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Artists' Reception - MEND: the work of repair

September 24, 2023 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

James Watrous Gallery • 3rd Floor of Overture Center for the Arts • Madison

Sunday, September 24, 2023 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Location

James Watrous Gallery

201 State Street 3rd Floor of Overture Center for the Arts

53703 Madison , WI

Join artists from MEND: the work of repair and the Wisconsin Academy staff to celebrate the new exhibition at the James Watrous Gallery. This curated show will remain on view through November 5, 2023.

Remarks begin at 6:00pm.

Free and open to the public. Light refreshments available.

Subject Tags:

contemporary art

mend

sculpture

Contributors

Siara Berry

Siara Berry (Cudahy) is a sculptor working in a wide-array of mediums, ranging from wood to soil, concrete, and found objects. In 2015, Berry graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute with a degree in Sculpture and Creative Writing.

Jaymee Harvey Willms

Jaymee Harvey Willms (Milwaukee) was born and raised in Maplewood, Minnesota. From there she moved to South Dakota where she received her BFA in painting and art history from the University of South Dakota. In 2015 she went on to graduate from SUNY Albany with her MFA in sculpture.

Heidi Parkes

Before Heidi Parkes (Milwaukee) was born in Chicago in 1982, her grandmother organized a collaborative family quilt to commemorate her birth. Now based in Milwaukee, her quilting and mending celebrate the hand, and her works tug at memories and shared experience.

Sylvie Rosenthal

Sylvie Rosenthal (Madison) started building at age six at the Eli Whitney Museum where she made circuses, catapults, rockets, and robots. She received her BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Woodworking and Furniture Design Program in the School for American Crafts, built two houses from the ground up with her mentor Doug Sigler, and received her MFA in sculpture from UW-Madison.

Glenn Williams

Glenn Williams (Madison) received his M.F.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a specialization in Sculpture. In his work he explores various social constructs and their impact on our perceived realities. He deconstructs, reconstructs, and sometimes simply reflects various accepted mores to expose how they shape our understanding of the world around us and influence our interactions on a social, political, and environmental level.