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WINTER/SPRING 2019 MAKING DOING LOOKING 2145 W. Brown Deer Rd. | Milwaukee, WI 53217 lyndensculpturegarden.org YOUNG PEOPLE For complete details and to register, visit lyndensculpturegarden.org/education The Lynden Sculpture Garden offers a unique experience of art in nature through its collection of more than 50 monumental sculptures and temporary installations sited across 40 acres of park, pond, and woodland. GARDEN & GALLERY HOURS The Lynden Sculpture Garden offers programs for young people Daily 10 am–5 pm (closed Thursdays) that integrate our collection of monumental outdoor sculpture and The sculpture garden will be closed January 1 and April 21. temporary installations with the natural ecology of park, pond, and woodland. Led by artists, naturalists, and art educators, these programs ADMISSION explore the intersection of art and nature through collaborative Adults: $9 discovery and hands-on artmaking, using all of Lynden’s 40 acres Children, students (with ID) & seniors (62+): $7 as well as its art studio to create a joyful experience. DOCENT-LED TOURS TUESDAYS IN THE GARDEN FOR For group and school tours, contact Jeremy Stepien at: [email protected] PARENTS & SMALL CHILDREN Join naturalist Naomi Cobb for outdoor play and exploration. MEMBERSHIP Tuesdays, 10:30-11:30 am January 8: Winter Patterns Members enjoy free unlimited admission to the Lynden Sculpture $10 / $8 members for one February 12: Exploring Shapes Garden as well as discounts on camps, workshops, and classes; adult and one child 4 or under. March 12: Signs of Spring $5 guest passes; and invitations to special events. Members Additional children are $4, April 30: Gardening provide critical support for our educational and public programs, extra adults pay daily admission. May 28: Flower Friends the conservation of the collection, and the maintenance of the landscape. To join: lyndensculpturegarden.org/membership FAMILY WORKSHOPS PLAN YOUR NEXT EVENT OR MEETING AT LYNDEN These informal workshops take place on Sundays; feel free to The Lynden Sculpture Garden’s monumental outdoor sculptures, drop in between 12:30 and 2:30 pm. Family Workshops are inspiring works of art, and magnificent natural vistas provide a free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden. perfect venue for personal celebrations, small conferences and February 3: Layered: Print and Collage retreats, fundraisers, and community meetings with a cultural focus. March 3: Merging Mediums More information at: lyndensculpturegarden.org/rentals CONTACT US [email protected] 414-446-8794 Lynden’s education programs are supported, in part, by the generosity of individual donors and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts; the Greater Milwaukee Foundation; the Milwaukee Public Schools Partnership for the Arts & Humanities; Astor Street Foundation; Baird Foundation; Brewers Community Foundation, Inc.; and Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies. WEEKLY ART DROP-IN STUDENTS & EDUCATORS Drop into our studio for informal art exploration. Come for 30 minutes or stay for 2 1/2 hours; visit weekly or stop by when For complete details and to register, visit you need an after-school activity; bring a friend or sibling or try it on lyndensculpturegarden.org/education your own. Each week we’ll introduce different materials, processes, and themes, and get you started on a project. $11 / $9 members TOURS Art Drop-In Card: Any 8 sessions for $64 / $48 members Lynden offers docent-led and self-guided tours for schools and Ages 11 and up, Wednesdays, 3-5:30 pm (January 9-May 15) other organized groups: Art as an Avenue to EcoAwareness and Ages 6-11, Thursdays, 2:30-5 pm (January 10-May 16) Sculpture: Modern and Contemporary, which introduces the sculpture of several major 20th-century artists in our collection, School’s Out Art Drop-Ins as well as temporary installations on the grounds. Consider staying Ages 6 and up for a picnic lunch or outdoor drawing session, weather permitting. $16 / $12 members Monday, January 21, 12-5 pm Thursday, March 28, 12:30-5 pm FIELD TRIPS Scout troops, art clubs, and other small groups can schedule their own Art Drop-In or Designed for grades K-12, Lynden’s two-hour field trips focus on workshop by contacting Jeremy Stepien at [email protected]. outdoor inquiry and experiential learning, teaching art-making skills within the framework of environmental investigation and an exploration of historical, social, and cultural contexts. HOMESCHOOL DAYS Students develop an understanding of place by challenging Designed by art educator Jeremy Stepien and naturalist their observational skills and discovering relationships between Naomi Cobb, Homeschool Days offer a unique, hands-on, art, nature, self, and community. Most field trips are offered small-group experience of art and nature for ages 6-15. year-round and address a variety of state and national standards. Our newest field trip, available April through October, explores Collecting Thursdays, 9 am-2 pm January 17: the imaginative and material worlds of a 19th-century woman Entanglement $45 / $35 members March 21: of African descent through artist Folayemi Wilson’s installation, Eliza’s Peculiar Cabinet of Curiosities. We also offer 90-minute, age-appropriate field trips for the very young (ages 3-5). THE UWM WRITING PROJECT AT LYNDEN Creating Writing at the Lynden Sculpture Garden Needs-based fee subsidies and tuition waivers are available Sunday, April 7, 9:30 am-12:30 pm for all of our education programs. $30 / $25 members Questions? Contact Jeremy Stepien, Director of Education A creative writing workshop for middle-schoolers. [email protected] or 414-446-8481 SUMMER CAMPS AT THE TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Lynden offers affordable creative workshops for K-12 educators. INTERSECTION OF ART & NATURE To register: lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/teachers June 10-August 28 Ages 20 months-15 years Entanglement with Teachers-in-Residence Lynden’s art and nature camps for children integrate our collection Sue Pezanoski Browne and Katie Hobday of monumental outdoor sculpture and temporary installations with Saturdays, 10 am-12 pm, $15 the natural ecology of our hidden landscapes and unique habitats. March 23: Earth, Fire, and Human Stories Led by artists, naturalists, and art educators, the camps explore the May 11: Zooming In: Scale and Point of View in Image-making intersection of art and nature through collaborative inquiry and The Teacher as Writer with the UWM Writing Project hands-on artmaking, using all of Lynden’s 40 acres to create a Saturday, April 13, 9 am-12 pm, $20 joyful, all-senses-engaged outdoor experience. Writing with Art for Reflection and Renewal lyndensculpturegarden.org/camps Build self-awareness and connect with other creative minds at this restorative retreat for teachers. MAKING READING & WRITING For complete details and to register, visit lyndensculpturegarden.org/education/workshops All materials included; most of these adult workshops are suitable for teens. WOMEN’S SPEAKER SERIES Enameling with Leslie Perrino Thursday, February 7, 7-9 pm Sunday, January 20, 9:30 am-4:30 pm Pam Jenoff, author of $110 / $99 members The Lost Girls of Paris $23 / $18 members Paper Marbling with Cary Suneja Saturday, February 2, 10 am-4 pm Thursday, March 7, 7-9 pm $90 / $80 members Ariel Lawhon, author of I Was Anastasia Make a Planter for Valentine’s Day: $23 / $18 members A Ceramics Workshop with Katheryn Corbin Saturday, April 6, 2-4 pm Sunday, February 3, 10 am-4 pm A parent-and-child event with author Stacey H. Lee $85 / $75 members Parent-and-child ticket: $18 / $16 members with a choice of Under A Painted Sky or Outrun the Moon Build Your Own Cutting Board with David Cobb Saturday, February 9, 1-4 pm Monday, May 6, 7-9 pm $48 / $42 members Jennifer Robson, author of The Gown $23 / $18 members Fused Silver Loop Earrings with Leslie Perrino Sunday, February 17, 10 am-3:30 pm $90 / $80 members WOODLAND PATTERN AT LYNDEN LeAnne Howe: Verbs as Images/Images as Verbs Make a Planter for Spring Flowers: Sunday, January 6, 1-3 pm A Ceramics Workshop with Katheryn Corbin $35 / $30 members Wednesday, March 6, 10 am-4 pm Writer-in-residence LeAnne Howe discusses deceased white male $85 / $75 members writers, and living Native women writers, and their approaches to using verbs as images. Temari: Decorative Japanese Balls with Edie Whitten Sunday, March 24, 10 am-4:30 pm $90 / $80 members THE UWM WRITING PROJECT AT LYNDEN Creating Writing at the Lynden Sculpture Garden Hohokam Pottery: A Ceramics Workshop with Katheryn Corbin Sunday, April 7, 9:30 am-12:30 pm Saturday, April 13, 10 am-4 pm Ages 10-15 $85 / $75 members $30 / $25 members A creative writing workshop for middle-schoolers. Spring Sawdust Firing with Katheryn Corbin The Teacher as Writer with the UWM Writing Project Part I: Saturday, April 27, 10-11:30 am Part II: Saturday, May 4, 10-11:30 am Saturday, April 13, 9 am-12 pm, $20 $30 / $25 members Writing with Art for Reflection and Renewal Build self-awareness and connect with other creative minds at this restorative retreat for teachers. LIVING THINGS DOING For complete details and to register, visit For complete details and to register, visit lyndensculpturegarden.org/nature lyndensculpturegarden.org/calendar + Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden + Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden Self Care Sundays with Jenna Knapp & the Self Care Studio + These drop-in workshops take place on Sundays, 2-4 pm January 13: Self-Love Trading Cards Club February 10: Dear Self, With Love March 31: DIY Altered Book Birding with Poet Chuck Stebelton and Friends + April 14: Hand Rolled Aromatherapy Beads Sunday, April 28, 8:30-10 am Self Care Studio workshops provide hands-on sensory projects Poet/birder Chuck Stebelton, accompanied by artist Sheila Held, in a range of mediums that encourage us to carve out time for continues his series of bird walks at Lynden.