PAST EXHIBITIONS
View past exhibition descriptions & artist information. Galleries I, II, & III exhibitions are listed first, followed by Playhouse Gallery exhibitions and Special Exhibitons.
The Overture Galleries 2011/12 Season
FALL CYCLE
SEP 26 – DEC 11, 2011
Gallery I
Naomi Schliesman & Dawn Turner
Gallery II
Aralina Ferrella, Thomas Ferrella, Eric Hagstrom, Kelli Hoppman, Lewis Koch, Enrique Rueda, Kevin Schaefer and Michael Duffy
Gallery III
Maren Muñoz & Marcus Benavides
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The Overture Galleries 2010/11 Season
FALL CYCLE
OCT 25, 2010 - JAN 9, 2011
Opening Reception FRI, NOV 5, 6-8 PM
Gallery I
Rae Atira-Soncea (1953 – 2009), Homemade Magic and the Art of Domestic Objects
Gallery II
Thomas Ferrella & the Lake Effect Poets
Gallery III
Patricia LaPointe, Sarah Ripp, Allison Welch & Leilani Wertens
MON, SEP 27 - SUN, OCT 16, 2010
Madison-area Open Art Studios Preview Exhibition 2010
WINTER CYCLE
JAN 17 – APR 3, 2011 | Galleries I, II & III
Opening Reception FRI, JAN 21, 6-8 PM
Gallery I
Madison Contemporary Fiber Artists
Gallery II
Julie Insun Youn & Bobbette Rose
Gallery III
Wisconsin Gourd Society
SPRING CYCLE
APR 11 – JUN 26, 2011
Opening Reception FRI, MAY 6, 6-8 PM
Gallery I
Beastly Prints: Modern Interpretations of the Art of Bestiary
S. V. Medaris, Briony Morrow-Cribbs & Patrick Smyczek
Gallery II
Philip Salamone & Doug Rassier
Gallery III
Madison College Downtown Drawing Faculty
SUMMER CYCLE
JUL 5 – SEP 18, 2011
Opening Reception FRI, JUL 15, 6-8 PM
Gallery I
Amelia Toelke & Chinn Wang
Gallery II
The Place Between: Transitions and Transformation
Helen Klebesadel & Leslee Nelson
Gallery III
Kathryn Wiggins & Jonathan McFadden
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The Overture Galleries 2009/10 Season
FALL CYCLE
OCT 23, 2009 – JAN 3, 2010
Gallery I
Miriam Hall & Justin Nolan
Gallery II
Aaron Wilbers & Doug Haynes
Gallery III
Dave Beck & Piper Vollmer
WINTER CYCLE
JAN 11 - APR 4, 2010
Gallery I
Shambhala Center of Madison
Gallery II
Work of 29 artists from diverse artists, professional, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds, many of whom are current UW-Madison Art Department faculty, graduate students, and alumni.
Gallery III
Lisa A. Frank and Mary Hark
SPRING CYCLE
APR 12 – JUN 24, 2010
Gallery I
Peter Esdaile and Trent Miller
Gallery II
Time to Put Away Your Childish Things . . . And turn them into art
Pat Hobaugh and Morgan Sims
Gallery III
Form & Function in Tile and Mosaic: Echoes of the Earth
Wisconsin Handmade Tile Guild
SUMMER CYCLE
JUL 02 – SEPT 19, 2010
Gallery I
FLOW: A Web of Interconnections
Barbara Westfall and Beth Racette
Gallery II
Bone Folders' Guild
Gallery III
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The Overture Galleries 2009 Season
WINTER CYCLE
JAN 9 – MAR 22, 2009
Gallery I
Our Mexico, Our Roots
Mayra Rangel & Capelle & Ana Rangel
A mother and daughter team up to present photographs of their hometown, Querétaro. These works shy away from the conventions of photographs taken by and for tourists and aim to reveal the culture and traditions of this historical city in central Mexico.
Gallery II
Respite = Relief: 30 Years of Building Resiliency in Children through Art
The Respite Center
In honor of its 30th anniversary, the Respite Center presents an exhibition of art made by the children who have come through its doors. The Respite Center is Madison’s 24-hour child-care center for families who are experiencing hard times. The artworks on display have helped children express their feelings and recover from stress.
Gallery III
From China to Madison: Crossing Cultural Bridges
Madison’s Blackhawk Middle School partners with the Tongren English Teachers College in rural southwestern China to answer the question, “What do you want the world to know about your city and your life?” Students from both schools use photography and text to capture the essence of life in their community, exploring the similarities and differences between Chinese and American cultures.
SPRING CYCLE
MAR 30 – JUN 7, 2009
Gallery I
SEED: A Passion for Growing
artsTRIBE
This exhibit completes a two-year collaboration between artsTRIBE and the Dane County Farmers’ Market (DCFM). Partnering with various DCFM vendors, artsTRIBE members draw on the farmers’ lives, work, and produce for inspiration, subject matter, and media, using the growing process as a metaphor for the creative process.
Gallery II
Southwestern Wisconsin Gourd Patch
The Southwestern Wisconsin Gourd Patch exhibits gourd art in all its possible forms—from bowls to balafons, masks to musical instruments, carvings to sculptures—bringing to the public the possibilities of the gourd as fine art. This group of self-taught and fine-arts professionals have gravitated to the gourd as canvas yet use various multi-media processes, including such techniques as pyrography, watercolor, inks and stains, carving, coiling, sculpting, oils and acrylics.
Gallery III
Spring Art Tour Preview
Mount Horeb Area Arts Association
The Mount Horeb Area Arts Association (MHAAA) Spring Art Tour is an annual event during which studios across Blue Mounds, Black Earth, Verona, Cross Plains, Mazomanie and towns in between are free and open to the public. This preview exhibition of the artists participating in the 2009 Spring Art Tour presents a beautiful range of fine arts including painting in all media, photography, sculpture, ceramics, pottery, wood carving, cabinet making, origami, glass blowing and jewelry making.
SUMMER CYCLE
JUN 14 – SEP 13, 2009
Gallery I
Driscoll Hixson & Tyanna Buie
Gallery II
Place and Time: Alternative Views of Madison
John Pfeiffer & Phil Porter presented by ARTworking
Gallery III
An Engagement
Rhea Vedro & Graham Yeager
This recently engaged couple presents a series of sculptural works that focuses on the complexities of connecting two individuals as well as the ability of an artist’s work to connect with the viewer. The two Madison-based artists share a home and a studio where collaboration occurs on a daily basis. Through differing mediums of steel, clay and wood, Vedro and Yeager create complimentary work that references similar themes of vulnerability, armor and access to interior spaces.
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The Overture Galleries 2008 Season
WINTER CYCLE
JAN 10-MAR 23, 2008
Gallery I
Firecracker Studios
Firecracker Studios promotes the work of local artists by throwing “traveling side shows” around Wisconsin. They plan on sending out a call for artists to submit thought provoking, unpredictable art. They will choose work done with unusual techniques and unusual subjects.
Gallery II
Amy Newell & Jason Ruhl: What about the Kitchen Sink
Two local artists team up to present a series of mixed media collages using books, hand-printed images, and created on a letterpress. A juxtaposition of familiar and abstracted imagery that is comical, intriguing and puzzling.
Gallery III
Northside Artists Group: Reflections of the Northside
Twenty-five north side Madison artists create paintings, photographs, mosaics, sculptures, metal works, picasettes and mixed media focusing on the neighborhood they call home, where they live, work and play. The exhibit will enable the greater community to explore this environmentally, culturally and socioeconomically diverse community through visual arts.
SPRING CYCLE
APRIL 2 – JUNE 11, 2008
Gallery I
Madison’s Women Glass Art
An overview of glass art created by local women who are known around the country. The pieces reflect the nature of glass artists of Madison, part of a thriving arts community in Wisconsin. Glass tiles, paintings and their 3D blown glass counterparts make for a colorful, dynamic display.
Gallery 2 & 3
Fresh Hot Press
A range of student work comes from Fresh Hot Press, a student printmaking club founded by UW-Madison graduate students. More than forty club members collaborate to share their work with the public.
Summer CYCLE
JUNE 21 – SEPT 14, 2008
Gallery I
Fabricated Realms
Two local artist couples create ornate, fantastical and narrative art. They reach out to viewers of all ages and interests with paintings, drawings, digital prints and art quilts, creating a rich, diverse exhibition of whimsical imagery.
Gallery II
Cornucopia: Crazy
Member run, non-profit arts and wellness organization, Cornucopia, pursues art as a way of enhancing the lives of people with mental health concerns. The theme “crazy” is explored and transformed into art and poetry, permitting a perceived weakness to become a communication to the public at large.
Gallery III
The Watergate Collective: New Order
UW-Madison undergraduate art students create an exhibit that reinvestigates the idea of seriality and sequence in current society, as evinced by the Minimalist movement. Artists will be given a statement and asked to create a number of pieces reacting to the statement.
3-week intermittent season between summer and fall
September 22 – October 10, 2008
Galleries I,II, & III
MaOAS: Madison area Open Art Studios
Madison-area Open Art Studios celebrates and illuminates local artists by providing the general public with intimate access to 150+ art studios for one weekend in October. The event kicks off with a three-week exhibition with work by each artist, allowing the public to view the collections of artists and make selections of which studios they plan on visiting during the open studios event.
FALL CYCLE
OCT 18 – JAN 1, 2009
Gallery I
New Grounds Collective: In Cahoots
UW-Madison MFA students use the process of collaboration as a tool for learning, understanding and growing. They explores the possibilities of drawing and figuration by examining the complexities of each other’s artistic styles, responding to each piece of art as it changes through the process of collaboration, creating a synthesis of different mediums, styles and concepts. The diversity of materials, ideas and techniques reflects the exploratory nature of the show, which aims to create a body of work that embodies the strengths of a diverse group of artists while calling into question the idea of ownership, authorship, and individualism.
Gallery II
Haiku Double Vision
Four artists, along with local poet, CX Dillhunt, combine their original prints, drawings, and photographs with selected haiku to create paired and combined works that reflect the universal themes of nature, diversity, and integration.
Gallery III
Oakwood Village Retirement Community
Believing that expressing oneself through art, music or writing is an opportunity that should be explored by all ages, Oakwood village supports self-expression through the creation of art and music. This exhibit has grown out of Oakwood’s Art Therapy program, and combines works in a variety of media by both first-time and long established artists.
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The Overture Galleries 2007 Season
WINTER CYCLE
JAN 15 – MAR 14, 2007
Gallery I
FOURum, quietLoud
FOURum is a group of four Madison-area artists, who united to represent the diverse use of media and style from painting and drawing to monotype and printmaking.
Gallery II
Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission
The Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission is an active grantmaking, programming and publishing division of county government. Earning a reputation as one of the smallest but successful arts agencies in the nation, it celebrates its thirtieth anniversary of community service in 2007.
Gallery III
Spectacle Research Laboratories, Murmur
Spectacle Research Laboratories is an art collective based in Madison, WI.
This interdisciplinary group counts among its members artists, musicians, scientists, business owners, and academics. The members contribute to projects in a variety of ways – from design to construction, from writing and image production to performance. Spectacle’s mission is to create collaborative performance events, inter-active environments, and media art.
SPRING CYCLE
MAR 24 – JUNE 13, 2007
Gallery I
ArtTribe, Exploring Carmina Burana
A collective group of Madison Area artists has existed for more than a year, meeting regularly for art critique, education and the group show preparation discussions. Eleven professional and dedicated artists of different age and artistic background work in a wide range of various media.
Gallery II:
Cherokee Middle School, Drive by Press
Cherokee Middle School has invited Joseph Velasquez and Greg Nanney, two UW–Madison graduate printmaking students to give a lecture, demonstration and print with the 8th grade students in the fall of 2006. The visiting artists will provide the printmaking equipment to produce the prints. During this collaborative process, students will broaden their artistic vocabulary, learn about graphic techniques, and create their own linoleum block prints, which will be on display at the Overture Gallery. This project is designed for the 8th grade social studies and language art study of the Holocaust.
Gallery III
UW – Madison Incoming Graduate Students, Freely Bleeding
This diverse group of incoming MFA art students was formed in an effort to create a professional connection with academic peers at the art program. The group members’ artistic interests include installation work based on printmaking, lithography and wood block prints, charcoal and ink, oil painting, photography and mixed media work such as stitching and found objects.
SUMMER CYCLE
JUNE 25 – SEPT 12, 2007
Gallery I
Center for Photography at Madison, Kingdom of Animals
This juried exhibit will present about 40 photographic images that illustrate the beauty, uniqueness, humor, grace and characteristics of different animals. The works will reflect a fresh look at a subject matter, which is too often reduced to cliché.
Gallery II
Capitol Artists, A Spectrum of Wisconsin Porcelain Artists
The exhibit will present a large collection of unique porcelain paintings selected for their creativity, composition and excellent craftsmanship.
Gallery III
VSA Open Doors Studio, Artists Gathering
The exhibit will showcase two-dimensional works from painting and drawing to the paper arts and mixed media created by ten Madison area artists. This show will reflect the artistic and creative exchange between emerging and established local artists. Exhibiting artists will display individual and collaborative pieces in the show.
Open Art Studios Cycle: September 24 – October 12, 2007
Galleries I, II and III
MaOAS: Madison-area Open Art Studios
Madison-area Open Art Studios is an annual art event that brings together Dane County emerging, mid-career and professional artists. MaOAS is a free self-guided tour through the Madison-area art studios. All exhibiting artists will be given an equal opportunity to participate in this event without competition or compromise to their artistic values. The participants will exhibit one work in one of the three Overture Galleries. The public is invited to attend this annual citywide arts event, which celebrates the diversity and vitality of the visual arts. This exhibit will provide visitors the opportunity to see participants’ work and to decide which art studio to visit. The event will begin in conjunction with Madison’s Fall Gallery Night, on Friday, October 5 2007. The open artists’ studios maps and tour guides will be available at the Overture Center Information Desk and in the Galleries.
FALL CYCLE
OCT 22, 2007 - JAN 2, 2008
Gallery I
Madison Watercolor Society, Borders and Barriers
The two local watercolor painters, Edward and Wilmer Anderson, founded the Madison Watercolor Society in 1983. There are thirty-five members of the Watercolor Society who promote and support watercolor painting, assist each other in the development of high quality work. The Society’s membership is awarded by a juried process. The Watercolor Society also schedules annual workshops with nationally known artists.
Gallery II
On the Borderline, Capturing the Light
On The Borderline project has been in existence for eight years and was inspired by Mary Pipher’s book in which examines the issue of the transition period from girlhood to womanhood. Piper described this period as a “border” between adulthood and childhood that has richness and diversity unmatched by any other life stage. This project aims to increase girls’ self-esteem by using the camera as a personal visual tool in exploring their changing view of themselves and their surrounding world.
The exhibit will showcase classic black and white and color digital photographs created by 15 adolescents from the Girl Neighborhood Power sites and the Madison Public Schools.
Gallery III
Tracks and Traces: Drawing from Experience
Tracks and Traces brings together the work of four Madison artists who access the language of kinetic mark making as a way to record their emotional and physical experiences.
Teresa Getty combines sweeping gestural mark with minutely rendered fantasy landscapes, objects and characters. Sara Schneckloth generates imagined biological figures and environments. Sarah Mathison weaves real characters into fictional narratives. Tara Mathison works with mixed media collages, creating extravagant visual relationships.
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The Overture Galleries 2006 Season
WINTER CYCLE
JAN 18 - MAR 29, 2006
Gallery I
Madison: People, Places and Events, Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors/ WAAM
A large multi-media group exhibit to celebrate Madison’s Sesquicentennia
Gallery II
The Asylum Project
Collaboration between high school students and local photographers, examining the former Dane County Asylum
Gallery III
An Artistic Discovery, 2006 Congressional Arts Competition
Annual Congressional High School Art Competition hosted by US Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin Art by high school students in the 2nd Congressional district
SPRING CYCLE
APRIL 6 - JUNE 21, 2006
Gallery I, II
Fresh Hot Press
Prints by UW-Madison students, professors and alumni, to coincide with the Southern Graphics Council Annual Conference in Madison, WI
Gallery III
Best Time Ever, Elder Care of Wisconsin
Children create art to share important moments they have experienced with elderly
people
SUMMER CYCLE
JULY 6 – SEPT 20, 2006
Gallery I
Intuitive Abstraction, Intuitive Abstractionists
Collaboration of four distinct artists, whose work is accomplished through different media: painting, computer and photography
Gallery II
Mess Hall Press
Screenprints by high school students at the Lussier Teen Center
Gallery III
Text and Texture, Echo
Collaborations between poets and fiber artists
Open Arts Cycle September 29 – October 11, 2006
Gallery I, II, III
Madison-area Open Art Studios, Madison-area Open Art Studios. Overture will be the hub of MaOAS, exhibiting one piece from every artist participating in the city-wide opening of artist studios
FALL CYCLE
OCT 22, 2006 – JAN 3, 2007
Gallery I
Pickle Bear Art Club, Pickle Bear Art Club
A large-scale collaborative piece in the form of a comic book, created by a group of artists with and without mental disabilities
Gallery II, III
Filter Translation Device, Emerging Painters
Paintings by UW-Madison undergraduates focusing on self-portraiture
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The Overture Galleries 2004/5 Season
WINTER CYCLE
JAN 5 – MAR 26 2005
Gallery I
Kennedy Heights Girl Neighborhood Power: Telling Our Stories: Hmong Mothers and Daughters
This exhibit has the wisdom of three generations learning and creating together, as people of African, European, and Hmong heritage collaborate to celebrate the cultural richness of Dane County.
Gallery II
CLAY:fiber: Community
Clay and fiber art are related through their hands-on, process-oriented approaches. CLAY:fiber, a collective of Madison area artists who work in these media, is organized to share resources, network, and find and create exhibition opportunities.
Gallery III
Collectif Momentum: Collectively MAD
Collectif Momentum is an organization of Madison artists who span a spectrum of styles, media and experiences. The diversity of this artists’ cooperative creates a language for viewers to decipher.
SPRING CYCLE
APRIL 1 – JUNE 24, 2005
Gallery I & II
Over Oceans: Think Tank
Situated in the context of contemporary art and theory, Over Oceans’ practice encompasses many non-traditional media. The group’s purpose is to expand its members’ horizons as art makers and to reach individuals and communities both within and outside of the traditional art audience.
Gallery III
On the Borderline Project: On the Borderline Project
The project teaches adolescent girls how to use basic photographic skills to explore their changing views of themselves and their world. Participating artists use their knowledge of the technical and aesthetic aspects of photography to then shape their viewers’ perceptions.
SUMMER CYCLE
JULY 5 – SEPT23, 2005
Madison Artists Alliance & Madison Contemporary Fiber Artists
FALL CYCLE
OCT 3 – DEC 23, 2005
Wisconsin Center for Book and Paper Arts & Center for Photography at Madison
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Past Playhouse Gallery Exhibitions
NOV 11 - JAN 8, 2012
An exhibition of artwork by Janet Essley accompanied by the film "Made in Dagenham" showing on Nov 11
SEP 7 - NOV 6, 2011
9/11 Then and Now: How Life has Changed
Photographers Carolyn Knorr, Patrick Patterson and Reece Donihi will focus on 9/11 then and now and how this event has changed how we live today
JUNE 7 - 28, 2011
featuring photographer Dick Ainsworth
MAY 4 - 31, 2011
Art in the Garden: Sharing Beauty, Expressing Ability
VSA Wisconsin Art Center
MAR, 3 -, APR 30, 2011
Kids with Cameras, Gigi Cohen - Director
FEB 16 - FEB 28, 2011
Most Valuable Player: The Jackie Robinson Story
CTM - Children's Theater of Madison
DEC 17, 2010 - FEB 6, 2011
A community fiber art project
NOV 12 - DEC 12, 2010
Living with HIV/AIDS: Perspectives Through the Lens
The exhibiton will feature the work of local people living with HIV/AIDS who have explored their lives through photography.
SEP 27 - NOV 5, 2010
ARTStribe
JUL 02 – SEPT 19, 2010
Landscapes and Mindscapes: A photographic synthesis of two divergent worldviews
StarLIght Tews and John Riggs
FEB 28 – APR 15, 2010
International Festival Exhibition
Fresh Hot Press
FEB 8 - FEB 21, 2010
World Of Wonder: Behind the Scenes of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Children's Theater of Madison
The focus of this dramaturgical exhibit for Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse is adaptation. Through text, illustrations, artist renderings, 3-D stage scenic models and costumes, the exhibit takes the viewer through the creative process of adaptation, from conept to reality. Original artwork by Kevin Henkes; costume designs by Sarah Hunt-Frank and Stefani Lincecum.
Special Exhibitions
DEC 2 - 3, 2009 | Overture Lobby
AIDS Memorial Quilt
World AIDS Day 2009 ~ Remembering history to shape the future. The AIDS Memorial Quilt is an expanding memorial to the lives of people lost to HIV/AIDS, created by those who loved them. It is the largest community art project in the world, totaling more than 45,500 individual panels that commemorate more than 91,000 people.
The viewing of the AIDS Memorial Quilt is made possible by UW HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Care Program.
Support for Overture Galleries is provided by the Arts Access Fund, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation, and by contributions to the Ovation Fund. Learn how you can be a part of supporting Overture's community and education programs by clicking here.