Calendar

First Fridays: A Celebration of Americana
Organized in conjunction with Apple Pie: Symbols of Americana in MMoCA's Permanent Collection, First Fridays will include a poetry reading at 6:30 pm and jazz with Jane Reynolds and John Mesoloras playing "A Tribute to Mary Lou Williams" throughout the evening. more »

American Virtue, American Vice
Members of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets will read original works that delve into themes depicted in Apple Pie. The evening will include readings by Marilyn L. Taylor, Wisconsin's Poet Laureate, and Fabu, Poet Laureate of Madison. more »

Drop-In Tour
Carole Hay will explore the myths and realities of the American “brand” through discussion of works of art in Apple Pie that reflect the changing cultural landscape of the United States. more »

Kids' Art Adventures
What else but love and friendship would be celebrated on Valentine's Day? After a group discussion of Romare Bearden's collage Serenade, kids will make multi-media collages depicting themselves with a cherished friend or loved one. more »

Jane Simon on Exhibition Themes
MMoCA curator of exhibitions Jane Simon will provide an overview of Apple Pie: Symbols of Americana in MMoCA's Permanent Collection. Simon, who organized the exhibition, will highlight works that illustrate primary exhibition themes such as the American City and American West. more »

Gallery Talk with Fred Stonehouse
The artist will discuss how his works on view in Apple Pie trace stylistic developments in his career over more than a decade. Stonehouse is best known for evocative paintings and drawings that are peopled by a cast of idiosyncratic and fantastical beings. more »

Karen Redfield on Native American Imagery
Gallery Talk with Karen Redfield who has taught Native American Literature at Madison Area Technical College for ten years. She is featured in American Indian Rhetorics of Survivance: Word Medicine, Word Magic (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006) and will facilitate the first Native American Writers Conversation, to be held in Madison in April 2010. more »

Nancy Rose Marshall on Iconic Imagery
Nancy Rose Marshall will discuss the ways in which selected images in Apple Pie draw on iconic elements of American identity, either to support or to subvert them. more »

Drop-In Tour
George Segal's sculpture Depression Bread Line will be the centerpiece of a discussion by Catherine Boldt. The presentation will explore fundamental differences between two- and three-dimensional works of art and provide analytical tools for interpreting three-dimensional works. more »

Kids' Art Adventure
This Kids' Art Adventure explores the theme "What is
America?" with a focus on Vaquero, Luis Jiménez's lithograph of a Mexican cowboy on view in Apple Pie. After the discussion, kids will use colored pencil, oil pastel, watercolors, and glitter to illustrate their ideas of "home." more »

Drop-In Tour
MMoCA docent Gil Hillman will discuss works by the contemporary photographers Alec Soth and Paul Shambroom. Both artists tour the country photographing scenes and people, but the works exhibited in Apple Pie demonstrate their profoundly different outlooks. more »

Kids' Art Adventures
Inspired by the ideas of musician John Cage, kids will perform a “fluxconcert” and make works of art using the unpredictable element of chance. Activities will begin in MMoCA's State Street Gallery with Cage and Cunningham: Chance, Time, and Concept in the Visual Arts, and move to the classroom for hands-on fun with paint and marbles. more »

Design MMoCA
Design MMoCA 2010 showcases some of the region's most creative designers and architects using works of art from the permanent collection as inspiration for the one-of-a-kind room designs in MMoCA galleries. more »

Gallery Night
Madison's vibrant visual arts community welcomes visitors to arts venues across Madison, offering special exhibitions, talks, openings, and events. more »

Art Fair on the Square
One of summer's most highly anticipated events, Art Fair on the Square showcases works from fine artists from across the country. more »