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Winter Cycle Events & Call for Art

Overture Galleries News
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Madison Contemporary Fiber Arts

Fiber Arts Community Workshop

Saturday, January 14 from 10am-1pm

Wisconsin Studio, Free

You can be a fiber artist! Madison Contemporary Fiber Artists (MCFA) will supply all you’ll need to create a butterfly or other garden creature, using a variety of techniques: embroidery, appliqué, embellishment, weaving, coloring. Art created in the workshop will be hung with the MCFA exhibit in Playhouse Gallery.
All ages are invited. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Drop-ins welcome!

You're invited!

Winter 22/23 Exhibitions Reception

Friday, January 20 from 5:30 - 8:30pm

Artwork by Chele Ramos, The Artist & James Barnard

Join us for a reception and artists' talks celebrating the Winter 2022/23 Overture Galleries.

Galleries I, II and III display a range of human identity and history, from Ho-Chunk traditional lifeways and the African American civil rights movement to sibling relationships, gender expression and artist portraits. The Playhouse Gallery explores the multitudes of roots, from biological to cultural and symbolic, through works by Madison Contemporary Fiber Artists. Explore all four galleries and hear from the artists Friday, January 20!

Gallery I - Healing Journeys: Heritage and Resistance
The Artist & Christopher Sweet

Gallery II - Fictive Artifacts and Intimate Kinship
Barbara Justice & Chris Chanson

Gallery III - See Me - Expressions of Identity
James Barnard & Chele Ramos

Playhouse Gallery - Roots, Our Foundation
Madison Contemporary Fiber Artists

Exhibit your artwork!

Show your art in one of the most visited art galleries in Madison!
Overture is accepting applications for Gallery I, II and III as part of our 2023-2025 seasons.

Applications are due Monday, March 20

Want to learn more? Come to the Applicant Informational Meeting on Mon, Feb 13, 6-7pm (Wisconsin Studio, Third Floor) or click the button below!

Upcoming Galleries Events

James Watrous Gallery: Seeds of Resilience - An Idea Exchange

Sat, Jan 14, 10:30am-Noon

Digital Drawing Workshop with Richard Moninski

Sun, Jan 22, 10am-Noon

Sketchy Ideas

Visual art, music and theater in a multi-arts performance.
Fri, Feb 10 - Sun, Feb, 12

Just announced!
The New Works Ensemble Theater's Sketchy Ideas brings to life a series of illustrated letters Madison-based visual artist Randall Berndt began experimenting with more than four years ago.

Overture Galleries are supported by the Arts Access Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation, Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison and by contributions to Overture Center for the Arts.

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