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2220 N. Terrace Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-271-3656
Exhibitions are sponsored by the Friends of Villa Terrace, a support group of the Museum
Café Sopra Mare: Tre Stagioni 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Live Piano Music from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Musical performances the first Sunday of the month at the Villa Terrace
Decorative Arts Museum. Liz Staehler, piano and Rich Kremer, bass
Our Italian café moves indoors for Tre Stagioni or the late fall, winter
and spring. For three seasons on the first Sunday morning of October,
November, December, January, February, March, April and May the Villa
Terrace Decorative Arts Museum opens at 10 a.m. Come relax and savor
specialty coffees and other refreshments sold by Bella Caffé. Visitors
can also view the Museum's collection and featured exhibitions. Then
listen to live piano performances by exceptional musicians. Sponsored by
the Friends of Villa Terrace. General admission: $5 adults/$3 seniors,
military and students.
Members and children age 12 and under free. Call 414-271-3656 for
information.
Wednesday, April 13, 7 p.m.
GARDEN POTPOURRI: 2005 SPRING GARDEN LECTURE SERIES
GARDEN ART:
Philosophy, Selection and Sources
Dennis R. Buettner, FASLA, Buettner & Associates, Inc.
An award-winning landscape architect and designer of both private and
public gardens, Dennis Buettner will share his interpretation of
historic and contemporary design for garden art. Museum and Garden Club
members $8 per lecture or $35 series discount. Non-members $10 per
lecture or $45 series discount.
Friday, April 15
Gallery Night
Artist Paula Hare will give a 7 p.m. gallery talk in conjunction with
the exhibition "Paula Hare: Eggs as Art."
February 16-April 24, 2005
Paula Hare: Eggs as Art
Eggs as Art features the work of Paula Hare, a contemporary Wisconsin artist whose eggs and eggshell mosaics have been influenced by native Wisconsin wildflowers as well as European and Asian egg decorating traditions. In addition, the exhibition will showcase some of the artists collection of ethnic eggs.
May 4-July 17, 2005
Precious in Nature: Jewelry by Gallen Benson
Jewelry can be an exquisite medium of fine art. What places jewelry at that level of expression begins with the intention of the maker. Benson presents selected work that covers 1985 to the present. The variety of work reflects each season in his life. Precious in Nature touches the material, the subject and the spirit within the artists work.
July 27-September 4, 2005
Ancient Rhythm:Works on Paper by Pat Boyer
For more than a decade Pat Boyer has traveled each summer to Italy where she has set up a studio and created art work. One series centers on her observations at the opera arena and another focuses on a Roman arena. Both are in Verona. Exhibition organized through Katharine T. Carter & Associates.
September 14-December 11, 2005
Moser: Glass of Kings
The Collection of Dr. Eric Kaplan and Dr. Barbara Moser In 1857 Ludwig Moser, an engraver, painter and entrepreneur, opened a factory to produce the finest glass that could be made. Thus began a long tradition of glassmaking in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). Moser led the manufacturing company into a successful endeavor. Selling some of the most exquisite glass in the country, he was called the King of Glass. "Also on display are drawings of the Czech Republic by Steve Slaske.
November 12-December 11, 2005
Childrens Art in the Garden
Catch these budding artists before their talents take full bloom. In addition to pieces created by students from four Milwaukee Public Schools, there are vibrant artworks on display from "Forever Friends," a program of seniors and students at St. Johns On the Lake. All the pieces were inspired by the Renaissance Garden at the Villa Terrace.
December 18, 2005-February 5, 2006
Material Witness: Quilts by Nancy E. Kimpel
Nancy Kimpel is strongly influenced by what she sees in photographs and in Mother Nature. One series of quilts depicts scenes of Milwaukee with historic and modern buildings juxtaposed. Earth Works, another series includes fabric buried in the ground with various objects that impart unpredictable marks.
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