APRIL / MAY 1996 COMPLIMENTARY VOLUME 10, ISSUE 4 Old Friends Mew Works JUDITH ANN MORIARTY editor 20 tears of Song and Dance FRANCIS FORD Celebrating photo editor MEGAN POWELL 20 Years of dance, calendar &" 'out there' editor music, theatre and interdisciplinary THOMAS FORD ^ performances. art direction/design Friday, April 19 NICHOLAS FRANK aturday, April 20 design 'J*p> at 8:00 PM in Vogel Hall of the ANGEL FRENCH Marcus Center for the advertising & circulation director ^Performing Arts $12 and $8 MARK SNELL Box Office 273-7206 uw-milwaukee intern
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MEDICINE CABINET 18 MILWAUKEE ARCHITECTURE: SPIRITUAL PLACES 20 WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT 21 VJvy _ . _. :::;::::::S::x:: :'•:-:-• • '-:-:'•:•'.'•:'•:'•:•:'•y.'-y.;::::r::-:-;::~:->;:;:;>>:ft-;-:::::;:::::':::$::>>i-:::: THE SELF AS ART 24 ;:S:::l:::Sffl:s:SsS« SISSS«SSS :Si;:SS;;Si::S::;::;SS:S;8^^^^^^^ ilcllllllll EVICTION NOTICE 27 MAYFAIR sill , 771-222: JI1I1I llilllllll iiiiiilllllil m EST. MS*:. s* PLEXUS/REFLEXUS 6 • TTTTTTT GRANTS & OPPORTUNITIES 8 FOOTGEAR POST FACTO 22 CALENDAR 28 MA. JOLIE CHICAGO ROUND-UP 34 V ON THE COVER: DOWNER AVENUE Self-Portrait With Topiary Tree. Tom Hoffman BAYSHOREMALL Bio: Artist Hoffman holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting from the Milwaukee School of Art (now MIAD) and a master of fine arts fromth e GRAND AVENUE MALL California Institute of the Arts where he majored in theater. He worked briefly as an actor before returning to painting in 1989. Aresident of Milwaukee, he 961-8202 exhibits his work on an ongoing basis at The Silver Paper Gallery. 4 Art Muscle o d) c > a 8 o « 8 o 3 <«—1 § § > 1 S3 £ o O.CS a> £ •*c* u J3 "S f s o CO •3 S o o •a u c •a E - 5 u o o § 3 c« a K 3 c I 0 a H 3 o s* H •2 0 a •8 c» &fl B z 03 Jt- s o 5f ca £ O § •^ CJ p o .a ca CO CO £ c o ft & 'S H(N 50 Q o a -O a 03 •3 -> < in Z a ca S s3 P o ^ ^ s 03 2 P E N t<2 SH. ..Co S £ s 3 S < o a •o (/i •a •o 3 8,1 * u < s D, o •a Q Q & c co g •o H •i 13 3 co T3 B o Z S3 O E O >> 00 Q ed & o I'll < s U -8 -.2 C3 a s 03 a sc « 2 «9 B "8 T3 1 ?iW5 s B 5 o ca 03 o °S * a b a —> 1>. a § s a A B o 3 a 3 3 cu O 0E0 -S0 o I « CO I a J2 ia U 3 H 81 o o •4 c3 m jj •8-1 ^ .S3 a £ s s 03 B CH SI cu O c3 3 c O -3 'ft . 1 M a I ^ co ^3 '3 2 o B J> -3 fa 2 « £ 3 2 < § 3 oo £ O ** I I •s OH ^ c« '%a o3 oo ca U •s •3 B 5i 8 s 03 4-> •S P, bo a u a n vo Ja 1 11 645 ca ci3 r~- 3 a o I fl 03 1 i Sb - - U «S bO •3 p 5 ° 03 B 3 S 2 g S< "8 B Si a> < aCO « ca 1 s MB co'iJ 2 1 . o •3 a iE b u _B 1 U bO o O » e a o C 3 O TX ~ CO ^ •4H ^- « CO O i s i ° o 0 •—1 a 0 S 5 2 > 3 a •a 2 3-s 3 cr . •> O is Z cr 11 E 8 .£ * O 3 s — "3 3 e 3 •B y -a 3 £ I —^ CO ra The 1995 Milwaukee County Emerging Artist Fellowship Awards are diverse indeed. For the second consecutive year, talented Milwaukee County residents will receive $2,500 each to help further their careers. One hundred applied, ten emerged: three writers, two film makers, two painters, p a fiber artist, a metalsmith and a musician. ^^ |^ ^k And the envelope please: c o CO c c -Q •s §g> L o Steven -» Connie Carmen Stroud, Jeff Buss, Joseph Smoot, BIIIEmbly, Tighe, Jeffrey Lelsgang, Crauer, •a Fiber artist writer Painter Filmmaker Writer Writer Musician Ron Phillpps, Evan Larson, Deidre Prosen, Film and video Visual artist Painter On page 5 you will find the application for the 1996 Fellowship awards. Cood Luck! Sixteen (tons) of flesh Those experts, The Flesh Experts, have been working together for sixteen years. Well, not all of them, It would be permis but many of them. In their bi-weekly drawing sessions, they brave out our ridiculous climate, sible to imagine an producing a varied volume of work which they show when the river thaws. Look for them on Gallery opposite state, a Night, April 19, at The Silver Paper Gallery, when the fruit of their fleshy experimentations will cover specific anti- all of the main gallery walls. Pinned up, not framed, thus giving new meaning to the phrase "pin-ups.' artistry... a mode of Not to worry, these experts are commited to a thorough, professional, exploration of the figure. With being which would backgrounds ranging from a truck driver to a psychiatrist, and a lot in-between, this group is about to melt down Milwaukee's art world. impoverish all E things, making them | Where's Rangiroa? thin and consumptive. For starters, it's the second largest coral atoll in French Polynesia. It's remote, but not so remote that five artists invited to attend the Hirsch Farm Project's Tahiti: Contemporary Art in an Age of Uncertainty, The Portable won't be able to find it. The topics in the tropics will include issues such as the environment, violence, Nietzsche gender, sexuality, and aesthetics. And look who's going: John Currin (you may recall his Twilight Of The Idols paintings at the recent American Painting show at the Milwaukee Art Museum), Alexis Rockman, Judie Bamber, Mariko Mori, and Gregory Green. But why Tahiti? According to Hirsch Farm Project Director Mitchell Kane, the answer is simple, 'In selecting a new site for the discussions, we looked for an environment in the middle of nowhere. A location engulfed by conservation and environmen "I can only say that tal concerns". Which is an understatement, considering the French nuclear tests, one of which was Almighty God and detonated recently beneath Mururoa Atoll, and was the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in his Blessed Mother, 1945. In July, the same participants will meet at the Hirsch Farm in Hillsboro, Wisconsin to discuss in whose honor we and finalize their proposals for the Hirsch Farm Project's annual publication. If you're interested in their projects, contact them at: 450 Skokie Blvd., Suite 703, Northbrook, IL 60062. worked, blessed us in such a way that Sayonara we built better than we knew." So sayeth On April 15, artist Roy Staab departs for Japan for six months, with $28,000 cash in his pockets. The best part is that he's free to use the money in any way he wishes. All of this fortune cookie fortune Father Mathis came about when he was notified he was one of five recipients for the 1996 National Endowmentpr Wernerus who built the Arts Fellowship in Japan. What Staab wishes to do is use the money to travel through Japan, Holy Ghost Park, a absorbing the diversity of cultures. Though he's under no pressure to create his own brand art while blend of sincere there, Staab says, "I know I will not be able to resist the lure of site-specific installations". This is surely an understatement, as devoted ephemeralist Staab has long been involved works celebrating nature patriotism and and harmony. Hell search out traditional crafts that may influence his work, as well as, religious religious belief, in attitudes that are in tune with his respect for life. He's never been the kind of artist, he says, who the tiny Wisconsin jumps on new trends just to be in the mainstream, but he's been in a few "streams" nonetheless. Real village of ones with water, reeds, and weeds. His most recent work was installed in a pond in Chicago's Lincoln Park (Euclid's Crop). It was a project full of stress and duress, but the energetic Staab said the upside Dickeyville. was meeting the many people who live both in and around the park. Folk Art In American Life I From Haruko Oie in Osaka Robert Bishop & The translation of this letter arrived at Art Muscle shortly after artist Haruko Oie returned to Japan Jacqueline Atkins u from Milwaukee, where she was seeking out opportunities to exhibit her origami installations. We thank Ms. Oie for her letter most charming: Since I came back to Japan twenty days past I have had a quiet time. My Japanese perception is getting "I do not hold that return. I saw three exhibitions quite recently. One of them is "The World of Paper," where the viewer canth enjoye Gospe l should themselves without taking a posture of defense. Half of the artists were women. I was happy to see thatdestro womeny all the arts, become to be recognized on equal terms to men. This morning I put on the T.v. and it said, "Hiroshi as certain supersti Teshigawara's sculpture exhibition with bamboo at Toji Temple in Kyoto". I went there with camera. It was raining, but was best because it showed more brightly the green of bamboo. Paper in other show representstious folk believe... "woman"; this show using bamboo represents "man". Bamboo is simple, strong and pliable. The work wasTh e law of Moses built with many bamboo on the outside wall of all sides of the hall. It made a tunnelpr people to pass through.forbad e only the It contained Buddhist images (MANTA) inside, and on the top of the outside, it expressed the energy whichimag thee of God." Buddha discharges. This afternoon I visited the Center of Contemporary Art in Osaka to see Galleries Point of Art in the Age of View '95.1 wondered, was this about contemporary art in present day Osaka? It seems my works in paper are the opposite of these very sensible works. I think now I am too far from Japanese contemporary art Holbein The artwork of Haruko Oie will be included in the show Two From Japan at the Walker's Point Center for Will Durant s the Arts, July 20 - August 12,1996. 6 Art Muscle Tranquility The Haggerty Museum of Art on the campus of Marquette University rarely fails to provide me with mo ments of tranquility. Parking is fac R ile and free; the museum galleries are devoid of masses of people, and the architecture of the building is church-like. Dare I call it an "art 2 Mai 58 Ro, 1958 chapel"? The scale of the building is intimate and inspiring, particularly Julius Bissier the second floor, where, from an German open balcony, I can enjoy the mar • (1893-1965) velous sculptural window to the south. It's diamond-shaped, and to Collection of ' Mary B. Finnigan. my mind, it defines the elegance of this Museum. E Cista: Julius B'issier's Painted Vessels exhibit was hung on the gold and ON SPIRITUALITY AND ART taupe walls of the second floor gal lery on the day 1 sought shelter from the tumult of life inl996 America. During my studies in New York last Fall, I met a came searching for a wealthier, easier, and more The small iconographic works, pre woman who was studying art at the City Univer blissful life. Bliss. Religious ease. dous but not sweet, uncomplicated sity of New York. She told me that she wanted to and abstract, freed my mind to con develop a course of study that would explore the I am able to say this because I have known non- sider the language of the artist. Had relationship between spirituality and art. Her pro musicians, non-artists, who think that 'we on the they been composed in a "grander" fessors, she said, did not like her topic. Oh, really. other side' really do live on a different level, as if styie, a larger format, their effective our work has already saved our souls. Perhaps this ness would, I think, have been lost. When I was growing up in a small town, I prac is why people are disillusioned with art that de F For all the words that are written ticed the piano, sang in choir, and played French picts a crucifix suspended in urine. Perhaps this is about art, this supreme show Horn in the school band and orchestra. I enjoyed why they are shocked when they hear orchestra speaks for itself. At the Haggerty making music even more than reading, even more members complain about pay cuts. I recall a than riding my bike. As I look back, I realize that woman with awe in her voice asking at one of my Museum, the tranquil is the rule much of my enjoyment was based on the almost husband's concerts, "Oh, what is it like to live rather than the exception. I like that purely physical. and breathe this music?" "Well, I don't know," I stammered, "I never thought about it." Surely she I had much the same impression I loved the feel of the keys and the challenge my was disappointed in my answer. when I visited the History of Photog skinny body had to undergo in order to make a raphy Collection (through April 14) in French Horn sound like something. As I passed I too, was disappointed (though shocked may be the Segel Gallery at The Milwaukee into adolescence, I began to see a glimmer of the a better term) when I firstjoine d ranks with mu Art Museum. Happily, the small notion that my budding passions could be a part sicians who earned money by making music. I saw space has been turned over to of my music making. At that time, I also began them as jaded, with union mentalities and a hard changing exhibitions from the L watching orchestra concerts on television. The or ness bordering on a lack of passion. A good por museum's permanent photography chestra members were so different from the adults tion of them were atheists who made no apolo collection. It was reassuring to be I knew. They wore black, some of the women gies for their stance. Was music then, their reli in the company of the best works (even the older women!) had long hair. gion? Their substitute? No, at the very least, it of America's best: Wynn Bullock, was their job. At the very most, their vocation. Philippe Halsman, Sally Mann, and And the way they played! They moved, swayed— Even in my own field,tha t of church music, I have Steven Foster. If it's the French you their faces tightened with concentration. About encountered excellent organists with no 'taste' for seek, you'll find Atget, a brassy this time, I began reading about the lives of com religion. Brassai, and Cartier-Bresson. My posers. Their travels, antics, and explorations personal passion, Garry thrilled me. These adults lived on a different plane. I am a religious person who also happens to be a Winogrand's Los Angeles, 1964, a It was then I decided to become a musician. musician. My religion is the framewhic h surrounds work ripe with danger, speed and all aspects of my life. It is my job, my vocation. It confrontation, is also in the Segel. It seems like Americans spend a lot of time look is a skill I have developed along with a body of E It will disappear from time to time, ing for their souls. Our history is full of extreme knowledge and experience. There is nothing in but like an old friend, I know it will religious movements peopled by wide-eyed seek trinsically spiritual about it. And certainly, it will return. And I can return to it. From ers for the new (and possibly the best) way of be not save my soul. May 10-September 1, the gallery will ing 'religious,' of being spiritual. "No drab old house 19th and 20th century land Methodism or Lutheranism for us!", they seem — Karen Beaumont scape photography. to say. "Bring on Transcendentalism, the TM prac titioners, New Agers, Born Agains!" In all fair (Ms. Beaumont will present an organ concert with I love this city. ness I need to remind myself that this country soprano Wendy Wagner and trumpet player Jen began as a place for those seeking religious free nifer Goodman, at 4pm, May 19th, at St. Paul's - Judith Ann Mori arty dom, but we are also a country of people who Episcopal Church in Milwaukee.) x-:*;***:*:*™^ PERSPEX: VitaBrevis, /\rs Longs X Last summer at the Milwaukee Art Museum I encountered a beautiful when thinking of one person among all the people who have ever Felix Gonzalez-Torres paper stack. The neat pile of prints depicted a lived. Given such magnitude it may be difficult to focus on the impact bird soaring in a grayish sky, a wisp of cloud at its tail. Due to previous of a single life, but Gonzalez-Torres confronts this metapfrysic by con encounters with Gonzalez-Torres' stacks, I had prior knowledge that I centrating expertly on the small shared moments of individual experi could in fact remove a sheet and take it home with me. Still, the act felt ence. In fact, Gonzalez-Torres has drawn incredible metaphorical power like a transgression and I was compelled to ask a museum guard if from such personal moments, extending them out as far as his stacks ackles raised and ready for a reach, perhaps to infinity. confrontation, but the guards were aware that each visitor had per- I've always liked rr Torres' death, the : ;out ownership, propri- the artist's soul taken flight, or anyone's, c ' •.' gs to a local private collec- waiting to do so eventually. It is a symbol for sorrow, or release from u ean under these cir- pain, or a metaphor for a single being in the endless expanse of space. the piece took on a It is a reliquary, an auto-eulogy, an eleg orres' death at age 38 in January Gonzalez-Torres'stacks provide a con: the artist was not endless, but the stack is - the thickness and weight of a single of his ideas will remain long after he, anc sheet of paper, a stack together can be as heavy and solid as the tree generous legacy, this simple gesture leaves us thinking not about ends sions of Untitled, 1992-93 are fixed at but about the infinitude of shared ider: : !"g to the artist), yet how big is it really? - Nicholas Frank it have been and will be taken are figured tack becomes immeasurable, like the oceans or (Another paper stack, Untitled (Veterans Dav rs in the night sky. I experience a similar sensation JuneJtoAug Win the Recent Acquisitions show at the Milwaukee Art Museumj s making and sculpture. In Deadline July 1. Info Doug New York ternational. Grants of up to Krimmer, 442-3869. Juried exhibition, all media. G R A$10,000 . Elizabeth Awards, solo, group exhi International and first Greenshields Foundation, High-tech bitions and inclusions in Seeking entries for interna 1814 Sherbrooke St., W, OP Seeking entries by people slide registry. Deadline for tional Dance Film 8c Video NTS Montreal, Quebec, using computers for original slides Aprl9. SASEViridian Festival: choreography for Canada. works. Any subject. PC or Gallery, 24 W. 57th St., the camera, documentary, Mac. Animators, film mak New York, NY 10019. experimental categories. /RES 54 or over? ers, musicians, writers, pho 212/245-2882. Deadline May 1. Applica Feeling old? Take heart. tographers. Juried Merit tions and info American Individual grants of from PO awards of $5,000 each. Summer in MA Dance Festival, Box 90772, IDEN $500-$5,000 are available Deadline June 28. Spon Seeking work, all media for Durham, NC 27708,919/ to encourage the creativity sored by Interval Research summer competition exhi 684-6402. of women who've lived five Corporation and The Voy bition. Application deadline CI ES decades plus four years or ager Company. Questions: May 1. SASE Contempo iliiiBiiiii; more. Info Thanks Be to [email protected] or 415/ rary Artists Center Gallery, Grandmother Winifred RT 855-0780. The Beaver Mill, 189 Bea All ages Dcbra Bathurst- Foundation, PO Box 1449, ver St., North Adams, MA Seeking actors, all ages, for Mitchcm, executive direc Wainscott, NY 19975. CAD comp 01247. new theater group. Photos tor of The Milwaukee International students and of actors and resumes ac Children's Theatre Omaha interns, full or part time, ar Sculpture in Cleveland cepted by mail. Playwrights: (MCTC) has this to say Non-profit organization chitecture, landscape archi Seeking entries for 6th an one page synopsis only. about their grant of supports visual artists by tecture, interior design, ur niversary show. Original Teenies and other person $10,000 from the UN ban planning or allied disci works which echo the aes providing studios, living nel needed. Info James Harley-Davidson Foun space, and monthly sti pline. Using ArchiCAD as thetics of a sculptural work Henderson, Artistic Direc dation: pends. Bemis Center for your design tool, and by someone else. Deadline tor, The Stage Society, 225- Contemporary Arts, 724 QuickTime VR as your vi- Apr 19. Info The Sculpture 0061. The money will enable us to S.12th St., Omaha, NE sualizer, create works which Center, 216/229-6527. increase our productions 68102. have never existed physically about drug awareness that ITI or are long missing fromth e Juried in Akron tour the Milwaukee Public Do it in New Smyrna physical landscape. Deadline Seeking print-making me Quality only Elementary schools. In these Residencies for poets, play Apr 30. Info American In dia for juried show. Dead Seeking poetry, short fic engaging, interactive plays wrights, composers, sculp stitute of Architects Stu line Apr 22. Prospectus tion, essays, oral history, (which include role playing tors, painters, musicians, dents, 202/626-7472; Fax: SASE Grand Exhibition playlets, black and white and lessons in self esteem), we and others. Scholarships 202/626-7414. '96, Prospectus 1A, PO visual art with focus on the will, because of this addi ES Box 4880, Akron, OH Great Lakes region. Guide available. 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Info Center for Jewish interior and exterior art Northern & National Box 93485, Milwaukee North San Antonion Rd., actors, John Van Slyke and Culture and Creativity, works to be included in the Art Competition, all 2-d art. 53203. Info 541-7510. Los Altos, CA 94022. Allyson Grotsky present the 310/556-2447. Wisconsin Center in Mil Awards. SASE Nicolet Col materialin a sensitive man waukee. Possible art ops lege art department, Quarterly Pencil it ner keyed to both content and include, but are not limited Rhinelander, WI 54501. Seekings short stories, po Newfoundland? Seeking artists working in the developmental level of the to: painting, sculpture, tex Info 715/365-4424. etry and artwork for up Monthly residency pro colored pencil media only. students. As Milwaukee cel tiles, photography, prints, coming edition. Submis gram for visual artists. SASE Plymouth Cash awards. 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Water St. ( C A L I/J2 9 1-7800 11 o Max HaniS, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Humanities Council (WHC) since 1993, is also a pastor and a researcher on Mexican and Spanish folk performance. He has a PH.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia, a Masters of Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, an MA. in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a B.A. in English from Cambridge University in England. Kit B8SC|Uini Max, you are Executive Director of the Wisconsin Hu manities Council, a Presbyterian pastor on Sundays, and a scholar researching folk theater. Would you comment on your three roles? Mill One of the things that appeals to me about the Wisconsin Humanities Council is that it is both interdisciplinary and reaches out to the whole community. It builds bridges. I really like having one foot in the academy and one foot outside, pardy because I think it keeps my scholarship honest. You've got to live life. You've got to reckon with the seen that it is worth your while. questions that people ask outside the academy. Having three different roles is actually For a planning grant we simply re very fulfilling. I am also a husband and the father of two sons. quire a one or two page letter. It's not that complicated. KB! What do the humanities, such as history or the study of art and literature do, and why is the Wisconsin Humanities Council important? KB" How is the Council selected? MHl The humanities help to build bridges of understanding between different Mill Six of the twenty-six members are appointed by the gov points of view and between different generations, races, sexes, and nationalities. ernor. The other twenty are divided between academic members The work of WHC is crucial to the health of the state because the study of the and public members. Only the Council sees the final version of humanities helps foster the kind of mind set that makes civil dialogue possible. the grant proposals. The staff's job is to get your ideas to the The humanities teach us that we can learn from those who are very different from board in the best possible shape. We really like to work with ourselves without surrendering our own identity. In this sense, they are no more nor less important for preserving the fabric of society than applicants on the draft feeding the hungry. Moreover we're interested in taking the proposals. We will talk humanities where they don't ordinarily go, such as to parts on the phone, or we are of the inner city or sparsely populated rural areas of Wiscon Thehumanities in Milwaukee a lot and sin. will talk directly to the teach us that we can learn from those who are applicants. very different from ourselves without surren- I\D! What sorts of institutions receive grants from you? deling ourown KB" How can an art project qualify for a hu MHl Libraries, museums, neighborhood associations, iden% manities grant? churches, any group could qualify. We don't give grants to individuals. We fund public humanities programs for non MHl We don't fund profit organizations. It could be an ad hoc organization. art per se, not because we're against it, but because that is the That doesn't mean that you have to register with the IRS as a non-profit. It role of our friends at the Wisconsin Arts Board. We fund public simply means that you have to be in fact non-profit - that you're not making humanities projects: programs significantly informed by one or money out of a grant we give you. more of the humanities disciplines, such as philosophy, art his tory, or aesthetics, that ask questions about who we are as people, Kb* WHC gives three types of grants. Would you explain? how we became this way, and where we are going. We fund the history of art and art criticism, because they involve the humani MHl We have planning grants, primarily designed for organizations that ties. Also, we fund discussions of art, or explanatory text, that don't have the resources to prepare a grant proposal. The planning grants can put paintings or sculpture, for example, in a social or historical be processed by the staff at any time. Under a planning grant, we might context. If the arts are an integral part of a public humanities pay a scholar $500 to work with an organization (that has an program, then we are open to funding them as such. In fact any idea for a grant) to conceive a program aand write a full topic can be the subject of a humanities program if it is studied grant proposal. We have mini-grants which are up to through a humanities lens. A prefix such as "the history of or $2,000. They are processed six times a year by a commit "the ethics of or "representations of provides that lens. tee from the Council. We also have major grants, which are over $2,000 and currently have an ordinary ceil- KBI Is the past record of an organization more important or is ijk. ing of $10,000. These are processed three times a its ability to fit the requirements of the WHC more important? | year by the entire twenty-six member Council. Mill We are open to groups who have no track record at all, KB I Are there standard grant forms? who have never thought of themselves as humanities groups, but may be able to help us reach a new audience. In many cases MHl Yes, for major grants and mini-grants. For we are a place where you can get seed money for a project that major grants we also require a preliminary letter of larger foundations wouldn't be interested in. However, we do intent, so we have some sense of what it is you want evaluate programs. If a group gets a grant from us and it really to do. We don't want you to fill out the big form doesn't work, we would want to know why. If they come back, that the major grant requires without having first we want to know in what way the problems have been addressed, so that people are learning from their mistakes. We want to know that the money is being wisely spent. 12 Art Muscle 'U. AS dt«i on (that Cod. became, of that the Christian's call is to travel tn the same embodied direction. "As you sent me into the world.", illl|lll;!|ll||ll||0:;;:|l|l llll|2il|Illl|||l|||;l|| |lllilllillllil|MlPi|l: :||||pllilliiliil^ll2:l2ll;;| ~? "•;:::' : photograph by James Rhem KB! How do you judge the success of a program? Mttl Relative size of audience is one way. If someone comes to speak in your library, and you're out in the middle of nowhere, and you get thirty people for it, KB! Are you trying to establish a private endowment? but that's more than you've ever had in the history of the library, then we consider that a big success. TV documentaries, such as Frank Yankovic: America's Polka Mill Yes, we'd like to. That's a long term project. Advice we have re King on PBS, reach a much larger audience. The quality of the program is impor ceived is that we need to increase our donor base before we embark on an tant too, and we take into account the kind of healthy discussion generated on endowment campaign. That's one of the goals of the current Boldt Chal issues of public importance. lenge Grant, which the Appleton, Wisconsin based Boldt Construction Company has just renewed for a second year. Under the terms of this KB! How is the Council funded? grant, every gift to the WHC from a new donor in 1996 will be matched fourfold by a combination of the Boldt Grant and federal funds. The Mill We currently received about eighty percent of our budget from the Na WHC is not as well known as it should be, because we are primarily a tional Endowment for the Humanities. Because of Congressional cuts in the NEH, re-grant agency. In other words, we get money from the National we have suffered a six percent cut in federal funding for this year. There are no Endowment for the Humanities, which we then distribute by a com guarantees for 1997. It might be cut again, which means we've got to be much petitive grant system to numerous groups throughout the state, such more aggressive in raising other funds if we're going to continue doing the pro as the Milwaukee Art Museum and Walkers Point Center for the gramming we've been doing, let alone expanding the programming, which we Arts. As the sponsors, we are not always noticed, but we are none want to do. About half the state humanities councils (there is one in every state) theless essential to the program. One of the things we have to solve receive state money. The Wisconsin Humanities Council does not. is how to give our name more prominence without taking away any of the credit from the organization producing the program. KB! Why is that? KB! In what direction is the Wisconsin Humanities Council Mill I think that when the state have been successful in getting money from the moving? legislature, one or two things have happened. Either the director or members of the (State Humanities Council) board have known the governor or members of Mill Obviously when you get a new executive director (I have the legislature personally, or they've managed to focus their work in such a way been here since 1993), things change. The situation in Washing that they have built up over time a sizeable constituency. Minnesota gets some ton has forced us to spend more time on the matter of fund-rais thing like $700,000 per year from the state legislature. It has for a long time fo ing. We must persuade people to give money so we can continue to cused on teacher's institutes. Now they have a sizeable body of teachers who, if support firstclas s programs. Another change in the last two years is there were a threat to the funding, would call their legislators and say, "Don't cut that we have revised our grant guidelines to make them more flex this." ible and user friendly. For example, our old guidelines specificed that the programs had to be designed for an "out-of-school" adult KB! Do you seek state funding? public. This restriction has been dropped, and so has a restriction on funding art as part of a humanities program. Another change is Mill Yes. Recently I met with Bob Wood, who is the governor's advisor on arts that we are much more aggressive in beating the bushes to discover and humanities education. At this stage, the best we can hope for is not for the good applicants who might not otherwise have known to come to governor to write us into the budget, which he is cutting, but for him to be willing us. We very much want to extend the benefit of the humanities to as to do something to help us raise money. For the governor to get the word out that many Wisconsin residents as possible. there is a Wisconsin Humanities Council would make an enormous difference. In the long run, I would love to see state funding. — KitBasqam Ms. Basquin is a free-lance writer living in Milwaukee. She is co-producting a docu mentary video on filmmaker Mary Ellen Bute, director of the film Finnegan's Wake. 13 ••• , - M * * ••• TV ••• •••••••••••••• ••••••• • ••••< •••••••••••••• • •• • »••••< •••••••••••••a • ••» • •••••I • •• ••••• •••••• • ••• • •••» ••••• • ••• «••••• ••••• • ••' ••••• *••••« • •'* • •••• ••••• • * - -••••••••••••„ ••••• ••••• »••••< •••••V •••••« ••••• ••••••••••• ••••••• • «••••< **•••••€ *, •••••^ ••••••• *ttm «•••** *tttffii iff*** •••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••• —-1_ subject more than most of us. One day when Doris was pre In asking them to describe the paring to paint on a piece of indescribable — that deeper paper, but was filled with connection to "something" agony about different aspects elicited by the arts — I re of her life, she became frus ceived responses as varied as trated and ripped the paper you and I. right down the middle. After the shock wore off (it was ex "We don't have a corner on pensive paper), she re-con the market," Sister Doris Klein nected the pieces and began said. "My whole life is not painting over them. What spent in the sublime! Although emerged was The Torn my principal relationship is Woman. In the image she rec with God (as a married ognized her own broken feel person's would be with their ings. Others, too, have told her spouse), my community en that they are overcome with courages me to be myself emotion when they recognize WE ALL KNOW HOW THB first." An artist, writer and lec in The Torn Woman their own POWER OF THE ARTS INSPIRES turer, Doris is a member of the brokenness. Doris says she AND PROVOKES PEOPLE TO Congregation of St. Agnes. learned from this that "God ACTION, PERHAPS EVEN TO walks in torn spaces." REVOLUTION. Victor Hugo's "We aren't secluded, and we literature, Guiseppe Verdi's never were," explained com Marion described a "peak" operas, and Frederic Chopin's poser, author and educator, experience when listening to a "Polonaise" are all examples Sister Marion Afcrhaalen, of the recent performance of songs of provocative nationalistic School Sisters of St. Francis. she had composed. "It was an masterworks. And what Because the foundress of her ecstatic moment of comple would we sing at baseball order valued the arts so much, tion, of gratitude; it signified games if Francis Scott Key had many of the sisters in her com everything I owe to my par not been inspired to write the munity are devoted to full time ents. It was a coming together words to "The Star Spangled art as their ministry. of who I am." In a crazy world that mea Banner" during the bombard sures only what it can see, can the rest of us learn about ment of Fort McHcnry in the Not so for Marion and Sister the spiritual dimension of the War of 1812? Kevin Robertson. They live in arts? "We can learn through the same convent at Holy reflection and silence," said Very rousing. Makes you want Spirit parish, and like most in Marion. "For that's where to buy war bonds. their order, they were trained Uj O it begins... we need to by as teachers — Marion in mu z pass the intellect, break sic and Kevin in English and through the fences we've writing. They developed their set up in our lives." creativity and art projects, "on the side, in the cracks of time," «3 Certainly these women have according to Marion. "How broken with the stereotypical ever, teaching itself is a creative z s Now retired, Kevin has taught image of nuns. Their long hab pursuit, and teaching inspires y writing to other seniors at the its and veils disappeared de me. I've written a lot of music La Farge Lifelong Learning Z cades ago. Although still for my students." Institute. For many of her stu strongly allied with their com o dents, it was their first encoun munities, most now live in ter with creative writing. small family-style settings. But what about the quieter "When they put memories and Some live alone. Those who spiritual dimension that is ex feelings into words, they often are employed are expected to perienced through music, art, can't believe the results of get contribute financially through words? The dictionary defines: P H O T O G RIA P H S FRANCIS F O R D ting in touch with a new di their professional work, which "inspire: to communicate by mension." Indeed, her own means marketing ("a necessary divine influence," "spiritual: Doris believes that spirituality ful. Dance can also lift us above writing is often a surprise. "I evil," as Marion puts it) their affecting the soul." But it can't be contained in words. ourselves and help break don't know where it comes products. They all want to re doesn't really get to the heart "It's contained in the language through the confines of normal from. My spirituality is deep main solvent in order to con of the spiritual clement. of the arts which is a doorway consciousness. Drama, with the ened by writing. It is the 'dy tinue to make art, so they do into a space that can't be de power to objectify the most per namo' in me." She does not some bread-and-butter work, How, then, do we find it? Whether creating in the cracks scribed. We don't control how sonal emotions, allows us to doubt that the ability to write like other artists, they wish to of time, or choosing to be full- or when we experience that ponder 'other' experiences. All is a gift from God and should remain financially viable. time artists, the four women 'goosebump' space. And you of these invite transcendence, be recognized as such. all recognize the influence of can't live in that space for any ultimate meaning, and the But commercialism aside, they the spiritual in their efforts. length of time. You'd lose newly discovered, which is both Describing the "art experi continue on their spiritual touch!" She added that such universal and unique." ence" as a combination of me journey. Perhaps it is a high "I feel closest to God when I was the case for many artists dia and mystery, Karlyn be way that should be on all of throughout history who sim give birth to an artistic cre lieves that individuals bring our maps. ation," Sister Karlyn Cauley ply lost touch with reality. their own experiences to the (she and Doris have studio Permanently. act of seeing. Consequendy, space at Divine Savior Holy she prefers untitled works Angels High School), said. Marion believes that art inte which arc non-directive. —Polly Scott "And we artists share part of grates everything that we are. (Ms. Scott is Director of I questioned some women, who we are through our art." "Because of its vibratory, ab Communications at the tour members of Catholic re Karlyn is a member of the Sis stract nature, perhaps it's mu Milwaukee Art Museum. She ligious communities, who ters of the Divine Savior sic that affects the emotions is also a free lance writtr, might have thought about this (Salvatorians). most directly. It's very power- musician and educator.) 15 14 Art Muscle PH have always envisioned that of the Blind, Inc., were granted special per |M the Haggerty Museum of Art mission to explore the Rodin sculptures by II might serve as a laboratory of touch, using special gloves provided by the ! JR visual learning where visitors Museum. Their expression of joy and discov Jj| of many ages and backgrounds ery literally affected all of us who assisted with I could discover and explore, the experience. I through the presentations of a wide variety of artists in a special museum All of these works, through their interpre Bsetting, the deeper questions of meaning lead tation in a sympathetic museum setting, po ing to encounters with the spiritual dimen tentially offer themselves for spiritual con sions of life. templation. Yet this process is not automatic, it does not occur without active personal As used here, the term 'spiritual' refers to the searching and receptivity on the part of the highest qualities of mind or soul, those quali viewer. The situation in our time is enor ties that truly heighten sensitivity and appre mously complicated by the fact that, by and ciation of the beauty and significance of life large, the practices of art are no longer on earth and beyond. Art, in this context, rep linked to institutions that sustain a particu resents a unique permeation of the material lar spiritual vision. Rather, since the begin elements by intelligence and spirituality. For ning of the twentieth century, artists of the instance, the philosophers, Jacob Boehme Western world have largely been guided by (1575-1624) and G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) individual visions that often embrace idio provided dialectic paradigms that describe the syncratic notions of the spiritual, if any at manner in which art accesses the spiritual. all. The result is a radical disbursement of They understood art as a means for transform- spiritual interests and focus. ART!AND THE PIRITUAL ing the material elements of being into divine There are, moreover, obstacles particular to self awareness. For us, art consisting of paint the times which may hinder the process of ac ings, sculptures, and other representations of cessing the spiritual through art. Ironically, the fine arts, continues to mediate between the very aesthetic qualities of art works that the material and the spiritual. In this respect, make them suitable for spiritual contempla art provides special access to self-transform tion also enhance their worth as objects of ing spiritual experiences. commerce. It is thus tempting to focus on « Perhaps the most concrete and powerful il lustration of the spiritual at work in the —Curtis L. Carter Haggerty occured during the exhibition of (Dr. Carter is a Professor of Aesthetics and Rodin sculptures in 1995. A group of visually Philsophy, and Director of the Haggerty impaired visitors fromth e Badger Association Museum of Art.) 16 Art Muscle 17 A CERAMIC SCULP Through layers of assemblage, emerges a multi-media master TOR AND PRINT- piece, ripe with accumulated power and meaning. The head, MAKER, ADESEGUN constructed of a broken mirror and sequins, reflects the vani MUNEER ty of both Oshun and Eruzili. The outstretched arms are made BAHAUDDEEN of a 2'x4' scrap of oak, while the bell-like skirt (an inverted HOLDS A BACHELOR ceramic dish), recalls the dancing Haitian Mambo. A drawing OF FINE ARTS DEGREE of a 'veve' — a heart with a saber in the background — sym FROM THE SCHOOL OF bolizes a warm, gentle, feminine spiritual force supported by THE ART INSTITUTE IN the power of authority. The entire work rests on a heart-shaped CHICAGO. HIS WORK tile base reminiscent of these goddesses' mythic association to IS CURRENTLY REP coquettish, sensual and seductive love. It is covered with RESENTED IN 'offerings,' — perfumes, creams, and powders — of the kind COLLECTIVELY that devotees place in return for the blessings of the goddess SPEAKING: AFRICAN- es. In Bahauddeen's piece, they have been added to the base AMERICAN ARTISTS by viewers of the work. Thus, it demonstrates not only layers FROM AREA of meaning, but the accumulated spiritual energies of the COLLECTIONS, THE donors who, in effect, participated in the creative process. The MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM, artist says he "feels honored that people recognize his art NOW-APRIL 28. THE EXHIBIT IS works as altars." CURATED BY MUSEUM DIRECTOR, RUSSELL BOWMAN. His first memory of making art was at age nine, when he used his mother's oven to attempt to fire clay Adesegun Muneer Bahauddeen believes art is dug from a local construction site. In high school like having medicine in the cabinet — and we and junior college, he explored the political choose whether or not to use it. aspects of art, rather than the spiritual. Eventually, his spiritual path led him away From 1987-1992, Bahauddeen worked on from the Baptist traditions of his earlier 'Homage to Erzuili Don Tor,' a piece years, and into the realm of Buddhism inspired by his visit to a Vodun cere and other eastern philosophies. mony in Indiana, a celebration spon sored by a Haitian priest in thanks These were formative years in to the African-American family which he developed an intense who had sheltered him. Though involvement with the Nation of he had begun work on the Islam. He was attracted by piece earlier, he eventually became frustrated some of the teachings of Honorable Elijah with his efforts without knowing why. After Muhammed, particularly those focusing on the the Vodun ceremony, the reason behind the need to develop an African American socio piece became clear to him and he was inspired to fin economic base and African American owned business ish it. In doing so, he embraced the concept that Vodun es. Because the Black Muslim adopt the fundamentalist has always been about healing people and correcting their Islamic ban against representational art, his creative side was spiritual paths. It is not about Hollywood's stereotypical, stifled. sensationalized images of zombies, pins in dolls, and secret spells. "So" he says, "I sacrificed all art things from 1972-76, and just got into Islam.. .did the newspapers, sold the bean pies 'Homage' incorporates visual references to both the Haitian and fish, got a position as a bus boy, moved up to waiter, and Loa, Eruzili and the Yoruba Orisha (associated with rivers then to assistant manager..." and beauty), Oshun. The general shape and position of the central form in the work, refers to the body of the Mambo, a He's inspired by the traditions and religious beliefs of the priestess officiating at the ceremony, dancing with arms Yoruba of West Africa and from African traditions brought to akimbo. the Caribbean, and later to North America, through the dias pora of the African people. So much so, that in 1987, he was 18 Art Muscle ordained as a Yoruba priest. His special deity, appropriately, understand what it is to be someone other than is Obatala, the god of creativity and purity of intent. It was yourself, to be slightly less lonely. This is when my during this period, that Bahauddeen changed his name. otherwise muddled life makes sense." —The Isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin "Lloyd Allen Blassingame is my birth name. Through my membership in the Nation of Islam, I chose 'Muneer' because The color vibrations in Bahauddeen's art, the energy of his of my philosophy of self-determination: determining my pieces (and how they affect the viewer, do they release or name, my goal, my destiny. I discovered that Lloyd is Welsh invoke energy?) serves much the same healing purpose as do in origin, so I looked it up in a Welsh dictionary. It signifies the drums, singing, and dance movements in the Yoruba reli 'luster! Without looking at names, but just at definitions in an gion. True, most ancient African art objects were almost Arabic dictionary, I then chose 'Muneer', which means lumi always utilitarian, but they were also often used for healing nous. I arbitrarily translated Blassingame to mean "blast, and helping the community 'see.' destroy, the game of sin'.' That transferred to the Arabic def inition of 'bahaudden'—the core of which is akin to "strong This artist understands that he creates magic with his art. He in religion." understands the wonder of it all — the experiencing of, then the recreation of, the sensory side of childhood. Audiences, he In 1987 when initiated into the Yoruba religion, he also took says, can recapture that magic when art moves them. the name of 'Adesegun.' you can walk up to a piece and say 'Oh wow!'.. .and just for "It works well with Bahauddeen and means "the crown that instant, you forget everything. And maybe that was shall conquer, the crown is victorious". You can only be all you needed that particular medicine for.. for just that way, if you're strong in the religious sense. Until that instant. You may not even recognize that it was a that time, I was Lloyd 3X in Chicago's Temple medicine, but you go on your way feeling bet Number 2. That name stayed until the ter. . .the media I work in is only one aspect of Messenger passed, and then the son, Wallace the healing process. If you can't get your art D. Muhammed, came in and back into a useful vein in soci said, "name yourselves'.' ety, then it's like medicine in the cabinet that you never touch!' Yoruba is a complex combination of theology and ritual. As nature wor Although he works primarily in clay, shippers, the Yoruba revere divine he also combines a variety of media, beings who are the creative and control including found objects, which he thinks ling force in the universe. And they believe are more universal in nature. Through his that nature of God is a supreme being whose study of African art, he discovered much of universe is so vast that he rules in "absentia," the power of the 'old' came from the found. dividing a portion of his powers among a series of deities. He views himself as a spiritual instrument, a con ductor in the creative process. As deities (Orisha), they are associated with specific parts of nature such as the wind, the ocean, and the forest. "...the materials.. .talk to you.. .tell you where to put it; but my Their basic beliefs include: a remembrance of ancestral spir ego has to also have respect for technique. You know, the way its which must be honored and consulted by the living; the that it should be, is that the creative process would come use of offerings and sacrifices to the ancestors and the directly from the creator, or from the ancestors, or from the Orisha; and the ritual use of song and dance as integral ele deity speaking directly to me. They would tell me how to do it. ments in worship rituals. All I'm bringing is the technology!' Milwaukee Artist and writer, Tom Bamberger, recently had this to say about Bahauddeen's work: —Chris Manke (Ms. Manke is the Percent for Art Coordinator and was for This is when it seems clear what art is. It is sim merly the Arts in Education Coordinator at the Wisconsin ply a direct way to locate oneself in the world, to Arts Board in Madison.) 19 Milwaukee Architecture: In architecture school I recall studying the Renaissance notion of sacred and profane spaces A spiritual place is one requiring a special effort to get to, and once there, it must be a in contemporary cities. In the writings of Christian Norberg-Schulz, I was introduced to place for reflection; a quiet space, one where I can clear away the concerns of the day, the ideas of spiritual places in urban areas—spiritual in terms of secular places, that is. I relax and enjoy the moment. It helps if the spot has a sense of history and timelessness; it figured that finding such places in Milwaukee would certainly be easy. It wasn't. certainly must be urban and architecturally compelling. I prefer the place to be devoid of people, which may seem somewhat contradictory for an urban architect, but I know that Are there places in our city that evoke deep feelings, places that are sensual (not sexual- my spiritual time alone serves my profession in the end. sensual)? Or are we a community of nondescript residential blocks and boring shallow buildings? Is our urban fabric stretched so thin that it produces meaningless gaps, al la In my search for spiritual spaces, I seek out long forgotten warehouse and manufacturing suburban Waukesha County? districts replete with residual areas of leftover outdoor "rooms" squeezed between cen tury-old brick walls. These quiet, cavernous channels are the "plazas" of foundries, tanner Defining places in Milwaukee that are secular and also revered is a daunting task, for it is ies, and grain elevators. They are unplanned, accidental, and unmarked by the hand of the personal opinion that dictates these qualities. America's architects have attempted its defi architect They evolved over time, and are often the result of the demolition of adjacent nition by utilizing good closure and expensive materials. They have tried, sometimes suc buildings. Industrial brick boxes (the positive spaces) identify the "rooms" (negative spaces) cessfully, (and too often in vain), to by embracing them. They stand create places that the public will as silent sentinels, witnesses to a like. With each commission, they time when horses sauntered the pull out props from their architec streets. tural duffel bags: reflecting pools, fountains, eternal flames, giant I encourage you to venture into sculptures, food courts, recessed the former home of the Pfister & plazas, flags and banners, steps for Vogel Tanning Company complex EAST BUFFALO STREET sitting, and chairs and tables bolted just north of 7th and Virginia. Let to the concrete. They smack of 'in the walls embrace you, soak in the stant spirituality,' or 'insistent' spiri- silence, and remember the past. tuality, if you will. They also lack a Or explore a Third Ward block of most basic element—that of evolv warehouses and look for the best ing, that of history. They are not examples of exterior 'rooms.' spiritual. Wander into these spaces (my il lustration marks the sites). Imag Certainly, Manhattan's Rockefeller ine them carved out of a solid Center, Chicago's First National building. These are spiritual. LU Bank Plaza, and Boston's Faneuil HI x < Hall Marketplace immediately come a < Travel south on First Street to to mind as places which impress me a. o LU x where the Kinnickinnic River's for their sense of compelling urban K co < bubbling dark water reflects riv space. They are well designed and 5 x eted girders stretching upward. thoughtfully executed; they are o X z Ancient, black steel trestles and restful and energetic. But these too, O z street bridges that moan when are not spiritual. tires ripple across their waffled It is important in defining spiritual decks wait to be recognized as urban sculptures. They are a point spaces, to recognize that it is the of both focus and closure, as such public, the people, who impart that they are spiritual. almost indefinable concept to a specific place. In asking people in formally what they considered to be Walk downtown and consider the spiritual urban spaces, I learned that alleyways, canyons of solids and some consider Milwaukee County voids where brick paths, pock Stadium, the Summerfest grounds, marked by missing blocks and EAST CHICAGO STREET or the War Memorial Center to be years of freeze and thaw, weave spiritual, in that these places recall between antique walls. Savor sliv public ritual. Others queried sug ers of light slicing through aban gested building and theater lobbies, doned spaces, jagged shadows of rotundas, atriums, and even cem- broken gutters and parapets, etaries. Cemetaries? A SPIRITUAL URBAN SITE clinging fires escapes, and aban doned water tanks. There's en Although these are thoughtful re Illustration by Joseph Korom ergy in this visual richness. Listen sponses, none of them seems pro for the echo of history, sense the found. Still, they are ideas worth considering as they are the responses of the people, and closure. It may seem pervasively lonely, but it's this very loneliness that drives home the must be taken in good faith as each of us defines 'spiritual' differently. impact of spiritual space. In looking around Milwaukee, I find building facades that suggest sensitivity. I travel streets Make the effort to explore the north-south alley between Wsconsin Avenue and Michigan both urban and urbane. I experience places, indoors and out of doors, that are simply Street. Ifs wedged between Water and Broadway, behind Schwartz Bookstore. knock-outs, but I am unable to define them as spiritual. It seems fair, then, to argue that sacred places are not made; they evolve over time to become special. This suggests that Indeed, Milwaukee is sprinkled with spiritual places, many of which are as yet undiscov there is no correct formula for the urban soup called Milwaukee; there are ingredients that ered. As the old recycles, the new or different enters the realm of the spiritual. With each contribute much, but the recipe as a whole seems elusive. passing year, Milwaukee reinvents itself, and isn't that afterall, what being urban is all about? At this moment, urban spiritual places are evolving for future generations, who, I North Downer Avenue's shopping area is a lively thoroughfare with abundant elements of hope, will have the sensitivity and wisdom to discover and cherish them. good urban design as defined by architectural theorists Ada Louise Huxtable, William Whyte, and Christopher Alexander. It possesses a sense of history, pedestrian activity, availability of food, comfortable scale, a variety of pleasures, and ample parking. There are places to sit, to see, and to be seen. This is a neighborhood node, perhaps even an urban success story, (Korom has a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and is but it is not spiritual. currently a construction specialist for Neighborhood Housing Services-Milwaukee.) 20 Art Muscle It was a tortuous climb to 24' x 28' rehearsal room which once firmly) the "details" of the third floor of Saint housed typing classes for ladies of the dance. I wonder, as I Mary's Academy (now Catholic persuasion. If you look watch from the corner, the Marian Center) on closely, you can see imprints from the how will she possibly re South Superior drive. By rows and rows of typing tables. A member #//of the instruc the time I reached the land Sony television tucked into the south tions, but like fine painters ing, I was puffing and panting, west corner of the space is pro composing the whole, he fo an out-of-shape smoker, with ach grammed with instructional dance cuses, then she focuses. The ing knees and sore feet, braving the as tapes, otherwise the area contains a piece is as yet untitled, and the cent to check out the Wednesday night rehearsal of single unfriendly looking wooden movements will change over the next few weeks as DanceCircus, as they prepare their twentieth anni chair and the duo who stretch, writhe the dancers are repositioned, juxtaposed and inte versary performance for April 19th & 20th. and roll in their sweats and leotards. grated. On this night, nothing is written in stone. They've just arrived from their jobs. The mirrors reflect and multiply the artists. Where I located Betty Salamun, dancer and co-founder of One, with skin like a porcelain doll, is once there were three, now there are six. DanceCircus, sitting in a small office adjacent to the employed by a dermatologist; the rehearsal room, mid-point in what seemed like an other energetic lady teaches dance in As the silent observer, I note that the dancers seem endless hall paved with polished terrazzo. Her desk Mequon. Only youth could do this, I to be "visualizing" each effort, in much the same was littered with publications (Assertive Hints for muse. But when Salamun, age 44, way athletes do when preparing dizzying downhill Managers & Supervisors ), notices of various dance joins the warm-up, I change my mind. ski runs. Their eyes suggest they are seeing far be events and scraps of reminders of this and that pinned yond the room, yet they appear to be constantly in to the walls. In one corner was an ancient Samsung Tonight they are directed by chore touch with their bodies and Mr. Reistad. Occasion computer. It's updated sister, a sleek "Magitronic" ographer Gordon Reistad who strolls ally they make a wrong-headed move, then laugh blipped out dits and dots near a blessedly silent fax his dancer's stroll into the area. about it. It occurs to me that everyone is consider and three huge calendars marking 1996. The room Dressed in a flannel shirt and faded ing the heart of the profession. was warmed by silvery radiators. jeans, he looks like the boy next door, only stronger, as he begins moving a Soon, Old Friends—New Works: 20 Tears of Song and The sounds of stretch and trim classes, hip-hop, adult dancer through her paces—refining Dance, will be a reality. Cate Deicher, Alverno ballet, middle eastern dancing, and tap echoed might each gesture, suggesting (kindly but College's Department of Fine Arts chairperson, has ily from other rooms on the third floor, re contributed a text as a departure point for minding me to suck in my stomach. the dancers. Morgan Paine, artist and Alverno faculty member, has designed Eight months ago, Salamun fled a cold, a set; UW-Madison professor and jazz damp, windowless basement in a composer, Joan Wildman, will Gymnastics Acad peform with a emy for the glori quartet; poet ous maple-floored great Harvey expanse her group Taylor will see now occupies. She his poetry put to thanks Milwaukee dance, and County for the David HB Drake "new renters" sub (co-founder of sidy which enabled DanceCircus) her transfer. As she will enliven the frets about fees for evening with se stage-hands at up lected songs. coming Vogel Hall Call 273-7206 event, she is opti for tickets, then mistic that ticket go see what sales will cover DanceCircus is most of the ex all about. penses. •Judith Ann Two dancers wait Moriarty in the mirrored Matrix, DanceCircus 1987-89. Photograph by Mark Avery. 21 NEW AGE MY ASS Ed Burgess Danccworks New Age My Asswis amontage of characters, voices, dance, and even dialogue, all performed solo by Ed Burgess, an associate professor of dance at UW-Mil- waukee. Through irony, satire, subde and not-so- subtle humor, it explored contemporary life through various takes and interweavings of characters rang ing from a penis-envying nebbish to an Arkansas free dom fighter and a tie-dyed capped "PSM" (passive sensitive male). A satirical opening teased the audience with warn ings about illegal parking and towing. This effectively blurred the lines between the anxiety of our lives, and the tension portrayed on stage; bringing us into the performance's very themes. Such was the case in the segment "Disconnecting", with its choreography of resdess pacing, fragmentation, and confusion, all of which served Mr. Burgess's interpretation of dis connecting the male persona of the 90's and bring ing it to life on stage. Ed Burgess (on the right) doing his New Age Male thing. Photograph by Tom Bamberger. The best characters were the ones that took particu Irish farms, theatre-goers were kept exceptionally ac lar advantage of Burgess's wonderful range of move tive. So active, that they may have missed out on what ment, such as the genteel and socially correct Mrs. is one of Milwaukee's best ($!) entertainment bar Dominick with her port de bras, bourrees, and heels MOSE AT THE ESTATE gains. hardly touching the ground. The yoga master was 2423 N. Murray Avenue also a favorite of mine and the audience, flowing from Once each month on quiet and restful (DULL!) Milwaukee one asana to another, accompanying the poses with Monday evenings, Playwrights Studio Theater pro promising, wacky images: "Soon you will begin to duced a series of readings of new short plays (roughly Pianist-vocalist-composer Mose Allison, walked onto see clouds as puffy and engorged units of thought..." ten minutes or less) at the University of Wisconsin- the stage at 8:10 pm, Tuesday, February 19, with Milwaukee Student Union. The readings, at 7p.m., Chicago bassist James Camack. Thus began an in Effective, too, was the patriot in "A Patriot Pre are open to the public. Admission is a suggested do strumental fanfare which could well have introduced pares"—a character relendessly grunting away at cal nation. a great theatrical event. Then Allison's voice... isthenics and weights, while spouting on about quar antining homosexuals and arming the masses. "My, The plays are scripts (the styles range from comedy Everybody's crying justice, just a long as it's business he's in good shape," I overheard several times that to drama), submitted to Playwrights Studio to be con first night from the elderly couples seated next to me. sidered for inclusion in their Annual Festival of Ten- Indeed, Mr. Burgess's versatile and expressive physi- Each song had a piano solo, frequentlyi n a different Minute Plays. Directors and actors are invited from form than the vocal section. The piano style was cality did carry the performance. the Milwaukee theatre community to direct and ap unique; improvisation without bebop cliches. It is a pear in the readings which are informally staged with The weaker links were the ones that relied mainly on tradition that the jazz pianist assigns the function of actors reading frommusi c stands and narrators read drama, and while Mr. Burgess has a strong stage pres harmony to the left hand, and the single note melody ing stage direction, when necessary. The physical stag ence, and displays talent as an actor and monologu- to the right hand... ing is frequently limited to miming props and sug ist, these pieces were not as memorable or engaging gestive blocking. Following the presentation of the as the ones primarily involving movement. One Ain't got no coffee that's perkin', I ain't got nothin' usual fiveo r six scripts, light refreshments are served yearned to see more of this wonderful dancer danc but the blues and a discussion of the scripts begins—a rare oppor ing. Some of the pieces could have been more tightly tunity for audiences to contribute opinions and di- .. .but Allison, without warning, let his left hand punch written—in particular, "Mr. Dominick Calls Dr. recdy affect the play selection for the Ten-Minute out bass lines, stab at Stravinsky-type tonal clusters, Rosenstain", wherein a character makes an inquiry Festival (and possibly a playwright's artistic growth). and then he jumped into right hand territory to har about penile plastic surgery ("I want one like Leo's"). monize an upward flurry. On occasion that right hand I intend no pun when I say it suffered somewhat from February's scripts tackled subjects that included a followed the left into the depths of the piano. length. What was a good and interesting 75 minutes hairdresser gaining revenge on her adulterous hus could have been an intense and riveting 60 minutes. band through a deliberately malfunctioning hair treat Idon'tworry 'bout a thing, 'cause I know nuthin'sgoin' ment, a priest hearing parishoners' confessions, friends to be all right "A Singer Tries Too Hard" brought the performance discussing the first time they had sex, and four strang full circle, as Burgess manically swung between 30's Hear Mose musing about Sex: Aero-dynamic Jezebel, ers trapped in a elevator. Although the audience of style show-dance to the searching, angst-filled move you excite me thermodynamically...ox Fidelity: You call forty to fifty patrons seemed to enjoy some scripts ment from the opening dance sequence. Craig it jogging, I call it running around. Or about Grow more than others, a good number remained for the Baldwin, the pianist, brought in a superb counter ing Old: I'm a genuine senior citizen, 'scuse me while talkback and audience feedback. They provided in point to the erratic movement, with a medley of Irv I nap, just don't give me none of that oldtimer crap... teresting, provocative opinions on the scripts, their ing Berlin, Oscar Hammerstein and company. Ed styles and their stagings. Burgess danced with a supple lyricism in "A Little The audience loved it. They laughed as if Mose knew everyone's life story. Their burdens were lightened. Light", closing the performance on a bittersweet, The next scheduled reading on Monday, April 15, Mose enjoyed himself too, grinning as he delivered open-ended, and graceful note. will feature scripts by local writers, including former his magnificent lines. Reading charts in the dim light Milwaukee Rep playwright-in-residence John Leicht's — Peggy Hong of the club is no easy task, but James Camack, made & Marvin Berkowitz's "Samsonite & Deliah" (a Writer Hong is a dancer and poet. all the time changes. He played cool, very cool, con three -act murder mystery in one minute), free-lance trapuntal bass lines. director Timothy X. Troy's "Time & Place," and Amlin Gray's (former Milwaukee Rep dramaturg) The show-stealer cover tune, "You Are My Sunshine," "Country Girl" (a drama of misplaced identity) plus was not the cheerful version that ironically disregards PLAYWRIGHTS STUDIO THEATER two other scripts. The series wraps up on May 13 the lyrics of lost love. Under Allison's arrangement Monday Readings (7p.m.-10p.m.),with a short play marathon featur (a creative minor chord reharmonization played in a The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ing over fifteen plays read by two dozen plus Mil dirge-like tempo), the lyrics finally matched the ar Student Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. waukee actors. rangement! The past two months have held a flurry of theatrical Again, though the readings are informal and the fo Since the world ended, I don't go out much anymore activity for patrons of the dramatic arts in Milwau cus is on the opportunity to enable new scripts to be kee. Almost every company, college or training pro heard, the audiences can also enjoy (inexpensively), The set ended, wrapped in a spirited instrumental a gram staged a production or benefit in either Febru the excitement of discovering emerging playwrights similar to the opening fanfare. Everyone left smiling. ary or March. The gamut ranged from the Milwau and Milwaukee's bounty of gifted actors and direc kee Repertory running three full productions to In tors. On a Monday night! For more about PST read In a city that gives WAM.I. jazz awards to perform ertia Ensemble staging a shoestring, but very inven ings, please call 476-8984. ers that don't play jazz, it has been no easy task for tive production of Lewis Carroll's "Alice In Wonder Estate owner, Steve Wickman, to develop a jewel of land". From authors like George Bernard Shaw to — Mark Bucher a first class jazz facility. If you thirst for real, undi Tennessee Williams and with settings that ranged from Mr. Bucher is the Artistic Director of the Boulevard luted jazz, you can enjoy it six nights a week, up close strip clubs to meat packing plants to impoverished Ensemble Theatre and his life itself is a ten-minute play. and personal. 22 Art Muscle We went down the avenue, you took me for a ride in to accept life's responsibilities. The skittish children your Subaru; I took a look and the moon was blue, are both rapt with wonder at their new sibling and now look what you made me do... worried about having to compete for affection. The mother's face is turned away from the viewer so she —Jack Grassel does not present a specific personality; she reflects the P Grassel and his Jazz Machine will be at The Estate on younger woman's future maturity. Friday, May 3, 9:30pm-l:30am. ^^^J Past and future are here drawn as a complex circle, fixed into a tenous present by Lawrence's mastery. — Nicholas Frank City Ballet Theatre 10th Anniversary Celebration and 3rd Annual Signatures Dance Concert HOMELAND: HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS Vogel Hall NORTHERN IRELAND 1900-1935 April 27 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Vogel Hall February 16-March 31 Without hesitation, Abbey Moran will tell you she'll continue to dance with City Ballet Theatre after an ...But what should most concern all Ulsterman and all close to ten years. "Definitely,'" she says. At eight, Irishmen is the future of Belfast—or with it is inextri she auditioned for the newly formed company in cably bound up, for good or for evil, the whole future their church basement facility on 39th and Capitol, of the Irish nation. and this year she is dance captain for the group, now The Famous Cities of Ireland, Stephen Gwynne, 1915 a thriving enterprise with multiple outreach pro In the early part of this century, photographers W A. grams. And on Saturday, April 27, both will cel infill ebrate a decade of commitment to dance training Green and R J. Welch, recorded the rise of modernity in Northern Ireland. In this exhibit of 50 works re for Milwaukee's minorities and low to middle in BIRTH, 1948, Jacob Lawrence flecting various aspects of social, cultural, and the come students with its 3rd Annual Signatures Con Collectively Speaking: African American "working life", modernity is eloquently portrayed as cert in Vogel Hall. The performance will reflect Art From Area Collections necessary (i.e. progressive). History teaches us, how City Ballet Theatre's unique multicultural compo Milwaukee Art Museum ever, that progress pushes aside tradition. It leaves the sition with dance works set to music ranging from March 1- April 28,1996 Aretha Franklin to rap group Goodie Mob. shapers of those traditions behind. Once in awhile a work of art comes along that stops Selected from two major collections of glass plate nega At a recent rehearsal for Signatures, City Ballet The me in my tracks. Such was the case when I stood tives, the documentations in Homeland are undeni atre founder and artistic director Lee Palmer and before Birth, 1948, a fantastic painting by Jacob ably paradoxical. Barefoot peasant children juxtapose CBT Dance Company members worked through Lawrence. Included in the fineCollectivel y Speaking with images of Model-T's and tramways traveling down an as-yet-untitled piece set to music from Miles show at the Milwaukee Art Museum, it is on loan dirt roads; hand weavers seem ineffectual next to their Davis' jazz classic Kind of Blue. Once in perfor from the Haggerty Museum of Art. If you miss it at mechanical heirs; and the horse drawn plow pales be mance, Palmer's choreography should prove to be the MAM, you should look for it at Marquette. side the modem tractor. stunning—the three dancers in this piece express the harrowing details of addiction: the sweat, the The paint application is slight, but rich in color; At the turn of the century and beyond, Belfast was shudders, the fear. All nine members of the CBT brushy, but with sharply defined areas and an exag home to one of the largest ship building industries in Dance Company, which is comprised of advanced gerated perspective that pulled me into the action at the world. It was here that the Titanic was built a dancers from CBT classes, learn the entire Signa the 'back' of the painting. The main subject is os vessel so striking in size and complexity that it dwarfed tures repertoire, though all will not perform in each tensibly a youngish woman wrapped in a fine fur coat, the workers who stand next to it in the images. Though piece on April 27. wearing fancy boots, head tilted under a hat that the ships are giants, it is the evidence of human achieve obscures half of her face. She expresses a mixture of ment that shines through these magnificent photo coquettish evasiveness and forlorn contemplation. graphs. In another particularly elegant image, a lone Palmer is an exacting director, but he is more con The wealth of action behind her provides incredible Irishman paddles out to sea in a small, hand-built cerned for a dancer's self esteem than faltering steps depth and a circular richness that becomes more and "currach," the ancestor to the Belfast oceanliners. and arabesques, for helping each overcome obstacles more suggestive in memory. A child, prone on a both personal and technical. "You've got to believe bed, its mother seated on the edge of the bed, sul Certainly, the millions who fled their homeland and you can do it. We've got to break down the little len^) facing a nun or midwife, and two older chil came to these shores seeking a better life, brought with things we build up," he told the company, referring dren hiding behind the bed sneaking peeks at the them traditions which enriched our culture. It would to insecurities—a sore leg, a round figure—thatca n newborn. Is this a scene of mourning? Was the baby be naive to believe that their lives were as "beautiful" plague any performer. delivered stillborn, the other children thus glimps as some of the misty tonalities of the photographs sug ing death for the first time? The cockroaches in the gest to those with romantic natures. A simple life, As the ensemble, led by Abbey, continued to care lower left of the painting suggest the ever present afterall, is not necessarily beautiful, but in light of fully review the choreography, Palmer, who has negative side of life. Is this young woman fearing today's bombed-out Belfast, you may well ask,"What danced with high-caliber troupes like Alvin Alley her own possible confrontation with the delicate price modernity?" Dance Company and Dance Theatre Harlem, dis threads of creating another life? cussed how City Ballet Theatre originated from his — Mark Snell desire to "hold open the door" for young, minority The painting contains these possibilities but its key Mr. Snell is an intern with Art Muscle. He is complet dancers, the door through which he had already lies with the young woman. She is forlorn because ing his degree in English and Art History at UW-Mil- E passed with the help of his own mentors. Palmer she must soon give up the furs and attendant nightlife waukee. believes in "the misfits—the people that 'the pow ers that be' tell you 'you can't be an artist.'" He encourages good grades as well and the results show: one company member received a scholarship to the Milwaukee School of Engineering, another to Uni versity School. ^"j^ After ten years, Palmer is both satisified with CBT's ^j^ growth and ready to concentrate more closely on his flourishing acting career. Last summer a per sonal goal for the company was reached while he was touring in the musical Five Guys Named Moe. on his return from the tour, he found CBT in ship shape. "I was able to leave and come back and say, 'It runs now,'" he explained. "I wanted to start a company that I could leave to the city of Milwau kee." Tickets are available for the 7:30 p.m. Signatures performance on April 27 at the Marcus Center for the Peforming Arts Box Office, 273-7206. An ad ditional performance may be added on Sunday, April (Th 28. Call City Ballet Theatre at 445-3006 for de tails. — Megan Powell Megan Powell is Art Muscle's Calendar Editor. Sheep shearers in County Donegal, c. 1915. ARTREACH MILWAUKEE In his 1959 work en tided, "Essays in Appreciation," critic/historian Bernard Berenson stated, "The ultimate justifi cation of a work of art is to help the spectator become a work of art him (her) self." Since its inception in 1976, Artreach Milwaukee, a pri vate, not for profit, organization, committed to enhancing the quality of life for special popula tions by facilitating artistic cre ation and expression, has main '...Evidence of Things Not Seen...' tained this aim as an integral part of its mission. If there's a Heaven, & it has a choir, those celestial harmonies may sound like Throughout 20 years, Artreach an Omnichord, pure musical ambrosia, has served as a unique commu & apparently I'm not the only one nity resource, linking a diverse to make this paradisal association, for Rick played the Omnichord in class today array of public and private sec with a radiant expression transfiguring his face, tor groups and individuals, in looking up around the room as if an effort to bring the arts to the instrument was really an angekaller, St people, and people to the arts. was obviously doing its job very well- As a result, Artreach Milwau so where were the folks with wings? kee, has sponsored over 5,000 performances and workshops in As I recall Rick's blissful face, Milwaukee; facilitated nearly I wonder if maybe he did see angels; 25,000 arts programs for under- since he's not able to talk—at least served populations (including at- in the usual way—it's hard to tell: SILENCE & SOUND risk youth), and enabled more I looked too, & didn't see any... than 350,000 individuals who are but when packing up afterwards, I did find a tiny feather on the floor elderly, develop mentally disabled, or in recovery, to personally experi "The word is articulated silence and sound, organized light and shadow. It criss —Harvey Taylor crosses and combines forms of energy, it lets sound see, the image hear. The ence the arts. (Poet Taylor worts with Artreach) word creates the being, or is created by it, in a mystery of which we only have the keys to make it grow." But the story of Artreach Milwaukee is Unravelling Words & the Weaving of Water —Cecilia Vicuna one which, in many ways, transcends the numbers involved. For it is difficult to This articulation, which "combines forms of energy," will be numerically calculate the effect that an involve voiced in a softly, subde sound event (Saturday, April 13,8pm) ment with the arts has played in the lives of those when Chilean poet, performance artist, and film maker, participating in Artreach during these years. Suffice to Cecilia Vicuna visits Woodland Pattern. Her oral improvi say that it has been an important and far reaching one. sations will take the form of fluid movement from song However, it is an effect which has been of benefit not only to to poetry to conversation to song again. those receiving the services, but also to the many who have provided them or contributed generously towards their on-going Allowing several languages to provision, enabling them to continue throughout the years. rS%,, surface in her work f Quechua, .„;;;S:' ••..^t-. Spanish, and English to name Indeed this may be the real triumph of Artreach Milwaukee — a few), she explores words as that as an impetus towards arts accessibility, it has afforded so process changing in time and many the opportunity to do so much for those in need. But it may constantiy transforming them also be that the process has been successful precisely because we are selves to our reflections. As all to some degree, "in need." Ours may be a need to create, or to such, she maintains, "words educate, or to learn, or simply to feel as if we are a valued part of the are conformative instruments, splendidly diverse tapestry of our local and global community. But and language the riddle of whatever that need may be, there is no doubt that an encounter with who we are.. .the trace of our art can provide something for our lives which is available nowhere else. thoughts, relationships, and cultures. "Words and language Thus the population whose needs have been addressed by Artreach are the memory of a process." Milwaukee, this seemingly amorphous group which has been enriched and enlightened, is actually ourselves — we members of the Greater In addition to her perfor Milwaukee community whose daily lives are interwoven in such a fun mance, Ms. Vicuna will be damental way. offering a workshop and slide lecture of her "impermanent What an alternately exhilarating, installations" at Woodland touching and triumphant ride it Pattern on April 13th at 10am, has been through these first 20 events made possible by the years. And while current funding Milwaukee Arts Board and the m trends may suggest a somewhat Lannan Foundation. You can uncertain future for arts groups also access an interview with in general, we at Artreach her at: [email protected] or http: Milwaukee remain optimistic //wings.buffalo.edu/epc/linebreak. Though ARTREACH with the knowledge that we are she'll span the globe on the Worldwide Web, her K MILWAUKEE all in this together and that we work as a poet and filmmaker will also travel in an MAKING THE ARTS ACCESSIBLE have never let each other down. exhibition tided, Poetry in Space. The oudines have been drawn; the features have emerged from "A history of words would be a history of being, but the stone; the time is at hand to bring the image to full realiza this writing is only a meditation through hints and tion. With your present and past help, lives have and are being fragments...from the imagination, for the imagination. improved. With your future assistance who knows what mas- Words want to speak; to listen to them is the first task." terworks may be possible. —Cecilia Vicuna —Christina Herrera —Tom Schimmels (Ms. Herrera is a Colombian-American poet, living in Artreach-Milwaukee Milwaukee) 24 Art Muscle STUDIO 613 PRESENTS MILWAUKEE CTTYSCAPES BY JEFF DARROW 3055 North Brookfield Rd Son's Pub Oil on Canvas 38" x 32" Brookfield, WI 53045 414 780-0613 Open - Tuesday through Saturday •::. >:::::::-":.. .,,:••:••': ,:•:. ...o.. .,.-:v:^ .... Are you a (£)) Junkie (9) If so, do we have the place for you. Over 500 papers from all around the with composer Michael world are on display & at your fingertips. From hand marbled to flora! Doucjhertv: UNE 1, 1996 inclusions to bright colors. We've got the paper for you. JACKIE'S SONG LOUNGE LIZARDS fllLWAUKEE ART 1U5EUM Stop in and see our paper store. THESE BOOTS (ARE MADE Located in rear of third building The Vicki Schober Co. Inc. FOR WALKING) KTS: $18 & $14 north of North Avenue. For more 2363 North Mayfair Road information call: 476-8000. Milwaukee,Wisconsin 53226 414)271 0711 Believe it or not. Sound-Sound Andre Walts, piano with David ShrfVin, clarinet and has e-x-p-a-n-d-e-d Gary Hoffman, cello (of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center) in An Evening of Brahms If you thought it was big before, wait'll you see it now. More tracks Tuesday, April 16 -7:30pm (40 analog/digital), more space (6 rooms) and more toys (auto mation & CD-r). And the best part is that for the month of April New England rates are reduced! Piano Quartette Frank Glazer, piano Daniel Stepner, violin Scott Woolweaver, viola call 272-6699 for details George Sopkin, cello Tuesday May 7 - 7:30pm ANDRE WATTS Tuesday, April 16 7:30pm IVI'O Z A R T m Wayne Shorter "...arguably one of the most influential jazz musicians of the past 20 years..." - Down Beat Saturday, April 20 - 8:00pm Horace Silver Septet one of the most creative and original composer/pianists of post-bebop jazz..." - Sacramento Bee Saturday, May 11 - 8:00pm May 10,11 & 12 Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for the Arts (414) 273-7206 or (800) 472-4458 25 WALKER'S POINT CENTER FOR THE ARTS A HAS RATS. (IT'S TRUE!) Three Staff Members of WPCA Were Born in the Year of the Rat Under the Chinese Zodiac, but WPCA Offers More Than Just Rats. For Instance: SMARTDANCE/ MAUREEN TANSON A BENEFIT FOR AIDS APRIL 12. MADISON-BASED CONTEMPORARY DANCE GROUP PRESENTS A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PERFORMANCE. CARE, PREVENTION, AND i P.M., $ 7.00 General Public, $5.00 Members & Students w/ ID. RESEARCH DENIS SARGENT UW - Milwaukee Professor presents a body of work that falls within the tradition of Pattern Painting, but with a social-political twist. These CM works refer to Panamanian Molas, Oriental scrolls, and Afganistan ITALIAN COMMUNITY CENTER refugee textiles but use modern American iconic images to drive home their point. MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN MARIE MELLOTT Creates geometric images that parlay into multi-disciplinary commentaries on the role of women in contemporary society. FOR TICKETS CALL Both Shows Open April 13,5 - 9 P.M. and continue through May 12 (414) 273.2729 or MINDBENDER THEATER APRIL 27 & 28 with Susan Parenti, Yehuda Yannay & Marie Mellott (800)348.9255 MULTIDISaPUNARY PRODUCTION EXAMINES THE ROLE OF WOMEN, THE ROLE OF MEN, THE ROLE OF US. 8 P.M., $7.00 General Public, $5.00 Members & Students w/ I.D. These events and exhibits are funded in part by The Wisconsin Arts Board, CAMP AC and Arts Midwest WALKER'S POINT CENTER FOR THE ARTS ART CENTER FOR THE GLOBAL NEIGHBORHOOD 911 W. 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And spend substantially more time fundraising in order to when those words were visited on Danceworks a year underwrite the added rental and production costs. ago, our extended family of staff, students, audience members, and loyal supporters was no exception. After Danceworks was not the only one to suffer from the all, we have filled a need in the dance community for a move. Local artists who produced their own concerts top-quality, multi-disciplinary instructional center, an when Danceworks was at the Milwaukee street address, affordable performance venue dedicated to dance, and were left scrambling a catalyst for collaborative ventures. All of which stimu for affordable alter lated a new spirit of cooperation among the city's pro natives. illlliKBI fessionals. For the wider community, we provided rec iiiiili reational movement classes, outreach performances, Ironically, our out workshops, and a previously non-existent breadth of reach program has programming. been strengthened by the loss of on-site the How, we wondered, would we survive our dislocation ater space. As we take from the historic downtown ballroom space? our programs directly into schools and com So, on a gorgeous July weekend in 1995, we packed, munity centers, we hauled, cleaned, painted, and unpacked again, at our reach thousands more new home in the former St. Mary's Academy in Bayview. than we did when In many ways our move proved to be fortuitous. We they were bused to us. now have four studios and are able to offer a much wider This is true, too, for •MMMMAVO variety of classes, and to run many classes simultaneously our ten event child during our peak evening and weekend hours. Our of ren's series at the Betty fices are spacious enough to accommodate co-tenants Children's Museum. •is*"' i;^^p.-^ and achieve mutual cost effectiveness. For the loyal stu This year we're work dents who followed us south over the Hoan Bridge, the ing actively on the or additional few minutes of driving time is more than off ganizational phases z set by unlimited free parking and an uplifting view of of the Milwaukee Lake Michigan. Dance Coalition. With the cooperation & As our presence in the neighborhood grows, we are of presenters, we welcoming new students from Bayview, St. Francis and compiled and pub o other surrounding communities. The larger space also lished the first city- o makes it much easier to facilitate our Dance Enrichment wide dance calendar Ik 5 Program for the Milwaukee High School of the Arts, this winter — an ef A and our local Choreographers' Incubator Program, both fort we will continue of which require substantial room for classes, mentoring in coming seasons. This, we hope, is but a first step in a sessions, and rehearsals. genuine coalition of dance groups, groups actively work ing for the common good. Today's funding climate, Our biggest loss, and the biggest loss to the dance com demands joint effort in administration and marketing, munity, was, without a doubt, saying goodbye to ad in artistic collaborations and shared programming. It is equate theater space. And though we have joyed in tak a necessity. The dream of a Milwaukee Dance Center, ing our Fourth Annual Performance Series to such ven may yet be realized. And the elusive goal of a 200-500 ues as the Modjeska Theatre, Alverno College, and the seat theater dedicated to dance remains part and parcel Walker's Point Center for the Arts, the financial and of that dream. manpower needs for presenting this extensive series off- site, are overwhelming. Still, we remain committed to producing shows such as our popular Annual Indepen —Mary Newton dent and Emerging Choreographers Concert (May 3-5 (A 'recovering' attorney, Mary Newton is a co-founder at Walker's Point Center for the Arts), though we must of Danceworks and their current Director.) EVICTION NOTICE 27 FINE ART &4i£tfD°4% FOUR ELEMENTS "EARTH - AIR Haggerty Museum of Art WATER - FIRE" Arts Organizations: Marquette University, 13th & Clyboum; 288-7290 Please add Art Muscle to Now-April 7 your mailing lists Pieter Nolpe: Maria de Medici Enters through APRIL 27 Amsterdam 901 W National Avenue April 19-July 28 Milwaukee, WI 53204 Russian Art of the 19th Century: Icons & Attn: Megan Powell Easter Eggs GARDEN & 414/672-8485 OUTDOOR SCULPTURE Hermetic Gallery Please submit calendar listings for June/July 828 E Locust; 264-1063 ANNUAL SHOW in writing on or before May 10, 1996. Now-May 4 Include dates, times, single ticket price, Nerve: Beard, Johnson, Kaneiss, Lipkin, MAY 3-JUNE 29,1996 location & phone number. Also note that we Mikulay, Roberts THE are no longer using our PO Box number. Project Room: Sue Bietila 20 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS ART May 18-June 22 Unless otherwise stated, all phone numbers Gary Cannone & Sarah Whipple STUDIO are area code 414 Project Room: Michael Hall OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, MAY 3, llam-6pm For specific information on events, please call John Michael Kohler Arts Center ONE of the BEST listings in advance and SATURDAY, MAY 4,11 am-5pm KEPT FINE ART 608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan; 458- • # • • SECRETS in 6144 Concurrent Exhibition With Now-April 28 MILWAUKEE! Clay Bumelte, Baskets 15 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS Mike Glier: The Alphabet of Lili Now-May 12 "BridalShovJ A 14 Room Gallery Masculine Measures (or the Creative Spirit" featuring original paintings Art Elements Gallery and signed reproductions 10050 N Pt Washington; 241 -7040 Katie Gingrass Gallery Now-April 27 241 N Broadway; 289-0855 ART by 7if>e Four Elements April 12-30 KARLYN CAULEY May 3-June 29 20th-century European Posters Bridal Show for the Creative Spirit; Garden April 19-May 31 and & Outdoor Sculpture Jody McLeane, Bennett Bean GALLERY DORIS KLEIN The Art Studio Gallery Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum 4311 N 100th; 461 -6446 700 N 12th, Wausau; 715/845-7010 10050 N PORT WASHINGTON ROAD Open every Tuesday Now-May 15 Now-April 6 10 a.m. -7:30 p.m. Gift for Mothers & Other Nurturers Student Art Exhibition MEQUON, WISCONSIN 53092 April 13-June9 414-241-7040 or By Appointment Wildlife: TheArtisfs View Call for information and directions Artistry Studio Gallery 833 E Center; 372-3372 HOURS: April 19-Junel Miller Art Center TUES, WED, FRI: 11-6 THE ART STUDIO Down the Garden Path: Bridget lyie Wolf & 107 S 4th, Sturgeon Bay; 746-0707 THURS: 11-8 4311 North 100th Street Daniel Stauff Now-April 25 SAT: 11-5 Watercolors from ifie Neville Public Museum Milwaukee, WI 53222 April 29-June 13 SUN &MON BY APPOINTMENT (414) 461 -6446 (414) 461 -7676 Bear Brew Cafe 708 N Milwaukee; 744-3310 2 / st Annual Salon of School Art Now-May 15 John Fuller, Mixed Media Milwaukee Art Museum 750 N Lincoln Memorial; 224-3200 BesfO Gallery Now-April 14 - A History of Photography 1240 E Brady; 272-2144 from the Permanent Collection april-may 1996 Now-April 30 Now-April 21 - Anno & Bernhard Blume: The Nudes of Jon Reidi Photo-Works Now-April 28 - Collectively Speaking: African- Charles Allis Art Museum American Artists from Area Collections 1801 N Prospect; 278-8295 April 5-June 23 - Robert Ryman Prints, Now-April 28 1969-1994 League of Milwaukee Artists May 10-September 1 - American Landscape Photography from the Permanent Collection City Grille May 24-August 25 - John Singleton Copley upcoming events 1692-94 N. Van Buren; 273-2489 in America Now-April 9 Beverly Schwabe, Monotype Landscapes Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design 4*411 Aprill0-July7 273 E Erie; 276-7889 Now-May 11 - Senior Exhibits the fine arts quartet in concert with virtuoso SChlomO mintz Celeste Spransy, Alan Gass Now-May 15 - Transitions: 10 Emerging — proceeds will benefit the uwm institute of chamber music — Photographers 3 locations: Reuss Federal congregation emanu-el b'ne jeshurun David Barrett Gallery 1024 ESfate; 271 -5058 Bldg, 310 W Wisconsin; The Reliable of Now-April 18 Milwaukee, 233. E Chicago; Frederick Layton Wisconsin Artists, Recent Acquisitions Gallery, MIAD April 19-May 31 May 28-June 22 - Milwaukee Through the the uwm great artist series and the pabst theater present paid The Chosen Petri: Recent Oils & Pastels by Lens ofLyle Oberwise taylor datice — supported by Wisconsin dance on tour — Peggy Leonard May 28-July 20 - Wisconsin Art from Jane Doud Collection pabst theater Frederick Layton Honor Gallery Cardinal Stritch College, 6801 N Yates; Neo-Post-Now Gallery 352-5400 719 York, Manitowoc; 682-0337 4+423-29 April 10-30 Now-May 3 - Bird/Dog: Works on Canvas uwm dance presents Springdances — featuring choreography Place/Wisconsin: 2nd Annual Statewide Board from the Collection of Neo-Post-Now by ed burgess, janet lilly, marcia ruth parsons and alan sener — Juried Exhibition May 11 -August 2 - Michael Garr: Fatty Liver, uwm chamber dance theatre Oil Paintings on Cardboard Galleria Del Conte 1226 NAstor; 276-7545 Piano Gallery Now-April 13 219 N Milwaukee; 276-3525 New Directions: Dennis Coffey, Ariana Now-April 8 - RiaSardZutz: America Series the professional theatre training program presents the Huggelt & Chris Niver April 19-July 8 - Paint+Paper=Painting x matchmaker — thomton wilder's hilarious play — uwm fine Two: Dorothy Naiman & Claudette Lee arts theatre Gallery 110 North Mill & North, Plymouth; 893-0079 Silver Paper Gallery April 5-May 19 217 N Broadway; 273-7737 4+422 Barbara Sorenson Rambadt, Watercolors April 19-June 15 - flesh Experts Drawing Group May 24-July 7 the piano chamber concert series presents an afternoon Paper, Scissors & Stone Juried Show St John's Uihlein Peters Gallery with friends — featuring judit jaimes and others — uwm fine 1840 N Prospect; 272-2618 arts recital hall Gallery 218 April! 4-May 12 218 S 2nd; 277-7800 The American Society of Classical Realism April 5-28 Jar reservations and ticket information for these and Fertility: Re-Examining the Riles of Spring Tory Folliard Gallery other events at the uwm school of fine arts, 233 N Milwaukee; 273-7311 call or visit the uwm fine arts box office: May 3-26 - Earthen UM Now-April 12 phone 229-4308 Grava Gallery Jon Serr/Dennis Wojkiewicz: New Work 2400 east kenwood boulevard on the uwm campus 1209 E Brady; 277-8228 April 19-Junel Sally Gauger Jensen: One if by Land, Two if by Sea 28 Art Muscle Alexander and Radmila Radicevich's OUT THERE Artists Hit a Nerve ot Hermetic m MUMMED "v$s Hermetic Gallery owner Nicholas Frank doesn't care much for figurative art, but after he kept LUNCHEONS coming across examples of it that did demand his attention, he's ended up organizing an Established 1971 exhibition focusing on that very kind of work. Nerve, which features seven artists from New .G BIRTHDAY York and the upper Midwest, opens on April 6 at the Riverwest gallery and is, Frank admits, a "dark" show. The unifying element, or "nerve" if you will, in the exhibit is far more subtle SERBIAN than a some brooding works simply grouped together. All of the art"transmits a pervasive GOURMET ^ GKQUps feeling that events occur slightly beyond the realm of personal control," he notes. New York HOUSE artist Joan Beard, for example, executed a series of quick, offhand drawings both before and PARTVTIMEiir after an emergency surgery which left her barren, resulting in raw, immediate expressions of "A Delightful Experience" for lunch or dinner "moments controlling us." Other Nerve artists include Mihvaukeeans Eriks Johnson and Jean See our newly remodeled Roberts Guequierre, New Yorkers Lawrence Lipkin and Michael Mikulay, Chicago comic artist Special Mother's Day Dinner EmperoV VIP room/ Chris Ware and Daniel Kaniess of Minneapolis. The Nerve opening starts at 8 p.m. on April Sunday, May 12 Mural by heal artisan. 6, .and the show continues through May 3. Call 264-1063 for details. Open 12-8 p.m. DATES AVAILABLE! Selected wines, liquors, and homemade desserts Strolling string music cZmfizxoz o Jiina Party rooms available Gift certificates chines e Credit cards accepted UWM Art Museum UWM Dance Program 1010 EAST BRADY , MILWAUKEE 3253 N Downer; 229-5070 UWM Fine Arts Theatre, 2400 E Kenwood; 522 W. Lincoln Ave April 19-May 26 229-4308 (414)672-0206 271-8889 DINE IN • CARRY OUT • DELIVERY John Earnest, Jacqueline Haydn; Corpus April 23-27 - Springdances Carlographia: 3 ConlemporaryMetalworkers Tu-Sa 8pm Su 3pm $7 UWM Fine Arts Gallery 2400 E Kenwood; 229-4946 EVEATTI GRECIAN DELIGHT April 7-May 12 Graduate Student Thesis Exhibitions "Milwaukee's 33 Walker's Point Center for the Arts Cedarbuig Cultural Center/Community Center with dinner. Expires May 12th. 1996 Authentic Gyro 911 W National; 672-2787 W62 N546 & W63 N641 Washington, • MOTHER'S DAY • April 13-May 26 - Denis Sargent Cedarburg; 377-8020 May 18-26 - Silent Witness April 26-28 A Day in the Country Folk Art Show West Bend Art Museum F 6-9pm Sa 10am-5pm Su 11 am -4pm $2 fine rftexiceut- (ZcU&ute 300 S 6th, West Bend; 334-9638 April 6-May 12 Fiesta de la Comunidad Home Grown: Artistic Successes from Walker Square Park, S 9th; 384-3100 ,'LUNCH SPECIAL % Washington County May 3-June 2 Mon.-Fri. ll-2pm Uncommon Vision Th F 4-10pm Sa Su noon-lOpm free May 18-June23 Mon.-Sat. 11 am-11 pm • Sun. 3-11 pm Wisconsin Walercolor Society Haggerty Museum of Art May 18-September 15 (414) 645-9888 Call Ahead! 347-1920 Marquette University, 13*1 & Gyboum; 288-7290 734 S. 5th St., Milwaukee Drawings of Carl Von Man May 4 - Russian Easter Egg Painting 1810 E. North Avenue Children's workshop 1 Oam-noon Adult ^ (comer of 5th & National) ('- Windows Exhibit Space workshop 1 -3pm $10 Hours: Sun—Thw 11:00AM—2:30AM 832 E Clarke; 291-5120 Fri—Snt 11:00AM—3:00AM April 5-May 25 Milwaukee Art Museum The Allied Artists Cooperative Group Show 750 N Lincoln Memorial; 224-3200 First Fridays Wriston Art Center Galleries Apr 12 - Berkeley Fudge Lawrence University, Appleton; 832-6585 May 3 - La Chazz Now-May 12 April 17 Centerbrook: Reinventing American Senior Day 10am-2pm adults 50+ free Architecture L,tcTi>t®t$ D*4$ct ON SECOND STREET Charles Allis Art Museum Alverno Presents 1801 N Prospect; 278-8295 Alverno College, Pitman Theatre, 3401 S Apr 21 - Lee Tishler, Women in Art 39th; 382-6044 Apr 28 - Florentine Opera Preview of Don April 20 - AXIS Dance Troupe 8pm $15/$12 Giovanni NEW& Enjoy the finest Authentic Thai 2pm free w/museum admission Betty Salomon's DANCECIRCUS Cuisine in a luxuriant and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts: Vogel Early Musk Now relaxing Hall; 271-7280 Centennial Hall, 733 N 8th; 225-3113 IMPROVED April 20 - New Interdisciplinary Works 8pm April 27 Mid-West Greets Mid-East: An Ancient Visit our Northwest location City Ballet Theatre Arabian Adventure, Discussions on History, 814 SOUTH SECOND STREET —76th and Good Hope— Marcus Center for the Performing Arts: Vogel Art, Literature, Musicology, More 383-3211 Hall; 445-3006 10am-4:45pm THE KING AND I April 27 - 3rd Annual Signatures Concert "Great sandwiches, good RESTAURANT Sa 7:30pm $15 Haggerty Museum of Art brew and a slice of Milwaukee's Marquette University; 288-7290 past are on tap at the friendly Danceworks April 19 - Dr Geza von Habsburg: faberge: Fritz's on Second..." Phone 276-4181 • Reservations Taken 481-2010 Jeweler to the Tsars" —Willard Romantini, Milwaukee Magazine April 15 & May 26 - Danceworks for Families 6pm Cudahy Hall 001, 13th & Wisconsin 823 N. 2nd St., Downtown Milwaukee 1:30pm $3 Betty Brinn Children's Museum, April 20 - Symposium: "Visual Art, Literature 929 E Wisconsin & Dance of 19m-Cenhiry Russia" 10am free May 3-5 - 4th Annual Independent & EraiargE|0EEJSJ§I@JEjg Emerging Choreographers Concert Milwaukee Art Museum Centra de la Comunidad Unida 1 F Sa 7:30pm Su 3pm $12/$l 0 Walker's 750 N Lincoln Memorial; 224-3200 United Community Center 1 ^**®^ Point Center for the Arts, 907 W National Apr 14 - Dr Walter O Evans: African 1028 S. 9th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53204 (414) 384-3100 J*» American Art Foothold Dance/Performance 2pm free w/admission 1 •1 Ivory Hall, Lincoln Center for the Arts, 820 E May 1 - Deborah Butterfield, Artist FIESTA DE LA COMUNIDAD Knapp; 276-2243 6:15pm free w/admission April 19 & 20 - Spring Concert 8pm $10/$8 May 9 - J Carter Brown: "Rings: Five 1 Passions in World Art" 5pm $12/$10 »pcrmttttos«= Milwaukee Ballet May 23 - Carrie Rebora: John Singleton Copley in Marcus Center for the Performing Arts: America 6:15pm free w/admission 1& Jtlexican Cuisine I& Uihlein Hall; 273-7206 Gallery Talks May 30 May 23-26 - The Tempest Apr 9 - A History of Photography from the to June 2 0 and Seafood m Th 7:30pm F Sa 8pm Su 1:30 & 7pm $10-$56 Permanent Collection Apr 23 - African American Art from Area Noon-10 p.m. Mount Mary College Student Dance Collections ONE FREE i Association May 7 - Robert Ryman Prints 1969-1994 2900 N Menomonee River Pkwy; 258-4810 May 21 - American Landscape Photography IMARGARIT A April 12 & 13 - Winds of Change: Student from the Permanent Collection Walker Square Park WITH THIS AD? Dances 7:30pm $4 1:30pm free w/admission South 9th and Washington Milwaukee, Wisconsin One per customer New location! Ripon High School Auditorium 1 UWM Fine Arts Recital Hall per visit please 1332 W.Lincoln Ave. Ripon; 748-8112 2400 E Kenwood; 229-4393 Hispanic Arts Festival 1100 W. National Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53215 Milwaukee, WI 53204 Tel: (414) 384-8885 April 17 - Paul Taylor Dance Company April 19 - Robert Sierra & Gerardo Dirie: Concessions, Food, 1 Tel: (414) 384-8850 (414)384-9050 7:30pm "Composers Talk About Their Own Music" Music, Games, Rides SSJIMF 12:30pm free Free Admission EEMSMSMSEMEJsi 29 OUT THERE AXIS Will Perform dis/Abled Dance April 20 "We try to get people to see thai wheelchairs are not confining, they are what mobilize us and give us our freedom," Judy Smith, a founding member of the AXIS Dance Troupe once revealed to the Boston Herald. The idea for AXIS germinated in about 1987 when Thai's Mazur, a Bay Area dancer, began reaching movement classes at a recreational facility for people with disabilities. Today, the eight member company, comprised of four disabled and four non-disabled dancers, tour the nation with performances based on improvisation and member collaboration. Low-flying trapeze and contact improvisation (using someone else's CLtd§§t§ - *?&*«KJH#*J PH^Tlft^rE^PHr body for momentum or support) result in visually stunning, emotionally powerful dance. The way the wheelchairs move is really very beautiful," commented Smith. The company, committed to full integration of people with disabilities in all aspects of the performing arts, will appear one night only in Alverno College's Pitman Theater on Saturday, April 20 at 8 p.m. A week-long residency with local students at Alverno College will precede the Saturday, April vjt 1996 performance. For derails, call 382-6044, 8:jc • 400 p.m. The Business of Art Workshop: Finessing Your Presentation and Marketing Skills Co-Sponsored by Milwaukee Public Museum UWM Multicultural Music Festival Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors/WAAM Fine Arts Music rm 230,2400 E Kenwocd; 229-4393 800 W Wells; 278-2700 and Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Apr 2 - Susmila Acharya: "Classical & April 20-January 1997 Popular Music of India" Schlitz Brewery Art: The Advertising that at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Apr 16 - Jose Martinez: "Mexican/Mexican- Made Milwaukee Famous 273 East Erie St American Music" Cost: Students $10/WP&S Members $20 Apr 18 - Gerardo Dirie: "Music of Latin Pabst Theater Non-Members $25 America & Argentina" 144 E Wells; 286-3663 Pre-registration required. IAPIIV Apr 23 - Ramon Velez: "Afro Alverno Presents Southeast Wisconsin's Leading Photographer Pitman Theatre, 3401 S 39th; 382-6044 Ut>$tc WATERCOLOR of Fine Arts & Crafts May 4- Dr Maya Angelou 8pm simulcast viewing seats only available $8/$5 CLASSES JURY SLIDES Audubon Court Books JEAN CRANE, INSTRUCTOR The Highest Quality of All Audubon Court Books 383 W Brown Deer Rd; 351 -9140 Types of Arts & Crafts 383 W Brown Deer Rd; 351 -9140 Fridays & Saturdays Espresso Poetry Live Music 7:30 pm Experienced and beginning painters. LARGE FORMAT Apr 4 - Quinlo, Music & Poetry Mondays & Thursdays For Brochures/Catalogues, Eight sessions, beginning June 5th—$155 Advertising & Printing of Your Apr 14 - Marilyn Taylor & Angela Alia Levin, Classical Piano 6pm Fine Arts & Crafts Peckenpaugh 5pm Sundays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays GUARANTEED QUALITY Apr 28 - Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Zoya Makhlina 6pm Cedarburg—Studio: 375-2627 FAST TURNAROUND Society, UWM 3pm Home: 375-8685 May 2 - Christine Swanberg, Leann Fagan Bel Canto Chorus Call for an Appointment or Quote Dzelzkalus, Meg Roeck Pabst Theater, 144 E Wells; 272-7950 May 5 - Heartstrings Benefit for AIDS May 4 - The Best of Bel Canto 7pm Resource Clr of Wis 2pm SANDERS 7pm followed by open mike, unless otherwise Carroll College Shattuck Auditorium <4tt&mic$ PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES noted free 100 N East, Waukesha; 524-7182 414-771-5928 Apr 6 - Rachelle Wallach Aprl6- Waukesha Area Symphonic Band $5 Apr 14 - KarlEbenhoch & Richard Benaisojtb Apr 17 -Carroll College Chamber Orohestra Apr 20 - Agate Nesaule Apr 19 & 20 - Marimolin Duo F 8pm Sa 4pm Aerobics-Best in Town! Apr 21 - Marie Kiraly Apr 21 • Samuel Thanviu, Vib/ib 4pm $8/$6 B7H179 Apr 26 - Sandra Scofield 7pm Apr 28 - Waukesha Choral Union 2pm $3/$5 8 weeks beginning April 23 $VJ^QP'^QRK 7:30pm unless otherwise noted Ail reading 2pm unless otherwise noted Free AMs & PMs, 8»10 « 4i5 transparency I 35mn Northshore, Eastside. sIMe 128130. Ser»ing Mforaulee's Cafe Melange Cathedral of St John the Evangelist finest iustrators an< artists. 720 Old World Third; 291 -9889 812 N Jackson; 2324-0250 Toning, stretching, Mondays Apr 21 - David Heller, Organ Recital & strengthening with a **CQPYtfORK Poet's Monday May 12 - Madison Boys Choir variety of music. Open mike & featured performers 8:45pm 3pm $8/$5 Join anytime. Free trial class! Gallery 218 The Coffeehouse Unlimited classes per week. 218 S 2nd; 277-7800 631 N19th; 744-3655 352-4439 F0* FsEiVT Thursdays Apr 12 - The Beagles w/The Slarvin' Band Open mike & featured performers 7pm free $2.50 plus canned good donations Apr 13 - November Rain S(,- ant lava Java Apr 19 - Earrfi Day Poetry Reading f^n AYVIFW • ^ k' • ' kitchen? 722 E Burleigh; 265-JAVA Apr 20- Brett Kemnilz DAI VILW great as a darkroom, little natural Saturdays - Open mike 6pm featured Apr 26 - WI Rev w/David Fox FKs<^MilV!6r STUD 10 • tight, nice residential area, performers 7pm free Apr 27 - Harmony Sovereign \m /vr 1 private, electricity, no live-ins Apr 28 - Open Stage 7:30pm $2 •6m* please. Rent $165 J Schwartz Bookshops 8:30pm, $3.50 unless otherwise noted 274-8680 Writers to Readers Series Early Musk Now PRIVATE MINI STUDIO 4093 N Oakland: Centennial Hall, 733 N 8th; 225-3113 Apr 22 - Michelle Chalfoun April 27 - Near Eastern Ensemble 17145WBluemound: 5pm $20 a month Apr 2 - Joan Wester Anderson 9th Mft Apr 19 - Agate Nesaule Festival City Symphony 10976 NPt Washington: Pabst Theater, 144 E Wells; 286-3663 APWL ANNIVERSARY Qfiakt at th 'River Apr 9 - Anne Perry May 12 - Mother's Day Concert Brahms, 823 N. 2nd 7pm unless otherwise noted free Faure, Wagner i SPECIAL Artists, hobbyists, art crafters- 3pm $10/$6 3 use your quiet retreat whenever Woodland Pattern Book Center same PHONE same HOURS you wish. A place where you can 720 E Locust; 263-5001 Florentine Opera 414-272-0277 MWF 10-6 TTH 12-7 work and snow your products. April 13 - Cecilia Vicuna 8pm $5/$4 Marcus Center for the Performing Arts: 1601 N. Van Buren St. SAT 12-4 Uihlein Hall; 273-7206 J 277-9898 Y-Notll May 10-12 - Don Giovanni 706 E Lyon; 347-9972 F Sa 8pm Su 2:30pm $17-$75 2nd & 4th Wednesdays Museum quality frames at wholesale prices. South 5th Street Poetry Slam 8:30pm $2 The Historical Keyboard Society of Reusable exhibition hardwood frames in Wisconsin white ash, hard maple, & cherry. Standard & Walker's Point Area North Shore Presbyterian Church, 4048 N custom made sizes. Spacer, strainer, spline Bartlett; 226-2224 options. Fast delivery. Floater frame options May 12 - Four Nation's Ensemble w/Dana for canvases on stretcher bars in standard Hanchard, Soprano: Love, Lust & the **** CALL: 645-9222 and non standard depths. Buy direct from Scorned Woman 7pm $23 Manufacturer and save. Call for free color catalog. South 5th Street Latino Arts Gallery at the United Community Lawrence University 1-800-626-3139. Center Appleton; 832-6585 1028 S 9th; 384-3100 Apr 13 - The Phil Woods Quintet eOO to 900 sq.ft. April 19-June 15 - Emerging Latino Artists May 3 - Janos Starker, Cello Walker's Point Area £k May 18 - Ahmad Jamal % CALL: 645-9222 W All performances 8pm 30 Art Muscle OU T THERE Jazz Pianist Will Share Heritage in Milwaukee Not only was he a child prodigy who played with jazz greats Kenny Burrell and Tommy Flanagan and known for a style similar to that of Thelonious Monk, his close friend, but he's here, in Milwaukee, to bring the beauty and innovation of jazz music to a wider audience. He's pianist and educator Barry Harris, participating in an extended residency program which began in February, concludes in May and is organized by the Artist Series at the Pabst. Harris will work with local students and amateur and professional musicians during his visits, which will culminate in a May 18 performance with residency participants at the Pabst FJL4*MIT£ Theater at 7:30 p.m. Two master classes with local jazz students at the Wisconsin Conserva tory of Music remain, on April 23 and May 14, preceded by Jazz Conversations with WYMS radio personality Howard Austin and local jazz musicians on April 16 and May 7, also at the Conservatory. Both events start at 6:00 p.m. and are open to the public for a $7.00 fee. Harris will also appear at an April 26 reception at the Inner City Arts Council to share some 'mlSAWImm fascinating stories of his jazz heritage. Call 286-8777 for details. EDEN •/ '/v :''{: ..•::.•' .v./ :•::.-" : , ':•: an alternative florist y^jin-———---TT-Ynr------^rnnirnnnr----^Yfrfi^iif[iiririii^ Curator's Choice Gallery L.elebrate bpriny, taster, Passover, Bank One Plaza - Milwaukee Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra April 21 622 N. Water Street Mother s Day aim uarm Dug. Pabst Theater, 144 E Wells; 347-1564 Fine Arts Quartet: The Beethoven Cycle May 16 • Oppen(s) House: Ursula Oppens, 3pm $12 At EDkN, we Jailg set free DAVID 1. SHAEFER Piano 7:30pm Christopher Zello, Clarinetist Ike spirit of Mother Karl h through Lombard Street - San Francisco Series 7:30pm free OILS ON CANVAS Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra April 24 & 26 arrangements of everg size ana color. Marcus Center for the Performing Arts: Soundscaping Concert A Program of January 13 - May 3 fMotning will freshen your holiday Uihlein Hall, unless otherwise noted; 273- Experimental! Music 7206 W 8pm F 12:30pm Weekdays 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. like the aura o| flowers. April 4-6 - Classics: Mozart & Bernstein April 28 - Piano Chamber Series: An Afternoon Th F 7:30pm Sa 8pm $14-$48 wifh Friends 3pm $12 DownWn Ijnrden Uftie April 12-14 - Classics: Voices of America Institute of Chamber Music 7pm :789 NortL JcHe«<>» Str«l^s-« N-48W30756 Hill Sb««t Sijjilslisilgpl F 11:15am Sa 8pm Su 7:30pm $14-$48 MiUuU Wfa. 53202 |#J H-.aU.Wb. 53029 C^Uim D.viJWn »U^I.SWJ April 19-21 UWM Great Artists Series 414. 367. 6464 Classics: Lynn Harrell Pabst Theater, 144 E Wells; 229-4308 F Su 7:30pm Sa 8pm $14-$48 February 23 - Samulnori Korean Drummers April 26-28 - Pops: Marcus Roberts 8pm $26/$22 F Sa 8pm Su 7:30pm $15-$50 March 15 May 3 & 4 - Classics: In Memory and Love Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache Band f«4C#tf - iMiife / nHtLS ft Fl 1:15am Sa 8pm $12-$48 8pm $22/$20 DORIS WHITE May 8 - Kinderkonzert: Circus on Parade 2 & 4pm UWM Jazz Ensemble/University Band 9 PAINTINGS-EARLY 90s May 15 - Young Artists Concert 7pm UWM Union, Wisconsin Room, 2200 E BARNEY'S BROTHER May 17-19 - Pops: Ute Lemper: Life is a Kenwood; 229-4308 Full Service Hair and Nail Salon Cabaret April 14 Preview April 9-11,1996 F Sa 8pm Su 7:30pm $15-$50 7:30pm $6/$3 May 30-Jun 1 - Classics: Brahms & Ohlsson Th F 7:30pm Sa 8pm $14-$48 In Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward By Appointment Only UWM Symphony Band/Wind Ensemble Marcus Center for the Performing Arts: Vogel Award-Winning European Trained Old Town Serbian Gourmet House Hall; 229-4308 Kip Spiering Presents The Personal Grooming Opening April 12,1996; 7 p.m. 522 W Lincoln; 672-0206 April 21 - Concerto for Trumpet & Wind Salon For People Who Care About Their Look Fridays-Sundays - Strolling String Minstrels Ensemble 7:30pm $6/$3 7pm-dose 207 EAST BUFFALO STREET UWM Symphony Orchestra SUITE 604 Pabst Theater St Robert's Church, E Capitol & N Farwell; • 414.276.6555 144 E Wells; 286-3663 229-4308 Apr 16 - An Evening of Brahms w/Andre April 20 - A Joyous Overture TO ASA 3046 South Delaware Walls 8pm $7.50/$4 £&&'.% Mhwukeeukee, Wisconsin 53207 7:30pm >SS??&V 414-744-^858 ^£££g&, Apr 20 - Wayne Shorter 8pm UWM University Choir Apr 24 - Keyboard Conversations w/Jeffrey St Paul's Episcopal Church, 915 E Knapp; saaaaaafa^ ^uaa^aaai Siegel: American Pianislic Treasures 229-4308 7:30pm April 19 - Spring Concert Apr 26 - Ensemble Wfen: A Night in Old 7:30pm $6/$3 Vienna musxum MOOHIOIUIL ioyiauHL 8pm Waukesha Symphony Orchestra -: Museums / Private or Corporate Collectors May 7 - New England Piano Carroll College, Shafruck Auditorium, Ultra Violet Light Protection Products ^NOVELTIES Quarte/te7:30pm Waukesha; 547-1858 ran (oawiifi «MB H Furniture^ May9&10- 7neGfcnnM//lerOrcnesfra8pm April 23 - Season Finale 8pm $10-$18 Creative & Affordable A May 11 - Horace Silver 8pm (414) M3-2fl0y Z Curiosities frjrSKe Curious May 18 - Barry Harris 7:30pm Woodland Pattern Book Center 720 E Locust; 263-5001 ; 1 n ^ and fiats.. Present Music April 28 - Matt Turner Trio Of Milwaukee Art Museum, 750 N Lincoln May 19 - Steve Nelson-Raney, Michael ; 826 pn East Locust Memorial; 271-0711 Zerang, Jim Baker Trio i May 18 - Season Finale & Party May 26 - Ellsworth Snyder £^:w *&£&. atSZlu ifi'.'JiW&Aw? 414,?64(1063 8pm$18/$14 All performances 7pm $5/$4 .2-4 Schooner Fare . and by call Waukesha County Expo Center; 332-8521 April 30 - Benefit for LaCausa Crisis ftf^mt^td^ct At^f BOOKS & II nerue opens April 6, 8pm at the Nursery 8pm $14 MUSIC HERMETIC gallery next door. © 820 E. Locust OPEN Th Fr Sa 12-4 Skylight Opera Theatre Music Series UWM Center for 20th Century Studies Contemporary Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N Curtin Hall, 3243 N Downer; 229-4141 Instrumental and Broadway; 291 -7800 April 18 - Rachel Rosenthal 7pm April 8 - West Side Story & Beta Bartok World Music Selections 7:30pm Walker's Point Center for the Arts tapes and discs Now-April 14 911 W National; 672-2787 Cara^nne Warren: The Carotin Carolynne April 26 & 27 Show Mindbender Theater: New Music & Perfor DARK STAR BOOKS & MUSIC F Sa 11 pm free 800 East Burleigh Street mance by Susan Parenti, Marie Maillot, Mllw., WI 53Z1Z • 562-STAR (7827) Yehuda Yannay UWM Concert Chorale 8pm $7/$5 St Anthony's Church, 1711 S 9th; 229- 4308 April 21 - Latin American & Spanish Composers 3pm $6$3 Ttit*4Ttt® Art Muscle reaches UWM Fine Arts Quartet Congregation Emanu-el B'ne Jeshurun, Acacia Theatre 2419 E Kenwood; 229-4308 3300 N Sherman; 223-4996 your target audience! April 11 - Benefit for UWM Institute of April 24-May 19 - Edith Stein Chamber Music 8pm $35 W-Sa 8pm Su 3pm $8-$l 2.50 June-July deadline: UWM Fine Arts Recital Hall Boulevard Ensemble 2400 E Kenwood; 229-4308 2252 S Kinnickinnic; 672-6019 April 19 April 19-May 19- Tartuffe UWM Jazz Ensemble/Youth Jazz Ensemble Th 7:30pm F Sa 8pm Su 2 or 7:30pm $9-$l 1 May 10th w/Emie Walts 7:30pm $6/$3 31 OU T THERE Soundscaping Concert Will Be 'As Fresh as It Gets" mm soo\! How would you like your final exam in a college course to be based on how well you construct and play a stringed instrument appropriated from a crutch? Students in Dr. Gregoria Karides Such/s Soundscaping experimental musk class at UW-Mirwaukee get to MILWAUKEE'S do just that this semester, and ifs not an easy A. Dr. Suchy and her ten students, both graduates and undergraduates from a range of disciplines, will present the culmination of BIGGEST ONE-DAY their classroom efforts in a Soundscaping Concert on Wednesday, April 24 at 8 p.m. in the UWM Fine Arts Recital Hall. All the pieces performed that evening are scored and planned, STREET FESTIVAL though some degree of improvisation will occur. "Our scores are whatever we want them to be, as long as each communicates," says Dr. Suchy, who introduced the course and its subsequent concert in the early 70s. Any student is welcome to register for the class, which 20th Annual does include some musicians ("What will I do with all the guitarists this semester?" Dr. Suchy muses) and is grueling work as the participants must be both composers and performers and CLASSES, WORKSHOPS, REHEARSAL SPACE work on the score up to performance time. An additional, abridged presentation will be AND PERFORMANCES. offered on Friday, April 26 at 12:30 p.m., also at the Fine Arts Recital Hall, and both performances are free. Call 229-4548 for details. Brady Street Renaissance Theaterworks Children's Qasses: Comedy Cafe, 615 Brady; 271 -5653 Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N Broadway; Improv comedy Tu 8pm 291-7800 Creative Dance, Tap, Ballet & Jazz April 19-28 - Imagining Brad Brookfield Players Th 7:30pm F 8pm Su 2pm Apr 20 5 & 8pm Summer Dance Camps Little Theater, Brookfield Central HS, 16900 Apr 27 6 & 8pm $16/$ 13 WGebhardt; 821-5767 t HfflML April 25-May 4 - You Can't Take It With You Screaming Penguin Productions Adult Classes: Featuring Flagg Theatre, 1840 N Prospect; 272-2022 Cafe Melange April 30 - Universal Language & How He Stretch, Ballet, Modern, • Beer Run 720 Old World 3rd; 291-9889 Lied to Her Husband Sundays - Hotel Milwaukee: A Weekly 7:30pm $15 w/meal $7 performance only T'ai Chi Ch'uan, Tap, Jazz & Funk, • 5 Music Stages Variety Show (Taping) 5pm $4 • Rides & Games Skylight Opera Theatre Ethnic Dance with Cardinal Stritch College Theatre Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N Broadway; • Childrens Area 6801 Yates; 352-5400 x294 291-7800 Deanna Anderson • Artist Booths April 25-May 5 - Leader of the Pack Now-April 14 - Falsettos Th-Sa 8pm Su 2pm $5-$8 May 15-June 7 - Die Fledermaus • Craft Booths Th 7:30pm F Sa 8pm Apr 3,14, May 19, 29 • Community Services Carroll Players 2pm Apr 7,10, May 15, 22, 26 7:30pm Performance: OHeson Theatre, 100 N East, Waukesha; 524-7301 $18-$39 • Food & Drink April 19-27 -Tartuffe F Sa 8pm Apr 27 5pm $8 Sunset Playhouse Independent Choreographers 800 Elm Grove Road; 782-4430 May 3-5 Dead Ale wives Now-April 14 - Earth & Sky Comedysportz, 126 N Jefferson; 272-8888 May 24-June 9 - Breaking Legs SUNDAY Alternative, uncensored improv comedy w/ Th F 8pm Sa 6 & 9pm Su 2 & 7pm $10 Call for a Class Schedule or Reservations live music W 8pm Th 10pm UWM Professional Theatre Training Program June 9 th First Stage Milwaukee UWM Fine Arts Theatre, 2400 E Kenwood DANCEWORKS Marcus Center for the Performing Arts: Todd Blvd; 229-4308 3195 S. SUPERIOR STREET Booth/Vendor Applications available from Wehr Theatre; 273-7206 April 24-May 5 The Matchmaker Milwaukee, WI 53207 April 12-May 5 - Afternoon of the Elves ;:illilijil;llli;;;|liai:|llll!:: May 17-June 2 - Lyle, Lyle Crocodile W Th 7:30pm F Sa 8pm Su 2:30pm May 4 414-481-2010 (AH applications must be in by 5.;20/96) All performances Sa Su 1 & 3:30pm 2:30&8pm$12-$14 The Latino Arts Theater at the United Waukesha Civic Theatre Community Center 506 N Washington; 547-0708 1028 S 9th; 384-3100 May 3-19 - Run for Your Wife April 30 F Sa 8pm Su 2 & 7:30pm $9/$8 Spring is here. Tealro de la Esperanza: When El Cucui Wafts Time to renew and revive your life. Student matinee 1 pm, 7pm $6/$4 TV is t**dBt& Come to the computer future. Marquette University Theatre 13th & Clybourn; 288-7504 Check out the custom-crafted systems at April 18-28 - Museum Th F 8pm Sa 4:30 & 8:30pm Su 2:30pm; Alternating Currents in 20th Century Musk $10/$9 Sundays View Gallery DJ Hal Rammel 6:00pm WMSE 91.7 FM Merry-Go-Round Children's Theatre 3046 S. Delaware 2239 N Prospect; 277-9550 Arts Edition of Milwaukee Midweek 414-744-6858 April 20 & 21 - Alice in Wonderland Apr 3 - Jim Pickering, Actor Sa 8pm Su 2pm $5 May 1 - Peter Buffett Noon WMSE 91.7 FM The latest IBM hardware, software to suit, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N Broadway; Buddha's Radio & Other Short Stories printers and peripherals of your choice, 276-8842 April 17 housed in a genuine oak, lockable, roll-top April 20-May 5 - Travels With My Aunl By Dennis Darmek May 22-June 16 - Love Letters 10pm WMVS Channel 10 963-9697 desk. One-stop system shopping means you MTu 7pm WTh 7:30pm F 8pm Sa 4 & 8pm Su2&7pm$14-$25 Guitar Nuts save time AND get exactly what you want. Mondays Milwaukee Repertory Theater Channel 14 9pm Warner Cablel 4 & Viacom Phone for hours. 108 E Wells; 224-9490 11B 353-5052 Powerhouse Theater: April 7-May 12 - The Nerd Hotel Milwaukee $8-$28 Thursdays & Saturdays Stiemke Theater: Th 7pm Sa 4pm WHAD 90.7 FM SPRING April 14-May 5 - Hysteria $15/$l9 Joy Farm Stackner Cabaret: Mondays Now-April 21 - Sing 'Em a Story, Tell "Em a Song M 10 pm Warner Channel 14 $14/$10 All performances T Th 7:30pm W 1:30 & Notes from 52nd Street 7:30pm F 8pm Sa 4:30 & 8:30pm Su 2 & F Sa 8pm-2am Su 11 pm-2am Smooth WFM1 7:30pm 106.9FM S A L E Next Act Theatre Where the Waters Meet Stiemke Theater, 108 E Wells; 278-7780 With Christina Zawadiwsky Se,ected May 9-26 - Relatively Speaking Apr 5 - CMA High School Showcase, Part I 50% Watercolors Th 7:30pm F 8pm Sa 4:30 & 8pm Su 2 & 6pm Apr 12 - Do Zarpas Duo, Part 1 OFF and Sable Brushes Apr] 9-Do Zarpas Duo, Part 2 Polaris Puppet Theatre Apr 26 - Marc Ferch, Videographer Arches 1401b Watercolor Paper Avalon Theatre, 2473 S Kinnickinnic; 384-0491 May 3 - How to Make a Rose Pot STUDENTS WITH I.D. RECEIVE 20% OFF! Buy four sheets - get one free! May 12 & 19 - Gretel & Hansel May 10 - The Rose Pottery of ManeneMillevalle 1 pm $3.75 May 17 - Speed Chess Wizard, Part 2 Spring Watercolor Sale ends May 31st We Will Meet ot Beat Any Local Competitor's Current Advertised May 24 - Metaphors, Yehuda Yannay Specials on In-Stock Merchandise—Just Bring In Their Ad! Racine Theatre Guild May 31 - CMA High School Showcase, Part 2 2519 Northwestern, Racine; 633-4218 7pm Fridays simultaneously on Warner April 26-May 5 Channels 14 & 11B, repeated 2pm Arts & Crafts Retail Store A Few Good Men $8-$11.50 Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays on 100A E. Pleasant St. (Walnut & 1ST), Milwaukee,WI May 24-June 16 Channel 14 Hours: M-F 8:30-6, SAT 9-5 414-264-1580 Phantom $10.50-$l 3.50 IN-STORE CLASSES FOR KIDS, COMING IN JUNE! F Sa 8pm Su 1:30 & 7pm 32 Art Muscle mm m/wtm® FROGTQWN S: ..._ IF BY LAND i?^. 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Reflecting on that environment, he probes the relation ships between these many faces in order to magnify the roots of the area's polarized regions; life on the streets and life itself. Within his exhibition at Feigen Inc., he showed us how a mass of solid matter stops a bullet by presenting discharged 45mm bullets suspended in rectangular bodies of ballistics gelatin. These translucent yellow and orange masses are encased in clear acrylic and rest atop carts that re semble something from a hospital or morgue. When a 45mm hollow point bullet enters a body, the tip explodes and fragments. By design, the bullet is made to grind up interior flesh—as opposed to simply pierc ing and running. He also offers us a room filled with cibachrome photographs that re semble DNA charts. Elusive in their imagery, monochromatic in color and framed like portraits, these images are flat, surrogate objects. They're stand-ins for the bodies they represent; charts of the lives they humble video monitor showing a moving image of a fetus similar to the helped shape, abstract portraits of an individual life. ultrasound image produced at a gynecologist's office. Positioned between the audio wall and the video monitor is a large, clear pane of bullet proof Manglano-Ovalle then gives us part of the code of cool on the streets. acrylic resting in lean-to fashion as a semi-protective barrier between the An oversized, wall-mounted, felt covered, automobile audio rack sys unborn child and the street level authority: a barrier between innocence tem represents all the bravado of bitchin' rides and their street wise and experience. blasting power. You see, if your car shakes the earth as you roll by, you've attained a quality of life, or at least of behavior, that is in con In order to balance the attack, Manglano-Ovalle fills those potentially deaf trol and unmistakably alive. ening sub woofers with a soft patter unlikely to be heard from behind the tinted windows of a West Town cruiser. His composition is the faint beating Facing off with that wall of of a heart. Compassionate for life and weary of death, this protected and power, is a small projected soundtrack becomes an orchestrated measure for the matters at and hand. Whether we acknowledge it, or take it for granted, our whole exist ence relies on our ability to sustain, preserve, enhance and promote life. Ginger Roberts at MWMWM In her exhibition Bad Girl and Wonder Beuys at MWMWM, Ginger Roberts establishes aAr e we witness to program that concentrates on the raising, maturation and expectations of girls: a pro mischief on this Oiristian holiday? gram that might be called 'good girl' ethics. She does this through rabbit iconography Is this young girl sexually active? Is she being in the form of drawings, photography, audio projection, video and installation. In a victimized by an adult? The Easter bunny gets a break when very large book (similar to a coloring book), is a crayon and marker drawing of her you notice that it's hands are on her elbows and the elbows are just about the daughter at about age 8, sitting on the lap of a costumed Easter bunny. Is that bunny only place on the human body you can touch a stranger and notraise some kind really a man? The little girl's dress-the one her streotypical gender role dictates she'll of suspicion. wear on Easter day-is hiked up in the back, just enough to see her underpants. Roberts gives us the circle as peep-hole, audio port and entry way. A back lit, full color transparency of the artist holding her deceased petrabbit float s in a cut out portal located in the upper right hand corner of a wall size sheet of brown craft paper. All of a sudden that potentially menacing bunny from the drawing is a deceased family member. Reinforcing a child/craft agenda with that paper curtain and balancing it with the sophistication of illuminated transparencies, she illus trates the distinction between the simplicity of a child's reality and the complexi ties of the adult world. Roberts bored a hole in the gallery floor, about 4 inches in diameter. It marks the entrance to a rabbit's den or a secret entrance to a clubhouse. It has a faint, scratch ing sound trickling out of it, via a tape player hidden somewhere below the sub floor. Is that kids or rabbits fiddling about in there? Are they doing something they shouldn't be? Are they touching themselves or each other? Do we become para noid when our children start seeking out experiences on their own? Perhaps. Roberts shifts the tide a bit in her performance-cum-document 'Lullaby'. Here she has stuffed herself into a hot pink, skintight body bag. As she gently moves inside this spandex sack-to the sound of a nursery room music box-her form looks and moves like a fetus in it's embryonic sac. By adding this to her program she alludes to the difficulties and discrepancies linked with pregnancy and motherhood. Plug that into the good girl/bunny rabbit scenario, and we've got kids breeding like rabbits in the clubhouse. Depending on whose criteria we're following, that's po tentially unacceptable behavior. Ginger Roberts wonders if all the pre-arranged expectations for girls, or anyone for that matter, are really in the best interest of the person who is supposed to benefit Thus, if we listen to our children, we might hear what they really need and want In that regard, we might be able to enhance their lives instead of just trying to control them. On the other hand, sometimes a rabbit is just a rabbit. 34 Art Muscle no eye nas ever seen QJ shall die, Inai QJ may lilive. Gustav Mahler's impassioned music... a message of hope in his powerful and uplifting "Resurrection Symphony'... gloriously performed by nearly 300 artists! MAHLER Symphony No. 2, "Resurrection" Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Conductor Elizabeth Futral, Soprano Jard van Nes, Mezzo Soprano Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Lee Erickson, Director Fri June 14 7:30 pm Sat June 15 8:00 pm Sun June 16 7:30 pm Uihlein Hall, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Sponsored by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. 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