environment

Maureen Fritchen: See Foam

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Maureen Fritchen’s exhibition showcases the impact of consumerism on our environment. Fritchen uses industrial waste materials as her principal medium, repurposing non-biodegradable polyethylene foam (PE) used in a wide variety of packaging. While PE is technically recyclable, in practice there are very few options for collection and most PE ends up in landfills or the natural environment. The biomorphic shapes and forms Fritchen creates are beautiful and sensual, in bright happy hues of pink and turquoise. They are both alluring and disturbing.

Reception

Closing Reception, with Emily Arthur and Heather Swan

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Emily Arthur, Heather Swan

Join the Wisconsin Academy at our James Watrous Gallery for a reception celebrating the paired exhibits Emily Arthur: Re-membering and

Exhibition

Emily Arthur: Re-membering

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Emily Arthur

A solo exhibit of work by Emily Arthur, whose art practice is informed by a concern for the environment, displacement, exile, and return.

Exhibition

Uprooted: Plants in a Changing Climate

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Helen Klebesadel, Katie Musolff, Cynthia Brinich-Langlois, Bethann Moran-Handzlik, Lynne Railsback, Terri Hom, Marian Miner

Seven Wisconsin artists create work focused on plants threatened by climate change in our state.

Exhibition

Debbie Kupinsky & Allison Welch

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Debbie Kupinsky, Allison Welch

Solo shows by two artists exploring memory and identity through narrative experiences.

Exhibition

Gwen Avant & Gregory Klassen

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Gwen Avant, Gregory Klassen

Gwen Avant's expressive paintings communicate acceptance, beauty, and peace. Gregory Klassen will explore natural processes, such as gravity and evaporation.

Fellows Forum

Rachel Carson and a Childhood Sense of Wonder

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Stanley A. Temple

Wisconsin Academy Fellow and conservation biologist Stanley A. Temple's story of how environmental pioneer Rachel Carson prepared the soil from which his career and lifelong love of nature would spring.

From the Director

Grounded in Place and Story

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Jane Elder

How do the natural places we know and love define so much of what Wisconsin means to us?

Happenings

White-nose Syndrome Found in Wisconsin Bats

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Jason Smith

White-nose syndrome, a bat disease that has spread to 23 states and killed up to five million bats since 2006, has been confirmed in Wisconsin, according to officials from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

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Inhabited Landscapes

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Barry Roal Carlsen, John Miller, Tom Uttech, David Lenz, Charles Munch, Cathy Martin, Dennis Nechvatal

A group show featuring seven of Wisconsin's most accomplished artists: Barry Roal Carlsen, David Lenz, Cathy Martin, John Miller, Charles Munch, Dennis Nechvatal, and Tom Uttech.

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