2023 WI Craft Member Biennial Exhibition: Regeneration
The Center for the Visual Arts (CVA) is one of the leading cultural institutions in Central Wisconsin, with four professional gallery spaces featuring eighteen exhibits annually, a reputable school of art and a juried gallery shop. The CVA was founded and incorporated in l982 by a group of community members and artists who wanted to promote creativity and enhance the education and appreciation of the visual arts in Wausau.
WI Craft is excited to have this opportunity for our members to show their work to a wider audience in the Central and Northern regions of WI.
The theme of “Regeneration” was chosen to highlight the regeneration of the oldest arts organization in the state as WI Craft. Additionally, the changes in our members’ personal and professional lives over the last several years have led to renewed sense of purpose and/or new directions in many of their individual art practices. Artists are encouraged to submit artwork that reflects ways in which they have regenerated their work or practices since our last Biennial in 2020.
Awards: First, Second and Third Place cash awards will be announced at the opening, along with Honorable Mention awards chosen at the judge’s discretion.
Exhibition Schedule:Exhibition Open: March 24 - May 27, 2023 *In-Person Opportunities Located @ Center of Visual Arts, Wausau, WI* Social Media Workshop: Session 2a12:00 - 1:45pm Making Reels ($15 Members/ $25 Non-Members) In-Person ONLY *Registration Required* Social Media Workshop: Session 2b2:00 - 3:30pm Panel Discussion ($15 Members/ $25 Non-Members) Virtual & In-Person *Registration Required* Member Registration Non-Member Registration Annual Membership Meeting4:00 - 5:00pm Open to WI Craft Members & Guests In-Person ONLY - FREE *Registration Encouraged
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2023 EXHIBITION JUROR
Cynthia Hayes | 2023 EXHIBITION JUROR
Shana McCaw Shana McCaw, the Awards Judge for the 2020 Biennial at the Plymouth Arts Center, is an artist-curator with over twenty years experience researching, teaching and working in the Milwaukee area. In addition to her experience as the former Senior Curator at the Charles Allis and Villa Terrace Art Museums, Shana’s past projects include curating and directing the Northwestern Mutual Gallery at Cardinal Stritch University, assisting in the design and installation of five exhibitions in partnership with the Chipstone Foundation at the Milwaukee Art Museum and teaching 3-D design and sculpture a UW-Milwaukee, MIAD and Cardinal Stritch University. Shana has developed an internationally recognized art practice with her husband and collaborator, Brent Budsberg, McCaw/Budsberg Collabortions. | 2023 AWARDS JUROR
Elaina Johann Elaina Johann received a Master of Arts Management (2020) from Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA and a Bachelor of Fine Art (2015) in Painting from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in Milwaukee, WI. From 2015 to 2018, Elaina was one of eight members of After School Special, an artist collective that fostered community engagement through nontraditional art events and provided opportunities for under recognized, socially engaged young artists. Elaina resides in Wausau, WI where she works at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum and makes artwork from her home studio. |
2020 Biennial Artist Exhibitors:
June Ambro, Ceramics - Porcelain Philip Ankney, Wood Jen Arpin, Mixed Media Jay Arpin, Printmaking - Linocut Phyllis Bankier, Photography Stephanie Bartz, Photography Michael Burmesch, Photography – Digital Art Prudence Canfield, Mixed Media Lyn Chevrier, Jewelry Ann Cook, Mixed Media Rachelle Craig, Fiber – Quilting Maday Delgado, Fiber – Quilting Kathy DeVries, Fiber – Quilting Carmen Duran, Painting - Acrylic Dale Eggert, Glass – Etched & Painted Kathleen Eggert, Glass - Enamel Heather Eiden, Ceramics - Mosaic Abigail Engstrand, Fiber - Felting Kaitlin Esche-Lyon, Fiber - Quilting Diane Evans, Ceramics Janet Falk – Fiber – Botanical Printing Maria Gehrke, Painting - Watercolor Kelli Greentree, Painting - Oil Jan Grimes, Fiber - Weaving Daniel Grunst, Wood – Mixed Media Ellen Gvora, Fiber - Wearable Gail Hefti, Jewelry Sarah Hunt-Frank, Ceramics - Stoneware Jan Jahnke, Mixed Media - Printing | Joan Kennedy, Fiber - Felting Paul Klein, Mixed Media - Sculpture Pat Kroth, Fiber - Quilting Val Kupczak, Mixed Media - Sculpture Guntis Lauzums, Photography Patrick Lichty, Digital Art Andrew Linderman, Ceramics - Stoneware Kate Marotz, Ceramics - Stoneware Roxane Mayeur, Encaustic – Mixed Media Cayla Mrnik, Painting - Watercolor, Ink Rebekah Nicholas, Ceramics - Porcelain Cathryn Peters, Fiber - Basketry Jef Raasch, Ceramics Jan Raven, Jewelry Susan Richter-O'Connell, Jewelry Laura Schley, Fiber - Mixed Media Nick Schroeder, Ceramics Brenda Schweder, Mixed Media Ariel Scott, Fiber - Weaving Ron Sekulski, Wood Thomas Skupniewitz, Metal - Sculpture Neil Stickel, Photography Joseph Thrasher, Wood - Furniture Michele Vento, Ceramics Amy Weh, Mixed Media - Mosaic Sarah Weh, Fiber - Serigraphy Jean Wells, Ceramics John Whitney, Metals Ann Wydeven, Ceramics, Mosaic |
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