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Ingrained in Wisconsin

October 10, 2021–February 20, 2022
Ingrained in Wisconsin installation view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 2021.

Presented in connection with Bernard Langlais: Live and Let Live ON, this exhibition explores traditional and contemporary practices of working in wood.

Ingrained in Wisconsin will feature a tool wall and Zine Library by Taylor Wright Rushing as well as an interactive art piece by Matthew Gramling. A portion of the gallery will highlight work selected from an open call for objects made from wood by regional makers.

Utilizing a common natural resource, woodworkers produce both utilitarian and decorative objects—sometimes within the same piece. The artists featured in this gallery use historical techniques or push the boundaries of what wood can do. This exhibition asks visitors to consider the wonders of a material that is all around us.

Participating Artists:
Teresa Audet (Madison), Jeff Baenen (Kenosha), Richard Bronk (Plymouth), Brent Budsberg of Current Projects (Milwaukee), William J. Andersen (1929-2021), Peter Eichler (Bayside), Harrison Fangmann (Monona), Christian Franczyk (Milwaukee), David A Franke ISEA – NF (Egg Harbor), Matthew Gramling (Milwaukee), Ava Hager (Milwaukee), Albert “Al” Herwig (Sheboygan), Chris Hewitt (Port Washington), Stuart Howland (1957-2018), Katie Hudnall (Madison), Karen Hughes (Cedarburg), George Jones (Milwaukee), Jennifer Kaiser (Sheboygan), Jason M. LeGear (Milwaukee), Terri Lockwood (West Bend), Tom Loeser (Madison), Mary T. Merrill (New Berlin), Francisco Mora (Fox Point), Robert Newton (Sheboygan), Scott Pauli (Monona), Cory Pichler (Wind Lake), Josh Rickun (Milwaukee), Taylor Wright Rushing (Atlanta), Ben Runzheimer (Madison, WI), Denise Schanz (Milwaukee, WI), Don Schinke (Sheboygan, WI), Emma Senft (Madison, WI), Nicole Shaver (Port Washington, WI), Kenny Siebert (Milwaukee, WI), Liandra Skenandore (Oneida Nation, WI), Emma Smith (Milwaukee, WI), Dan Sullivan aka D.S. Sully (Minocqua, WI), Emily Summers (Oostburg, WI), Kristen Stimac (Sheboygan, WI), Jeremy Wolf (Milwaukee, WI)

 

The Artists

Ingrained in Wisconsin is supported by the Kohler Trust for Arts and Education, the Frederic Cornell Kohler Charitable Trust, Kohler Foundation, Inc., and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.  

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