YOU'RE INVITED!
Artwork Sale to Benefit The Milwaukee Public Library
REAL TINSEL Gallery
1013 W. Historic Mitchell St., Studio C
6:00 to 9:00 p.m., Friday, May 11, 2018
Free parking in rear. Artist: Lora Keller
ALL PROCEEDS DONATED TO THE MPL
REAL TINSEL Gallery
1013 W. Historic Mitchell St., Studio C
6:00 to 9:00 p.m., Friday, May 11, 2018
Free parking in rear. Artist: Lora Keller
ALL PROCEEDS DONATED TO THE MPL
Vietnam Wall. Photograph taken by the artist then lsser-printed on silk, quilted with cotton thread and embellished with a variety of mosses. 8X10 inches. $125. More samples located on Visual Artwork page.
Event Details and Why I'm Donating All Proceed to the MPL
COMPLIMENTARY REFRESHMENTS:
Appetizers and drinks will be curated by culinary queen and my friend, Pat Gruenwald.
CASH OR CREDIT:
The MPL is lending us their mobile credit card reader so we’ll be able to accept payments which will be directly deposited to the library’s account. Convenient!
REAL TINSEL GALLERY:
Though Historic Mitchell Street is a busy neighborhood, parking is incredibly convenient. Just scoot your car into the huge city lot behind the building between 10th and 11th. The back entrance will be open.
May 11 will be the REAL TINSEL Gallery’s grand opening and the opening reception for its first exhibition titled, “Hinternational Paper: The Wisconsin Flat File Project.” The exhibition will feature 50-plus artists’ works-on-paper. Those works will seed the gallery’s Wisconsin Flat File Project which will open in early 2019. Milwaukee artists, Shane McAdams and Keith Nelson, own the building which features five artist studios as well as the gallery space.
STUDIO C
Studio C is my new studio within REAL TINSEL and the location of the MPL Fundraiser. I am so grateful to Keith and Shane for creating this space!
WHY I’M DONATING PROCEEDS TO THE MPL:
If I had my way, reading would have occupied every summer of my youth. But my mom kicked me out of the house. “Fresh air and exercise,” she muttered as she closed the door behind me.
So I rode my single-speed, hand-me-down bike to city hall and signed up for a softball league. I couldn’t hit. I couldn’t run. And I prayed (as did my teammates) that no balls would rocket into my corner of the outfield. Because I couldn’t catch or throw.
The daily humiliation did not deck me though because, after our games, I stole into the library which fronted the baseball field and imagined a life outside the confines of our small town. Ever since, libraries have been my home base.
For 40 years, the MPL has been my sanctuary. It has been a research center that helped advance my career; a support center where its story time gave me a brief respite from my toddler; a social center that provided activities when I was alone and beyond lonely. And I am beyond grateful. So to celebrate the opening of my new studio on Historic Mitchell Street, I’m donating all the proceeds from the sale of my artwork on May 11 to the MPL.
Appetizers and drinks will be curated by culinary queen and my friend, Pat Gruenwald.
CASH OR CREDIT:
The MPL is lending us their mobile credit card reader so we’ll be able to accept payments which will be directly deposited to the library’s account. Convenient!
REAL TINSEL GALLERY:
Though Historic Mitchell Street is a busy neighborhood, parking is incredibly convenient. Just scoot your car into the huge city lot behind the building between 10th and 11th. The back entrance will be open.
May 11 will be the REAL TINSEL Gallery’s grand opening and the opening reception for its first exhibition titled, “Hinternational Paper: The Wisconsin Flat File Project.” The exhibition will feature 50-plus artists’ works-on-paper. Those works will seed the gallery’s Wisconsin Flat File Project which will open in early 2019. Milwaukee artists, Shane McAdams and Keith Nelson, own the building which features five artist studios as well as the gallery space.
STUDIO C
Studio C is my new studio within REAL TINSEL and the location of the MPL Fundraiser. I am so grateful to Keith and Shane for creating this space!
WHY I’M DONATING PROCEEDS TO THE MPL:
If I had my way, reading would have occupied every summer of my youth. But my mom kicked me out of the house. “Fresh air and exercise,” she muttered as she closed the door behind me.
So I rode my single-speed, hand-me-down bike to city hall and signed up for a softball league. I couldn’t hit. I couldn’t run. And I prayed (as did my teammates) that no balls would rocket into my corner of the outfield. Because I couldn’t catch or throw.
The daily humiliation did not deck me though because, after our games, I stole into the library which fronted the baseball field and imagined a life outside the confines of our small town. Ever since, libraries have been my home base.
For 40 years, the MPL has been my sanctuary. It has been a research center that helped advance my career; a support center where its story time gave me a brief respite from my toddler; a social center that provided activities when I was alone and beyond lonely. And I am beyond grateful. So to celebrate the opening of my new studio on Historic Mitchell Street, I’m donating all the proceeds from the sale of my artwork on May 11 to the MPL.
what editors say ...
You have a lovely, clear voice that rings true for the reader. I love this poem. My girlfriend and I will only wear black when we eat out. -- Michelle Hartman, Editor of Red River Review
Your poems show a side of and take an angle on Ritual that is unique among our submissions, and we think they would be an excellent addition to the Issue. -- Troy Payne, Editor of Lantern Journal
These concrete details are lovely; their settings stronger still. Your understanding of how to move a piece forward, how to give it motion, is a true strength. -- Judge from Sustainable Arts Foundation
Thanks for sending us your work, and we’ll be very pleased to include it in one of our poetry issues. I’m thrilled to be able to include your work. -- Dr. Christopher Todd Anderson, Guest Poetry Editor, The Midwest Quarterly
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what readers say ...
Lyrical and sensitive … -- Jayshree M. Tripathi
I really enjoyed this uplifting poem which celebrates the power of the perfect shoe. -- Pamela Newham
I love this, and I really relate to the torn feelings you so eloquently shared. -- Stephanie Gagos
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