Visual Arts And Crafts

The term “visual arts and crafts” encompasses a number of different elements: painting, printmaking, illustration, photography, sculpture, and a variety of crafts made from fiber, wood, glass, ceramics, porcelain, and metal. It also includes the galleries, support organizations, studios, and educational programs in visual arts that are critical for sustaining this community of artists and craftspeople.

The visual arts and crafts cluster employed more than 5,300 individuals in 2009, comprising 11 percent of total creative sector employment in the Milwaukee region. The majority of jobs in the sector exists in photography studios, providing more than half (1,248) of the industry’s jobs. The cluster grew substantially between 2002 and 2007 (adding 575 jobs), but witnessed a sharp decline in total employment, losing nearly half of that growth (276 jobs) in 2009.

June

UPAF Ride for the Arts Sponsored by Miller Lite

Sponsoring Organization: United Performing Arts Fund Type of Event: Fundraiser Location: Summerfest Grounds, South Gate Contact Person: Kaitlin Kopp – kkopp@upaf.org – 414-273-8723 Since 1981, the UPAF Ride for the Arts, sponsored by Miller Lite, has been the annual signature fundraising event to benefit UPAF and the 36 performing arts groups it supports in SE Wisconsin. Last year’s Ride

June

Get Out and Paint!: A Plein Air Day/Second Anniversary Celebration at Lynden

Sponsoring Organization: Lynden Sculpture Garden Type of Event: Workshop/Class Location: Lynden Sculpture Garden 2145 W. Brown Deer Rd. Milwaukee, WI 53217 Contact Person: Polly Morris – info@lyndensculpturegarden.org – 414-446-8794 Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden. It’s time to pack up the pencils, pastels and paints, and make art en plein air! Children, families, amateurs and professionals

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Member Spotlight: MIAD

(posted: Aug 10, 2011)

Who will be the creative leaders our economy demands? Who travels from around the country to attend college in Wisconsin – and remains in our community at a rate of 80%, preferred for employment across multiple disciplines because of their ability to think, create, innovate and lead? Students attending the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD), the state's only non-profit, independent college of art and design, which confers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, the most highly regarded and dually accredited undergraduate degree in the visual arts

Member Spotlight: Flux Design

(posted: Aug 04, 2011)

Flux Design was founded by two former MIAD (Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design) students, Jeremy Shamrowicz and Jesse Meyer. They started by recycling salvaged lumber and scrap metal to design “organic” furniture. This design/build firm specializes in inventive, cutting edge commercial needs that range from restaurants, bars, and nightclubs to truly unique residential needs that include bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens and dining/living rooms. This cadre of artists and designers use a wide variety of materials such as quality steel, concrete, plastic, wood, and glass to customize each project

ART POP! 2011

(posted: Jul 26, 2011)

Open invitation for local artists to become involved in the fight against AIDS through a fun, 8-year tradition called ARTPOP! The brainchild of a local architect and entrepreneur, ARTPOP! has provided crucial funding for prevention, care and treatment programs for the fight against AIDS in our state