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PhotoMidwest 2012 Exhibits

PhotoMidwest offers a large number of Photography Exhibits throughout the Madison Area.  These exhibits range from formal displays in area galleries to more casual showings in local shops and restaurants.  Members of CPM are encouraged to schedule their own solo or group exhibits as part of this event.  More exhibits will be added to this list as schedules are finalized.

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Exhibitor and Venue
Dates
Exhibit Title and Information
Ann Thering
Willy Street Co-op West
Community Room
6825 University Ave.
Middleton, Wisconsin
Through Sept 27 Backyard Butterflies
This intimate exhibit captures the colors and spirit of summer in the garden.

The Community Room is open during Co-op hours (7:30 AM to 9:30 PM) except during classes or meetings.

Tom Klingele and Paulette Walker Smith
EVP Coffee House
2690 Research Park Drive
Fitchburg, Wisconsin
Through Oct 30 Birds of Sanibel Island

A reception will be held at the coffee house on August 29 at 6:30 PM.

Mike Rausch
EVP Coffee House
2690 Research Park Drive
Fitchburg, Wisconsin
Through Oct 30 Transitions
Reflections of change as seen with the change from night to day, day to night, and season to season.

 

44 Local Artists
Overture Center for the Arts
Playhouse Gallery
201 State Street
Madison, WI

Sept - Oct

44 Presidents by 44 Artists
This exhibit complements the Forward Theater Company presentation of 44 Plays for 44 Presidents, a hilarious send up of presidential politics. The play will be presented in the Playhouse at Overture Center, Sept 20 – Oct 7, 2012. The artworks will be displayed during the entire run of the play, the months of September and October, 2012.

An opening reception will be held on Wednesday, Sept 26, from 6:30-7:30 PM.

Milt Friend
Oakwood Village Gallery
6201 Mineral Point Road
Madison WI 53705
Sept 1 - Oct 31 Nature in the Raw

 

Paul McMahon
La Mop Hair Studio
2201 Regent St.
Madison, WI 53726
Sept 1 - Oct 31 Chicago to the Chequamegon – and places in between
Photos by Paul McMahon – Heartland Images Photography

An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct 5, from 5-9 PM. (Gallery Night)

Oleg Moskvin
The Lowell Center
610 Langdon Street
Madison, WI
Sep 1 - Oct 31 Portraits of Shadows
Do you know that sudden feeling of presence of Personality when you look at an old abandoned artifact? Had you find yourself mesmerized by that intangible but definite aura of Conscious Presence around that object despite all the superficially obvious decay? Weren't you left speechless observing this deep split between the apparent and the internally perceived images? "Portraits of Shadows" series is inspired by this mystery.
CPM Steenbock National Juried Exhibit
Steenbock Gallery
1922 University Avenue
Madison WI 53726
Sept 4 - Oct 5 CPM Steenbock National Juried Exhibit
This exhibit includes 29 images from 17 photography artists selected by juror Graeme Reid of the Museum of Wisconsin Art.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, Sept 7 from 5-8 PM. A closing reception will be held in connection with Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Fall Gallery Night on Friday, Oct 5 from 5-9 PM.

Susan Carr
Monroe Arts Center – Frehner Gallery
1315 11th Street (Lower Level)
Monroe, WI 53566
Sept 7 - Oct 19 Intimate Histories, The Power of Place and Significance of Home

An opening reception will be held on Friday, Sept 7, from 5-7 PM, with an Artist Gallery Talk at 5:30 PM.

Stacey (Stitgen) Meanwell
UW Health Sciences Learning Center
750 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705
Sept 11 - Nov 6 Worlds Seldom SeenTM
Stacey Stitgen Meanwell strives to bring a sense of wonder and healing through her interpretation of what each flower has to reveal.

An opening reception will be held on Sunday, Oct 28, from 1-3 PM.
(Visit the CPM Human Interest Group's Street Photography reception at the same time!)

Seven States National Juried Exhibit
UW Memorial Union
Porter Butts and Class of 1925 Galleries
800 Langdon Street
Madison WI 53706
Sept 14 - Oct 30 PhotoMidwest Seven States National Juried Exhibit

An opening reception with juror Sam Abell will be held on Sept 14 from 7-9 PM in the Main Lounge of the Memorial Union.

Kristi L. Hall, Cris Marsh, and
Colleen K. Burtard
Gallup Coffee & BakeHouse
1859 Monroe St.
Madison, WI 53711
Sept 14 - Jan 4 What We See
This exhibit showcases what three local women captured when they took the time to view their surroundings more closely. You'll see the natural world showcasing it's power, simple yet striking patterns that will hold your attention and everyday items appearing more beautiful than you ever thought they could be.
Carolyn Knorr, Amy Stocklein,
Becky McKenzie, Monica Mack,
Noelle Larson, and Jan Karst
Pasqual's Hilldale
Hilldale Mall
Madison, WI
Sept 20 - Nov 15 Slices of Life
This exhibit celebrates the simple everyday. Jeans folded on a chair, a bike leaning against a fence in the rain, outdoor chairs empty and waiting for occupants, honey jars glowing in the sun at the market. Simple everyday "Slices of Life".

An opening reception will be held on Sunday, Oct 21, from 2-4 PM.

Carolyn Knorr
Pasqual's Monroe Street
1851 Monroe Street
Madison, WI 53711
Sept 21 - Dec 27 Back Streets and Alleys
This exhibit represents places discovered when I left the main streets and ventured on to the side streets and alleys. Images shown are from New York City, Chicago, Key West, Charleston and Rensselear (a small town in Indiana).

Diane Hammer, Becky McKenzie,
and Sylvia Armstrong Poppelbaum
The Prairie Cafe and Bakery
6720 Frank Lloyd Wright Avenue
Middleton, WI
Sept 24 - Nov 2 Splash!
Water is the theme which three photographers, each with her own distinctive style and point of view, explore in this exhibit.
CPM Women's Special Interest Group
Overture Center for the Arts
Gallery I
201 State Street
Madison, WI
Sept 24 - Dec 9 Timeless Visions
This exhibit features photographs from about 30 members of the CPM Women's Special Interest Group.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct 5, from 6-8 PM.

Michael R. Anderson
Fair Trade Coffee House (Front Gallery)
418 State Street
Madison, WI 53703

Oct 1 - 31

Wisconsin in White
If you want to truly enjoy life in Wisconsin, you must learn to embrace the winter. That means learning to love the snow.  Sometimes it frames and accentuates the colors of nature and sometimes it buries the colors under its own monochromatic display. This exhibit is a celebration of the beauty of Wisconsin's winters.
Stop in for a preview of winter!

An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct 5, from 6-8 PM.

Mike Rausch
Fair Trade Coffee House (Back Gallery)
418 State Street
Madison, WI 53703
Oct 1 - 31 Slot Canyons of Northern Arizona
The slot canyons in northern Arizona are a photographer's delight. The sun's light reflects off the sandstone and falls on the eroded sides of the canyon to create unique and beautiful scenes. As the sun moves across the sky, the lighting is changing creating a new scene to be enjoyed and amazed by.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct 5, from 6-8 PM.

CPM Members, Madison Miksang Photography Group and Madison Children's Museum Staff
Madison Children's Museum
100 North Hamilton Street
Madison, WI 53703
Oct 1 - 30 Unity

An opening reception will be held on Oct 3, 6-8 PM

An exhibit by guest photographer Kiera Faber can be seen at CPM on
Thursday, Oct 4, at 7 PM (with an artist's talk) and Friday, Oct 5, 5-9 PM (part of Gallery Night).

Fourteen Photographers
Absolutely Art
2322 Atwood Ave.
Madison, WI 53704
Oct 4 - 31 Through My Own Lens
Throughout October, fourteen photographers will be featured in this show. Each photographer will display a different subject matter as well as the variety of ways photos can be printed. Traditional film, digital, hand colored photography, manipulated images, black & white, and color photography will all be highlighted in this show. For additional information please read the press release.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct 5, from 5-9 PM.

Ken Halfmann
Electric Earth Cafe
546 W. Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53703
Oct 5 - Nov 4 Madison Music
This exhibit features photographs of a range of music makers with a Madison connection.

An opening reception TBA.

Wan Mei Leong and
Kyriaki Chatzikyriakidou
Lakeview Bakery
524 East Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53703
Oct 5 - Nov 30 Elements of Nature
Nature is beautiful; it comes with miraculous elements that work wondrously together, completing each other and creating the environment we live in.  Hectic life makes us forget this treasure around us.  Pictures exhibited here were taken while waiting for the bus or just passing by, in an effort to appreciate the beauty of Nature no matter how busy we can be.

Note: The first half of this exhibit will be shown in October and the second half will be shown in November.

CPM Human Interest Group
UW Health Sciences Learning Center
750 Highland Ave., 2nd floor
Madison, WI 53705
Oct 8 - Nov 7 Street Photography
An exhibit of street photographs by approx. 20 members of the CPM Human Interest Group

An opening reception will be held on Sunday, Oct 28, from 1-3 PM.
(Visit Stacey Meanwell's Worlds Seldom Seen reception at the same time!)

Vicki Reed
Steenbock Gallery
1922 University Avenue
Madison WI 53726
Oct 8 - Nov 9 Altered Views
Wisconsin-based photographer, Vicki Reed captures her photographs with vintage, pinhole and toy cameras as well as with camera-less techniques and often uses alternative photographic processes to create her final images. Cyanotype, lith, infrared, hand-colored, encaustic (wax) and lumen prints are included in this exhibit. 

An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct 19, from 6-9 PM.

Carol Chase Bjerke and Patrick Nagatani
Common Wealth Gallery
100 South Baldwin St.
Madison, WI 53703
Oct 12 – 28 Medium, Meditation, and Mu
The Carol Chase Bjerke/Patrick Nagatani collaboration is based on mutual creative support nurtured by common interests and experiences, a passion for process in their work and ideas, and finding resources in Eastern philosophical and aesthetic traditions. For more information please read the artists' statement.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct 12, from 5-8 PM.

A Group Exhibition at Paoli House Gallery
Paoli House Gallery
6891 Paoli Road
Belleville (Paoli), WI 53508
Oct 12 – 31 A Group Exhibition at Paoli House Gallery
This exhibit features the work of Dan Gerber, Pedro E. Guerrero, John Murray Mason, Andy Oliver, Matt Perrin, Ellis Pifer, Nick Wilkes, and Ida Wyman.

An opening reception will be held on Friday, Oct 12, from 5-8 PM.

 

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