Side Projects
Milwaukee, WI
MIAD welcomed Guggenheim Fellow and Creativity Series artist Pao Houa Her (@paohouaher). Her gave a moving and insightful presentation titled "Freshly Cut Plastic Flowers: The Hmong-American Dream." Instagram @miadcollege
Milwaukee, WI
Exhibitions
One Worried Woman and Fifteen Children (on display April 8–May 22, 2024) explores the Kuleshov effect through 16 images constructing presumptive narratives. Students from Open Studio: Intermediate and Advanced Photography created visual responses to Alejandro's prompts, culminating in books displayed in the MIAD Perspectives Gallery and later the New York Art Book Fair.
Alejandro Cartagena (b. 1977, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) lives in Monterrey, Mexico, and uses landscape and portraiture to address social, urban, and environmental themes. His work is featured in major museum collections, including SF MoMA, The Getty, and MFA Houston, and has been exhibited internationally at venues like Fondation Cartier, Paris, and CCCB, Barcelona.
Investigating Place through TEXT & IMAGE
Awards
It is the Racine Art Guild’s pleasure to provide financial awards to four committed college art students with proven track records who are attending one of the following educational institutions: Carthage College, UW-Parkside, UW-Milwaukee, the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), and Gateway Technical College. The students must be from Racine County. The four recipients are invited to our annual June meeting to give brief presentations about their work.
RCBO offers scholarships to graduating high school seniors who plan to enroll in an accredited technical school, trade school, or college. The Jana Lee Kopac Fine Arts Scholarship is granted to one high school senior who showcases leadership qualities, scholastic achievement, and volunteerism in community, church, and/or high school extracurricular activities.
Each spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation and in each congressional district. Since the Artistic Discovery competition began in 1982, more than 650,000 high school students have participated. [...] Winners are recognized both in their district and at an annual awards ceremony in Washington, DC. The winning works are displayed for one year at the U.S. Capitol.
Work Experience
Volunteering
The Basilica Choir is a mixed adult, audition-based choir that sings the best of the repertoire from the entire breadth of the Church's treasury of sacred music.
Raymond Rockettes is a small-town, volunteer-based organization for youth dancers to perform a pom routine in the RCBO's annual 4th of July Parade. Children learn pom basics, confidence, and the importance of collaboration within this summer program.
The Racine Theatre Guild, a volunteer-based community theatre, was founded in 1938 by 26 people with $13, and has grown into an organization that provides a variety of live entertainment and educational opportunities for all ages. Through the efforts of hundreds of dedicated volunteers led by a small professional staff, RTG annually offers a season of eight mainstage plays and musicals, Racine Children’s Theatre, Jean’s Jazz Series, Comedy Tonight, Signature Spotlight Concert Series, theatre trips to Chicago and New York City, theatre classes for kids and adults, daytime performances and workshops for schools, and more.
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