Lovers of books will want to check out these events, some inspired by the Wisconsin Book Festival, others showcasing the constant wealth of bibliocentric regional activities.
Wednesday, October 7-Sunday, October 11
Venue: Overture Center
The nation's artistic heritage--our paintings, sculpture, architecture, crafts, and photography--offers unique insights into the character, ideals, and history of our country and its citizens. Picturing America is a program of the National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the American Library Association that makes high-quality reproductions of notable American visual art available to public and private schools. Picturing America includes 40 laminated 24"x36" reproductions and an illustrated Teachers Resource Book with activities organized by elementary, middle, and high school levels. It is available on loan to Wisconsin teachers through the Wisconsin Humanities Council. Learn more about it at the display table in the Overture Center main lobby, throughout the run of the Festival.
Ongoing
Venue: Kohler Art Library
Vision Strength Access--VSA arts of Wisconsin--is proud to present eight handcrafted books created by Wisconsin students, primarily with disabilities, who participated in an "All About Me" artist residency. Students ages 9 to 21, from Madison, Milwaukee, and Wausau, participated in hands-on sessions facilitated by VSA teaching artists Linda Mathes, Petra Press, and Nancee Killoran. Exploring papermaking, bookbinding, drawing, and printmaking, students integrated original writings and art to create collaborative and individual works. The exhibit is open October 1 through November 30.
Presented by VSA arts of Wisconsin.
Wednesday, October 7 | 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Venue: Sun Prairie Public Library
Presented by the Sun Prairie Public Library
Dane, Wisconsin authors, Dr. Arthur and Ursula Rathburn, present their latest book,
No More Tears Left Behind. Faced with being "transported" by the Nazis because they were Jews, Eva and Martin Deutschkron chose to disappear into the underground in 1942. For the remainder of the war, they worked and lived in the Berlin area right under the nose of the dreaded Gestapo. This story of a Madison resident is one that must be read and retold again and again.
Friday, October 9 | 5:00 - 9:00 PM
Venue: State Street Gallery
The Bone Folders’ Guild is a group of Madison area artists who share an interest in the book arts. Join the Guild members as they present their latest hand-crafted books, designed to convey unique and personal messages about having the courage to create and to cross the boundaries of traditional book making.
Friday, October 9 | 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Venue: MMoCA (Madison Museum of Contemporary Art)
Presented by MMoCA (Madison Museum of Contemporary Art)
Professor Jeremi Suri will explore the social, cultural, and political influences on Robert Rauschenberg's artistic sensibility through investigation of his works on view in the exhibit
Signs of the Times: Robert Rauschenberg's America. Professor Suri will also discuss Rauschenberg's influence on other artists, thinkers, and citizens. Gallery talks are informal, thirty-minute lectures; seating is limited.
Saturday, October 10 | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Venue: Olbrich Botanical Gardens
Presented by Olbrich Gardens' Schumacher Library
At 10 a.m., Emmet Judziewicz will talk about the second edition of his book
Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region. At 12:30 p.m., Kim Wilson, author of
In the Garden with Jane Austen, will give a slide tour of English gardens. The Fair will also offer book signings and a small sales area. Madison Area Master Gardeners plan to offer the 2010 edition of the Wisconsin Garden Journal. Speakers will present in the upstairs meeting room.
Saturday, October 10 | 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Presented in partnership with the Polish Club of Wisconsin-Madison Chapter and the Wisconsin Veterans
Night of Flames paints a vivid and terrifying picture of war-torn Europe during WWII. Through the long night of Nazi occupation, the ordinary people of occupied countries fight a covert war of sabotage and resistance against the overwhelming might of the German war machine.
Saturday, October 10 | 2:30 - 4:00 PM
Venue: Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Presented by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of History, Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE), the Grand Strategy Program, and the Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA)
Join us for this special event with Vietnam Veteran and noted scholar Dr. Andrew Bacevich. In this lecture, he will describe the national security consensus that has informed US policy since World War II, and why this consensus persists. He will make the case that the consensus has become antithetical to the nation's well-being and should be abandoned.
