Exhibiting Artists

Bethann Moran-Handzlik

Bethann Moran-Handzlik received a BA in Graphic Design and Philosophy from St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI and an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Working from direct observation, her work reflects the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Moran-Handzlik has been the recipient of a Hudson River Fellowship awarded by the Grand Central Atelier, NY (2014) and a La Napoule Artist Residency in France, awarded by the La Napoule Foundation (2016).

Charles Munch

Born in 1945 in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, Charles Munch briefly studied art at the Portland (Oregon) Museum School, (1966) and at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture (1967). He graduated, as a fine arts major, from Reed College in Portland, Oregon (Phi Beta Kappa, 1968). After graduation, he apprenticed himself to a paintings conservator in New York City, whom he worked for until 1970.

Melissa Mursch-Rodriguez

Melissa Mursch-Rodriguez is a Milwaukee-based creative whose practice exists between the realms of fiber arts, zinemaking, poetry, and programming. She finds herself at the intersections of identities as a mixed chicana queer woman, which she examines through her practice. Regardless of the vehicle used, she hopes to share her experiences and vulnerabilities and platform those of others in hopes of creating community and connection.

Katie Musolff

Katie Musolff lives and works on the backwaters of the Mississippi River in Vernon County, Wisconsin. "I grew up outside of Milwaukee and graduated with a BFA in painting from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2004. After making a living in the city for a while, I met a man, fell in love and followed him to my current home. Here I discovered a richly layered natural world teeming with specimens to collect and stories to tell.

Nayfa Naji

Nayfa Naji is a Palestinian Muslim American born and raised in Milwaukee. An artist and community organizer, Naji studied graphic design at Milwaukee Area Technical College and graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a B.A. in Design Studies and Community Arts. While pursuing her studies, Naji worked as a multimedia graphic designer for the Milwaukee Muslim Coalition.

Dennis Nechvatal

"My artistic goal over the past several years has been the development of an investigative process: to research and explore artistic styles and disciplines through the creative process while utilizing the history of art. This open format enables the free examination of new avenues for imagery and layers of meaning.

Rob Neilson

Rob Neilson is the Frederick R. Layton Professor of Art and Associate Professor at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Born and raised in Detroit, he received a BFA in Fine Arts from the College for Creative Studies and an MFA in Sculpture from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rob has exhibited his sculpture, installations, and drawings at galleries, museums, and alternative spaces nationally and internationally.

Brandon Norsted

Brandon Norsted is an artist with a varied, exploratory practice. Having trained originally as a furniture-maker, working most in wood, he now has chosen to not limit his scope of expression to a material or any particular mechanism of making. He is committed to supporting the making and viewing of non-commercial art, and to that end maintains a backyard art space that has not earned him a dollar, but many new friends.

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