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The Madison Modern Quilt Guild

In the Galleries
  The Madison Modern Quilt Guild will be holding their Quilt Art Exhibition that features incredible work by local artists. These quilts will be on display May 1st - June 30th, 2013 at the Alicia Ashman Library.The mission of the Madison Modern Quilt Guild is to create a positive community of modern quilters interested in sharing knowledge of modern quilting techniques, patterns, modern fabrics, and quilt making.  Fellowship is encouraged through regular meetings, ...read more
Posted by Sean - Central on April 19, 2013

Student Art Exhibit
Pinney Branch Library is pleased to host an exhibit of artwork from students attending Kennedy Elementary School and Badger Rock Middle School.  This exhibit will be on display for the month of February 2013.  Led by art teacher Catherine Germain, students used media including pencil drawing, watercolor, collage, and chalk pastellos to create their pieces.  Artwork included in this exhibit was inspired by John James Audubon, Claude Monet, Camillo Pissarro, and National Geographic ...read more
Posted by Jaime on February 19, 2013

Bookless a Hit
Bookless by the numbers: 1 day 3 floors 12 QR codes 100 artists 241 tweets (and counting) 749 pictures taken at the Photo Booth 5112 attendees $28,700 raised Did you take pictures at Bookless? Add them to our Bookless MPL Flickr pool. Special thanks to: ...organizers Trent Miller and Courtney Davis for bringing this amazing event to life...library staff and volunteers who helped them...the artists who transformed our library and graciously worked with event attendees to create memorable ...read more
Posted by Tana on February 3, 2012
Bookless. Photo by Eric Baillies.

Bookless Sneak Peek
Photographer Eric Baillies has been documenting the installation of some of the art at Bookless, a community celebration in the empty building at 201 West Mifflin Street, the home of the once and future Central Library. To see more shots like the one with this post, visit the flickr page for the set. Jeremy Wineberg's preview video is set to the music of Lovely Socialite Mrs. Thomas W. Phipps, who will be performing at the event.Bookless is a one-day only art show by by 100 local artists on ...read more
Posted by Jon - Central Library on January 27, 2012

Trent Miller: Ten Years of Painting
Painter Trent Miller offers a mini-retrospective of ten years of painting (2001-2011) at the Central Library through September. On display are 12 large paintings from the past 10 years.  Check out one of the final exhibitions at the Central Library before it moves to temporary quarters to prepare for the new Central Library.  View images of the installation on Flickr. Meet Trent at an Artist's Reception on Friday, September 23, from 4:30-6. Photo credit: Trent Miller. ...read more
Posted by Tana on September 8, 2011

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