Happy Fourth of July from the Milwaukee Art Museum. The Museum is open Monday, July 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission for active military and their families is free. We hope you include the Museum in your Independence Day plans.
Also happening this week, there’s a Gallery Talk on The Emperor’s Private Paradise at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, and an Express Talk on the feature exhibition on Thursday, July 7 at noon.
Enjoy free admission on Thursday, July 7 for Target Free First Thursday, and stay for a very interesting panel discussion on “The Politics of Art” at 6:15 p.m. in Lubar Auditorium. Join Melissa Chiu from the Asia Society, New York, and Kathryn Kanjo from the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, among other panelists, as they discuss issues surrounding art and politics, including the recent situation with contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
Or, stop in at 1:30 p.m. and participate in T’ai Chi in Windhover Hall.
Weekends are for families at the Museum, with Story Time in the Galleries, Sketching in the Galleries, and the Kohl’s Art Generation Open Studio on Sunday.
It’s the halfway mark of summer – have you taken part in the Summer of CHINA yet?
Kristin Settle: PR Manager for the Milwaukee Art Museum, otherwise referred to as Museum cheerleader.