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Celebrating Chihuly in Wisconsin
The Layton Art Collection: 1888-2013, Part 2
A bit of Milwaukee in the Saarinen Archives at Yale
The Layton Art Collection: 1888-2013, Part 1
Mr. Layton’s Gallery–The Salon-Style Hang
People’s Choice: Your Top 25 Works of Art in the Collection
From the Collection–Ancient Roman Head of a Noble Woman
From the Chipstone Collection–Presentation Jug
From the Collection–Margaret, Lady Tufton by Anthony Van Dyck and Studio
A Museum’s History in Moving Image
Musical Furniture
From the Collection–German Renaissance Mirror
Frank Lloyd Wright in Color
Chipstone’s Resident Biophysicist: Professor Temple Burling, Part 2
From the Collection– “Meissen in Winter” by Ernst Ferdinand Oehme
Chipstone’s Resident Biophysicist: Professor Temple Burling, Part 1
125 Years and Counting
Heather Hambrecht’s Studio (h(om)e) in Milwaukee
Lewandowski’s Mosaic Mural at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center
From the Collection–Connections with Kenwood House
Museum Staff Coloring Contest with Reginald Baylor
Kid Tested, Mother Approved
Connecting the Dots
From the Chipstone Collection–Fecundity Dish
From the Collection–Wisconsin Crazy Quilt
The Art of Education: My Teaching Journey at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Community Outreach–The Collaborative Chihuly
Behind the Scenes: Analysis of a Face Jug
Mythology at the Milwaukee Art Museum–Part 2
Making an Exhibition, Part 5: Finally, Enjoying the Gallery
Warhol, Warhol, Everywhere a Warhol
The Future of Museums, According to Milwaukee Teens
Art Books are Fun, Now Go Play!
Making an Exhibition, Part 4: Storyboards, Design, and Installation
Milwaukee’s Greatest! … Circa 1892
Making an Exhibition, Part 3: Approvals and Loans and Email and Paperwork
Mythology at the Milwaukee Art Museum–Part 1
Making an Exhibition, Part 2: Research (with Travel!)
The Heady Appeal of Soap Sculpture Competitions
Making an Exhibition, Part 1: The Artwork’s Story
Voting Counts: The Kohl’s Art Generation Lab
New Installation of George Mann Niedecken objects
Advice and Praise for Museum Interns
From the Collection–Girl in Straw Hat (Femme au Chapeau Rouge) by Pierre Bonnard
From the Chipstone Collection–Of Ghosts and Speculation
From the Collection–Cyril Colnik Iron Basket
Looking at “Posters of Paris” Through the Lens of Graphic Design
What Does It Mean To “Curate”?
From the Collection–Nautilus Cup
Museums and the Parking Business
Can I walk on it?
From the Collection–Duyckinck’s Jacomina Winkler (and her crabby dog!)
Young Authors and Artists Celebration
From the Collection–The Rivals (Little Kittens) by Mihály Munkácsy
Face Jugs: Art and Ritual
Restoring Duane Hanson’s Beloved “Janitor”
Local Designer Profile: Renotta Thompson
From the Collection– “Head of a Noblewoman” tomb effigy
From Joan Miró to Easter – Six Degrees of Separation
ArtWorks 2012: What’s in a Name?
Where in the World is….?
From the Collection–Biedermeier Settee
Chipstone Foundation Acquisition–Face Jug
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the American Studio Glass Movement
It’s Always a “Sunny” Day at the Museum!
From the Collection–Possum Trot
From the Collection–Jacques de l’Ange’s “Gluttony”
The Making of an Exhibition Store
What’s Up at the Museum?
From the Collection–John Henry Belter Sofa
From the Chipstone Collection- Puzzle Jug
Teens and Art: An Intern’s Experience
Museum Art Library – Used Book Sale March 1 – 4!
A one-hour exhibition: “Winter Scenes Across the Ages”
From the Collection–Hiram Powers’ “Proserpine”
A Beautiful Friendship: The Museum Store Welcomes Milwaukee Artist Chrisanne Robertson
From the Collection– “A Roman Amateur” by Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Calling All Milwaukee Makers!
What’s Up at the Museum?
How We Made the Museum’s Teacher Website
From the Collection–Severin Roesen’s “Still Life”
From the Collection–Virgin and Child
What typeface is the Milwaukee Art Museum?
Burniture: A performance by Hongtao Zhou
From the Collection–Neapolitan crèche (Nativity scene)
From Museum Storage–Elihu Vedder’s “Star of Bethlehem”
On Tim Gunn and Gallery Teaching
Connecting Orson Welles to the Milwaukee Art Institute
How many curators does it take to create an exhibition?
From the Collection–Girolamo Mengozzi’s “Architectural Fantasy with Figures”
Impressionism: La Maison de Monet
Hip-Hop in the Galleries, Inspired by Art
From the Collection–Step into my Parlor (Cabinet)
Behind the Scenes–The Music of the “Wings”
From Museum Storage–Wiener Werkstätte Vase
From the Chipstone Collection–Staffordshire Teapots
Must-See at the Museum: November
The Bus Unveiled–Art Xpress 2011
From the Collection–Léon Augustin Lhermitte’s “Haymaking Time”
Who’s That Girl?: Wisconsin Edition
Who’s That Girl?
From Museum Storage–Beneath a Ray and Charles Eames LCW Chair
Studio Visit with artist Christy Matson
From the Collection–Hans Baluschek’s “Working-class City”
Refreshed Look for the American Paintings Galleries
Download the Kohl’s Art Generation iPod Touch App!
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: September 6-September 11
Objects in Focus
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: August 29-September 5
From the Collection–Agnes Martin’s “Untitled #10″
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: August 22-August 28
From the Collection–Wilhelm Trübner’s “Salome”
A Simple Translation from Museum Artwork to Museum Keepsake
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: August 15-August 21
Vive “Verve”
“Help Harmony Blossom”–Art Xpress 2011
The Rooms of Wonder
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: August 1-August 7
From Museum Storage–Cataloging 188 Paperweights
Being an Intern: It’s not only Makin’ Copies
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: July 25-July 31
From the Collection–Table Clock with Orpheus Frieze
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: July 18-24
From the Library: “Men Who Own Big Libraries”
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: July 11-July 17
Conversation with the Curator: Way of the Dragon
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: July 4-July 10
From Museum Storage–C. A. Buffington & Co. “Automobile Folding Chair”
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: June 27-July 4
Say it on a T-shirt: What does the Art Museum Mean to You?
From the Collection–Charlotte-Françoise DeBure by Catherine Lusurier
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: June 20-June 26
Object Lab 3.0
From the Beautiful Box: Tarbell and Hand-Painted Glass Slides
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: June 13-June 19
“Summer of CHINA” Primer–Scholar’s Rocks
From the Collection—“Chippendale” Philadelphia High Chest
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: May 30-June 5
Do you like America’s Next Top Model?
Slow Art–Howard Finster’s Youth of Abraham
Acquiring Art at Auction: Part 4 (It’s a Tea Service!)
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: May 23-May 29
From the Brooks Stevens Archive: “Looka’ that slide, isn’t she a honey!”
We Couldn’t Do It Without Interns
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: May 16-May 22
How We’re Getting Ready for the Summer of CHINA
Beautiful boxes often hold beautiful things…
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: May 9-May 15
Join Me on a Visit to the MFA’s “Art of the Americas” Wing
To touch, or not to touch?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: May 2-May 8
Slow Art–Bouguereau’s Homer and His Guide
From the Collection–Fab 5 Freddy (Told Me Everybody’s Fly)
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: April 25-May 1
Acquiring Art at Auction: Part 3 (The Auction!)
From the Collection–Miss Frances Lee by Francis Cotes
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: April 18-April 24
Slow Art–Kirchner’s Street at Schöneberg City Park
From the Collection–Toshiko Takaezu
From the Collection–Kem Weber’s Airline Chair
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: April 11-April 17
Acquiring Art at Auction: Part 2
Why The New Materiality?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: April 4-April 11
How Well Do You Know Art in Bloom?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: March 28-April 3
Acquiring Art at Auction: Part 1
Oh, I do love having dirt to dish.
What is that big, orange thing, anyway?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: March 21-March 27
Teacher’s Night Recap: American Art & Visual Literacy
Listen to Frank–”The past always hangs to the future by a thread”
From the Collection–Portrait by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: March 14-March 20
From the Collection–Byrdcliffe Colony Chest
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: March 7-March 13
How Do They Do That?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Feb 28-March 6
Meet Ayiana, Voice of our Family iPod Touch Tours!
Museum Library – Used Book Sale, March 3-6!
Visiting Wright Near Home
From the Collection–George Washington (ish)
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Feb. 21-Feb 27
The “Write” Stuff
From the Collection–Caspar David Friedrich
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Feb 14-Feb 20
From the Collection–Auguste Rodin’s The Kiss
Wright Changes to the 20th-century Design Gallery
Art and Lego
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Feb. 7-Feb 13
Installation of the 2011 Scholastic Art Awards
Packers, Steelers, and Impressionism
Snow Day
It’s all in the clay: Chipstone’s new “making” video
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Jan. 31-Feb. 6
American Industrial Design Stamps
Art inspired by technology
Milton Rogovin—“Photography could be an instrument of social change”
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Jan. 24-Jan. 30
From the Collection–Squirrel with Grapes Netsuke
Thinking Globally, Shopping Artfully
The ‘American Engineer’, My ‘Big Chief’… Frank Lloyd Wright
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Jan 17-Jan 23
From the Collection–The Newsboy
Gothic Ivories Project
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: January 10–January 16
From the Collection–Marble Through the Ages
Satellite: Final Projects
Student Work Enlivens the Art Museum
From the Collection–Ancient Greek Vases
From the Collection–Rubens Peale “Apple and Two Pears on a Pewter Plate”
How did the Milwaukee Art Institute acquire Edmund Tarbell’s “Three Sisters – A Study in June Sunlight”, 1890?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Holiday edition
A quick trip to the Niedecken archives
From the Collection–Claude Mellan’s “The Sudarium”
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: December 13-19
From the Collection–Ettore Sottsass’ “Carlton” Bookcase
To be an artist at Yale in 1964…
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Dec. 6-Dec 12
Listening to the Decorative Arts
From the Collection–Kees van Dongen’s “Woman with Cat”
Just Relax!
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: November 30-December 5
From the Collection–English Monteith
“How much is that Braque in the window?”
A Meal with Toussaint L’Ouverture
Wafaa Bilal wants to do what?!
From the Collection – Neapolitan Crèche (Nativity Scene)
Thank You, Junior Docents
Art of the Table
What’s Happening at the Museum: Nov. 15-21
From the Collection – Elderkin Great Chair
A Time When Modern Was “Degenerate”
Bertoia in Limbo?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Nov. 8–15
From the Collection–’Tis the Season
Satellite: Field Trip
If You Had 15 Words to Last Forever, What Would You Say?
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Nov. 1–Nov. 7
From the Collection–George Mann Niedecken
My Favorite Portrait Miniatures
The Woodgatherer in my memory, and on a bag!
Painting-ish
What’s Happening at the Museum: Oct. 25–Oct. 31
From the Collection–Francisco de Zurbarán’s “St. Francis”
Satellite: Experiments
Working the Fine Furnishings Show
Celebrating Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
What’s happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Oct. 18–24
From the Collection–Jean-Honoré Fragonard, The Shepherdess
European Design: Escape from the Gallery!
What’s Happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Oct. 11–17
From the Collection—Bengtsson’s Slice Chair
A Simple Thank You Goes A Mighty Long Way…
From the Collection — Gustave Courbet’s “Clement Laurier”
What’s happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum Sept. 30-Oct. 9
Exploring The Body Politic
From the Collection — Edwin Landseer’s “Portrait of a Terrier”
Satellite: It Begins!
Art that You Wear
From the Library and the Archives
From the Collection – Tiffany gold Tea Service
Layers of Exhibition Paint
What’s happening at the Milwaukee Art Museum: Sept. 19-Sept. 26
From the Collection — English Posset Pot
Ask a Curator Day
What’s happening at the Museum: Sept. 6-Sept. 13
From the Collection — Sofonisba Anguissola’s “The Artist’s Sister”
“Save Your Opinions For Your Quilt”
From the Collection – Marcel Breuer’s Reclining Chair
Reasons Why the Art World is Small
“Well-behaved women seldom make history”
Milwaukee Digital Media Conference
Recording a Museum Audio Guide
Quilt History in the Making
Docent Diary: The Two Majesties
Painting the Gallery Walls
Impressionist Masterpieces—With and Without Milk
Getting Personal With Art
Art In Bloom Setup
Abstract Expressionist Stamps—Get Yours Now

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