Hear story of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'Penwern' at Wade House
In 2018, Wade House Historic Site will celebrate famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright with a series of lectures and an exhibit focusing on Wright’s life and work in Wisconsin and his relationship with Sheboygan carriage collector and restoration expert Wesley W. Jung.
The first event in Wade House’s 2018 celebration of Frank Lloyd Wright will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 10. With a rich collection of historic and contemporary photos, Mark Hertzberg, photographer and expert on Wright’s work in southeastern Wisconsin, will present a lecture titled “Penwern: A Frank Lloyd Wright Summer Place” at the Wade House Visitor Center. During the presentation, guests will discover the story of Penwern, a summer cottage on Delavan Lake, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Fred B. Jones.
Frank Lloyd Wright designed summer cottages for five Chicago businessmen on Delavan Lake, Wisconsin, between 1900 and 1905, including Penwern. The Jones commission was part of an estate, with a gate lodge, stable and boathouse, all designed by Wright. The summer cottages that Wright designed in Wisconsin, Michigan, New York and Ontario, among other sites, have been largely glossed over in the literature. Hertzberg’s “Penwern” presentation will also touch on Wright clients Ward W. Willits and Henry H. Wallis, among others.
Mark Hertzberg is the author and photographer of three books about Frank Lloyd Wright’s work in Racine. His next book, a commission to write about Wright’s Penwern estate on Delavan Lake, will be published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press in the fall of 2018. Hertzberg chronicled daily life in Racine for The Journal Times for 33 years, first as a staff photographer and then as director of photography.
The Wade House lecture series will take place at the Wade House Visitor Center, W7965 Highway 23 in Greenbush. Admission to the lecture is $5 per person. For more information, please visit our website at wadehouse.org or call 920-526-3271.
Wade House’s second “Frank Lloyd Wright: A Wisconsin Original” program will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 14, and will feature Bob Kann, author of “Frank Lloyd Wright and His New American Architecture.” Join the fun during this family program as Bob Kann uses storytelling, juggling and magic in a presentation about the life and architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Alive in the Arts at Plymouth Arts Center
The Plymouth Arts Center will open a new fine art exhibit in its Gallery 110 North on Friday, May 11.
“Alive in the Arts” is the organization’s 23rd annual juried exhibition showcasing Wisconsin Fine Artists. Juror Deborah Rosenthal selected nearly 80 pieces from 202 entries to be included in the exhibition. The public is invited to meet the exhibiting artists at the opening reception from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Enjoy complimentary appetizers and live musical entertainment presented by Emmie Christensen, pianist, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., and Steve Hamer, pianist, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. There will be a cash bar. “Alive in the Arts” will be on display through Aug. 3.
Entries to this annual competition were received from 108 Wisconsin artists (a record-breaking number) living and working all over the state of Wisconsin. One thousand dollars in cash awards will be presented in an awards ceremony at 6:30 p.m.
Truths & Beliefs Sci-Fi Fair
Art and science come together in the free Truths & Beliefs Sci-Fi Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
A family-friendly, free event, the Sci-Fi Fair will feature a display of projects submitted by students and community members from throughout the area, science demonstrations, art-making activities, and more.
Fairgoers can learn about chemiluminescence, the emission of light during chemical reactions, at MilliporeSigma’s experiment station. There will also be chemical reaction demonstrations throughout the day.
Exhibition Artists-in-Residence Joy Feasley and Paul Swenbeck, the creators of the Arts Center exhibition Out, Out, Phosphene Candle, will lead hands-on art-making activities inspired by the exhibition. In addition, the kids from Maker Break will present opportunities to explore 3-D printing and mobile making.
The Warming Hive, a UW-Milwaukee research and design project merging pneumatic technology and the idea of community space, will also be set up at the Sci-Fi Fair.
Special musical gallery tours of Out, Out, Phosphene Candle will be offered by performance artist Martha McDonald. Tours will take place at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 and 3 p.m. There is a $5 fee for the tours. Tickets are limited; call 920-458-6144 for reservations.
The Truths & Beliefs Sci-Fi Fair complements the Unseen Forces exhibitions in the Arts Center galleries. These exhibitions investigate ideas of truth, fiction, and belief through contemporary art.
The Arts Center is located at 608 New York Ave. in downtown Sheboygan. Call 920-458-6144 or visit jmkac.org for more information.