this week in MKE

Two important photographic events this week in Milwaukee...

 

Opening Thursday, September 22, 2011 

 Taryn Simon: Photographs and Texts at the Milwaukee Art Museum...

Explore the ambitious, labor-intensive works of this internationally acclaimed artist whose images and texts highlight the illusion of photographic transparency, and the complex realities of our contemporary world. Taryn Simon: Photographs and Texts is on view through January 1, 2012.

Contemporary Galleries.  Free

Lecture Saturday September 24, 2011 

Photography Marketing Consultant Mary Virginia Swanson 

Event to be held Saturday, Sept. 24, 10am to 2pm, on the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Campus in UWM Arts Lecture Room ACL120, located at 2400 E. Kenwood Avenue. $35 fee

CoPA's 2nd Annual Juried Show - Juror George Slade

Tonight is the soft opening for the 2nd annual CoPA juried show, 5-9 at WPCA. Juror George Slade will be in Milwaukee on October 10 to give a gallery talk about the show. George Slade is great to work with and an incredibly knowledgeable photo historian... his selections for this year's show are diverse content and consistent in their quality of execution.
I look forward to seeing the show tonight. I was privy to a sneak peak and it looks great! Last years show was a great success and I only imagine the turnout and support of this show will be the same or more (possibly more since the show is having three events!) Be sure to try and get to Milwaukee to see the show from photographers working in MN, WI, IL and MI. The show runs September 12 - October 18.