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2145 W. Brown Deer Rd. | , WI 53217 lyndensculpturegarden.org YOUNG PEOPLE

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The 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 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

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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 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 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

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+ 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. ourselves by slowing down in the present moment. LYNDEN’S GARDEN SERIES Plan Your Vegetable Garden for Continuous Harvest Light Up the Garden & Lynden by Night + with Claire Hitchcock Tilton Saturday, January 19, 3-6:30 pm Sunday, January 27, 1-3 pm What better way to experience Lynden in the winter than by lantern $15 / $10 members light? Make a lantern in the studio (or bring your own), and then take Grow Your Own Bouquets: A Workshop with Courtney Joy Stevens a lantern-lit walk through the garden led by naturalist Naomi Cobb. Saturday, April 6, 1-3:30 pm We’ll end with a bonfire and hot cider. $25 / $20 members PROJECT FEEDERWATCH For the fifth year in a row, Lynden is a registered site for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Project FeederWatch, a citizen science project that combines the interests of backyard bird watchers with 9th Annual Winter Carnival + the needs of ornithologists who study bird populations. Learn how Saturday, January 26, 10 am-4 pm to become a FeederWatcher by contacting Naomi Cobb at Our 9th annual Winter Carnival features artist projects, games, drop-in [email protected]. studio activities, and surprises orchestrated by Joe Acri. Watch for a large-scale sculpture-and-performance project from guest artist Jordan Rosenow. Family passes $20.

Full Worm Moon Walk + Friday, March 22, 7-8:30 pm Welcome the spring equinox and the Worm Moon—which is to say, a full moon in March, when the worms are beginning to stir, somewhere—by joining naturalist Naomi Cobb for a night walk at THE BONSAI EXHIBIT AT LYNDEN Lynden. No flashlights needed, treats to follow. Watch for the reopening of the Bonsai Exhibit at Lynden in the spring. Admission to the Bonsai Exhibit is free to members or 5th Annual International Sculpture Day + with admission to the sculpture garden. Saturday, April 27, 12-4 pm lyndensculturegarden.org/bonsai We celebrate International Sculpture Day with drop-in activities and our latest edible collaboration with Debbie Pagel of Eat Cake! LOOKING CALENDAR

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+ Free to members or with admission to the sculpture garden Clement Meadmore: The Models Through March 31, 2019 JANUARY Clement Meadmore is represented in Lynden’s permanent 1 Closed for holiday collection by two exuberant monumental outdoor works, 6 Verbs as Images/Images as Verbs with LeAnne Howe (1967) and (1970). Clement Meadmore: 8 Tuesdays in the Garden: Winter Patterns The Models continues our exploration of the work and creative 9 Weekly Art Drop-In Ages 11 and up (Wednesdays through May 15) processes of artists in our collection, many of whom were also 10 Weekly Art Drop-In Ages 6-11 (Thursdays through May 16) making smaller sculpture, furniture, or works on paper. In this 13 Self Care Sundays: Self-Love Trading Cards Club + exhibition, organized in collaboration with Meadmore Sculptures, 17 Homeschool Day: Collecting we display eight models—some of them used to this day to 19 Dog Day: Bring your dog to Lynden + fabricate Meadmore’s large-scale works—as well as an etching. 19 Light Up the Garden & Lynden by Night + These works were often executed at a variety of scales, and the 20 Enameling with Leslie Perrino exhibition includes a slightly larger bronze version of Hobnob, 21 School’s Out Art Drop-in (extended hours) also represented by a polymer resin model. Watch for additional 26 9th Annual Winter Carnival + public programming in 2019. 27 Plan Your Vegetable Garden for Continuous Harvest with Claire Hitchcock Tilton FEBRUARY 2 Paper Marbling with Cary Suneja 3 Make a Planter for Valentine’s Day with Katheryn Corbin 3 Family Workshop: Layered: Print and Collage + 6 Weekly Art Drop-In Ages 11 and up (Wednesdays through May 15) 7 Weekly Art Drop-In Ages 6-11 (Thursdays through May 16) 7 Women’s Speaker Series: Pam Jenoff, author of The Lost Girls of Paris 9 Build Your Own Cutting Board with David Cobb 10 Self Care Sundays: “Dear Self, With Love” + 12 Tuesdays in the Garden: Exploring Shapes 16 Dog Day: Bring your dog to Lynden + 17 Fused Silver Loop Earrings with Leslie Perrino Clement Meadmore, Delaunay’s Dilemma. Model courtesy of Meadmore Sculptures LLC. MARCH 3 Family Workshop: Merging Mediums + UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS 6 Make a Planter for Spring Flowers with Katheryn Corbin 6 Weekly Art Drop-In Ages 11 and up (Wednesdays through May 15) Spring: Evelyn Patricia Terry 7 Weekly Art Drop-In Ages 6-11 (Thursdays through May 16) Summer: Rosemary Ollison 7 Women’s Speaker Series: Ariel Lawhon, author of I Was Anastasia Fall: Robert Murray 12 Tuesdays in the Garden: Signs of Spring 16 Dog Day: Bring your dog to Lynden + 21 Homeschool Day: Entanglement Call & Response is an ongoing project that gathers a 22 Full Worm Moon Walk with Naomi Cobb + community of artists who share a commitment to the 23 Teacher Professional Development Series: Earth, Fire, and Human Stories radical Black imagination as a means to re-examine 24 Temari: Decorative Japanese Thread Balls with Edie Whitten the past and imagine a better future. 28 School’s Out Art Drop-In (extended hours) 31 Self Care Sundays: Altered Book + APRIL 3 Weekly Art Drop-In Ages 11 and up (Wednesdays through May 15) 4 Weekly Art Drop-In Ages 6-11 (Thursdays through May 16) 6 Grow Your Own Bouquets with Courtney Joy Stevens 6 Women’s Speaker Series: Meet author Stacey H. Lee 7 Creating Writing at the Lynden Sculpture Garden with the UWM Writing Project 13 Teacher Professional Development Series: The Teacher as Writer 13 Hohokam Pottery with Katheryn Corbin 14 Self Care Sundays: Hand-Rolled Aromatherapy Beads + 20 Dog Day: Bring your dog to Lynden + 21 Closed for holiday 27 International Sculpture Day + 27 Spring Sawdust Firing Part I with Katheryn Corbin 28 Birding with Chuck Stebelton + 30 Tuesdays in the Garden: Gardening ICE SKATING We will offer ice skating on one of the ponds (bring your own skates) when conditions permit. Please check our Facebook page for updates. 2019 SUMMER CAMP SCHEDULE COMING SOON! lyndensculpturegarden.org/camps

15 YEARS OF NOHL FELLOWSHIPS 2017-2018 marks the 15th Anniversary of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship for Individual Artists. Two exhibitions continue into the new year. The Nohl Fellowship at 15 Mary Nohl and the Walrus Club Through January 27, 2019 Through June 23, 2019 Haggerty Museum of Art John Michael Kohler Arts Center The Nohl Fellowship program is administered by the Bradley Family Foundation. Visit lynden.art/nohl for updates on 16th cycle.