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a resource for temporary public art
in milwaukee and milwaukee county
in milwaukee and milwaukee county
What is IN:SITE?
IN:SITE is a resource for temporary public art in Milwaukee and Milwaukee county
What IN:SITE does:
- Locate public and private spaces and resources.
- Link spaces and resources with artists.
- Sponsor events to bring people to experience and discuss temporary public art.
- Help with insurance and maintenance of temporary public art.
- Maintain a website.
What's new?
Chris Murphy's "Choros"
New MATA documentary of face-casting for the "Choros" project
IN:SITE Spring 2008 Projects
John Riepenhoff's "Vending Machine" Project
Melanie Kehoss' "Local Accents" Project
Cari Enot's "Step it up Milwaukee" Project
Geoff Strehlow's "Mentee" Project
VibranC Project - Spring/Summer 2008
May 2008 - September 2008
IN:SITE and Sherman Park Community Association (www.shermanpark.org ) are pleased to introduce VibranC, a collaboration of two cycles in 2008 of temporary public art in Sherman Park. For each cycle, there will be at least three pieces of art. One project will have a community involvement component and another project will feature IN:SITE mentoring an emerging artist from the Sherman Park area.
VibranC coincides with IN:SITE’s third year (and fifth round) of facilitating public art in Milwaukee’s diverse neighborhoods. IN:SITE has received local and national attention for its innovative approach of creating ongoing relationships with local organizations and business owners to curate six-month cycles of art. In its three years, there are many firsts for IN:SITE’s spring 2008 installations, including coordinating with Milwaukee County’s park system, receiving a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and facilitating temporary art in Sherman Park.
Funding for VibranC is made possible by a matching grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board (WAB) with funds from the Challenge America program of the National Endowment for the Arts. The money from the WAB, supported in part by funds from the State of Wisconsin, is matched with funding through SPCA’s involvement in the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative (HNI) sponsored by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. IN:SITE will facilitate a second project inside Sherman Park that is made possible by a donation from Percival Enterprises, a business owned by Sherman Park resident Jeff Percival. Milwaukee County Parks have been instrumental in supporting the Sherman Park installations.
VibranC coincides with IN:SITE’s third year (and fifth round) of facilitating public art in Milwaukee’s diverse neighborhoods. IN:SITE has received local and national attention for its innovative approach of creating ongoing relationships with local organizations and business owners to curate six-month cycles of art. In its three years, there are many firsts for IN:SITE’s spring 2008 installations, including coordinating with Milwaukee County’s park system, receiving a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and facilitating temporary art in Sherman Park.
Funding for VibranC is made possible by a matching grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board (WAB) with funds from the Challenge America program of the National Endowment for the Arts. The money from the WAB, supported in part by funds from the State of Wisconsin, is matched with funding through SPCA’s involvement in the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative (HNI) sponsored by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. IN:SITE will facilitate a second project inside Sherman Park that is made possible by a donation from Percival Enterprises, a business owned by Sherman Park resident Jeff Percival. Milwaukee County Parks have been instrumental in supporting the Sherman Park installations.
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For walking tours, a printable map is available listing the installations as well information about the Opening Events.
Click here to print the PDF map.
An online discussion board is open for you to express your thoughts and opinions about the work presented by IN:SITE. Please visit the link below. If you are new to the discussion board, please register as a new user (any information submitted will remain private and will not be used outside the IN:SITE discussion board).
Press Coverage for VibranC Project
- Onmilwaukee.com, Maureen Post, "IN:SITE Installs Local Creativity", April 29, 2008
- Community Arts Network, API news, April 28, 2008
- Shepherd Express, Peggy Sue Dunnigan, "Art in the Open", April 30, 2008
- MKE, Lilledeshan Bose, "Pitch Your Show", May 1, 2008
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Mary Louise Schumacher, Art City blog, "Art City Weekly Newsletter," May 2, 2008
- Vital Source Magazine, "Picks for the Month", May 2008 (print edition)
- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Roberta Wahlers, “Lifelines”, April 27, 2008 (print edition)
Features VibranC opening and covers IN:SITE history of temporary art throughout Milwaukee. Argues that the public art installations are what keep art on the forefront of the city’s drawing power. Maintains Sherman Park is an "urban sanctuary" for public art in Milwaukee.
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VibranC project featured on nationally-recognized website and praised by its editor, Linda Burnham. The Community Arts Network promotes information exchange, research and critical dialogue within the field of community-based arts.
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The article focuses on the concept of temporary public art and describes IN:SITE’s continuing commitment to encouraging each individual’s artistic awareness. "The concept is to make art very accessible to pedestrians and the neighborhood," Bandari says. "By tweaking the aesthetic of what you walk by everyday, you can change a person’s viewpoint of their community." Included picture of community members helping to install piece in Sherman Park.
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Highlights three reasons to go see public art in Sherman Park: the artists involved, the community’s desire to attract artists, and IN:SITE celebrating another year of fostering temporary art in Milwaukee.
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"If you are new to Art City, my blog and column, you may know what a fan of temporary public art I am. It is a wonderful incubator for ideas and a way to break out of the cycle of mediocre decoration. In:Site, a group that organizes temporary public art installations, opens a series in Sherman Park tomorrow. It’s bound to be worth a peek, particularly the retrofitted vending machine at Sherman Perk Coffee."
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VibranC highlighted as a fun spring excursion for those interested in experiencing public art in Sherman Park.
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VibranC featured in CUE’s Lifelines where public is encouraged to experience different happenings in Milwaukee.
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Sherman Perk Coffee Shop
John Riepenhoff's "Vending Machine" Project
May 3, 2008 - September 2008
4924 West Roosevelt Dr.
Milwaukee, WI
Local artist and Green Gallery owner John Riepenhoff has procured an old vending machine and has retrofitted it to hold postcards. The postcards inside the machine will have photographs of Milwaukee by ten different artists. People can view the photographs through the display window and for 25 cents apiece buy them. The images will be of places in Milwaukee that don’t usually attract attention. Riepenhoff says, “My goal is to create city and neighborhood pride and awareness.”
Sherman Park
Melanie Kehoss' "Local Accents" Project
Cari Enot's "Step it up Milwaukee" Project
May 3, 2008 - September 2008
Sherman Park is bordered by Burleigh on the north, Locust on the south, Sherman Boulevard on the west, and 41st Street on the east
“Local Accents” by Madison artist Melanie Kehoss. Kehoss, with the help of IN:SITE and the HNI, contacted homeowners. She visited people’s residences and took pictures of decorative architectural elements. She used these drawings to make stencils. Ten IN:SITE volunteers will use spray chalk and her stencils to create architectural patterns on the park paths in approximately 6’ circles. There will be seven circles of patterns on the path, including at all three entrance areas on Locust Street.
A second project, "Step it up Milwaukee," is installed in Sherman Park near the bus stop at Chambers and Sherman Boulevard by senior Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design student, Cari Enot. It consists of an interactive trashcan to study and experience public awareness of the connection between waste, consumerism, and the after-effects on the environment. Enot developed the can as "a call for action to pick up litter in the local community."
Sherman Park Community Association Office
Geoff Strehlow's "Mentee" Project
May 3, 2008 - September 2008
3526 W. Fond du Lac Avenue
Mentor/Mentee project with Carrie Hoelzer as IN:SITE mentor and Geoff Strehlow as mentee. Strehlow is working with artist Carrie Hoelzer to develop his ideas to have stained glass designs mounted outside the SPCA office. Geoff Strehlow lives in Sherman Park and says, “Everything I create is inspired by a sense of place.”
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