Subject: Gallery Talk--Wisconsin Decorative Arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:00:27 -0600 Message-ID: <B46BC0C8F6373F43B0A84089442FE9210125BF1F@MEWMAD1P0129.enterprise.wistate.us> From: "Pfotenhauer, Emily K - WHS" <Emily.Pfotenhauer@wisconsinhistory.org>
The Finest in the Western Country: Wisconsin Decorative Arts 1820-1900
Decorative Arts Gallery, Milwaukee Art Museum
Gallery Talk with Guest Curator Emily Pfotenhauer
Tuesday, December 9, 1:30 pm
You are invited to join me next Tuesday, December 9 at 1:30 pm for a
guided tour of The Finest in the Western Country at the Milwaukee Art
Museum. This exhibition features furniture, textiles, ceramics and
metalwork made by early Wisconsin craftspeople. 40 objects from the
collections of 21 museums, local historical societies and private
individuals across the state are featured, including . . .
-an intricately inlaid fork made by Green Bay blacksmith Joseph Jourdain
in 1823, from the Neville Public Museum of Brown County
-the only known intact coverlet made by Milwaukee weavers Mealey and
Leity, on loan from the Elmbrook Historical Society in Brookfield
-Ho Chunk, Ojibwe and Menominee finger-woven yarn bags and beaded
bandolier bags, lent by the Wisconsin Historical Society
-a six-legged rocking chair handmade by Finnish immigrant Heikki Saukko,
from the Douglas County Historical Society, Superior
-ceramic artist Susan Frackelton's monumental punch bowl exhibited at
the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, on loan from the Milwaukee County
Historical Society
The gallery talk is free with general admission to the museum. The
exhibition remains on view through January 4, 2009. For more
information, see the Milwaukee Art Museum's website, http://www.mam.org
<http://www.mam.org/> .
Visit the Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database,
http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/decorativearts to explore more
examples of Wisconsin's rich material heritage from the collections of
over two dozen museums and historical societies throughout the state.
Emily Pfotenhauer
Project Coordinator, Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database
Charles Hummel Fellow, Chipstone Foundation
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Wisconsin Historical Society
816 State Street, Room 229
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 264-6526
emily.pfotenhauer@wisconsinhistory.org
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Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database
http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/decorativearts
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