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January 2020 - March 2020
Thur. Jan. 23 - Sat. March 14.
Mount Horeb High School 2020 Art Show & Sale
Driftless Historium is proud to host the 2020 @ Mount Horeb High School Art Show & Sale. Dozens of works of art in a variety of mediums, all by Mount Horeb High School students, are viewable daily through Saturday, March 14 in the Kalscheur Family Foundation Community Education Room. Stop by Monday through Friday, 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. or Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The MHHS Art Show & Sale is hosted by National Art Honor Society students, under the mentorship of Anna King and Dana Showers, but participation is open to any high school student-they do not have to be involved in art class or clubs. In the past, this annual show has featured around 100 participants and over 150 pieces of artwork. After the work is collected, NHS students help mat and label the work, and also install the show.
The show is judged (usually be local artists) in categories such as paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculpture, metals, etc. There are awards for first, second and third place, as well as honorable mention, in each category, as well as a "best in show." There will also be a "community vote" ballot box (and, remember to stop by, because YOUR VOTE COUNTS!). Awards will be verified and "winning" pieces labeled accordingly the night before the closing reception.
Please note: Some of the pieces are for sale. Interested parties can reserve their choices on a first-come-first-serve basis, and sales can be completed during student-hosted hours
Mount Horeb High School 2020 Art Show & Sale
Driftless Historium is proud to host the 2020 @ Mount Horeb High School Art Show & Sale. Dozens of works of art in a variety of mediums, all by Mount Horeb High School students, are viewable daily through Saturday, March 14 in the Kalscheur Family Foundation Community Education Room. Stop by Monday through Friday, 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. or Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The MHHS Art Show & Sale is hosted by National Art Honor Society students, under the mentorship of Anna King and Dana Showers, but participation is open to any high school student-they do not have to be involved in art class or clubs. In the past, this annual show has featured around 100 participants and over 150 pieces of artwork. After the work is collected, NHS students help mat and label the work, and also install the show.
The show is judged (usually be local artists) in categories such as paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculpture, metals, etc. There are awards for first, second and third place, as well as honorable mention, in each category, as well as a "best in show." There will also be a "community vote" ballot box (and, remember to stop by, because YOUR VOTE COUNTS!). Awards will be verified and "winning" pieces labeled accordingly the night before the closing reception.
Please note: Some of the pieces are for sale. Interested parties can reserve their choices on a first-come-first-serve basis, and sales can be completed during student-hosted hours
February 2020
Sat. Feb. 15 - Mar. 30. 10am - 4pm
"Within the Driftless" by Kathy Hofmann & Ron Lutz II
Sat. Feb. 15 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Gallery Opening & Artist Reception
“Within the Driftless,” a special exhibition spotlighting rural Mount Horeb-based artist Kathy Hofmann, opens Saturday, February 15 at the Driftless Historium. The fine arts gallery show will feature new oil paintings by Hofmann, as well as a photographic study by local photographer Ron E. Lutz II. This installation will show daily, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. free of charge, through Monday, March 30, 2020.
The public is invited to a Gallery Opening & Artist Reception on Saturday, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Both contributing artists will be present and refreshments will be served. Reservations are not required.
Wisconsin native Kathy Hofmann has spent the past decade in the Driftless area painting local rural landscapes. Hofmann’s quite, intimate paintings recall the work of the Barbizon painters and Luminist style of the Hudson River School. As with those painters, Hofmann reveres and finds inspiration in the land. Her desire to document this unique region is spurred by both a reverence for the land, and an awareness of inevitability of human impact and natural processes—she knows the landscape can and will change.
A series of photographs by Ron Lutz II add even more depth to the exhibit. With a background in museum and gallery work (including time in the Exhibits Department of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History), Lutz travelled with Kathy for weeks across the countryside of southwestern Dane County, documenting her artistic journey as she sought out and captured the Driftless vistas, views and animal inhabitants that would be featured, in spirit or substance, in her paintings.
“Within the Driftless” is, then, both an homage to our natural surroundings, and an insightful look at the artistic birthing process of this homage.
Kathy Hofmann holds an MFA in Painting from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her work is exclusively represented by Milwaukee’s Tory Folliard Gallery. All “Within the Driftless” works will be available for sale, with a portion of proceeds donated to the Mount Horeb Area Historical Society.
For more information on this special exhibit or the related February 15, 2020 Gallery Opening & Artist Reception, call 608-437-6486 or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net.
"Within the Driftless" by Kathy Hofmann & Ron Lutz II
Sat. Feb. 15 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Gallery Opening & Artist Reception
“Within the Driftless,” a special exhibition spotlighting rural Mount Horeb-based artist Kathy Hofmann, opens Saturday, February 15 at the Driftless Historium. The fine arts gallery show will feature new oil paintings by Hofmann, as well as a photographic study by local photographer Ron E. Lutz II. This installation will show daily, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. free of charge, through Monday, March 30, 2020.
The public is invited to a Gallery Opening & Artist Reception on Saturday, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Both contributing artists will be present and refreshments will be served. Reservations are not required.
Wisconsin native Kathy Hofmann has spent the past decade in the Driftless area painting local rural landscapes. Hofmann’s quite, intimate paintings recall the work of the Barbizon painters and Luminist style of the Hudson River School. As with those painters, Hofmann reveres and finds inspiration in the land. Her desire to document this unique region is spurred by both a reverence for the land, and an awareness of inevitability of human impact and natural processes—she knows the landscape can and will change.
A series of photographs by Ron Lutz II add even more depth to the exhibit. With a background in museum and gallery work (including time in the Exhibits Department of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History), Lutz travelled with Kathy for weeks across the countryside of southwestern Dane County, documenting her artistic journey as she sought out and captured the Driftless vistas, views and animal inhabitants that would be featured, in spirit or substance, in her paintings.
“Within the Driftless” is, then, both an homage to our natural surroundings, and an insightful look at the artistic birthing process of this homage.
Kathy Hofmann holds an MFA in Painting from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her work is exclusively represented by Milwaukee’s Tory Folliard Gallery. All “Within the Driftless” works will be available for sale, with a portion of proceeds donated to the Mount Horeb Area Historical Society.
For more information on this special exhibit or the related February 15, 2020 Gallery Opening & Artist Reception, call 608-437-6486 or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net.
Thur. Mar. 19 . 6:30pm - 8pm.
Wisconsin in Watercolor: Life & Legend of Paul Seifert
Join us on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 6:30pm in downtown Mount Horeb at the Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St) as Joe Kapler shares his research on folk artist Paul Seifert and his enigmatic life that informed Kapler's 2018 book "Wisconsin in Watercolor."
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The vistas and views of the Driftless have inspired humankind for centuries.150 years ago, German immigrant, farmer and civic leader Paul Seifert felt the same artistic forces. His primitive and highly-sought after works capture the newly settled Southwestern Wisconsin landscape in detailed simplicity.
Mr. Kapler is Lead Curator in the Wisconsin Historical Society's division of Museums and Historic Sites. He has produced numerous major exhibitions, including WHS's 2014 exhibit on Seifert's art, "Wisconsin in Watercolor: The Farmscapes of Paul Seifert." Kapler holds a master’s degree in American history from Marquette University and a master’s degree in museum studies from Eastern Illinois University. He spent three years at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids (Michigan) and joined the staff of the Wisconsin Historical Society in 2001.
This presentation is facilitated by the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau.
Book sale and signing to follow.
And while you are here, check out "Within the Driftless by Kathy Hofmann & Ron Lutz II," a limited-run fine arts and photography installation now showing in the Special Exhibits Gallery.
Wisconsin in Watercolor: Life & Legend of Paul Seifert
Join us on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at 6:30pm in downtown Mount Horeb at the Driftless Historium (100 S 2nd St) as Joe Kapler shares his research on folk artist Paul Seifert and his enigmatic life that informed Kapler's 2018 book "Wisconsin in Watercolor."
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The vistas and views of the Driftless have inspired humankind for centuries.150 years ago, German immigrant, farmer and civic leader Paul Seifert felt the same artistic forces. His primitive and highly-sought after works capture the newly settled Southwestern Wisconsin landscape in detailed simplicity.
Mr. Kapler is Lead Curator in the Wisconsin Historical Society's division of Museums and Historic Sites. He has produced numerous major exhibitions, including WHS's 2014 exhibit on Seifert's art, "Wisconsin in Watercolor: The Farmscapes of Paul Seifert." Kapler holds a master’s degree in American history from Marquette University and a master’s degree in museum studies from Eastern Illinois University. He spent three years at the Public Museum of Grand Rapids (Michigan) and joined the staff of the Wisconsin Historical Society in 2001.
This presentation is facilitated by the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau.
Book sale and signing to follow.
And while you are here, check out "Within the Driftless by Kathy Hofmann & Ron Lutz II," a limited-run fine arts and photography installation now showing in the Special Exhibits Gallery.
April 2020
Mon. April 6. 6pm-8pm.
4th Annual "Flavor of the Year" Ice Cream Tasting
The Driftless Historium asks for YOUR help deciding the site-exclusive, can't-get-it-anywhere-else 2020 ice cream Flavor of the Year!
Join us on Monday, April 6 from 6:00 to 8:00p.m. to taste EIGHT fabulously unique ice cream concoctions and record your favorites.
The event is FREE and open to all, with donations gratefully accepted.
UW Platteville students in Dr. Tera Montgomery’s Dairy Science class will again compete in groups to produce the winning flavor- to be publicly debuted at the Driftless Historium's 3rd Annual "Native Art Marketplace" weekend, June 6 and 7, 2020.
While you are here, enter a drawing to win FREE ICE CREAM FOR A YEAR.*
*One scoop per week, Aug 2020 to Aug 2021. Drawing to take place Monday, July 20, 2020.
To learn more about this UW Platteville-MHAHS partner project, the April 6 ice cream taste testing event, or the Driftless Historium public history campus, call 608-437-6486 or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net.
4th Annual "Flavor of the Year" Ice Cream Tasting
The Driftless Historium asks for YOUR help deciding the site-exclusive, can't-get-it-anywhere-else 2020 ice cream Flavor of the Year!
Join us on Monday, April 6 from 6:00 to 8:00p.m. to taste EIGHT fabulously unique ice cream concoctions and record your favorites.
The event is FREE and open to all, with donations gratefully accepted.
UW Platteville students in Dr. Tera Montgomery’s Dairy Science class will again compete in groups to produce the winning flavor- to be publicly debuted at the Driftless Historium's 3rd Annual "Native Art Marketplace" weekend, June 6 and 7, 2020.
While you are here, enter a drawing to win FREE ICE CREAM FOR A YEAR.*
*One scoop per week, Aug 2020 to Aug 2021. Drawing to take place Monday, July 20, 2020.
To learn more about this UW Platteville-MHAHS partner project, the April 6 ice cream taste testing event, or the Driftless Historium public history campus, call 608-437-6486 or email mthorebhistory@mhtc.net.