members
\nThe Milwaukee Art Museum once again teams up with Cedar Block (presenters of “Three Degrees of Francis Bacon”) to challenge area artists to make a new work, inspired by the Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/em> exhibition. Twenty-five established and up-and-coming artists will be asked to create a piece using similar creative processes as Ram\u00edrez for “The Ram\u00edrez Box,” a one-night event, and to experience just how difficult it is to make a great work from so little.<\/p>\nArt After 5<\/h1>\n
\nOpen an extra hour for one night only!
\nFill your Thursday evening with Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/em>, along with these exciting events:<\/p>\nSalsa The Night Away<\/h1>\n
\nWindhover Hall
\n$20 per couple
\nHeat up the December night learning the fun, sexy-and sizzling!-moves of salsa. Call Marcie Hoffman early to reserve your spot, at 414-224-3844.<\/p>\nEl Gordo Performance<\/h1>\n
\nWindhover Hall
\nNoel Arteaga (a.k.a “Gordo”), Phella Vasquez, and Chris “Salty” Ortiz explore Latino hip-hop, Reggaeton, and street genres to create moving, provocative, powerful music that is guaranteed to make you dance.<\/p>\nPrint Room Talks<\/h2>\n
\nMezzanine Level
\nAttend one of three short lectures on famous Latino artists and their works on paper.<\/p>\nRam\u00edrez Closing Celebration<\/h1>\n
\nWindhover Hall
\nFree with general admission
\nCelebrate the closing of Mart\u00edn Ram\u00edrez<\/em> by attending this performance by the talented Ballet Folkl\u00f3rico Nacional Mexica. Ballet Folkl\u00f3rico brings tradition, art, and history to every performance, lighting up the stage with its dazzling costumes and colorful depictions of Mexico’s diverse culture and folklore. The group offers an array of dances from different regions of Mexico as well as “Floreo de Soga” (Trick Roping). <\/strong>For more information, contact the Museum at 414-224-3200 or visit www.mam.org.<\/p>\n