James Watrous Gallery
The James Watrous Gallery is dedicated to celebrating Wisconsin artists. Located on the third floor of Overture Center for the Arts in downtown Madison, the Watrous focuses on solo exhibits by contemporary Wisconsin artists and curated shows that reflect the Wisconsin Academy’s interest in drawing connections between art and other disciplines.
Liz Bachhuber & Jill Sebastian: Eat My Words
The problem of waste is a global question. Bachhuber and Sebastian ask: How precious are our works and our words? How can we serve?
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Weeds Walk
Explore, document, and discuss the variety of plants growing in abandoned urban landscapes with artist Jill Sebastian ...
Liz Bachhuber & Jill Sebastian: Eat My Words
The problem of waste is a global question. Bachhuber and Sebastian ask: How precious are our works and our words? How can we serve? ...
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A Conversation with Kyoung Ae Cho
One of the great privileges of working at the Watrous Gallery is getting to know the artists and gaining a fuller understanding of their creative process. In the first few ...
Paul Vanderbilt: Recombinant Iconographer
Curator, photographer, librarian, archivist, Monuments Man, teacher, philosopher, flaneur, iconographer—Paul Vanderbilt was all these things. No matter what his specific role in life and work, primarily, and most distinctively, he ...
The Many Faces of Sharon Kerry-Harlan
Whether she’s working in textile, collage, or photography, Sharon Kerry-Harlan makes art that buzzes with life and energy. The Wauwatosa-based artist is best known for her unconventional pieced quilts that ...
Echoes From the Arc
Butler’s exhibition at the Watrous Gallery is his response to Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous assertion that the moral arc of the universe bends toward justice. In this series of ...
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