Reception:
may 5, 2023 5pm - 8pm

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The LOUD Gallery at Omega School is part of Gallery Night Madison, a long-time Madison arts tradition that showcases the city’s vibrant arts community. Featured artists will include: Sharon Bjyrd, Jerry Butler, Rodrigio Carapia, Angelica Contreras, Jessica Gutierrez, Jerry Jordan, Issis Macias, Richie Morales, Maria Amalia Sierra, Jorge Luis Santana, Alice Traore, Sophia Voelker, and Edward Wade.

Reception:
August 26, 2022 6pm - 8pm

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he Shape of the Environment, an exhibition that explores a wide variety of topics related to environmental issues, will be on display at the Arts + Literature Laboratory from August 23 through November 4, 2022. Curated by Lelia Byron, the exhibition includes work by Fábio Erdos, Patrizia Ferreira, Hong Huo, Hattie Lee, Lianne Milton, Richie Morales, Beth Racette, Nirmal Raja, Sparker, Roberto Torres Mata, Maria Amalia Wood, Derick Wycherly, and Rina Yoon.

A zine for the exhibition can be viewed online.

Reception:
May 21, 2022 5pm - 7pm

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This competitive exhibition was created to shine a light on underrepresented mediums and modes of making. This exhibition will feature printmaking, all manners of paper arts, wood art, and craft, and basketry. Jurored by Mark Brueggeman

Reception:
April 8, 2022 5pm - 7pm

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Subverting traditional hierarchies of paper, four contemporary artists employ paper making’s ancient vocabulary and techniques to collapse medium, support, and subject into sublime expressions of color and texture. Their handmade paper is itself a kind of visual poetry that evokes both emotions and experiences.

The exhibiting artists are:​

Maria Amalia Wood, Mary Hark, Henry Obeng and Hannah O’Hare Bennett

Reception:
October 1, 2022 5:30pm - 7pm

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Exhibit of 50 handmade paper artworks by paper artists across the country show the wide variety of fibers and techniques paper artists use in their work. The annual exhibit has recently relocated to Appleton, WI where paper is central to community history and economics. Sponsored by Arnold Grummer's LLC and supported in part by a grant from the WI Arts Board with funds from the State of WI and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Opening Virtual Reception:
May 29 , 11am - 5pm

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Var Gallery presents its 6th iteration of the 30x30x30 Exhibition. Artists were given the perimeters to make one piece a day within a 6” x 6 ”x 6” dimension. Each artist worked for 30 consecutive days during the month of January.  The exhibiting artists are:​

​Leggy (Alexander) Arnold & Niki Johnson, Jay Arpin, Melissa Courtney & Reginald Baylor, Jesse Bell, Siara Berry, Sara Bott, Brian Breider, Deb Dila, Andrea Dolter, Kathryn Dreifuerst, Emma Daisy Gertel, Carrie Gillen, Benjamin Gray, Rachel Hausmann Schall, Erik Holman, Jessica Hunt, Lisa Idarraga, Clare Jorgensen,, David Najib Kasir, David Katz, Maeve Jackson, Ryan Mahoney, Hannah Jo Malaczynski, Lisa Mathewson, Angela Minga, Allen Morris, Riley Niemack, Rosy Petri, Annelise Pollard, Anna Rodriguez, Kat Rodriguez, Bela Roongta, Leah Schretenthaler, Maria Spengel, Adam Stoner, Nic Umbs, Dave Watkins, Jenna Wilson, Maria Amalia Wood, Missy Ziebart

Opening Reception:
February 14, 12pm - 1pm

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and UW Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the Madison Arts Commission is pleased to announce the 2020 Madison Municipal Building Art & Nature: The Year of the Environment celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and UW Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies.

Curator Dakota Mace created an exhibition of Madison artists whose work addresses the natural environment. The unique setting for this work, outside of a gallery or museum, brings the work of the artists to a new audience in this public building where local government works to enhance the quality of life of the community.

The Madison Municipal Building is located at 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Building hours M-F 8:00-4:30 M-F closed Saturday & Sunday.​

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Opening Reception:
October 4, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Madison Gallery Night

Join us at 100state for Madison’s next Gallery night on Friday, October 4th! Artists from all parts of the world will be displaying their unique narrative on what immigration means to them. Drop in anytime opening night and enjoy live music, screen-printing, and see how immigration has shaped the lives, identities, and perspectives of these exhibitors, both as Americans and as artists.

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Opening Reception:
5-9 PM, October 4, 2019
7 PM Artist Talk
Madison Gallery Night

Join us to view at Gallery 212 the art of Maria Amalia Wood and Natalie Salminen Rude. The works of these artists re-engage forgotten artifacts, freshly showcasing and restoring their relevance for new audiences. Refreshments will be served. Please let us know you’ll be attending on our RE LIT Facebook Event page or email us.

Hosted by CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts)

Opening Reception:
July 5th 5:30-8PM
Panel Discussion:
July 6th 11am

This exhibition includes women who are both artists and mothers. Although all the work may not specifically be about experiences in motherhood, each participant manages some degree of an art career while also mothering. Featured are women who dedicate a significant focus to the creation, promotion, and exhibition of their work with multiple works by each artist making up the exhibition.

Hosted by James May Gallery
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Interview blog post: 12 Questions: Mother + Artist: Maria Amalia Wood

Opening Reception:
June 28, 5-8:30PM
Artist talk at 7PM
Gallery II

Join us for an Overture Galleries Reception FRI, JUN 28 from 5 PM – 8:30 PM in the Promenade Lounge and Promenade Hall. This reception will be packed with activities (kid friendly)! See description below for activity details.

Gallery II – Soñé una Milpa
Leigh Garcia & Maria Amalia Wood

Using papermaking and printmaking techniques, Soñé una Milpa highlights the narratives of ten
Latina immigrants living in the Madison community. Garcia and Wood’s collaboration creates
interest in stories of immigration, thus inspiring respect for these women and their valuable life
journeys.

Amate Papermaking (Drop-in Event)
5-8 PM | Promenade Lounge

Leigh Garcia and Maria Amalia Wood invite visitors to join them in the creation of Resiliencia (Resilience), a socially engaged piece that transforms written prejudices towards immigrants into handmade amate paper.

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Grand Opening Celebration
May 8th, 2019
at the Top of State Street
11:00 am

Madison Arts Commission BLINK 2019
Transforming State Street’s “Hidden” Doors

29 Pieces
27 Artists
25 Up as of 5/8/19
37 Doors Wrapped!

Downtown Doors is a partnership between the Madison Arts Commission and Madison’s Central Business Improvement District to bring an outdoor gallery to State Street and Downtown Madison. Its purpose to re-imagine secondary and unattractive doors along State Street and in the Downtown Core area by applying a vinyl decal with art from local artists.

The Downtown Doors Outdoor Gallery will also be promoted and highlighted during other events, such as the May 9th Madison Night Market and the May 10-12 UW Graduation weekend. Printed postcards with artist info and door locations will be available at Downtown Visitor Information Booths, and interested downtown businesses.

Here is a link to a Google map listing the artists’ locations. http://bit.ly/downtowndoors19

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Hosted by Downtown Madison and City of Madison, Wisconsin Government

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Opening Reception:
May 3, 6-10PM
Gallery Night

Joining Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and the Madison art community, we're excited to once again participate in the long-time tradition of Gallery Night. All are welcome to come and view the opening of our new exhibitions at Central Library for a evening of art, community, and celebration!

THIRD FLOOR:
Luck of the Draw: Vol 2
A group show, exhibiting contemporary drawings by artists from across the county....but with a twist!
At the end of the show’s run instead of receiving their own work back, all participating artists will receive a piece created by another artist in the show. This random exchange will be determined by a live lottery that will be done on Gallery Night (5/3/19) at the Central Library in Madison, WI.
http://madisonbubbler.org/luckofthedraw2

Hosted by the Bubbler at the Madison Public Library
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Opening Reception:
February 14, 5PM
Dane Arts Gallery

This solo exhibition showcases my body of work titled Fragmentos. Informed by the natural processes of growth and decay, change and transformation, each paper fragment is a poetic and abstract narrative embedded and embroidered with seeds. The week after my grandmother passed away, I worked intuitively, forming sheets of paper while listening to boleros (a genre of slow-tempo Latin music). Remembering the way she danced with my grandfather, sang to her parakeet, cared for her orchids, and cooked the most delicious picadillos, I pulp painted my way through memories of Tita Aurora. When all I had left of her was intangible, the transformative act of papermaking started a healing process through an art experience that was tactile and physical.

Hosted by Dane Arts