Category Archives: Behind the Scenes

Museum Staff Coloring Contest with Reginald Baylor

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

Want to know what energizes an art museum staff, beyond knowing that we share a world-class art collection with almost 400,000 people a year? Believe it or not, for the Milwaukee Art Museum staff it was a coloring contest. Of … Continue reading →

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The Art of Education: My Teaching Journey at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

Editor’s Note: I’m thrilled to share another post from my intern, Jessica Janzer, whose previous piece focused on the Fall 2011 session of Satellite, one of our teen programs. In this post, Jessica reflects on her teaching practice, which is … Continue reading →

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Community Outreach–The Collaborative Chihuly

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

As the Kohl’s Color Wheels Team Coordinator, I have the chance to bridge the gap between the Collection and the world outside the Museum walls. I am given the awesome task of working with area schools and art teachers to … Continue reading →

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Behind the Scenes: Analysis of a Face Jug

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

The exhibition Face Jugs: Art and Ritual in 19th Century South Carolina, on view this past summer at the Milwaukee Art Museum (and currently on tour through South Carolina, Alabama and Georgia), provided us at Chipstone with a rare hands-on … Continue reading →

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Making an Exhibition, Part 5: Finally, Enjoying the Gallery

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

Well, that was a whirl! For any of you that follow these blog posts in a timely manner, you’ll know (and one of you even pointed out to me in a gallery talk!) that I ambitiously scheduled two “Making an … Continue reading →

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