Category Archives: Museum Store

Heather Hambrecht’s Studio (h(om)e) in Milwaukee

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

On a searingly sun-filled afternoon, I set out on an adventure with my intrepid photographer friend, Meg, seeking the Milwaukee studio where Heather Hambrecht creates her fantastic organic leather handbag line, (h(om)e).  We were armed with an address, detailed directions … Continue reading →

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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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Local Designer Profile: Renotta Thompson

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

I was first introduced to local designer Renotta Thompson‘s work the weekend of the Art of the Table event at the Museum in November 2010. The Museum Store featured her work in the Art of the Table “satellite store” that … Continue reading →

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It’s Always a “Sunny” Day at the Museum!

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

Written by “Sunny” the Dog You know how sometimes you just need to become a tourist in your own hometown in order to truly appreciate all the wonderful places to go and things to do?  Although the Milwaukee Art Museum … Continue reading →

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The Making of an Exhibition Store

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

If you’ve read curator Mel Buchanan’s posts Painting the Gallery Walls or Layers of Exhibition Paint, you already have a general sense of how an exhibition physically comes together.  A lot of those same processes apply to the execution of … Continue reading →

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